Ida Makes a Movie
Ida Makes a Movie
1979, English. Directed by Kit Hood & Linda Schuyler.
The National Film Board of Canada is sponsoring a movie festival. Ida Lucas is a nine year old girl who decides to make a movie, about the environment (ie garbage), and enter it into the festival. The judges, thinking the film is about war, accept Ida's film into the festival finals. Should she tell them it's about garbage?
- Runtime
- 0h 23m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 12 September 1979
- Country
- Canada
- Written by
- Amy Jo Cooper
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Ida Makes a Movie runs 23 minutes (0h 23m).
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Ida Makes a Movie isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 September 1979. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Ida Makes a Movie?
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Who directed Ida Makes a Movie?
Ida Makes a Movie (1979) was directed by Kit Hood and Linda Schuyler and stars Zoe Newman, Dawn Harrison, Elwy Yost.