Hunger/La Faim | |
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Directed by | Peter Foldes |
Cinematography | Richard Michaud, Alan Ward |
Music by | Pierre F. Brault |
Animation by | Nestor Burtnyk, Peter Foldes, Marceli Wein |
Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
Running time | 11 minutes and 12 seconds |
Country | Canada |
Language | None |
Budget | $38,893 |
Hunger/La Faim is a 1973/1974 animated short film produced by the National Film Board of Canada. It was directed by Peter Foldes and is one of the first computer animation films. The story, told without words, is a morality tale about greed and gluttony in contemporary society.
The film won thirteen film awards from 1974–75, and it was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 47th Academy Awards in 1975. An additional Academy Award was granted in 1997 for technical achievement in computer animation.