Through My Thick Glasses () is an animated short film, directed by Pjotr Sapegin and released in 2004.Giannalberto Bendazzi, Animation: A World History - Volume III: Contemporary Times. CRC Press, 2015. . pp. 132-133. A Canadian-Norwegian coproduction, the film features the voices of Odd Børretzen and Sossen Krohg as the grandparents of a young girl who is listening to her grandfather tell a story about his experiences during World War II.Rick DeMott, "Through My Thick Glasses Wins at Animated Encounters" . Animation World Network, April 25, 2005.
The film premiered at the 2004 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Awards The film received an honorable mention for the Jury Prize at Annecy."En bref: L'ONF récolte". Le Devoir, June 15, 2004.
The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005,Andrew Mack, "The best in Canadian film. Genie nominees announced" . Screen Anarchy, February 9, 2005. and won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2005 CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival."‘Thick Glasses’ takes prize at short film festival". Playback, July 4, 2005.
It was the winner of the Grand Prize at the 2005 Tampere Film Festival,Antti Selkokari, "‘Glasses’ gets glory". Variety, March 14, 2005. and the Audience Award at the 2005 Animated Encounters festival.
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