Norsk filminstitutt

Evan is going to play Beethovens "Fr Elise" at a student concert. He finds practising very boring, and is daydreaming about his own music instead.

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2009
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2009-05-01
Production company:
Pang Produksjoner AS
Producer:
Ingvil Giske

Director

  • Jan Otto Ertesvåg

    Jan Otto Ertesvåg (b. 1969) holds an MA in Animation from the Royal College of Art in London (1997). His films have been screened and awarded worldwide. After 12 years of animating and directing in a variety of animation styles in Oslo, he is now based in Aalesund on the northwest coast of Norway where he continues developing and producing his own abstract stories. He now makes both animated and live action films outdoors in the scenery. Over the recent years he has made a trilogy "from the shore", directing awareness towards lifeforms and civilization.  

    Jan Otto Ertesvåg

Awards

2009:
Colibri International Festival of Audiovisual Prod. For Children & Youth
Honorable Mention

Festivals

2009:
Kristiansand International Children and Youth Film Festival
2009:
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
2009:
Isfahan International Festival of Films for Children & Young Adults
2009:
The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
2009:
Chungmuro International Film Festival in Seoul
2009:
Bergen Animation Festival
2009:
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
2009:
Colibri International Festival of Audiovisual Prod. For Children & Youth
2009:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2009:
Fredrikstad Animation Festival
2009:
Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People
2010:
Minimalen Short Film Festival
2010:
Martha's Vineyard Film Festival for Kids
2010:
ViewFinders: Atlantic Film Festival for Youth
2010:
Istanbul International Children's Film Festival
2010:
Animabasauri Animabasque - Basauri-Bizkaia International Animated Film Festival
2010:
Kristiansand International Children and Youth Film Festival
2010:
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
2010:
International Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR
2010:
Anima Mundi - International Animation Festival of Brazil
2010:
Jecheon International Music & Film Festival
2010:
Jerusalem International Film Festival for Children and Youth
2010:
Anifest Rozafa
2010:
Anaheim International Film Festival
2010:
International Animation Film Festival Tindirindis
2010:
Seoul International Family Film Festival
2010:
European Film Forum Scanorama
2011:
Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York
2013:
Festival Cinéma d'Alès - Itinérances
2013:
Festival on Wheels
2015:
Festival on Wheels
2018:
DokuFest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival Kosovo
2021:
MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Jan Otto Ertesvåg
Screenplay:
Jan Otto Ertesvåg
Composer:
Gaute Storaas
Sound Design:
Egg & Bacon
Voices:
Thorbjørn Harr

Technical information

Genre:
Animation
Children
Format:
35mm
Screen ratio:
1:1,85
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Dolby SR
Length in min's:
10'

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