When Ponds Freeze Over

When Ponds Freeze Over
When Ponds Freeze Over
Directed by	Mary Lewis
Written by	Mary Lewis
Produced by	Mary Lewis
Starring	Mary Lewis; Andy Jones; James Allodi; Eva Crocker
Cinematography	Michael Jones
Edited by	Mary Lewis; Derek Norman
Music by	Matthew Glover; Mark Walker
Release date	1998
Running time	23 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

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[]

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

External links[]

When Ponds Freeze Over at IMDb

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[icetale-1] "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.

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Live Action Short (1986–present)	The Edit (1986) I Need a Man Like You to Make My Dreams Come True (1987) The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada (1989) In Search of the Last Good Man (1990) Battle of the Bulge (1992) The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore (1993) The Hangman's Bride (1997) When Ponds Freeze Over (1998) Moving Day (1999) Le P'tit Varius (2000) The Heart of the World (2001) I Shout Love (2002) Noël Blank (2003) Capacité 11 personnes (2004) Milo 55160 (2005) Le rouge au sol (2006) Après tout (2007) Next Floor (2008) Danse Macabre (2009) Savage (2010) Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011) Throat Song (2012) Noah (2013) Hole (2014) She Stoops to Conquer (2015) Mutants (2016) Fluffy (2017) Fauve (2018) Pick (2019) Black Bodies (2020)
Animated Short (1968–present)	¹ (1968) Walking (1969) To See or Not to See (1970) Evolution (1971) (1972) The Family That Dwelt Apart (1973) The Owl Who Married a Goose (1975) The Street (1976) Spinnolio (1977) Afterlife (1978) Every Child (1980) The Big Snit (1986) Get a Job (1987) The Cat Came Back (1989) Juke-Bar (1990) Strings (1992) Pearl's Diner (1993) La vieille dame et les pigeons (1997) Bingo (1998) When the Day Breaks (1999) Village of Idiots (2000) The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg (2001) The Hungry Squid (2002) Falling in Love Again (2003) Ryan (2004) cNote (2005) The Danish Poet (2006) Madame Tutli-Putli (2007) Isabelle au bois dormant (2008) Runaway (2009) Lipsett Diaries (2010) Romance (2011) Paula (2012) Subconscious Password (2013) Me and My Moulton (2014) The Ballad of Immortal Joe (2015) Blind Vaysha (2016) The Tesla World Light (2017) Animal Behaviour (2018) Giant Bear (2019) Hot Flash (2020)
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.