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A man walks a dog in the snow, the dog is not his. A woman suddenly realizes something about meta-fiction and her life changes. A young woman asks her mother to visit her more often. These three are a family, as fragile and surprising as life itself.   

Apple is a poetic, humoristic and profound story of life sustained between happiness and pain. It's about a desire to hold on while certainly knowing it will all pass. A picture of our existence as a constant movement where we float in and out of each other’s lives, and each others stories.    

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2018
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2018-06-15
Production company:
Motlys A/S
Financing company:
Norwegian Film Institute
Producer:
Yngve Sæther
Film consultant:
Kari Moen Kristiansen

Director

  • Yngvild Sve Flikke

    Yngvild Sve Flikke (b. 1974) made shorts, music documentaries and children shorts for NRK for 15 years, before her debut feature, Women In Oversized Men's Shirts (Amanda for best actress in a supporting role) in 2015. She then went on to direct the short Apple (Award for best screenplay, the Norwegian Short Film Festival) in 2016 and directed several episodes of the internationally acclaimed drama series Home Ground season 1 and 2 in 2018 and 2019. Her upcoming The Art of Falling will go into production in October 2019.  

    Yngvild Sve Flikke

Cast

Aksel:
Thorbjørn Harr
Signe (age 29):
Silje Storstein
Signe (age 65):
Anne Marit Jacobsen
Sonja (daughter):
Beate Bruland
Sonja (neighbour):
Andrea Bræin Hovig
The Apple Tree (voice):
Marie Blokhus

Awards

2018:
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
The Writers Guild of Norway's Award for Best Screenplay: Timeglasset - The Hourglass

Festivals

2018:
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
2018:
Nordisk Panorama
2019:
Filmfest Sundsvall
2019:
Espoo Ciné International Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Yngvild Sve Flikke
Screenplay:
Gunnhild Øyehaug
Cinematographer:
Marianne Bakke
Editor:
Zaklina Stojcevska
Composer:
Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim
ProductionDesigner:
Tuva Hølmebakk
Costume Designer:
Maria Bohlin
Makeup artist:
Vibeke Tømte
Sound Design:
Gisle Tveito
Sound engineer:
Krister Johnson

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
16:9
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Stereo 5.1
Length in min's:
18'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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