US festival premiere of Torill Kove’s Mikrofilm/NFB animated short Maybe Elephants

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Montreal – National Film Board of Canada Oscar winner Torill Kove’s new Mikrofilm/National Film Board of Canada animated short Maybe Elephants makes its much-anticipated US debut this month at three southern California film fests: the Newport Beach Film Festival (Oct. 17–24), Animation Is Film (Oct. 18–20) and AFI FEST in Los Angeles (Oct. 23–27). Maybe Elephants marks the fourth collaboration of the NFB and Norway’s Mikrofilm AS with Montreal-based animator Torill Kove—a stellar run of animation excellence over two decades, encompassing three Academy Award-nominated shorts, including her 2007 Oscar …

North American debut of Oscar-winning animator Torill Kove’s short Maybe Elephants at Tiff 2024

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Ottawa – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE: Maybe Elephants is a playful and loving autobiographical film by Montreal-based animator Torill Kove, co-produced by Mikrofilm (Norway) and the NFB. Winner of the Academy Award for The Danish Poet, Torill narrates the story of her formative teenage years when her parents and sisters swap a safe and predictable life in Norway with the fresh unknowns of vibrant 1970s Nairobi, Kenya. Maybe Elephants by Torill Kove (Mikrofilm/NFB, 16 min 43 s) Producers: Lise …

NFB at Annecy International Animation Film Festival

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Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada is making a strong showing at the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival with four short films, including three in official competition. The latter are the highly anticipated Maybe Elephants (Mikrofilm/NFB) by Torill Kove; Le tableau (The Painting) by Michèle Lemieux, made using the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen; and Ryo Orikasa’s astonishing Miserable Miracle (Miyu Productions/NFB/New Deer). Filmmaker Jo Roy breaks new creative ground in her unique film, Corpus and the Wandering, which will screen in the Off-Limits Competition. All of …

Marcy Page honoured with ASIFA-Hollywood’s Winsor McCay Award

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Montreal – National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Former distinguished National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animation producer Marcy Page is one of this year’s recipients of the Winsor McCay Award honouring “unparalleled achievement and exceptional contributions to animation,” presented February 17, 2024, at the 51st Annie Awards by ASIFA-Hollywood, the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association. “On behalf of the National Film Board of Canada, congratulations …