Christopher Changes His Name
Foreign title: Christopher Change De Nom (French)
- Studio
- National Film Board of Canada
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis
Christopher hates his name because it isn't special. Aunt Gail from Trinidad tells him a story about the man named Tiger. Christopher wants to be strong, so he changes his name to Tiger. 'Tiger' then learns about the inventor The Real McCoy. 'Tiger' wants to be smart so he changes his name to The Real McCoy... and so on through a number of witty and amusing name changes until he has problems cashing his grandmother's check made out to the real Christopher Mulamba... when he learns his name is special indeed.
Characters
Christopher, Aunt Gail
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Cilia Sawadogo
Producing
- Producer
- Tamara Lynch
- Executive Producers
- David Verrall, Isobel Marks
Writing
- Writer
- Itah Sadu (Original Book)
Animation
- Animator
- Cilia Sawadogo
- Assistant Animator
- Vincent Gauthier
Voices
- Voice
- Itah Sadu (Storyteller)
Music
- Music
- Chris Crilly
- Musicians
- Jabjab, Patrick Vetter
- Rapper
- Kooks
Crew
- Infographist
- Gisèle Boileau
- Digital Imaging Specialists
- Marie-Nicole Tremblay, Pierre Plouffe, Normand Gauthier
- Voice Recording Director
- Sugith Varughese
- Picture Editor
- Phyllis Lewis
- Sound Editor
- Leopoldo Gutierrez
- Foley Artists
- Stéphane Cadotte, Ariane Picher
- Music Recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell, Sylvain Cajelais
- Foley Recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell, Sylvain Cajelais
- Re-Recording
- Jean Paul Vialard
- Post-Production Coordinators
- Éric Barbeau, Richard Lesage
- Program Administration
- Gisèle Guilbault, Marina Trambas
Production notes
Part of the new Talespinners collection of short animations, all based on children's stories old and new. Drawn from the literature and oral traditions from many countries, these tales will introduce young viewers to a wealth of perspectives, while underscoring the common elements of life across cultural boundaries. Each video in Talespinners features appealing characters, dynamic stories and finely-crafted animation.
Awards
Most Innovative Short Film or Video, given by the Youth Jury (ages 9+), Reel to Real International Film Festival for Youth and Families, Vancouver, 2003.
Silver Chris Award, Children and Youth, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2001
Silver Chris Award, Children and Youth, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2001