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Canadian actor and Stratford resident Colm Feore attends the 32nd annual Actor Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 1, 2026. Feore narrated The Girl Who Cried Pearls, which won an Academy Award on Sunday for Best Animated Short Film. (Michael Tran\/AFP via Getty Images) Article content<\/p>\n
Stratford\u2019s Colm Feore, a renowned stage veteran and one of the country\u2019s most decorated actors, was the voice behind an Oscar Award-winning project.<\/p>\n
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Feore narrated The Girl Who Cried Pearls, a 2025 National Film Board of Canada production that won the Academy Award on Sunday for Best Animated Short Film.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis award is a tribute to all the artists who shared this labour with us,\u201d filmmakers Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski said in comments provided by the NFB. \u201cThey are not just names in the credits \u2014 they are our community, and their extraordinary talent and hard work made this possible. We\u2019d especially like to thank the National Film Board of Canada for their enduring support, and the Academy for continuing to champion short animated film.<\/p>\n
\u201cStatue or no statue, the support we\u2019ve gotten from friends and family these past weeks has been overwhelming. We can\u2019t express how meaningful it\u2019s been. Now we may finally get a free beer from our local pub.\u201d<\/p>\n
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A celebration of the magic of stop-motion animation, The Girl Who Cried Pearls tells the story of a girl overwhelmed by sorrow, the boy who loves her, and how greed leads good hearts to wicked deeds.<\/p>\n
It took Lavis and Szczerbowski five years to finish the 17-minute film \u2014 their sixth collaboration with the film board \u2014 and they approached Feore to voice its characters.<\/p>\n
The 15-year Stratford Festival veteran, who was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2013 \u201cfor his contributions as an actor of the stage and screen,\u201d said he was \u201cvery excited\u201d to participate. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s the second time Feore has appeared in an Oscar-winning film, having played lawyer Martin Harrison in the\u00a02002 musical Chicago that won six Academy Awards, including for Best Picture.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI just thought it was fantastic,\u201d he told the Stratford Film Festival when discussing\u00a0The Girl Who Cried Pearls in a recent interview. \u201cIt was a fabulous piece that was beautifully done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since its debut in June 2025 at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, The Girl Who Cried Pearls has screened at more than 45 festivals and received 14 awards and mentions.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt a time when our country\u2019s spirit is winning accolades around the world, Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski have given Canadians another reason to be proud,\u201d government film commissioner and NFB chairperson Suzanne Guevremont said. \u201cCongratulations to the filmmakers, our producers and our talented creative team on The Girl Who Cried Pearls, a stop-motion marvel produced and set in Montreal. We\u2019re honoured to be the home of visionary storytellers like Chris and Maciek, and to continue to champion great Canadian stories and talents to audiences here and across the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n
In Canada, The Girl Who Cried Pearls is streaming for free on NFB.ca, all NFB apps and YouTube. It\u2019s also available to Crave subscribers (English only).<\/p>\n
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