Father and Daughter is a 2000 Dutch animated short film written and directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2001.
A father tells his young daughter goodbye and leaves. The girl experiences her own seasons, similar to how the vast Dutch landscapes do. She grows into an older woman, starts a family, but she never stops yearning for her father. They are reunited at the film's ending in what seems to be a dream sequence or possibly the afterlife.
The film received over 20 awards and 1 nomination, and is considered the most successful in the series of works by Dudok de Wit. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.