Through My Thick Glasses

Through My Thick Glasses
NorwegianGjennom mine tykke briller
Directed byPjotr Sapegin
Written byDavid Reiss-Andersen
Pjotr Sapegin
Produced byDavid Reiss-Andersen
Marcel Jean
StarringOdd Børretzen
Sossen Krohg
CinematographyJanne Hansen
Edited bySimen Gengenbach
Music byNormand Roger
Animation byPjotr Sapegin
Production
companies
Release date
  • June 10, 2004 (2004-06-10) (Annecy)
Running time
13 minutes
CountriesCanada
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

  1. ^ Giannalberto Bendazzi, Animation: A World History - Volume III: Contemporary Times. CRC Press, 2015. ISBN 9781317519874. pp. 132-133.
  2. ^ a b Rick DeMott, "Through My Thick Glasses Wins at Animated Encounters". Animation World Network, April 25, 2005.
  3. ^ "En bref: L'ONF récolte". Le Devoir, June 15, 2004.
  4. ^ Andrew Mack, "The best in Canadian film. Genie nominees announced". Screen Anarchy, February 9, 2005.
  5. ^ "‘Thick Glasses’ takes prize at short film festival". Playback, July 4, 2005.
  6. ^ Antti Selkokari, "‘Glasses’ gets glory". Variety, March 14, 2005.