Enjoy Oscar-Winning Animator Torill Koves Heartwarming Shorts, Available Online For A Limited Time [Video]

Welcome to the Torill Kove Online Festival, presented by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Mikrofilm.

We’re celebrating the work of the Oscar-winning animator with free streaming of her award-winning shorts as well as some of Kove’s personal recollections, which she’s put into writing exclusively for this online event.

There’s also a preview of her new film, Maybe Elephants. It’s her fourth film co-produced by the NFB and Norway’s Mikrofilm, a collaboration that dates back to 2001.

Born in Hamar, Norway, and now based in Montreal, Kove won the Oscar for her 2006 film The Danish Poet, which received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short at the 79th Academy Awards. She was also an Oscar nominee for My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts (72nd Oscars) and Me and My Moulton (87th Oscars).

A recipient of Norway’s prestigious Anders Jahre Culture Prize, Kove added to her list of honors just last month at Vancouver’s …