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Bored in school and tired of her arguing parents, Wanda escapes running into the woods. Luckily she has good company


Wanda’s life is filled with conflicts at home and at school, and she escapes in to her imaginary world. But as the problems grow, help comes from an unexpected place to make her confront reality. 

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2018
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2018-01-23
Production company:
Klipp og Lim as
Financing company:
Norwegian Film Institute
Fond for lyd og bilde
Midtnorsk filmsenter
Associated producer:
Frank Furseth
Producer:
Jøran Wærdahl
Co producer:
Viggo Knudsen

Director

  • Denise Hauser

    Denise has a Masters Degree in Animation from the Royal College of Art in London and artistic and commercial experience of film production; from self-pursued artistic projects and as director in the advertising sector in New York. Her interest in nurturing the talents of others, and enriching the artistic and social discourse of film, has led her to teach in the motion graphics department at Høyskolen Kristiania as well as in the film Film and TV production department at Nord University. Denise’s films have screened at numerous film and animation festivals around the world and she has been invited to show and talk about her work as far away as Kyoto, Japan.   

    FILMOGRAPHY 

    Wanda (2018

    Return to Sender (2012)  

    Copy City (2008) Graduation film from RCA in London

    Denise Hauser

Cast

Father:
Rune Nilson
Wanda:
Eiril Osen Wærdahl

Festivals

2018:
Animafest Zagreb - World Festival of Animated Film
2018:
DokuFest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival Kosovo
2018:
Anibar Animation Festival
2018:
The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
2018:
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival
2018:
Nordisk Panorama
2018:
Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People
2018:
KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival
2018:
Cinekid
2018:
Fredrikstad Animation Festival
2018:
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
2018:
Alcine - Alcalá de Henares Film Festival
2018:
Lobo Fest - International Film Festival
2018:
Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival
2018:
Animateka International Animation Film Festival
2018:
Aguilar de Campo International Short Film Festival
2019:
Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
2019:
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
2019:
Big Eyes, Big Minds -Singapore International Children's Film Festival
2019:
International Short Film Festival Hamburg - Mo & Friese
2019:
Little Big Shots - Australia's International Film Festival for Kids
2019:
TIFF Junior - Tromsø International Children's Film Festival
2019:
cph:pix - BUSTER
2019:
Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival
2021:
MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Denise Hauser
Screenplay:
Viggo Knudsen
Denise Hauser
Lars Hegdal
Based on:
Wanda Løper by Vigdis Hjort
Cinematographer:
Viggo Knudsen
Camera:
Viggo Knudsen
Editor:
Håvard Ness
Composer:
Håvard Lund
Are Simonsen
ProductionDesigner:
Svein Erik Okstad
Prop Master:
Svein Erik Okstad
Set Decorator:
Svein Erik Okstad
Marita Kristiansen
Sound Design:
Sander Stedenfeldt Olsen
Animator:
Lars Hegdal
VFX supervisor:
Håvard Ness
VFX artist:
Håvard Ness

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Animation
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
16:9
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Stereo 5.1
Length in min's:
13'

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