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Neighbours

1952 film directed by Norman McLaren
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Summary

Neighbours is a short film[1]. Neighbours ranks in the top 4% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (527 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[3], Canadian Film Award[4]
  • Country: Canada[5]
  • Director: Norman McLaren[6]
  • Screenwriter: Norman McLaren[7]
  • Composer: Norman McLaren[8]
  • Genre: documentary film[9]
  • Producer: Norman McLaren[10]
  • Production company: National Film Board of Canada[11]
  • Location: National Film Board of Canada[12]
  • Director of photography: Wolf Koenig[13]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[14]
  • Color: color[15]
  • Country of origin: Canada[16]
  • Inception: 1952[17]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1952[18]
  • Voice actor: Grant Munro[19], Jean-Paul Ladouceur[20]
  • Distributed by: National Film Board of Canada[21]
  • Filming location: Montreal[22]
  • Described at URL: https://www.unesco.org/fr/memory-world/neighbours-animated-directed-and-produced-norman-mclaren-1952[23], https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/neighbours-animated-directed-and-produced-norman-mclaren-1952[24]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel[25], Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[26]
  • Heritage designation: Memory of the World International Register[27]
  • Title: Neighbours[28]
  • Duration: 8 minutes[29]
  • Fabrication method: pixilation[30]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[31]

Why It Matters

Neighbours has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Neighbours is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did Neighbours receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[3] and Canadian Film Award[4].

Related Entities

Canada

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 10
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'pt', 'ru', 'ur']
    Ampas collections film id → W061734
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W061734, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Heritage designation → Memory of the World International Register
    Country → —
    Color → color
    Filming location → Montreal
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 196645, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269267|batch #269267]]"
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