The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin

{{Short description|1981 Canadian animated short film}}

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Cinderella Penguin

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| director = Janet Perlman

| producer = Janet Perlman [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woJ7kA0sz6s Short Film Oscars: 1982 Oscars]

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| music = Various artists

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| studio = National Film Board of Canada

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| released = {{Film date|1981}}

| runtime = 10 minutes

| country = Canada

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The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin is a 1981 Canadian animated short film by Janet Perlman that comically adapts the tale of Cinderella with penguins.[https://www.allmovie.com/movie/tender-tale-of-cinderella-penguin-v49046 AllMovie] Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 54th Academy Awards, losing to another animated short from Montreal, Frédéric Back's Crac. The Oscar nomination was the fourth in five years for executive producer Derek Lamb, also Perlman's husband. The film also received a Parents' Choice Award.{{cite book|last=Lenburg|first=Jeff|title=Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film and Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators|publisher=Applause Books|isbn=978-1-55783-671-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVShFCjVzvIC&q=The+Tender+Tale+of+Cinderella+Penguin&pg=PA283|access-date=13 December 2011|date=1 June 2006}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin|url=http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/films/tender-tale-of-cinderella-penguin|encyclopedia=Canadian Film Encyclopedia|publisher=Toronto International Film Festival|access-date=24 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006103912/http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/films/tender-tale-of-cinderella-penguin|archive-date=2012-10-06|url-status=dead}}