Maybe Elephants’ Director Torill Kove [Video]

Cartoon Brew is focusing on the animated shorts that have qualified for the 2025 Oscars. The films in this series have qualified through one of multiple routes: by winning an Oscar-qualifying award at a film festival, by exhibiting theatrically, or by winning a Student Academy Award.

Today’s film is Maybe Elephants from Norwegian director Torill Kove. The short earned its Oscars qualification through theatrical exhibition.

Maybe Elephants is a 2d animated short co-produced by Norwegian studio Mikrofilm and the National Film Board of Canada. In the film, Oscar-winning filmmaker Torill Kove (The Danish Poet) recalls the memories of her childhood in Kenya, where she moved with her parents and teen sisters in the 1970s. Her happy recollections clash with her mother’s attitude, who seems to fall into a depressive and restless state.

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