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Maybe Elephants

Torill Kove
2024 | 16 min
In the ’70s, three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in bustling Nairobi. The family will never be the same.

Created by Oscar®-winning animator Torill Kove (The Danish Poet), Maybe Elephants is a playful and loving autobiographical homage to family, adolescence and the therapeutic power of memories, however unreliable.

Awards and distinctions

  • Best Canadian Film
    Spark Animation Festival (HYBRID), Vancouver
    2024
  • Short Film Category Audience Prize
    International Animation Festival, Bucheon
    2024
  • Prix animé TVA Abitibi-Témiscamingue
    Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda
    2024