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    ‘Grief bacon’ and other untranslatable words for the highs and lows of love

    Love might be universal but, as this brief animation shows, it’s not always easily translatable. Made in association with the CBC podcast Love Me, the Canadian director Andrew Norton’s short film explores 13 distinctive words from across the globe that describe the highs, lows and everything-in-betweens of romantic love.

    Director: Andrew Norton

    Producers: Cristal Duhaime, Mira Burt-Wintonick

    Illustrator: Drew Shannon

    7 July 2016
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