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Short film Trick or Treat
(Knask eller knep)

One night a year anything is possible.

Magda, 11, is a fresh black metal-fan. She's not like the other girls at school. When Halloween comes, Magda has no one to go trick or treating with. She lives with her Polish father and her 16-year-old big sister. When her sister goes to an illegal party, Magda is left alone and has an unpleasant encounter with some girls from school. But during the evening, she meets Nils Olav with whom she is in love and who is also a metal-fan. The two hit it off, and Magda gets the confidence to ignore the mean pretty girls.  

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2020
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2020-06-10
Production company:
DUOfilm AS
Financing company:
Norwegian Film Institute
Vestnorsk Filmsenter AS
Filmkraft Rogaland
Producer:
Marie Fuglestein Lægreid
Linda Bolstad Strønen
Film consultant:
Tone Johnsen
Jesper Bergom-Larsson
Lars Skorpen

Director

  • Morten Evelid

    Morten Evelid (b. 1967) is a writer/director educated in film at New York University. He wrote the novel Den store Varmen. He also wrote and directed several documentaries and short films. One of them Blue Java was nominated short film of the year at the national film Awards in Norway. Another one; Strong Hold is a short film for children. It won prices in South Korea, Germany, Norway and the USA. It won the audience award at Chicago International Children's Film Festival.

    Morten Evelid

Cast

Magda:
Andrea Othelie Wilhelmsen Grøtnes
Izolda:
Angela Joy Munck McKenna
Nils Olav:
Sofian Eidesund
Dad:
Jon Ketil Johnsen
Girl 1:
Hermine Oen
Girl 2:
Sanna Birkeland
Girl 3:
Ingeborg Ådland Espelid

Awards

2021:
Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños (...y no tan Niños)
Special Mention

Festivals

2020:
Kristiansand International Children and Youth Film Festival
2020:
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
2020:
The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
2020:
TIFF Junior - Tromsø International Children's Film Festival
2020:
Nordisk Panorama
2020:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2020:
KUKI - International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlin
2020:
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
2021:
Kristiansand International Children and Youth Film Festival
2021:
The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
2021:
Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños (...y no tan Niños)
2021:
Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival
2022:
BUFF International Children and Young People's Film Festival
2022:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck

Crew

Director:
Morten Evelid
Screenplay:
Morten Evelid
Cinematographer:
Leander Håvik
Editor:
Fredrik S. Hana
Composer:
Morten Evelid
ProductionDesigner:
Liz Grunwald
Costume Designer:
Stina Lunde
Makeup artist:
Stina Lunde
Sound Design:
Jorunn Børve Eriksen
Prop Master:
Fredrik Sivertsen
Casting:
Nina Knag

Technical information

Genre:
Children
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
16:9
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Stereo 5.1
Length in min's:
17'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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