The Street (1976 film)

1976 short film by Caroline Leaf

The Street

Directed by| Caroline Leaf
Produced by| Guy Glover
Wolf Koenig (exec.)
Starring| Voices:
Mort Ransen
Vera Heitman
Sarah Dwight
John Hood
Howard Ryshpan
Edited by| Gloria Demers (sound)

Production
company

National Film Board of Canada

Distributed by| National Film Board of Canada

Running time

| 10 minutes
Country| Canada
Language| English
Budget| $49,223 (equivalent to $248,647 in 2023).[1]

The Street is a 1976 animated short film by Caroline Leaf for the National Film Board of Canada.[2][3]

## Summary

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Based on a short story of the same name by Mordecai Richler about the reactions of members of a Jewish family to the death of a grandmother, the film makes a strong statement about how many families respond to their old and infirm members. In paint on glass animation, with washes of watercolour and ink, Leaf illustrates reactions to a dying grandmother, captures the subjects' feelings and distills them into harsh reality.[4][5]

## Reception and legacy

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In addition to its numerous film festival awards, in 1984, the Olympiad of Animation, sponsored by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) and the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, named The Street the 2nd Best Film of All Time (Skazka Skazok, or Tale of Tales, was #1).[6] In 1991, for the 50th anniversary of the founding of ASIFA, a list of "Best Films of All Time: 50 Animated Films for the 50th" was created; The Street was ranked at number nine.

### Awards

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* Ottawa International Animation Festival: Grand Prize of the Festival, 1976
* Chicago International Film Festival: Gold Hugo, 1976
* 27th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Best Animated Film, 1976
* 27th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Wendy Michener Award for Caroline Leaf’s "contribution to the art of animation" in The Street.[7]
* Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Certificate for Outstanding achievement, Short Film, 1976
* ALA Notable Children's Films, 1976.[8]
* American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, Language Arts, 1977
* Cork International Film Festival: First Prize – Bronze Statuette of St. Finbarr, Animated Films, 1977
* Melbourne Film Festival, Melbourne: Special Prize of the Jury, 1977
* Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Bronze Plaque, 1977
* Roshd International Film Festival, Tehran: Special Award of the Ministry of Culture and Arts, 1977
* High Plains Film Festival, Texas Tech University: First Prize, 1977
* CINANIMA: Espinho International Animation Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal: Silver Dolphin for Best Film, 3–11 minutes, 1977
* Lille International Short Film Festival, Lille: Special Jury Mention, 1977
* Huesca International Film Festival, Huesca: Best Animation Film, 1978
* 49th Academy Awards: Nominee: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, 1977[9][4][10][11]

## References

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1. ^ Evans 1991, p. 228.
2. ^ "The Street". nfb.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
3. ^ "The Street". 1976. National Film Board of Canada Web site. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
4. ^ a b "The Street". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2013-08-24.
5. ^ Wyndham Wise, ed. (2001-09-08). "The Street". Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. University of Toronto Press. pp. 201–202\. ISBN 978-0802083982.
6. ^ Deneroff, Harvey. "The Olympiad of Animation". awn.com. Animation World Network. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
7. ^ Townend, Paul. "Wendy Michener Award". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica-Dominion. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013.
8. ^ Notable children's films and videos, filmstrips, and recordings, 1973-1986. Chicago: ALA. 1987. ISBN 978-0-8389-3342-8. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
9. ^ Caroline Leaf on THE STREET, 16 August 2016, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-05-19
10. ^ Short Film Winners: 1977 Oscars
11. ^ 1977|Oscars.org

## Works cited

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* Evans, Gary (1991). In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802027849.

