November 4-6, 2011

Danish Poet, The

Filmmaker: 
Torill Kove
15 minutes

This delightful animated film follows a poet whose creative well has run dry, on a holiday to Norway to meet a famous writer. As his quest for inspiration unfolds, it appears that a spell of bad weather, an angry dog, slippery barn planks, a careless postman, hungry goats and other seemingly unrelated factors might play important roles in the big scheme of things after all.

(Oscar winner for Best Short Animation, 2007).