Kjell Boersma

{{Short description|Canadian animator}}

Kjell Boersma is a Canadian animator.Joel Levy, [https://torontoguardian.com/2017/02/toronto-artist-kjell-boersma/ "'A Day in the Life' with Toronto Artist Kjell Boersma"]. Toronto Guardian, February 14, 2017. He is most noted for his 2017 short film Dam! The Story of Kit the Beaver, which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards.[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/breadwinner-nominated-6-canadian-screen-awards-including-best-picture-156075.html "‘The Breadwinner’ Nominated For 6 Canadian Screen Awards, Including Best Picture"]. Cartoon Brew, January 20, 2018.

He has also directed the animated short films Monster Slayer (2016) and Boat People (2023),Ben Mitchell, [https://www.skwigly.co.uk/boat-people/ "Boat People | Q&A with Thao Lam and Kjell Boersma"]. Swigly, April 26, 2023. and has done visual effects work in the films Filth City and Someone Lives Here, and the web series True Dating Stories and The Amazing Gayl Pile.

Boat People, co-directed with children's writer Thao Lam based on Lam's 2020 book The Paper Boat, won the award for Best Animated Short Film at the 2023 Calgary International Film Festival.Aryn Toombs, [https://livewirecalgary.com/2023/09/25/winners-of-2023-ciff-competitions-unveiled/ "Winners of 2023 CIFF competitions unveiled"]. LiveWire Calgary, September 25, 2023.