Father and Daughter is a 2000 Dutch animated short film written and directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2001.
Plot A father tells his young daughter goodbye and leaves. The girl experiences her own seasons, similar to how the vast Dutch landscapes do. She grows into an older woman, starts a family, but she never stops yearning for her father. They are reunited at the film's ending in what seems to be a dream sequence or possibly the afterlife.Internet Archive
Awards The film received over 20 awards and 1 nomination, 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)"The Bafta 2001 winners ", BBC News, 2001. Retrieved 21 August 2015. Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (25 March 2001)Rick Lyman, "A Night for Big Stars and Big Films ", The New York Times, 2001. Retrieved 21 August 2015 Grand Prix at World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb in 2002.
See also 2000 in film Animation Show of Shows
References
External links
Father and Daughter at Keyframe