## External links

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* Watch The Street on the NFB website
* The Street on Animation Show of Shows

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Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for Best Animated Short, Best Live Action Short and Best Theatrical Short

Theatrical Short
(1949–1996)|

* Who Will Teach Your Child? (1949)
* North Shore (1950)
* After Prison, What? (1951)
* Opera School (1952)
* L'Homme aux oiseaux (1953)
* Farewell Oak Street (1954)
* High Tide in Newfoundland1 (1955)
* Gold (1956)
* The Sceptre and the Mace (1958)
* Money Minters, The Quest and The Tall Country (1959)
* Royal River (1960)
* Universe (1961)
* Morning on the Lièvre (1962)
* Nahanni (1963)
* Anniversary (1964)
* Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate and Ça n'est pas le temps des romans (1968)
* Vertige and At Home (1969)
* A Matter of Fat and Blake (1970)
* Don't Knock the Ox (1971)
* This Is a Photograph (1972)
* Goodbye Sousa (1973)
* Along These Lines (1975)
* Cooperage (1976)
* Spartree (1977)
* L'Affaire Bronswik (1978)
* Nails (1980)
* The Strongest Man in the World (1981)
* Zea (1982)
* Elvis Gratton (1983)
* Ted Baryluk's Grocery (1984)
* Charade (1985)
* George and Rosemary (1988)
* Saeed (1991)
* Arrowhead (1994)
* Les fleurs magiques (1995)
* The Home for Blind Women (1996)

Live Action Short
(1986–present)|

* The Edit (1986)
* I Need a Man Like You to Make My Dreams Come True (1987)
* The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada (1989)
* In Search of the Last Good Man (1990)
* Battle of the Bulge (1992)
* The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore (1993)
* The Hangman's Bride (1997)
* When Ponds Freeze Over (1998)
* Moving Day (1999)
* Le P'tit Varius (2000)
* The Heart of the World (2001)
* I Shout Love (2002)
* Noël Blank (2003)
* Capacité 11 personnes (2004)
* Milo 55160 (2005)
* Le rouge au sol (2006)
* Après tout (2007)
* Next Floor (2008)
* Danse Macabre (2009)
* Savage (2010)
* Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011)
* Throat Song (2012)
* Noah (2013)
* Hole (2014)
* She Stoops to Conquer (2015)
* Mutants (2016)
* Fluffy (2017)
* Fauve (2018)
* Pick (2019)
* Black Bodies (2020)
* Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night (2021)
* Simo (2022)
* Motherland (2023)
* On a Sunday at Eleven (2024)

Animated Short
(1968–present)|

* Un enfant...un pays1 (1968)
* Walking (1969)
* To See or Not to See (1970)
* Evolution (1971)
* Dans la vie... (1972)
* The Family That Dwelt Apart (1973)
* The Owl Who Married a Goose (1975)
* The Street (1976)
* Spinnolio (1977)
* Afterlife (1978)
* Every Child (1980)
* The Big Snit (1986)
* Get a Job (1987)
* The Cat Came Back (1989)
* Juke-Bar (1990)
* Strings (1992)
* Pearl's Diner (1993)
* La vieille dame et les pigeons (1997)
* Bingo (1998)
* When the Day Breaks (1999)
* Village of Idiots (2000)
* The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg (2001)
* The Hungry Squid (2002)
* Falling in Love Again (2003)
* Ryan (2004)
* cNote (2005)
* The Danish Poet (2006)
* Madame Tutli-Putli (2007)
* Isabelle au bois dormant (2008)
* Runaway (2009)
* Lipsett Diaries (2010)
* Romance (2011)
* Paula (2012)
* Subconscious Password (2013)
* Me and My Moulton (2014)
* The Ballad of Immortal Joe (2015)
* Blind Vaysha (2016)
* The Tesla World Light (2017)
* Animal Behaviour (2018)
* Giant Bear (2019)
* Hot Flash (2020)
* Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice (2021)
* The Flying Sailor (2022)
* Where Rabbits Come From (2023)
* Maybe Elephants (2024)

1 These two films were given honorable mentions rather than officially winning the award, but are included here as no other winner was named above them.
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