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A young girl happens to catch the most medium sized fish in the world and receives instant fame. But what happens when the fish gains weight?

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2017
Production country:
Norway
Release date (international):
2017-04-04
Production company:
Mikrofilm AS
Producer:
Lise Fearnley
Tonje Skar Reiersen
Sales agent:
SND Films

Director

  • Cathinka Tanberg

    Cathinka Tanberg (b. 1980) has worked as an animator since 2003. She studied animation at Volda University College and received her Master's degree in Visual Communication from Bergen National Academy of the Arts in 2008, and joined Mikrofilm as partner the same year. She has served as a jury member in competitions such as The Norwegian Grammy Awards and the Norwegian design competition Visuelt. She has directed several commercials, but The World’s Middlest Fish is her debut as director on a professional short film.

    Cathinka Tanberg

Cast

Male voices:
John Brungot
Narrator:
Ane Dahl Torp
Ingeborg:
Astrid Synneve Lammetun
Male voices:
Ivar Nergaard
Female voices:
Silje Torp

Festivals

2017:
Aspen Shortsfest
2017:
Kristiansand International Children and Youth Film Festival
2017:
Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth
2017:
International Short Film Festival Hamburg - Mo & Friese
2017:
Animafest Zagreb - World Festival of Animated Film
2017:
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
2017:
Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños (...y no tan Niños)
2017:
The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
2017:
Encounters Film Festival
2017:
Reykjavik International Film Festival
2017:
Cinekid
2017:
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
2017:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2017:
Fredrikstad Animation Festival
2017:
KUKI - International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlin
2018:
Belmont World Film Festival
2018:
PLAY – Lisbon's International Kids Film Festival
2018:
Tricky Women International Animation Film Festival
2018:
TICFF - Taiwan International Children's TV & Film Festival
2018:
Anima Mundi - International Animation Festival of Brazil
2018:
Anibar Animation Festival
2018:
cph:pix - BUSTER
2018:
KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival
2020:
Ottawa International Animation Film Festival
2021:
MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Cathinka Tanberg
Screenplay:
Per Schreiner
Editor:
Ulf Tønder Flittig
Cathinka Tanberg
Composer:
John Erik Kaada
Sound Design:
Håkon Lammetun
Animator:
Magnhild Winsnes
Alexandra Mei Leong
Cathinka Tanberg
Andreas Paleologos
Josefine Hannibal

Technical information

Genre:
Animation
Children
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
1:1,85
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Stereo 5.1
Length in min's:
10'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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