Norsk filminstitutt

Ella Bella Bingo and Henry are best friends, they do everything together. But when cool kid Johnny arrives in town everything changes. An original road movie about friendship, bicycles and magic.

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2020
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2020-01-24
Production company:
KOOL Produktion AS
Producer:
Frank Mosvold
Sales agent:
Studio 100 Film

Director

  • Atle Blakseth

    Atle S. Blakseth (b. 1977) studied animation at Volda University College, and has worked as a designer, modeler, animator and director in the Norwegian film and animation industry since 2002. He has, amongst others, contributed to such films as Ploddy the Police Car (2002), Free Jimmy (2006), Elias and the Royal Yacht (both feature and TV series, 2007), Kurt Turns Evil (2008) and Trollhunter (2010), in addition to numerous commercials. Blakseth has also given lectures at the creative arts private college Idéfagskolen (2006), and at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2007).

    He made his debut as a director with the animated comedy short Fishing with Sam in in 2009. The film has been screened at over 45 international festivals, and has received several awards, including Best Short Film in the Elements+6 section at the Giffoni Film Festival in 2009.

    Atle Blakseth
  • Frank Mosvold

    Frank Mosvold (b. 1965) studied film, and completed his master of Fine Arts in Film Production at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, after first completing a Bachelor in economics at Babson College, Boston, and working four years as a shipping/charting broker in New York and London.

    He has since written, directed and produced numerous short films and television programs. His short films include C-l-o-s-e-r (1997), A Kiss in the Snow (1998), Waves (1999), Home for Christmas (2000), Sloth (2000), Summer Blues (2002), Christopher & Gordy (2004), The Homolulu Show (2004), Lonely 15 (2004).

    In 1996 he founded his own production company, KOOL Produktion AS, and produced a variety of different feature and short films, as well as television series', until 2004 when the company ventured into animation, and shifted it's focus to producing content solely for children.

    Frank Mosvold

Cast

Ninni Spone
Oskar Fjeldstad-Bergheim
Johannes Joner
Hege Schøyen
Gard B. Eidsvold
Bjarte Hjelmeland
Bjørn Sundquist

Awards

2020:
Kino Dzieci - International Children's Film Festival
Audience Award

Festivals

2020:
Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth
2020:
Kino Dzieci - International Children's Film Festival
2020:
Isfahan International Festival of Films for Children & Young Adults
2020:
Filem'on - Brussels International Children’s Film Festival
2020:
New Horizons International Film Festival
2020:
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
2020:
Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival
2021:
Beijing International Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Atle Blakseth
Frank Mosvold
Screenplay:
Frank Mosvold
Johnny Smith
Rob Sprackling

Technical information

Genre:
Family
Animation
Format:
DCP 2k
Length in min's:
75'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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