Threads () is a Norwegian-Canadian animated short film, directed by Torill Kove and released in 2017.Jérôme Delgado, "Torill Kove, la cinéaste montréalaise à la fiche parfaite". Le Devoir, November 23, 2017. Based on Kove's own experience as an adoptive parent, the film depicts a woman who catches a thread in the sky which carries her to a baby girl. The woman rears and remains connected to the girl through a red thread of love and emotional connection. This lasts until the girl is a young woman old enough to go seek her own thread of connection to a baby of her own.Stéphane Dreyfus, "Rubans, de Torill Kove : un très joli film sur l’adoption". La Croix, September 16, 2018.
In advance of the film's release, Kove spoke about her creative process in an interview on the National Film Board of Canada's organizational blog:
The film premiered at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in June 2017, and had its Canadian premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. In December 2017, the film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films.Regan Reid, "What made TIFF’s top-10 Canadian movies of 2017?". Playback, December 6, 2017.
In 2018, Kove also published the story as a children's book.Gail Hamilton, "Threads (National Film Board of Canada Collection)". Canadian Review of Materials, Vol. 25 No. 3 (September 25, 2018).
References
External links Threads on the National Film Board of Canada Threads on YouTube