Fia! (Fia og klovnene)

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Fia!
Original title	Fia og klovnene
Type	Features
Genre	Children
Director	Elsa Kvamme
Summary	Fia thinks everyone is a clown. Except herself, her mother... and Bustric. This is a family film about eight-year-old Fia who for a long time has been a mother for her own mother. She has grown up in an "upside down" world where it is important that mother is never sad. But one day the police show up. Fia becomes the focus, and Fia's life will never be the same again. Fortunately she finds an ally in the magician and clown Bustric, who shows up whenever she really needs him. Because she had actually made up her mind: School was only supposed to last three months. If it's difficult to have one mother, having two is like an earthquake.
Cast	Klara Døving, Sergio Bini, Hanne Lindbæck, Stig Henrik Hoff, Anne Ryg, Minken Fosheim, Trond Høvik
Screenplay	Elsa Kvamme
Based on	Fia-barnet by Gunn Bohmann
D.O.P	Kjell Vassdal
Editor	Thomas Täng
Composer	Geir Bøhren, Bent Åserud
Sound	Sturla Einarson
Costume designer	Frida Åberg
Scenography	Are Sjaastad
Producer	Petter Borgli, Tomas Backström
Line producer	Odd G. Iversen
Production company	Dinamo Story AS
Co-producer	SF Norge, Norsk Filmstudio
Country of origin	Norway
Release date (national)	2003-10-24
Release date (international)	2003-10-30
Technical information
Format	35mm
Screen ratio	1:1,85
Colour	Colour
Sound System	Dolby SR
Length in min's	103
Length in meters	2815
No. of reels	5
International sales	NonStop Sales
Distributor (Norway only)	SF Norge
Festival participation	2003 Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany 2004 Montreal Childrens Film Festival 2004 Zlin Int'l. Film Festival for Children and Youth 2004 Giffoni Film Festival 2004 Kinder Film Festival, Japan 2004 New Nordic Children's Film Festival, Copenhagen 2004 Schlingel Film Festival 2004 Helsinki Children Film Festival 2004 Moscow International Festival for Children and Youth 2005 European Youth Film Festival of Flanders 2005 Sehpferdchen - Children’s Filmfestival Hannover 2005 Riga International Children Film Festival “Berimor’s Cinema 2005 Febiofest, Praha 2005 International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Divercine, Uruguay 2005 Nordic Film Week, Mexico 2005 Golden Elephant, India
Prizes received	Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany: Children's Film Prize of the Nordic Film Institutes Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany: Prize of the German Video Industry The award carries a prize in the amount of euro 5000 to be used for publication of the respective film on video or DVD. Moreover, the video industry guarantees distribution and marketing support. 2004 Giffoni Film Festival: Ray-Ban Junior Award and Italian Cinema Owners Award 2004 Kinder Film Festival, Japan: Children Film Jury's Special Award Amanda Award: Best Screenplay Schlingel Film Festival: Best Child Actress 2004 Moscow International Festival for Children and Youth: Best Actress Debut Award to Klara Døving 2004 Moscow International Festival for Children and Youth: Special Award: Moscow Teddy Bear 2005 International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Divercine, Uruguay: Opera Prima Award 2005 Golden Elephant, India: Silver Elephant for Best Live Action Feature
URL	www.sfnorge.no

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Director biography:
Elsa Kvamme, director Elsa Kvamme was born in New York, but grew up in Oslo. She began as an acting student at teh Odin Theatre in Denmark, and then established one of Norway's first free groups, Saltkompaagniet, which played all over Europe for six years. She has studied Asian theatre and written over 20 plays, translated Jacques Brel to Norwegian and released three CDs with her own songs. After attending film school at New York University she wrote the screenplay for "Maya Stoneface" and made the documentaries "Tysklandsstudenter" and "A Lady with a Hat". "Fia!" is her first feature film.