[1974] La Faim

I saw this animation when I was a kid. This was ingrown in my mind forever. The curious thing is that I've watched this in the early 90s. On a Brazilian TV channel called Cultura. Ever since I've tried to find it but with no luck. After talking with a friend for a while about Godzilla, Ahh! Real Monsters. Then Hungarian Animators. I was finally able to get some clues about it.

After watching "Hen, His Wife" the 1990's animation by the Hungarian Igor Kovalyov, my mind brought instantly it back again. After navigate through 3 more recommended videos: there it was. Guess what? By another Hungarian, Peter Foldes.



Peter Foldes, born in 1924 in Budapest, Hungary and was a director and animator of British nationality. Foldes later moved to Paris, where he became an early pioneer in computer animation. In the 1960s, he worked for the Research Service of the ORTF. He is one of the pioneers of computer animation with his film Hunger, which received the Jury Prize in the "short film" category at Cannes Film Festival as well as an Academy Award nomination.

Peter died 29 March 1977 in Paris.

Hunger / La Faim is a 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 the (then) modern society.

Awards for Hunger included a Special Jury Prize at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, a BAFTA Award for Best Animation Film, and a Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival. The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 47th Academy Awards.