Name: The Danish Poet
Uploaded: 2013-02-18T16:39:51+00:00
Duration: 15 min 2 s
Channel: Mikrofilm AS

Is it possible to trace the chain of events that led to our own birth? Is our existence just coincidence? Do little things matter? 

In The Danish Poet the narrator ponders these question as we embark on a holiday to Norway with Kaspar, a poet whose creative well has run dry.



The Danish Poet received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2007!



Norwegian Title: Den danske dikteren

Director: Torill Kove

Screenplay: Torill Kove 

Producer: Lise Fearnley, Mikrofilm

Co-production: Marcy Page, The National Film Board of Canada

Animation team: Astrid Aakra, Torill Kove, Bjarte Agdestein, Stephanie Duong, Yin Ko Lee, Siv Nordsveen, Anja Ruud, Helene Bisgaard, Morten Nyutstumo,Magnhild Winsnes, Randall Finnerty, Anne Ashton, Annely Põldsaar, Linn Høyer-Pedersen, Ketil Bruun Andersen, Yin Ko Lee, Neerajkumar Patel, Jason Smalridge, Jason Smalridge, Martin Ciastko, Sue Gourley

Narrator: Liv Ullmann

Sound design: Håkon Lammetun, Lydhodene AS

Music: Kevin Dean

Editing: Phyllis Lewis

The Danish Poet

Mikrofilm AS

Is it possible to trace the chain of events that led to our own birth? Is our existence just coincidence? Do little things matter?  In The Danish Poet the narrator ponders these question as we embark on a holiday to Norway with Kaspar, a poet whose creative well has run dry.  The Danish Poet received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2007!  Norwegian Title: Den danske dikteren Director: Torill Kove Screenplay: Torill Kove  Producer: Lise Fearnley, Mikrofilm Co-production: Marcy Page, The National Film Board of Canada Animation team: Astrid Aakra, Torill Kove, Bjarte Agdestein, Stephanie Duong, Yin Ko Lee, Siv Nordsveen, Anja Ruud, Helene Bisgaard, Morten Nyutstumo,Magnhild Winsnes, Randall Finnerty, Anne Ashton, Annely P&otilde;ldsaar, Linn H&oslash;yer-Pedersen, Ketil Bruun Andersen, Yin Ko Lee, Neerajkumar Patel, Jason Smalridge, Jason Smalridge, Martin Ciastko, Sue Gourley Narrator: Liv Ullmann Sound design: H&aring;kon Lammetun, Lydhodene AS Music: Kevin Dean Editing: Phyllis Lewis

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Is it possible to trace the chain of events that led to our own birth? Is our existence just coincidence? Do little things matter?  In The Danish Poet the narrator ponders these question as we embark on a holiday to Norway with Kaspar, a poet whose creative well has run dry.  The Danish Poet received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2007!  Norwegian Title: Den danske dikteren Director: Torill Kove Screenplay: Torill Kove  Producer: Lise Fearnley, Mikrofilm Co-production: Marcy Page, The National Film Board of Canada Animation team: Astrid Aakra, Torill Kove, Bjarte Agdestein, Stephanie Duong, Yin Ko Lee, Siv Nordsveen, Anja Ruud, Helene Bisgaard, Morten Nyutstumo,Magnhild Winsnes, Randall Finnerty, Anne Ashton, Annely Põldsaar, Linn Høyer-Pedersen, Ketil Bruun Andersen, Yin Ko Lee, Neerajkumar Patel, Jason Smalridge, Jason Smalridge, Martin Ciastko, Sue Gourley Narrator: Liv Ullmann Sound design: Håkon Lammetun, Lydhodene AS Music: Kevin Dean Editing: Phyllis Lewis

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