Binocular Briefs – Spotlight on Torill Kove [Video]

In this month’s special edition, we look to the future and past of three-time Oscar nominee (she won for her 2006 film, The Danish Poet). With Kove’s latest film, Maybe Elephants, set to debut at this year’s Annecy Animation Festival, we revisit her award-winning body of work and take a sneak peek at an excerpt from her latest film.

Kove’s films are deceptive. She lures viewers in through her humorous and relatable stories and vivid minimalist visuals. Yet, within those digestible delights are musings on the tricky themes of identity, memory, family dynamics, and history.

With that let’s revisit Torill Kove’s body of work from her earliest success to her latest.

My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts, 1999

Legend has it in Kove’s family that her grandmother might have ironed the King of Norway’s shirts and, by doing so, helped fight the Nazis. Underneath the lighthearted story is a breezy contemplation on memory, history, and family and how …