Montreal – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) continued its record-setting pace at the Academy Awards, garnering its 73rd nomination, more than any film organization in the world outside Hollywood.

Torill Kove’s Me and My Moulton, co-produced by the NFB and Norway’s Mikrofilm AS, is nominated for Best Animated Short Film. It’s a category Kove knows well, having directed the 2006 Oscar-winning, NFB-co-produced short The Danish Poet, as well as her Oscar-nominated debut film, My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts.

Kove’s latest whimsical semi-autobiographical work, Me and My Moulton tells the tale of a seven-year-old girl with unconventional parents who envies other normal Norwegian families of the 1960s―and the unexpected drama that occurs the summer she and her sisters ask their parents for a bicycle.

The 87th Academy Awards take place February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The NFB has won 12 Oscars over its 76-year history, including a 1989 Honorary Academy Award for overall excellence in cinema.

Quotes

“This is really wonderful news! One of the many great things about an Oscar nomination is that I will get some chances to express my gratitude publicly to all my colleagues and collaborators. They are all amazing people and I can’t wait to rave about them,” said Torill Kove.

“For more than 15 years, Torill Kove has been creating distinctive and beloved animated works at the NFB that have captured the hearts of audiences across Canada and around the world. The NFB is committed to serving as a unique creative environment for world-class talents like Torill and to continuing to lead the way with new forms of animation art that celebrate Canadian excellence and achievement,” said Claude Joli-Coeur, Government Film Commissioner and NFB Chairperson.

Quick Facts

· Me and My Moulton was produced by Lise Fearnley (Mikrofilm AS) and the NFB’s Marcy Page, and executive produced by Fearnley, Michael Fukushima, Roddy McManus and David Verrall (NFB).

· Awards and honours to date for Me and My Moulton include an Audience Award at the International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film in Leipzig, an Honourable Mention for Best Narrative Short at the Ottawa International Animation Festival and an Annie Award nomination for Best Animated Short Subject.

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