Home › Entities › short_film › I'll Find a Way

I'll Find a Way

1977 film by Beverly Shaffer
Movie short_film Q3528568
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

I'll Find a Way is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film[3]
  • Director: Beverly Shaffer[4]
  • Composer: Larry Crosley[5]
  • Genre: documentary film[6]
  • Producer: Yuki Yoshida[7]
  • Production company: National Film Board of Canada[8]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[9]
  • Color: color[10]
  • Country of origin: Canada[11]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1977[12]
  • Distributed by: National Film Board of Canada[13]
  • Main subject: spina bifida[14], childhood[15]
  • Film editor: Ginny Stikeman[16]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film[17]
  • Executive producer: Kathleen Shannon[18]
  • Title: I'll Find a Way[19], Je trouverai un moyen[20]
  • Duration: 26 minutes[21]

Why It Matters

I'll Find a Way has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

FAQs

What awards did I'll Find a Way receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film[3].

Related Entities

Canada

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . CineTV. Retrieved . nfb.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). I'll Find a Way. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-ll-find-a-way
MLA “I'll Find a Way.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 15 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-ll-find-a-way.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_i-ll-find-a-way_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{I'll Find a Way}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-ll-find-a-way}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-15}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): I'll Find a Way — https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-ll-find-a-way (retrieved 2026-10-15)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-ll-find-a-way · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 6
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fr', 'pt', 'tr', 'ur']
    Ampas collections film id → W064873
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W064873, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 14w ago · Zestier · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Genre → documentary film
    Production company → National Film Board of Canada
    Country of origin → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40266|batch #40266]]: large set of tvdb movie ids"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.