Norsk filminstitutt

Short film Hvalagapet


Hvalagapet is a little story of 12 year old Rikke’s first meeting with big feelings and this thing called love - a meeting that starts and ends within the hour.

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2017
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2017-08-19
Financing company:
Filmkraft Rogaland
Fond for lyd og bilde
Norwegian Film Institute
Associated producer:
Siw Angell-Olsen
Producer:
Gunhild Oddsen

Director

  • Liss-Anett Steinskog

    Liss-Anett Steinskog (b. 1989) is a Norwegian filmmaker from Randaberg, Rogaland. She got her bachelor degree in Literature, film and theatre at UiA, before studying film at Nordland College of Art and Film. 

    Hvalagapet is her debut short after graduating.

    Liss-Anett Steinskog

Cast

Rikke:
Sina Håland
Dani:
Sivert Goa

Awards

2018:
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
Terje Vigen Award

Festivals

2017:
The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
2018:
Minimalen Short Film Festival
2018:
Berlin International Film Festival
2018:
Kristiansand International Children and Youth Film Festival
2018:
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
2018:
International Short Film Festival Hamburg - Mo & Friese
2018:
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
2018:
Nordisk Panorama
2018:
Filem'on - Brussels International Children’s Film Festival
2018:
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
2019:
New York International Children's Film Festival
2019:
Little Big Shots - Australia's International Film Festival for Kids

Crew

Director:
Liss-Anett Steinskog
Screenplay:
Liss-Anett Steinskog
Cinematographer:
Leander Håvik
Camera:
Jonathan Bevan
Editor:
Fredrik S. Hana
Composer:
Kristoffer Grude
ProductionDesigner:
Lina Helvik
Set Decorator:
Lina Helvik
Prop Master:
Lina Helvik
Sound Design:
Frode Ytre-Arne
Sound Recording:
Anita Skjæveland
First assistant director:
Pia Louise Edvardsen
Casting:
Liss-Anett Steinskog
Siw Angell-Olsen
Still photographer:
Anita Hamremoen

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Children
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
1:1,37
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Stereo 5.1
Length in min's:
12'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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