55 Socks

55 Socks


                                55 Socks
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Based on a poem by Marie Jacobs, the animated short 55 Socks, by Oscar-winning director Co Hoedeman, pays tribute to the ingenuity of the Dutch people during a dark period of their history – the winter of hunger of 1944-45. It’s the closing months of the war in occupied Holland and some women unravel a beautiful bedspread in order to knit 55 socks to barter for food. Reaching back into his childhood memories, Hoedeman has made a simple, poetic film of rare beauty.

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55 Socks, Co Hoedeman, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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Credits
  • script
    Co Hoedeman
  • design
    Co Hoedeman
  • animation
    Co Hoedeman
  • direction
    Co Hoedeman
  • picture editing
    Co Hoedeman
    Pierre Plouffe
  • music
    Chiwawa
  • musician
    Laurie Gordon
    Cameron Wallis
  • sound design
    Mark Glynne
  • voice
    Brady Moffatt
    Jacqueline Van De Geer
  • artistic consultant
    Joyce Ryckman
  • introductory text
    Ad Van Liempt
    Joyce Ryckman
  • casting
    Kathleen Fee
  • voice director
    Kathleen Fee
  • music recording
    Krassy Halatchev
  • voice recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • voice editing
    Chris Leon
  • foley
    Pepijn Aben
  • re-recording
    Mark Glynne
  • digital imaging specialist
    Pierre Plouffe
    Susan Gourley
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • technical coordination
    Julie Laperrière
  • marketing manager
    Christine Noël
  • administration
    Diane Régimbald
  • administrative team
    Diane Ayotte
    Karine Desmeules
    Michèle Labelle
  • line producer
    Francine Langdeau
  • executive producer
    René Chénier
  • producer
    Laurie Gordon
    Peter Lindhout
    Julie Roy
  • asmodias

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    asmodias, 18 Feb 2013
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    Skerin, 26 Aug 2012

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