Short film
The Hedge of Thorns
(Tornehekken)
Florian and Malene are best friends. Every day they play down by the creek. One day the war comes, and the two children are no longer allowed to play together because they are on opposite sides of the war.
Production and distribution
- Production Year:
- 2001
- Production country:
- Norway
- Release date (national):
- 2001-06-12
- Release date (international):
- 2002-02-10
- Production company:
- Trollfilm AS
- Producer:
- Anita Killi
- Sales agent:
- Norwegian Film Institute
Director
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Anita Killi
Anita Killi (b. 1968 in Stavanger, Norway) studied illustrating and graphic design at the Norwegian National College of Art & Design from 1988 to 1990, followed by studies in animation at the Volda University College from 1990 to 1992, followed by a third year studying documentary filmmaking at the same university college. In 1996 she graduated from Oslo National Academy of the Arts with the equivalent of a masters-degree, majoring in animation (multiplan technique). Killi has since established and runs her own animation studio, Trollfilm AS. Her film Tornehekken (The Hedge of Thorns) has received numerous international awards, and was nominated for Cartoon d'Or. Her latest film Sinna mann (Angry man) garnered even more critical acclaim and has been shown at an even wider selection of festivals, and has won numerous audience, Best Film and Grand Prix' awards.
Her early works include:
2009 Angry Man (Sinna mann)
2001 The Hedge of Thorns (Tornehekken)
1999 The King That Wanted More Than a Crown (Kongen som ville ha mer enn en krone) Director of Animation
1997 Far, Far Away (Langt, langt borte) Director of Animation
1996 Daughter of the Sun (Lavrasiid Áigi)
1994 Circle (Sirkel) Director of Animation
1992 The Glass Ball (Glassballen) Graduation film
Cast
- Erik Rimestad
Awards
- 2002:
- Nominated for Cartoon d'Or
- 2002:
- Berlin International Film Festival
Special Mention - 2002:
- Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Film Festival
Best Film for Young People Award - 2002:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival
UNICEF Award - 2002:
- Divercine International Film Festival For Children & Youth, Montevideo
Best Short Film
UNICEF Award - 2002:
- Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños (...y no tan Niños)
Special Mention for the Best Story
Special Mention for Best Direction - 2002:
- Carrousel international du film de Rimouski
Best Short Film - 2002:
- Chicago International Children's Film Festival
Liv Ullmann Peace Prize
2nd Prize Animated Short Films - 2002:
- Ottawa International Animation Film Festival
Best Film Made for Children - 2002:
- Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People
Best Animation - 2003:
- Freeze Frame International Film Festival
Best Short Film - 2003:
- Fredrikstad Animation Festival
Best Children Film - 2003:
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Children's Jury Prize for Best Children Film
Festivals
- 2001:
- The Norwegian Short Film Festival
- 2001:
- The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
- 2001:
- Nordisk Panorama - 5 Cities Festival, Aarhus
- 2001:
- FaBu Children and Youth Film Festival, Sandnes
- 2002:
- Berlin International Film Festival
- 2002:
- Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
- 2002:
- New York International Children's Film Festival
- 2002:
- St. Petersburg International Children's Film Festival
- 2002:
- BUFF International Children and Young People's Film Festival
- 2002:
- Schermi d'Amore
- 2002:
- Sprockets - Toronto International Film Festival for Children and Youth
- 2002:
- Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Film Festival
- 2002:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival
- 2002:
- International Short Film Festival Hamburg
- 2002:
- Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival
- 2002:
- Divercine International Film Festival For Children & Youth, Montevideo
- 2002:
- Melbourne International Animation Festival
- 2002:
- International Animation Film Festival Hiroshima
- 2002:
- Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños (...y no tan Niños)
- 2002:
- Carrousel international du film de Rimouski
- 2002:
- Buster - Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth
- 2002:
- Chicago International Children's Film Festival
- 2002:
- DOK Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
- 2002:
- Mill Valley Film Festival
- 2002:
- Ottawa International Animation Film Festival
- 2002:
- Festival do Rio - Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
- 2002:
- Stuttgarter Kinderfilmtage
- 2002:
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival
- 2002:
- Isfahan International Festival of Films for Children & Young Adults
- 2002:
- Brest European Short Film Festival
- 2002:
- Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People
- 2002:
- Holland Animation Film Festival
- 2002:
- Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People
- 2002:
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
- 2003:
- Festival Anima - Brussels International Animation Film Festival
- 2003:
- Animac - International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia
- 2003:
- Animated Exeter
- 2003:
- Travelling Junior Film Festival, Rennes
- 2003:
- Best of Ottawa Animation Tour in Northern America
- 2003:
- BAMkids Film Festival
- 2003:
- Cinema delle Donne International Film Festival
- 2003:
- European Youth Film Festival of Flanders
- 2003:
- Créteil International Women's Film Festival
- 2003:
- Aspen Shortsfest
- 2003:
- Freeze Frame International Film Festival
- 2003:
- Taos Talking Pictures
- 2003:
- Prix Leonardo Festival
- 2003:
- Fredrikstad Animation Festival
- 2003:
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
- 2003:
- Sukagawa International Children's Film Festival
- 2003:
- Tough Eye International Turku Animated Film Festival
- 2003:
- Anima Mundi - International Animation Festival of Brazil
- 2007:
- Cinanima - International Animated Film Festival Espinho
- 2011:
- Tehran International Animation Festival
- 2011:
- The Golden Elephant - International Children's Film Festival India
- 2013:
- Festival Cinéma d'Alès - Itinérances
- 2019:
- International Animation Film Festival Nikozi
Crew
- Director:
- Anita Killi
- Screenplay:
- Anita Killi
- Cinematographer:
- Anita Killi
- Editor:
- Pål Gengenbach
- Composer:
- Hege Rimestad
- Sound Design:
- Håkon Lammetun
- Animator:
- Anita Killi
Technical information
- Genre:
- Animation
- Format:
- 35mm
- Screen ratio:
- 1:1,66
- Colour:
- Colour
- Sound format:
- Dolby SR
- Length in min's:
- 13'