Synopsis:
Is it possible to trace the chain of events that lead to our own birth? Is our existence just coincidence? Do little things matter?
- Director:
- Torill Kove
- Year:
- 2006
- Running time:
- 15 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Original title:
- Den danske dikteren
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- Lise Fearnley, Marcy Page
- Animators:
- Torill Kove, Astrid Aakra, Bjarte Agdestein
- Script writer:
- Torill Kove
- Music composer:
- Kevin Dean
- Sound designer:
- Håkon Lammetun
- Editor:
- Phyllis Lewis
- Productions:
- Mikrofilm AS, National Film Board of Canada
- Distributions:
- National Film Board of Canada, Norwegian Film Institute
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance, Tragicomedy, Bio-pic
- Tags:
- Poetic, Relationships, Love, Sad, Hope, Festival Darlings, Identity, Transformation, Humor
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Academy Awards, Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
- Awards:
- Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
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