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An elderly teacher in a small costal community faces a difficult decision when one of her students claims he has been bitten by her dog, and the other villagers demand that it be put down.

 The elderly teacher Iben lives alone in a small coastal community in Lofoten with her dog, Ivo. In an attempt to help the struggling student Markus, she takes him for walks on her spare time and lets him get to know her dog. Spending time with Ivo, managing the dog, and playing with it, seems to have a very beneficial effect on Markus. One day he is allowed to take Ivo for a walk alone. But when the boy becomes bored and restless, he starts to tease the dog and loses control. Markus claims that Ivo has bitten him, and Iben faces a difficult decision when the other villagers demand that her dog be put down. 

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2019
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2019-06-14
Production company:
Original Film AS
Financing company:
Norwegian Film Institute
Nordnorsk filmsenter
Fond for lyd og bilde
Producer:
Mona Steffensen
Film consultant:
Lars Daniel Krutzkoff Jacobsen

Director

  • Christina Lande

    Christina Lande (b. 1987) is a Norwegian writer-director based in Lofoten. She has a background from Westerdals School of Communication, where she studied writing and directing for film and TV, as well as studies in film science at NTNU. Her films have been represented at several festivals worldwide. 

    Filmografi Christina Lande

    • Kameleon / Chameleon, 2015, fiksjon, 15 min.

    • Vi som sitter på benker / Fish Out of Water, 2014, fiksjon, 12 min.

    • The Game, 2014, musikkvideo (dokumentar), 5 min.

    • Mellom fire vegger / Between Walls, 2013, fiksjon, 13 min.

    • In Between Repeat, 2012, dokumentar, 14 min.

    Christina Lande

Cast

Iben:
Guri Johnson
Markus:
Erlend Anton Fjelltun

Awards

2020:
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Grand Prize - Live Action Short

Festivals

2019:
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
2020:
TIFF - Tromsø International Film Festival
2020:
Rhode Island International Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Christina Lande
Screenplay:
Christina Lande
Cinematographer:
Edvart Falch Alsos
Composer:
Edvart Falch Alsos
Editor:
Karsten Meinich
ProductionDesigner:
Janna Thöle-Juul
Set Decorator:
Janna Thöle-Juul
Prop Master:
Janna Thöle-Juul
Costume Designer:
Nina Erdahl
Makeup artist:
Nina Erdahl
Sound Design:
Mats Lid Støten
Sound Recording:
Eli Nygård
First assistant director:
Joachim Joachimsen
Script:
Tor Espen Vassbotn
Casting:
Christina Lande
Liv Mari Ulla Mortensen
Still photographer:
Jona Kleinlein

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
1:1,85
Colour:
Colour
Length in min's:
19'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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