Norsk filminstitutt

Marius is a middle school pupil, tormented by the very thought of not being a success. When the teacher teams him up with Frida, the outsider of his class, so begins a tumultuous relationship that will truly test Marius’ character and status. 

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2019
Release date (national):
2019-01-11
Production company:
Ape&Bjørn AS
Executive producer:
Geir Henning Eikeland
Isak Eymundsson
Producer:
Ruben Thorkildsen
Line producer:
Henrik Stein Hofstad
Co producer:
Ditte Milsted
Sales agent:
Indie Sales

Director

  • Martin Lund

    Martin Lund (b. 1979) was educated as an art director at Westerdals School of Communication before he was accepted to the directing- programme at the Norwegian Film School at Lillehammer, graduating in 2009 with the short film Baloon Moods. This was, however, not his first film as a director: Home Game from 2004 was screened at numerous national and international film festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand and Sundance Film Festival in 2005, and received several awards. He also directed the shorts Shall we dance? in 2007, and Pistachio in 2009.

    Lund is also a seasoned director of commercials and has also won numerous awards for his work in this field. For a period of time he was also employed by Kitchen, Norwegian affiliate of American advertising giant Leo Burnett. Lund made his debut as a feature film director in 2010 with Twigson ties the Knot, the second film in the Twigson-franchise, one of the biggest and most successful movie franchises in Norwegian cinema history.

    Martin Lund

Cast

Jonas Tidemann
Elli Rhiannon Müller Osborne
Henrik Rafaelsen
Jannike Kruse Jåtog

Awards

2019:
Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth
Ecumenical Jury Award for Children
Main Prize by the Children's Jury for Best Youth Feature
2019:
Filmfest Hamburg
The Commerzbank Audience Award
The MICHEL Award
2019:
Arte Kino Festival
European Audience Award

Festivals

2019:
Stockholm International Film Festival Junior
2019:
Festival of Tolerance – JFF Zagreb
2019:
Espoo Ciné International Film Festival
2019:
Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth
2019:
BIFAN - Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
2019:
!f Istanbul
2019:
cph:pix - BUSTER
2019:
Filmfest Hamburg
2019:
Schlingel International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience
2019:
Sao Paulo International Film Festival
2019:
Cinekid
2019:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2019:
Minsk International Film Festival LISTAPAD
2019:
Noordelijk Film Festival
2019:
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
2019:
International Kinderfilmfestival Wien
2019:
Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival
2019:
Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival
2019:
Arte Kino Festival
2020:
Tokyo Northern Lights Festival
2020:
Bangaluru International Film Festival
2020:
Cinequest Film Festival
2020:
Sarajevo Film Festival
2020:
Molodist - Kiev International Film Festival
2020:
Film Fest Gent
2020:
YoungAbout International Film Festival Bologna

Crew

Director:
Martin Lund
Screenplay:
Martin Lund
Editor:
Christoffer Heie
Cinematographer:
Adam Wallensten
Casting:
Beathe Hofseth
Mia Jensen
ProductionDesigner:
Camilla Lindbråten
Costume Designer:
Ida Toft
Composer:
Nils Martin Larsen

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
1:1,66
Colour:
Colour
Length in min's:
110'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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