''When Ponds Freeze Over'' is a Canadian
short film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...
, directed by
Mary Lewis and released in 1998.
["Ice tale will melt hearts". '']Montreal Gazette
The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of th ...
'', September 6, 1998.
Mixing live action with animation, the film stars Lewis herself as Mary, a woman recounting to her daughter Eva (
Eva Crocker
Eva Crocker is a Canadian writer based in St. John's, whose debut short story collection ''Barrelling Forward'' was published in 2017.
The daughter of writer Lisa Moore and Memorial University of Newfoundland academic Stephen Crocker, she was a ...
) the childhood story of when Mary and her father (
James Allodi
James Allodi (born February 26, 1967) is a Canadian actor, writer and director.
Career
James Allodi earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with a Major in Film, from New York University. Since then, the writer, director, and actor has amassed an impres ...
) fell through the ice on a frozen pond.
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The animated segments were created by Lewis, Peter Evans, Shelley Cornick and Lisa Moore.
]
Accolades
The film won the at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival
The 23rd Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 10 to September 19, 1998. A total of 311 films were screened during the ten-day festival, commencing with the opening gala, ''The Red Violin''.
Awards
Programmes
Gala Opening Nigh ...
, and the Genie Award
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...
for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 19th Genie Awards
The 19th Genie Awards were held on February 4, 1999 to honour Canadian films released in 1998. It marked only the second time in the 1990s, after the 16th Genie Awards in January 1996, that the awards were held in the winter of the year ''followin ...
.["Genie Award Winners". '']Vancouver Sun
The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network. Published s ...
'', February 5, 1999.
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1998 films
1998 drama films
Best Live Action Short Drama Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
1998 short films
1990s English-language films
Canadian drama short films
1990s Canadian films
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