The Little Matchgirl (2006 film)

The Little Matchgirl
Directed byRoger Allers
Screenplay byRoger Allers
Kevin L. Harkey
Ed Gombert
Mark Walton
Ralph Zondag
Based onThe Little Match Girl
by Hans Christian Andersen
Produced byDon Hahn
Baker Bloodworth
Edited byJessica Ambinder Rojas
Production
companies
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date
  • July 7, 2006 (2006-07-07)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States

The Little Matchgirl is a 2006 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Roger Allers and produced by Don Hahn. It is based on an original 1845 story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. It is the fifth Disney adaptation of an Andersen tale.[1] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short but lost to The Danish Poet at the 79th Academy Awards.[2]


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  2. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 170. ISBN 9781476672939.