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An animated film by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart that endows arithmetic with lively humor. The screen becomes a numerical free-for-all as digits meet in playful encounter, add and subtract, jostle, attack, and elude one another.

1956, 08 min 40 s

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First Prize - Category: Abstract Films
International Film Festival
December 26 to 31 1957, Rapallo - Italy

Diploma of Honour
International Review of Specialized Cinematography
May 2 to 11 1957, Rome - Italy

Silver Reel Award - Category: Avant-Garde and Experimental
Annual Golden Reel Film Festival - Film Council of America
April 1 1957, New York - USA

First Prize
Festival of Contemporary Arts (University of Illinois)
March 1 1957, Chicago - USA

Certificate of Merit
International Film Festival
October 22 1956 to November 3 1957, Durban - South-Africa

Certificate of Merit
International Film Festival
October 16 to 27 1956, Johannesburg - South-Africa

Diploma of Merit
International Film Festival
August 19 to September 19 1956, Edinburgh - Scotland

Silver Bear - Second Prize - Category: Short Films
International Film Festival
June 22 to July 3 1956, Berlin - Germany