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Me and My Moulton
201413 min 3 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Torill Kove
Production: Lise Fearnley (Mikrofilm As)Michael Fukushima (National Film Board of Canada)Roddy McManus (National Film Board of Canada)David Verrall (National Film Board of Canada)Marcy Page (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Torill Kove
A co-production of Mikrofilm AS and the National Film Board of Canada.
One summer in mid-’60s Norway, a seven-year-old girl asks her parents if she and her sisters can have a bicycle. Me and My Moulton provides a glimpse of its young protagonist’s thoughts as she struggles with her sense that her family is a little out of sync with what she perceives as “normal”.
Wistfully observing her best friend’s family, she compares their text-book domestic perfection to her unconventional household. Her loving yet hopelessly out-of-touch parents prove to be a source of quiet embarrassment and anxiety for the young girl.
With its bright palette mirroring the verve and energy of the times, this witty and poignant animation by Torill Kove, creator of the Academy Award®-winning short The Danish Poet, views the creativity and forward-thinking attitudes of the parents through the eyes of their introspective daughter. Me and My Moulton tells the charming story of a young girl whose sensitive nature sometimes makes it difficult for her to be honest with the ones she loves most.
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Subject categories
- Families > Family Life
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Family Diversity and Challenges
- Media Education > Film Animation
- Health/Personal Development > Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution
- Arts Education > Visual Arts
Credits
- writer
- Torill Kove
- director
- Torill Kove
- narrator
- Andrea Braein Hovig
- music
- Kevin Dean
- animation supervisor
- Magnhild Winsnes
- art direction
- Torill Kove
- backgrounds
- Torill Kove
- digital imaging supervisor
- Randall Finnerty
- editing
- Alison Burns
- animation
- Magnhild Winsnes
- Bjarte Agdestein
- Torill Kove
- Jens Hahn
- Yin Ko Lee
- Linda Manouan
- Jo Meuris
- Jonathan Ng
- Hyun Jin Park
- Morten Pedersen
- animation assistance
- Quentin Schall
- Patrick Lapierre
- Johannes Hildre Spilling
- colour design
- Anne Ashton
- additional colour design
- Magnhild Winsnes
- digital colour
- Linda Manouan
- compositing
- Linda Manouan
- digital imaging consultation
- Éloi Champagne
- Susan Gourley
- voice recording
- Anders Mork
- Frode Loes Hvatum
- foley
- Petter Fagelund
- sound design
- Hakon Lammetun
- musician
- Kevin Dean
- Hermund Nygard
- Staffan William-Olsson
- music recording
- Hermund Nygard
- music mix
- Hermund Nygard
- final mix
- Hakon Lammetun
- technical coordination
- Steve Hallé
- Julie Laperrière
- on-line
- Denis Pilon
- credits
- Mélanie Bouchard
- production coordination
- Sophie Dupuis
- Stéphanie Lalonde
- Elaine Largie
- studio coordinator
- Simon Zaurrini
- administration
- Victoire-Émilie Bessette
- Rosalina Di Sario
- Lise Fearnley
- Gisèle Guilbault
- executive producer
- Lise Fearnley
- Michael Fukushima
- Roddy McManus
- David Verrall
- producer
- Lise Fearnley
- Marcy Page
Awards
- Best Animated ShortCanadian Screen Awards
- Special MentionAnimation Festival (BAF)
- AnimationYorkton Film Festival
- mephisto 97.6 Audience AwardInternational Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
- Honourable Mention for Best Narrative ShortInternational Animation Festival