THURSDAY JUNE 12TH 6 PM – VESLE HALLVARD
Torill Kove is a Norwegian-born filmmaker and animator living in Canada. Three of her films have been nominated for Academy Awards®. My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts (1999), Me and My Moulton (2014), and The Danish Poet (2006), narrated by Liv Ullmann, which won the coveted golden statue in 2007. Kove’s films are known for her expressive designs and playful and poignant autobiographical themes. In her latest film, Maybe Elephants, Kove, at long last, faces her fear of big-eared mammals.
MIN BESTEMOR STRØK KONGENS SKJORTER / My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts
Year: 1999
Length: 10 min
Kove’s grandmother ironed the shirts of King Haakon VII for many years. When the war came and the king had to flee, she started a «shirt guerrilla» that spread throughout the country and made life horrendous for the German soldiers. Kove’s debut film was nominated for an Oscar© in 2000.
DEN DANSKE DIKTEREN /
The Danish Poet
Year: 2006
Length: 15 min
Once upon a time there was a Danish poet. He travelled to Norway and fell in love. A film about the curious nature of coincidence. Oscar winner for best animated short film, 2007.
MOULTON OG MEG /
Me and My Moulton
Year: 2014
Length: 14 min
A 7-year-old girl whose parents are embarrassingly unconventional, modern architects, envies other normal 1960s Norwegian families. Unexpected drama occurs the summer she asks her parents for a bike.
5 SURE SIGNS YOUR PARENTS WERE ACHITECTS
Year: 2014
Length: 1 min
A portrait of the unconventional childhood of the daughter of architects, inspired by Kove’s short “Me and My Moulton”.
REDESIGNING CHRISTMAS
Year: 2014
Length: 1 min
Christmas for the children of architects comes with a few surprises. Inspired by Kove’s short “Me and My Moulton”.
PARTY TIME.
Year: 2014
Length: 1 min
The “Me and My Moulton” family prepare for the festivities surrounding the film’s Oscar© nomination.
TRÅDER / THREADS
Year: 2017
Length: 8 min
The thinnest thread can form the strongest bonds.
KANSKJE VAR DET ELEFANTER/
Maybe Elephants
Year: 2024
Length: 16 min
In the 1970s, three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in bustling Nairobi. The family will never be the same.
PARTY TIME.
Year: 2014
Length: 1 min