When Ponds Freeze Over

1998 Canadian film
  • 1998 (1998)
Running time
23 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageEnglish

When Ponds Freeze Over is a Canadian short film, directed by Mary Lewis and released in 1998.[1]

Mixing live action with animation, the film stars Lewis herself as Mary, a woman recounting to her daughter Eva (Eva Crocker) the childhood story of when Mary and her father (James Allodi) fell through the ice on a frozen pond.[1]

The animated segments were created by Lewis, Peter Evans, Shelley Cornick and Lisa Moore.

Accolades

The film won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival,[2] and the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 19th Genie Awards.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ice tale will melt hearts". Montreal Gazette, September 6, 1998.
  2. ^ "Prestigious award for Newfoundlander". The Telegram, September 21, 1998.
  3. ^ "Genie Award Winners". Vancouver Sun, February 5, 1999.

External links

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1 These two films were given honorable mentions rather than officially winning the award, but are included here as no other winner was named above them.
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