My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts
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My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts is a 1999 animated short by Torill Kove
. Co-produced by Marcy Page of the National Film Board of Canada
and Lars Tømmerbakke of Studio Magica in Norway
, the film humorously recounts a tall tale about the filmmaker's grandmother in Oslo, Norway, during World War II
, who actually ironed the shirts for Norway's King Haakon VII for many years.
Awards for the film included a special prize from the Hiroshima International Animation Festival
and a Golden Sheaf Award for best animation. The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 72nd Academy Awards
. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows
.
Torill Kove
Torill Kove is a Norwegian born Canadian film director and animator. She won the 2007 Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the film The Danish Poet, co-produced by Norway's Mikrofilm AS and the National Film Board of Canada....
. Co-produced by Marcy Page of the National Film Board of Canada
National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...
and Lars Tømmerbakke of Studio Magica in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, the film humorously recounts a tall tale about the filmmaker's grandmother in Oslo, Norway, during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, who actually ironed the shirts for Norway's King Haakon VII for many years.
Awards for the film included a special prize from the Hiroshima International Animation Festival
Hiroshima International Animation Festival
The International Animation Festival Hiroshima is a biannual animation festival hosted in Hiroshima, Japan.The festival was found in 1985 by Association International du Film d'Animation or ASIFA as International Animation Festival for the World Peace...
and a Golden Sheaf Award for best animation. The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 72nd Academy Awards
72nd Academy Awards
The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony took place at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, and was Billy Crystal's seventh time hosting the Awards. The ceremony attracted 46.53 million viewers, an audience 3.7% bigger than the previous ceremony.The Academy Awards ceremony was dominated by two films...
. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows
Animation show of shows
The Animation Show of Shows is a traveling selection of the year's best animated short films, curated and presented by Acme Filmworks founder, Ron Diamond. It began in 1998 with the aim of showing the most original, funny, intelligent short animated films from all over the world and presenting them...
.