2004 Canadian film
Through My Thick Glasses Norwegian Gjennom mine tykke briller
Directed by Pjotr Sapegin Written by David Reiss-Andersen Pjotr Sapegin Produced by David Reiss-Andersen Marcel Jean Starring Odd Børretzen Sossen Krohg Cinematography Janne Hansen Edited by Simen Gengenbach Music by Normand Roger Animation by Pjotr Sapegin Production companies
Release date
June 10, 2004 (2004-06-10 ) (Annecy )
Running time
13 minutes Countries Canada Norway
Through My Thick Glasses (Norwegian : Gjennom mine tykke briller ) is an animated short film, directed by Pjotr Sapegin and released in 2004.[ 1] A Canadian-Norwegian coproduction, the film features the voices of Odd Børretzen and Sossen Krohg as the grandparents of a young girl who is listening to her grandfather tell a story about his experiences during World War II .[ 2]
The film premiered at the 2004 Annecy International Animation Film Festival .
Awards
The film received an honorable mention for the Jury Prize at Annecy.[ 3]
The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005,[ 4] and won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2005 CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival .[ 5]
It was the winner of the Grand Prize at the 2005 Tampere Film Festival ,[ 6] and the Audience Award at the 2005 Animated Encounters festival.[ 2]
References
^ Giannalberto Bendazzi, Animation: A World History - Volume III: Contemporary Times . CRC Press , 2015. ISBN 9781317519874 . pp. 132-133.
^ a b Rick DeMott, "Through My Thick Glasses Wins at Animated Encounters" . Animation World Network , April 25, 2005.
^ "En bref: L'ONF récolte" . Le Devoir , June 15, 2004.
^ Andrew Mack, "The best in Canadian film. Genie nominees announced" . Screen Anarchy , February 9, 2005.
^ "‘Thick Glasses’ takes prize at short film festival" . Playback , July 4, 2005.
^ Antti Selkokari, "‘Glasses’ gets glory" . Variety , March 14, 2005.
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