Father and Daughter (film)

Father and Daughter
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Directed by	Michaël Dudok de Wit
Produced by	Claire Jennings Willem Thijssen
Written by	Michaël Dudok de Wit
Music by	Normand Roger Denis L. Chartrand
Release dates	2000 (2000)
Running time	8 minutes 30 seconds
Country	Netherlands
Language	No dialogue

Father and Daughter is a 2000 Dutch animated short film, made by Michaël Dudok de Wit. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2001.

Plot

A father says goodbye to his young daughter and leaves. As the wide Dutch landscapes live through their seasons so the girl lives through hers. She becomes a young woman, has a family and in time she becomes old, yet within her there is always a deep longing for her father. At the end of the film, in what appears to be a dream sequence, or perhaps the afterlife, they are reunited.

Awards

The film received over 20 awards and 1 nomination^[1] and is considered the most successful in the series of works by Dudok de Wit. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.

BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation (25 February 2001)^[2]
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (25 March 2001)^[3]

References

↑ Father and Daughter (2000) – Awards, Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
↑ "The Bafta 2001 winners", BBC News, 2001. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
↑ Rick Lyman, "A Night for Big Stars and Big Films", The New York Times, 2001. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

External links

Father and Daughter at the Internet Movie Database
Father and Daughter at AllMovie
Father and Daughter at Keyframe

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

1932–1950	Flowers and Trees (1932) The Three Little Pigs (1933) The Tortoise and the Hare (1934) Three Orphan Kittens (1935) The Country Cousin (1936) The Old Mill (1937) Ferdinand the Bull (1938) The Ugly Duckling (1939) The Milky Way (1940) Lend a Paw (1941) Der Fuehrer's Face (1942) The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943) Mouse Trouble (1944) Quiet Please! (1945) The Cat Concerto (1946) Tweetie Pie (1947) The Little Orphan (1948) For Scent-imental Reasons (1949) Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950)

1951–1975	The Two Mouseketeers (1951) Johann Mouse (1952) Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953) When Magoo Flew (1954) Speedy Gonzales (1955) Magoo's Puddle Jumper (1956) Birds Anonymous (1957) Knighty Knight Bugs (1958) Moonbird (1959) Munro (1960) Ersatz (The Substitute) (1961) The Hole (1962) The Critic (1963) The Pink Phink (1964) The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965) A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (1966) The Box (1967) Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) It's Tough to Be a Bird (1969) Is It Always Right to Be Right? (1970) The Crunch Bird (1971) A Christmas Carol (1972) Frank Film (1973) Closed Mondays (1974) Great (1975)

1976–2000	Leisure (1976) The Sand Castle (1977) Special Delivery (1978) Every Child (1979) The Fly (1980) Crac (1981) Tango (1982) Sundae in New York (1983) Charade (1984) Anna & Bella (1985) A Greek Tragedy (1986) The Man Who Planted Trees (1987) Tin Toy (1988) Balance (1989) Creature Comforts (1990) Manipulation (1991) Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase (1992) The Wrong Trousers (1993) Bob's Birthday (1994) A Close Shave (1995) Quest (1996) Geri's Game (1997) Bunny (1998) The Old Man and the Sea (1999) Father and Daughter (2000)

2001–present	For the Birds (2001) The ChubbChubbs! (2002) Harvie Krumpet (2003) Ryan (2004) The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation (2005) The Danish Poet (2006) Peter and the Wolf (2007) La Maison en Petits Cubes (2008) Logorama (2009) The Lost Thing (2010) The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011) Paperman (2012) Mr Hublot (2013) Feast (2014) Bear Story (2015)

Films directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit

Tom Sweep The Monk and the Fish Father and Daughter The Aroma of Tea The Red Turtle

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