Oscar winner Toril Kove's new short competes in Annecy
The new short documentary Maybe Elephants by Oscar-winner Toril Kove is participating in the main competition at the Annecy Animation Festival (June 9-15).
The Annecy International Animation Festival is the world's largest festival for animated films. Toril Kove's new short documentary Maybe Elephants has been selected for the short film competition program. Over 3,400 films were submitted to this year's festival, and 31 films are participating in the short film competition program.
Animator and director Torill Kove has been nominated for an Oscar three times in the category of Best Animated Short Film,and won in 2007 with The Danish Poet, produced by Mikrofilm.
Maybe Elephants is a co-production between the National Film Board of Canada and Mikrofilm, produced by Lise Fearnley and Tonje Skar Reiersen. They are among Norway's most experienced animation producers, and most recently produced the award-winning feature film Titina (2021).
Maybe Elephants will premiere in Norway at the Short Film Festival in Grimstad (June 10-12).
About the Film
Three moody teenage daughters, a restless mother, and a father who wrestles with potatoes leave a predictable life in Norway for the eclectic metropolis of Nairobi. Life will never be the same.
Maybe Elephants is a self-biographical and playful look at family life, adolescence, and the therapeutic power of our memories, regardless of how reliable they are.
Maybe Elephants received NOK 1,800,000 in development and production support from NFI.
More Norwegians in Annecy
In the commissioned film competition program, the minute-long film DOA 2023, directed by John Christian Ferner Apalnes and produced by Jakob Thommessen for Animationdept, is participating.
In the Midnight Specials program at Annecy, the new Norwegian animated film Spermageddon will be shown. Spermageddon is an animated feature film where the story revolves around the sperm cell Simen and his quest for the greatest of all: The fantastic egg.
The Midnight Specials program is for films the festival characterizes as wild and unexpected.
Spermageddon is directed by Tommy Wirkola and Rasmus A. Sivertsen, and produced by 74 Entertainment by Jørgen Storm Rosenberg and Kjetil Omberg.