Norsk filminstitutt

Short film Morningbird and Murmelton on Winter Holiday
(Morgenfugl og Murmeldyr på vinterferie)

It is summer, but the rain is pouring down. Mathilde is bored. Had it been winter, it would be snowing instead. Mathilde wants to go on winter holiday right away. Morningbird and Murmelton are tiny enough to go on winter holiday in the freezer. It becomes quite the adventure.

Short film for a young audience.

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2014
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2014-09-18
Release date (international):
2014-10-24
Production company:
Mikrofilm AS
Producer:
Lise Fearnley
Tonje Skar Reiersen

Director

  • Annette Saugestad Helland

    Annette Saugestad Helland (b. 1975) was educated at Bergen National Academy of the Arts and studied animation at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack) in Stockholm. She has written and illustrated four children's books, participated in several collective exhibitions and is currently working on animation and book projects for children. She was part of the design team on the feature film Hocus Pocus, Alfie Atkins.

    Annette Saugestad Helland

Cast

Morning Bird:
Kaia Varjord
Murmelton:
Thorbjørn Harr
Mathilde:
Mathilde Matre Rusten

Festivals

2014:
Kristiansand International Children and Youth Film Festival
2014:
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
2014:
Fredrikstad Animation Festival
2015:
TIFF - Tromsø International Film Festival
2015:
Cinema Circus - Martha's Vineyard Film Festival
2015:
Kristiansand International Children and Youth Film Festival
2015:
New Horizons International Film Festival
2015:
Film Festival della Lessinia
2015:
Love & Anarchy - Helsinki International Film Festival
2015:
Schlingel International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience
2015:
Uppsala International Short Film Festival
2015:
Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People
2016:
Children's Film Festival Seattle
2016:
Providence Children's Film Festival
2016:
TICFF - Taiwan International Children's TV & Film Festival
2016:
Cinema in Sneakers Film Festival for Children and Youth
2016:
Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival
2016:
Nordkapp Filmfestival
2018:
European Youth Film Festival of Flanders
2020:
Ottawa International Animation Film Festival
2021:
MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Annette Saugestad Helland
Screenplay:
Annette Saugestad Helland
Cinematographer:
Harald Fossen
Derek Bateman
Editor:
Ulf Tønder Flittig
Composer:
Anthony Barratt
Set Decorator:
Anna Erlandsson
Annika Bergström
Sound Design:
Rikard Strømsodd
Animator:
Magnhild Winsnes
Cathinka Tanberg
Andreas Paleologos
Annette Saugestad Helland

Technical information

Genre:
Animation
Children
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
16:9
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Stereo 5.1
Length in min's:
8'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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