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| Deconstruction Workers |
| Original title |
Bygningsarbeidere |
| Type |
Shorts |
| Genre |
Animation |
| Director |
Kajsa Næss |
| Short summary |
Two construction workers have a serious discussion about life. |
| Summary |
Two construction workers having an everyday conversation about an existensial question. They keep on building while the world around them falls apart. Will they find the answer to one of the most common questions in the western world? |
| Cast |
Jan Gunnar Røise, Anders Mordal |
| Screenplay |
Kjartan Helleve |
| D.O.P |
Janne K. Hansen, Kajsa Næss |
| Editor |
Kajsa Næss |
| Animation |
Cathinka Tanberg, Isak Giertsen, Eirik Kirkaune, Kajsa Næss |
| Composer |
Kjartan Helleve |
| Sound |
Håkon Lammetun |
| Scenography |
Cecilie Ellingsen, Magnhild Winsnes, Ketil Bruun Andersen, Kajsa Næss |
| Producer |
Lise Fearnley |
| Production company |
Mikrofilm as | P.O. Box 5 Majorstua| N-0330 Oslo | Norway
post at mikrofilm.no |
| Country of origin |
Norway |
| Release date (national) |
2008-06-13 |
| Technical information |
| Format |
35mm |
| Screen ratio |
1:1,66 |
| Colour |
Colour |
| Sound System |
Dolby SRD |
| Length in min's |
6 min |
| Length in meters |
165 |
| No. of reels |
1 |
| International sales |
NFI |
| Festival participation |
2008 Norwegian Short Film Festival, Grimstad
2008 The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund - Children's programme
2008 Bergen Animation Festival
2008 Stavanger Short Film Festival
2008 Nordisk Panorama 5 Cities Festival, Malmö
2008 Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden
2008 Femmina Film Festival, Norway
2008 Fredrikstad Animation Festival
2009 Flickerfest, Sydney, Australia
2009 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
2009 Minimalen Short Film Festival, Trondheim
2009 Festival regard sur le court metrage au Sageneu, Quebec, Canada
2009 Aspen Short Film Festival, USA
2009 Tribeca Film Festival, New York
2009 Brussels International Short Film Festival
2009 FICA Algarve
2009 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France
2009 Festival de la Cité, Lausanne, Switzerland
2009 Puchon Int. Fantastic Film Festival, Korea
2009 Traverse City Film Festival, USA
2009 Molisecinema, Italia
2009 Open Cinema, St Petersburg, Russia
2009 Chungmuro International Film Festival, Seoul
2009 London International Animation Film Festival
2009 Animanima, Serbia
2009 Milano Film Festival
2009 Curtocircuíto International Short Film Festival, Spain
2009 Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany
2009 Badalona Short Film Festival, Spain
2009 MedFilmFestival, Italy
2009 Århus Filmfestival, Denmark
2009 Leuven Int. Short Film Festival, Belgium
2009 Festival on Wheels, Turkey
2009 Ale Kino!, Int. Young Audience festival, Poznan, Poland
2010 Prague Short Film Festival
2010 Anima - Brussels International Cartoon and Animation Film Festival
2010 Tricky Women Film Festival, Austria
2010 BEFilm The Underground Film Festival, NYC, USA
2010 AniFest, Trebon, Czech Republic
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| Prizes received |
2008 Norwegian Short Film Festival, Grimstad: Grand Prix (Gullstolen)
2008 Femmina Film Festival, Norway: The Femmina Award
2009 Milano Film Festival, Italy: Focus on Animation Award
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Director biography:
 Kajsa Næss (b. 1970) is a director and animator. On completing her animation education at Volda University College in 1996, she established Mikrofilm AS together with Lise Fearnley. For over ten years, the production company has been making short films which have been screened at festivals at home and abroad and have won a series of awards, incuding an Oscar. Kajsa Næss has made animated short films, music videos and commercial films.
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