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The Danish Poet
200614 min 24 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Torill Kove
Production: Lise FearnleyTove KlovvikDavid VerrallMarcy Page
Script: Torill Kove
Produced by Mikrofilm AS in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, with the participation of the Norwegian Film Fund, The Nordic Film and TV Fund and the Fond for lyd og bilde.
Can we trace the chain of events that leads to our own birth? Is our existence just coincidence? Do little things matter?
The narrator of The Danish Poet considers these questions as we follow Kasper, a poet whose creative well has run dry, on a holiday to Norway to meet the famous writer, Sigrid Undset. As Kasper's quest for inspiration unfolds, it appears that a spell of bad weather, an angry dog, slippery barn planks, a careless postman, hungry goats and other seemingly unrelated factors might play important roles in the big scheme of things after all.
Oscar winner for Best Short Animation, 2007
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Subject categories
- Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Animation on Life and DeathCoping with AdversityLife and Death
- Families > Genealogy
- English Language Arts > Children's Stories/Fables
- Media Education > Film and Video Production
- Geography > Human Geography
- Civics/Citizenship > Ideologies
Credits
- writer
- Torill Kove
- director
- Torill Kove
- narrator
- Liv Ullmann
- music
- Kevin Dean
- animation
- Torill Kove
- Astrid Aakra
- Bjarte Agdestein
- additional animation
- Stephanie Duong
- Yin Ko Lee
- Siv Nordsveen
- Anja Ruud
- Magnhild Winsnes
- animation assistance
- Helene Bisgaard
- Morten Nyutstumo
- Annely Poldsaar
- Linn Hoyer-Pedersen
- colour design
- Anne Ashton
- additional backgrounds
- Anne Ashton
- infographics
- Randall Finnerty
- additional digital colour
- Ketil Bruun Andersen
- Yin Ko Lee
- Neerajkumar Patel
- Jason Smalridge
- scanning
- Jean-Marc Brosseau
- digital imaging consultation
- Martin Ciastko
- Susan Gourley
- editing
- Phyllis Lewis
- sound
- Hakon Lammetun
- musician
- Kevin Dean
- Sienna Dahlen
- Carlos Jimenez
- music recording
- André White
- mix
- Norsk Filmstudio AS
- lab
- Nordisk Film Post Production AS
- production coordination
- Julie Laperrière
- Richard Lesage
- administration
- Lise Fearnley
- Gisèle Guilbault
- Elaine Largie
- Elsa Mouana-Bankouézi
- executive producer
- Lise Fearnley
- Tove Klovvik
- David Verrall
- producer
- Lise Fearnley
- Marcy Page
Awards
- Best of the Fest AwardChildren’s Film Festival
- Director's AwardInternational Animation Festival
- Best Animated Film Award - given by the Youth JuryAIFF Kids
- Oscar - Category: Short Film Awards - AnimationAnnual Academy Awards / OSCARS
- Audience AwardInternational Animation Film Festival
- Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best AnimationYorkton Film Festival
- Prize for Best ScriptAnima Mundi
- Foreign Animation Golden AwardTelevision Festival - Magnolia Award
- Special MentionBUFF / International Children’s and Youth Film Festival
- The C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures Award for Best Animated Short - with a cash prize of $5,000Worldwide Short Film Festival
- Chris Award - Category: Arts International Film and Video Festival
- Award for Best Short Film - Class A up to 15minutes (ex aequo with One D by Mike Grimshaw)International Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA
- Prize 2: Onda CurtaInternational Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA
- Special MentionAnimadrid
- Best Animated ShortGenie Awards
- Audience Favorite Award (tied with Monster from Australia and Smitten, USA) - with a cash prize of $1,000USAspen Shortfest
- Ellen Award - for Most Original Film - with a cash prize of $1,500USAspen Shortfest
- Animated Eye Award - Best Animation - with a cash prize of $2,500USAspen Shortfest
- Audience Choice Award - Category: Kids Program (K) and Adult Program (D)New York City Short Film Festival
- Best Animated Short AwardNew York City Short Film Festival