In her old age, she finds the sea has dried up. She walks across the seabed and finds her father's old rowboat. In a symbolic ending, she is reunited with her father, appearing to revert to her childhood self as she runs to him. Key Themes & Symbolism Father and Daughter (Short 2000) - Awards - IMDb

The daughter returns to the shore repeatedly throughout her life—as a teenager, a young woman, a mother with her own children, and finally as an elderly woman.

The film is a wordless visual poem that follows a young girl and her father as they cycle through a vast Dutch landscape to a shore.

The Visual Poetry of Michaël Dudok de Wit’s Animated Films

Jump to. Academy Awards, USA (1) Anima Mundi Animation Festival (1) Annecy International Animated Film Festival (2) BAFTA Awards (

Won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2001. Narrative Summary