Finding Friends (Venner for livet)

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Finding Friends
Original title	Venner for livet
Alternate title	Friends Forever
Type	Features
Genre	Drama, Children
Director	Arne Lindtner Næss
Short summary	Things are not looking good when 12 year old Petter and the rest of the family moves to a small farm in the middle of nowhere for the summer. But the countryside is not as quiet and peaceful as Petter thinks. Walking in the forrest he finds an abused dog which he takes care of. The owner wants it back, but together with the indian girl Nila and her friend Samson the bull, they rescue the dog and reveal the local car thieves that have operated for a long time. The summer turns out to be a dangerous and exciting adventure, - Petter does not miss his friends in the city. During these weeks he has made friends forever...with a dog, a bull and a girl.
Cast	Magnus Solhaug, Sunaina Jassal, Leo (the dog), Samson (the Ox), Nina Woxholt, Anders T. Andersen, Reidar Sørensen, Ingar Helge Gimle, Torbjørn Harr, Kristin Juel Bergflødt
Screenplay	Ingrid Wiese, Geir Meum Olsen, Arne Lindtner Næss
D.O.P	Kjell Vassdal fnf
Composer	Trond Bjerkenæs
Sound	Kari Nytrø, Tormod Ringnes, Jan Lindvik
Producer	Ellen Jacobsen
Production company	Nordisk Film Produksjon AS
Country of origin	Norway
Release date (national)	2005-02-18
Technical information
Format	35mm
Screen ratio	1:1,85
Colour	Colour
Sound System	Dolby SRD
Length in min's	89:26
Length in meters	2447
International sales	Nordisk Film International Sales \| Mosedalsvej 14 \| DK-2500 Valby \| tel: +45 36 18 82 00 \| fax: +45 36 18 95 50 \| e-mail: contact@nordiskfilm.com \| www.sales.nordiskfilm.com
Distributor (Norway only)	Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film Distributors AS
Festival participation	2005 Kristiansand Children Film Festival 2005 Giffoni Film Festival 2005 Buster Film Festival, Nordic Market 2005 Lucas International Children's Film Opening Film 2005 Cinekid, Amsterdam 2005 Sochi International Children Art Festival "Kinotavrik", Russia 2005 Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2005 London Children Film Festival, Barbican Centre 2005 Oulu International Children's Film Festival, Finland 2005 Black Night Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia 2005 Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People 2005 Stuttgart International Children's Film Festival Competition, Opening Film 2006 European Youth Film Festival of Flanders, Belgium Competition 2006 International Children’s Film Festival in Berimor’s Cinema, Riga 2006 Leeds Junior 2006 Sprockets International. Film Festival for Children, Toronto 2006 Zlin International Children’s Film Festival 2006 Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 2006 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, USA 2006 Cinemagic, Northern Ireland’s World Screen Festival for Young People 2006 Moscow International Film Festival for Children and Young People 2007 Norwegian Film Week, Tallinn, Estonia 2007 Norwegian Film Week, Murmansk 2007 Green Film Festival, Seoul 2007 Golden Elephant, India Competition 2008 Helsinki International Film Festival
Prizes received	2005 Giffoni Film Festival, Italy: Gnam-Fest Award 2005 Giffoni Film Festival, Italy: Second Place in Kidz Section 2005 Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund (New Nordic Films): Amanda for Best Children- and Youth Film 2005 Cinekid, Amsterdam: Cinekid Film Audience Prize 2005 Sochi International Children Art Festival "Kinotavrik", Russia: Best Actress Award to Sunaina Jassal 2005 Stuttgart International Children's Film Festival: Charly Award from Children Jury 2006 European Youth Film Festival of Flanders, Belgium: Beste spillefilm fra barnejuryen 2006 Cinemagic, Northern Ireland’s World Screen Festival for Young People: Best Feature Film for a Children's Audience 2006 Moscow Children's Film Festival: Children's Jury Prize
URL	http://www.nfi.no/film/findingfriends

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Director biography:
arne_lindtner_naess Arne Lindtner Næss (1944) was educated as an actor and has performed at most every theatre in Norway. Since 1985 he has also been a director, screenwriter and creative producer for TV-series. This is his third feature film as director, after the huge sucesses with the two "The Junior Olsen Gang".