Norsk filminstitutt

Peer Gynt: Who are you?
The Boyg: Myself. Can you say the same?

The Boyg is the voice within that whispers go around, preventing you from facing yourself, suffocating progress and initiative.

A six minute visual and musical remix of Ibsens Peer Gynt, Norwegian Folklore, Edvard Griegs composition, paralyzing panic attacks and The Great Boyg itself who finds us all.

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2016
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2016-06-08
Production company:
Mikrofilm AS
Producer:
Lise Fearnley
Tonje Skar Reiersen
Sales agent:
Animation Show of Shows, Inc.

Director

  • Kristian Pedersen

    Filmmaker and designer Kristian Pedersen graduated with an MA in Visual Communication from Bergen Academy of Art and Design. Working as a freelance animator and designer in Oslo, he has produced animated poetry films in collaboration with the small press Gasspedal, publishing house Gyldendal, and the National Library. Kristian has developed a distinct visual signature and narrative style, and his films have been featured at festivals for film, animation, literature and poetry film. He was awarded Goethe Institute's Film Prize at Zebra Poetry Film Festival in Berlin, 2014.

    Kristian Pedersen

Festivals

2016:
International Short Film Festival Hamburg - Mo & Friese
2016:
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
2016:
Annecy International Animation Film Festival
2016:
Shortorama
2016:
International Animation Film Festival Hiroshima
2016:
Nordisk Panorama
2016:
BIFF - Bergen International Film Festival
2016:
Encounters Film Festival
2016:
Ottawa International Animation Film Festival
2016:
25 FPS International Experimental Film & Video Festival
2016:
Reykjavik International Film Festival
2016:
Riga International Film Festival
2016:
Fredrikstad Animation Festival
2017:
New York International Children's Film Festival
2017:
Nashville Film Festival
2017:
Animafest Zagreb - World Festival of Animated Film
2017:
Fest Anča
2017:
Insomnia International Animation Film Festival
2018:
DokuFest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival Kosovo
2020:
Ottawa International Animation Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Kristian Pedersen
Editor:
Kristian Pedersen
Composer:
Erik Hedin
Sound Design:
Erik Hedin
Sound engineer:
Flemming Christensen
Erik Hedin
Animator:
Kristian Pedersen
Based on:
Inspired by Nordic folklore and Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen

Technical information

Genre:
Animation
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
1:1,85
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Dolby Atmos
Length in min's:
5'
Language:
No dialogue

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