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Threads

Torill Kove
2017 | 8 min
In her latest animated short, Academy Award®-winning director Torill Kove explores the beauty and complexity of parental love, the bonds that we form over time, and the ways in which they stretch and shape us.

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Awards and distinctions

  • Catbus Kids Jury Prize: Best Animated Short Film
    Children's Film Festival, Seattle
    2019
  • Special Prize of HIROSHIMA
    International Animation Festival, Hiroshima
    2018
  • Honorable Mention- Animation
    Salute Your Shorts Festival, Los Angeles
    2018
  • Short Animation Film Award
    Festival Internacional de Cine Para Ninos - La Matatena, Mexico City
    2018