The two best friends, Grim and Axel, have ever since they were eight been dreaming about attending the annual Norwegian Championship of Rock. Together they have a band - Los Bando Immortale, but they lack a bass player, and Axel the vocalist and lead guitarist can’t sing. Grim hasn’t had the heart to tell him yet, but when they get accepted to the National Championship of Rock, he needs to find a solution – quickly. They hold an audition, but have no luck finding a suitable band member, so they have to let nine-year-old Thilda become their bass player – on cello. As their designated driver, they assign the local rally talent, Martin. What they don’t know is that he doesn’t have a driver’s license. They embark on a crazy journey across Norway. With the police and the parents chasing them, this will be a race against the clock to get to Tromsø in time for the event of their lifetime.
Feature film Los Bando
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Grim and Aksel, have always dreamed about attending the annual Norwegian Championship of Rock. They embark on a crazy journey to get to the event of their lifetime.
Production and distribution
- Production Year:
- 2018
- Production country:
- Norway
- Co production country:
- Sweden
- Release date (national):
- 2018-02-16
- Production company:
- Filmbin AS
- Co production company:
- Original Film AS
Snowcloud Films - Financing company:
- Filmfond Nord
Norwegian Film Institute
Creative Europe - Producer:
- Nicholas Sando
Trine Andalen Lo - Co producer:
- Mona Steffensen
Petter Lindblad - Sales agent:
- Sola Media GmbH
Director
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Christian Lo
Christian Lo (b. 1977, from Vinstra in Gudbrandsdalen) had his feature film debut RAFIKI (orig. BESTEVENNER) selected for the Berlinale in 2010. Previously Christian has directed four award winning short films for children; PUNCTURED (2001), IVER (2004), RAMP (2005) and BALUBA RUNA (2007). TOUGH GUYS (orig. DE TØFFESTE GUTTA) is his second feature.
Christian Lo studied film in England and now works for the Lillehammer-based production company Filmbin - the only Norwegian film production company dedicated entirely to children’s and youth films.
Cast
- Jonas Hoff Oftebro
- Tage Hogness
- Jacob Dyrud
- Tiril Marie Høistad Berger
- Nils Ole Oftebro
- Frank Kjosås
- Ingar Helge Gimle
- Vera Vitalli
- Hans-Erik Dyvik Husby
- Ine Jansen
- Stig Henrik Hoff
- Zahid Ali
Awards
- 2018:
- Kristiansand International Children and Youth Film Festival
Best Film (Children's Film Jury) - 2018:
- Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth
Main Prize of the Children’s Jury - for the Best Feature Film for Children - 2018:
- Tel Aviv International Children and Youth Film Festival
Children's Jury Prize
Special Mention from the professional jury - 2018:
- Giffoni Film Festival
Special Award - COMIX AWARD - 2018:
- Zürich Film Festival
Children's Jury Prize for Best Children Film - 2018:
- European Film Festival in Göttingen
Best Film (Children's Film Jury) - 2018:
- Cinekid
Cinekid Lion Audience Award - 2018:
- Riga International Film Festival
Kids Jury Award - 2018:
- Münster Film Festival
Children's Jury Prize
Audience Award - 2018:
- Bielefelder Kinderfilmfest
Audience Award - 2018:
- KINOdiseea International Children's Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Feature Film - 2018:
- European Children's Film Association - ECFA Award
- 2018:
- Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival
Children Jury's Special Mention - 2018:
- Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth
Best Feature Film - ECFA Award - 2019:
- Ciné-Jeune de l’Aisne International Film Festival
Professional Prize - 2019:
- Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños (...y no tan Niños)
Best Feature Film - Children's Jury
Festivals
- 2018:
- Berlin International Film Festival
- 2018:
- BUFF International Children and Young People's Film Festival
- 2018:
- Kristiansand International Children and Youth Film Festival
- 2018:
- Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth
- 2018:
- Tel Aviv International Children and Youth Film Festival
- 2018:
- Giffoni Film Festival
- 2018:
- Jecheon International Music & Film Festival
- 2018:
- Adelaide Film Festival
- 2018:
- Love & Anarchy - Helsinki International Film Festival
- 2018:
- Zürich Film Festival
- 2018:
- cph:pix - BUSTER
- 2018:
- European Film Festival in Göttingen
- 2018:
- Giffoni Macedonia Youth Film Festival
- 2018:
- Festival International du Film de la Roche-sur-Yon
- 2018:
- Cinekid
- 2018:
- Riga International Film Festival
- 2018:
- Münster Film Festival
- 2018:
- Bielefelder Kinderfilmfest
- 2018:
- Athens International Film Festival
- 2018:
- KINOdiseea International Children's Film Festival
- 2018:
- Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival
- 2018:
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
- 2018:
- Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival
- 2018:
- Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth
- 2019:
- Providence Children's Film Festival
- 2019:
- Dublin International Film Festival
- 2019:
- Audi Dublin International Film Festival
- 2019:
- Montreal International Children's Film Festival FIFEM
- 2019:
- Freeze Frame International Film Festival
- 2019:
- Gli Anni in Tasca Youth and Cinema / International Film Festival for Young People
- 2019:
- Ciné-Jeune de l’Aisne International Film Festival
- 2019:
- Zoomz
- 2019:
- Hong Kong International Children's Film Carnival
- 2019:
- Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños (...y no tan Niños)
- 2021:
- Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Children and Youth
Crew
- Director:
- Christian Lo
- Screenplay:
- Arild Tryggestad
- Cinematographer:
- Bjørn Ståle Brattberg
- Camera:
- Tordis Lovise Bersaas
Sondre Sandbakken - Editor:
- Arild Tryggestad
- Composer:
- Eirik Myhr
- Other Music:
- Kvelertak
Motorpsycho
Turbonegro
The September When
Hellacopters
Bigbang
Jim Stärk
Gluecifer - ProductionDesigner:
- Karin Myrenberg Faber
- Costume Designer:
- Live Linberg
- Makeup artist:
- Beate Søvik Pedersen
- Sound Design:
- Gisle Tveito
- Sound Recording:
- Gisle Tveito
- Sound engineer:
- Sara Lima
- VFX supervisor:
- Torgeir Busch
- VFX artist:
- Daniel Røsnes
Morten Mandt Nilsen
Mariusz Kolodziejczak - First assistant director:
- Tom Gulbrandsen
- Casting:
- Ingrid Nordby
- Still photographer:
- Bjørn Ståle Bratberg
Kirsti Hovde
Technical information
- Genre:
- Family
Comedy - Format:
- DCP 2k
- Colour:
- Colour
- Length in min's:
- 94'
- Language:
- Norwegian
Swedish - Subtitles:
- English
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