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A fantastic tale about fighting back with the power of imagination.

 Siblings Theodor (8) and Villja (10) escape from the school's bully and have no choice but to seek shelter in the house of the town's peculiar artist. They discover that he has a magical paintbrush that brings drawings to life! Maybe they can use it to fight off the bully? But things get out of hand when Villja's dinosaur drawing ends up becoming a lot more than expected.  

Every day Theodor (8) is bullied by Bremer (12), and today is no exception. After school, Bremer holds Theodor upside down to shake the money out of his pockets. When Theodor's sister Vilja (10) rescues Theodor with the help of her slingshot, the two siblings must seek shelter in the house of the eccentric, colorful artist Mister Tusj. He has had to deal with bullies like Bremer in his past, and let them stay with him – on the condition that they use his crayons to create ART.    

When Theodor and Vilja see that Mister Tusj has a magic brush that can make drawings come to life, they get an idea of how to get back at Bremer. Vilja draws a dinosaur, and with the magic brush, Theodor gives life to it. The dinosaur chases Bremer, and he must seek shelter on a roof. Theodor seems to have gotten his sweet revenge, but it turns out that the dinosaur is pregnant and suddenly she gives birth to three angry kids. When the kids climb up on the back of the mother dinosaur, they manage to get up on the roof where Bremer is sitting.    

The revenge has gone too far, and Theodor and Viljal must try to save Bremer – ideally without Mister Tusj discovering that they have thwarted his magic brush.

Finally, Theodor and Vilja manage to catch all the dinosaurs and rescue Bremer, who regretful hands Theodor back his money. Sometimes the pencil is stronger than the sword.  

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2017
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2017-04-28
Production company:
Fabelfjord AS
Financing company:
Norwegian Film Institute
Nordnorsk Filmsenter AS
FilmCamp as
Fond for lyd og bilde
Filmfond Nord
Executive producer:
Merete Korsberg
Producer:
Endre Lund Eriksen
Film consultant:
Kari Moen Kristiansen

Director

  • Jim S. Hansen

    Jim Hansen works as a director and screenwriter from his base in Tromsø, Northern Norway.  His short film Aerosol (2008) screened at the Norwegian Shortfilmfestival in 2009, while My Superhero (2010) has been screened at several national and international festivals. Hansen is also a skilled line producer and has worked on the feature film Far North by Asif Kapadia and Summers Past by Ole Giæver.

    Jim S. Hansen

Cast

Theodor:
Sigurd Heiene Krogh
Vilja:
Alina Michelle Wilhelmsen
Bremer:
Gabriel Hasani Holland-Nell
Mister Tusj:
Trond Peter Stamsø Munch

Awards

2018:
Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños (...y no tan Niños)
Short Fiction Special Mention
2018:
Kaohsiung Film Festival
Children's Jury Award

Festivals

2017:
Kristiansand International Children and Youth Film Festival
2017:
TIFF Junior - Tromsø International Children's Film Festival
2017:
The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
2017:
Lucas International Festival for Young Film Lovers
2017:
Carrousel international du film de Rimouski
2017:
The Golden Elephant - International Children's Film Festival India
2017:
Northern Character Film & TV Festival
2017:
Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival
2018:
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
2018:
Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños (...y no tan Niños)
2018:
Kaohsiung Film Festival
2018:
International Short Film Festival Winterthur
2018:
Evreux Festival of International Short Films
2020:
Busan International Short Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Jim S. Hansen
Screenplay:
Endre Lund Eriksen
Based on:
An idea by Roger Gihlemoen
Cinematographer:
Torkel Riise Svenson
Editor:
Karen Gravås
Composer:
Raymond Enoksen
Prop Master:
Halvor Johannes Lie
Linda Nilsen
ProductionDesigner:
Merete Bostrøm
Makeup artist:
Nina Erdahl
Costume Designer:
Nina Erdahl
Sound Design:
Andreas Wangsbro
Rune Hansen
Sound engineer:
Rune Hansen
Animator:
Mads Ringdal
VFX supervisor:
Peter Spence
VFX artist:
Peter Spence
First assistant director:
Iain Forbes
Script:
Endre Lund Eriksen
Casting:
Nina Erdahl

Technical information

Genre:
Children
Family
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
1:2,39
Colour:
Colour
Length in min's:
17'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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