55 Socks
Foreign title: 55 chaussettes (French)
- Studio
- MusiVision, Coconino, National Film Board of Canada
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis
Based on a poem by Marie Jacobs, the animated short "55 Socks," by Oscar-winning director Co Hoedeman, pays tribute to the ingenuity of the Dutch people during a dark period of their history -- the winter of hunger in 1944-45. It's the closing months of the war in occupied Holland, and some women unravel a beautiful bedspread in order to knit 55 socks to barter for food. Reaching back into his childhood memories, Hoedeman has made a simple, poetic film of rare beauty.
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Co Hoedeman
Producing
- Producer
- Laurie Gordon, Peter Lindhout, Julie Roy
- Executive Producer
- René Chénier
- Line Producer
- Francine Langdeau
Writing
- Writer
- Co Hoedeman
- Introductory Text
- Ad Van Liempt, Joyce Ryckman
Voices
Music
- Music
- Chiwawa
- Musicians
- Laurie Gordon, Cameron Wallis
- Music Recording
- Krassy Halatchev
Animation
- Animator
- Co Hoedeman
Editing
- Editor
- Co Hoedeman, Pierre Plouffe (Picture Editing)
Crew
- Design
- Co Hoedeman
- Sound Design
- Mark Glynne
- Artistic Consultant
- Joyce Ryckman
- Casting
- Kathleen Fee
- Voice Director
- Kathleen Fee
- Voice Recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- Editing
- Chris Leon
- Foley
- Pepijn Aben
- Re-Recording
- Mark Glynne
- Digital Imaging Specialists
- Pierre Plouffe, Susan Gourley
- Titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- Technical Coordination
- Julie Laperrière
- Marketing Manager
- Christine Noël
- Administration
- Diane Regimbald
- Administrative Team
- Diane Ayotte, Karine Desmeules, Michèle Labelle
Production notes
Release date is that of screening at ALE KINO/International Festival of Films for Children.
Awards
Platinum Goats Award. ALE KINO/International Festival of Films for Children, Poznan, Poland, 2011