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Through My Thick Glasses
200312 min 31 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Pjotr Sapegin
Production: David Reiss-Andersen (Pravda)Marcel Jean (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Pjotr SapeginDavid Reiss-Andersen
Co-produced by Pravda and National Film Board of Canada with economical support by Norwegian Film Foundation; National Film Board of Canada; NRK Television, Norway; YLE Televison TV1, Finland; and Pravda.
An old man tells his granddaughter his personal story of the Second World War. Brimming with strange characters, his tale conjures up a world beyond the little girl's comprehension. Director Pjotr Sapegin has taken a true story and transformed it into a tongue-in-cheek epic peopled with clay puppets. The animated short is dedicated to Sapegin's mother.
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Subject categories
- War, Conflict and Peace > Allegories of War and PeaceWorld War II
- History > World War II
Credits
- director
- Pjotr Sapegin
- producer
- David Reiss-Andersen
- Marcel Jean
- screenplay
- Pjotr Sapegin
- David Reiss-Andersen
- music
- Normand Roger
- sound design
- Normand Roger
- music - collaboration
- Denis Chartrand
- sound design - collaboration
- Denis Chartrand
- voice
- Odd Borretzen
- Sossen Krohg
- photographer
- Janne Hansen
- animation
- Pjotr Sapegin
- Chantal Masson
- Kaja Wright Polmar
- Marte Stensen
- scenographer
- Marianne Bundgaard Nielsen
- editor
- Simen Gengenbach
- translation
- Mikkel B. Tin
- line production
- Francine Langdeau
- post-production coordinator
- Kaare Stang
- sound editing
- Pierre Yves Drapeau
- sound
- Hakon Lammetun
- mix
- Jean Paul Vialard
- Serge Boivin
- technical coordination
- Andrée Delagrave
- production assistant
- Elin Grimstad
- studio
- Pravda - Oslo
- lab
- Filmteknikk Norge
- negative cutter
- Tor Ole Aagedal
- grader
- Bente Helle
- financial supervisor
- Paal Romnes
- music rights
- Normand Roger
Awards
- Special DistinctionInternational Animated Film Festival
- Grand Prix of the festival - with a cash prize of 5,000Euros (Approx. 8,075$ Cdn)International Film Festival
- Award from Professional Jury - Competition 2 (7 years old and +)Plein la bobine - Festival de Cinéma Jeunes Publics
- Jameson Award for Best Canadian Short Film - with a cash prize of 6000Euros (approx. 9,000$Cdn)Worldwide Short Film Festival
- First Prize - Animated Short Film and VideoInternational Children's Film Festival
- Best Canadian Short Film Award (ex aequo with RYAN)Atlantic International Film Festival
- Jameson Short Film Award - with a cash prize of 6000EurosGrimstad Norwegian Short Film Festival
- Award - AnyZone CompetitionHolland Animation Film Festival
- Bronze Plaque - Category: Arts International Film and Video Festival
- Award for Best Animated FilmSilver Images Film & Video Awards
- Moondance Columbine AwardMoondance Film Festival
- Platinum Remi Award - Category: Independent Short Subject - Films & VideoWorldFest - International Film Festival
- Special Award "Collégiens" short film - with a cash prize of 1,500Euros (approximately $2,130Cdn)Cinessonne
- Award for Best AnimationAIFF Kids