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This is a film inspired by the Sami culture, history, legends and fairy tales.

The film tells the story of a reindeer-calf and his journey to becoming a grown, white buck. A grown white buck can according to Sami culture represent a shaman.

The calf loses his mother which causes him to experience his culture and history. This is an adventure were stories from the past are shown in the movie's present, parallel to the calf growing up, physically and mentally. The calf continues the search for his mother, and a white buck accompanies him on this journey. In the end he finds his mother, which has had a new calf, whilst he has become a beautiful white buck, who now leads the herd.

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2013
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2013-11-07
Production company:
Kinefilm
Qvisten Animation AS
Associated producer:
Marianne Kvaale Jenssen
Producer:
Ove Heiborg
Kine Aune

Director

  • Kine Aune

    Kine Aune (b. 1943) has her background from making children's programs at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK. She made her debut with the short Kjenne-føtter-leken in 1981, and has since written, directed and produced numerous fiction-, documentary-, animation and commercial films for television and cinema. She has received several national and international awards and accolades for her work, and has seen her work screened at numerous international film festivals over the years. She runs her own production company, Kinefilm, specializing in animation.

    Kine Aune

Awards

2014:
Ottawa International Animation Film Festival
Best Animated Film for Children
2014:
Northern Character Film & TV Festival
Honorary Mention Youth Film Category

Festivals

2013:
Fredrikstad Animation Festival
2014:
TIFF - Tromsø International Film Festival
2014:
Minimalen Short Film Festival
2014:
TIFF Junior - Tromsø International Children's Film Festival
2014:
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
2014:
Film Festival della Lessinia
2014:
North Cape Film Festival
2014:
Kristiansand International Children and Youth Film Festival
2014:
Ottawa International Animation Film Festival
2014:
Lucas International Festival for Young Film Lovers
2014:
Anim'est International Animation Film Festival
2014:
Zebra Poetry Film Festival
2014:
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
2014:
Femmina International Film Festival
2014:
Kort
2014:
Northern Character Film & TV Festival
2014:
Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People
2015:
Children's Film Festival Seattle
2015:
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
2015:
IndieLisboa International Film Festival
2015:
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
2015:
Animix Israel International Animation, Comics & Caricature Festival
2015:
Nancy-Lorraine International Film Festival
2015:
Andorra Kids’ Film Festival
2015:
Vilnius International Short Film Festival
2015:
The Golden Elephant - International Children's Film Festival India
2016:
Cine Junior, Cinema Public, Paris
2016:
Nordkapp Filmfestival
2018:
DokuFest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival Kosovo
2021:
MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Kine Aune
Screenplay:
Kine Aune
Composer:
Martin Aune
Lars Kilevold
Other Music:
Solveig Andersson
ProductionDesigner:
Thomas Eklo Skaara
Sound Design:
Arne Hansen
Animator:
Hilde Marie Digernes
Morten Pedersen
Malin Engseth
Yaprak Morali
Kristian Kim Larsen
VFX supervisor:
Carl F. Corneil

Technical information

Genre:
Animation
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
16:9
Colour:
Colour
Length in min's:
9'
Language:
No dialogue

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