Norsk filminstitutt

Short film Bike Bird
(Sykkelfugl)

Zahra (12) is from Afghanistan, and an asylum seeker in Norway. She has a dream she wants to realize, and this turns out to be difficult for her - but Zahra is a fighter. Bike Bird is a visual story about balancing between two cultures.

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2018
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2018-07-26
Production company:
Nuten Film AS
Financing company:
Norwegian Film Institute
Filmkraft Rogaland
Producer:
Audun Skaug
Line producer:
Gunhild Oddsen
Film consultant:
Kari Moen Kristiansen
Sigve Endresen

Director

  • Kari Klyve-Skaug

    Kari Klyve-Skaug is a Norwegian filmmaker. She has made documentaries and shortfilms selected for several international festivals in Europe, USA and India, and for TV. Her video work has been selected for the National Art Exhibition, Norway and for Les Rencontres Internationales, Paris.

    Kari Klyve-Skaug

  • Odveig Klyve

    Odveig   Klyve (b. 1954) is a filmmaker, scriptwriter and poet. She has written and directed   several short films and art videos screened at international film festivals   in USA, Canada, India, Taiwan, Japan and many countries in Europe.     

    Odveig Klyve

Cast

Zarah:
Lanika Batool Ali
Salman:
Jawahar Worozghani
Jasmin:
Sneha Worozghani
Mother:
Rizwana Raza
Father:
Ahsan Raza
Employee at asylum reception center:
Pål Espen Mulder Kilstad

Awards

2018:
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
Girl Empowerment Award

Festivals

2018:
Giffoni Film Festival
2018:
The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
2018:
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
2018:
KUKI - International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlin
2019:
With me, with you, with everyone - Films without Borders
2019:
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
2019:
Tampere Film Festival
2019:
Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay - Saguenay International Short Film Festival
2019:
BUFF International Children and Young People's Film Festival
2019:
KIKI – International Film Festival For Children
2019:
IndieLisboa International Film Festival
2019:
IFI Family Film Festival
2019:
cph:pix - BUSTER
2019:
Mill Valley Film Festival
2019:
Ridgefield Independent Film Festival
2019:
Interfilm - International Short Film Festival Berlin
2020:
Black Movie Film Festival Geneva
2020:
TICFF - Taiwan International Children's TV & Film Festival
2020:
Ciné-Festival en Pays de Fayence

Crew

Director:
Kari Klyve-Skaug
Odveig Klyve
Screenplay:
Odveig Klyve
Cinematographer:
Nils Petter Devold Midtun
Composer:
Olav Øyehaug
Editor:
Kari Klyve-Skaug
Sound Design:
Frode Ytre Arne
Costume Designer:
Sham Jaff
Makeup artist:
Sham Jaff
ProductionDesigner:
Ann Kristin Bjørge
Set Decorator:
Michael Wallin
Sound Recording:
Gunnar Hauge
Casting:
Odveig Klyve
Kari Klyve-Skaug
Still photographer:
Bo Randulff

Technical information

Genre:
Children
Family
Drama
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
1:2,39
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Stereo 5.1
Length in min's:
15'
Language:
Norwegian
Hazaragi
Subtitles:
English

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