Michael Dudok de Wit
Father and Daughter
UK, Netherlands, 2000, 8 min 30 sec

 

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.

 

 

"Father and Daughter is a film about longing, the kind of longing which quietly, yet totally, affects our lives."

-- Michael Dudok de Wit

 

Awards: Independent Film Award, Ottawa International Animation Festival, 2000; Grand Prize, Cinanima Animation Festival, 2000; Grand Prix Narrative Films, Holland Animation Film Festival, 2000; and Best International Animated Film, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, 2001; Academy Award for Animated Short Film, 2001.