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Short film Aquarium
(Akvarium)

The young boy Amir is about to freeze to death in the ice cold winter weather. He must seek shelter in a house, which leads to an unexpected meeting between past and present.

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2018
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2018-01-18
Production company:
Paranord Film
Financing company:
Norwegian Film Institute
Nordnorsk Filmsenter AS
International Sami Film Institute
Sámediggi - Sámi Parliament of Norway
Producer:
Linn Henriksen
Film consultant:
Kari Moen Kristiansen
Jesper Bergom-Larsson
Anne Lajla Utsi
Inger Tjikkom

Director

  • Yvonne Thomassen

    Yvonne Thomassen is a filmmaker from Alta in Northern Norway. She is educated in journalism and television production, and has been working freelance since 2004 in feature films, shorts and documentary films. Her documentary «My family portrait» (2013) has been shown in many national and international festival, and has won a several awards. She has also created a documentary/animation series for children shown on NRK.      

    Yvonne Thomassen

Cast

Amir:
Walid Alkabra
Nils:
Svein Birger Olsen

Festivals

2018:
TIFF - Tromsø International Film Festival
2018:
Encounters Film Festival
2018:
Sámi Film Minifest Seattle
2018:
Northern Character Film & TV Festival
2019:
Skabmagovat Film Festival
2020:
Reykjavik International Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Yvonne Thomassen
Screenplay:
Yvonne Thomassen
Cinematographer:
Peter Mokrosinski
Editor:
Thomas Täng
Karen Gravås
Composer:
Niko Valkeapää
Georg Buljo
ProductionDesigner:
Benedicte Lyng
Set Decorator:
Benedicte Lyng
Costume Designer:
Linn Henriksen
Makeup artist:
Dorte Pedersen
Sound Design:
Håkon Lammetun
Sound engineer:
Håkon Lammetun
Sound Recording:
Kim-Erling Johansen
First assistant director:
Maila Haugen
Casting:
Yvonne Thomassen
Still photographer:
Marie Louise Somby

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
1:1,85
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Stereo 5.1
Length in min's:
13'
Language:
Arabic
Sami
Subtitles:
English

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