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Documentary film Norwegian Muskox - Story of An Image
(Moskus - Fortelling om et bilde)

Norwegian Muskox - Story of An Image is a documentary film about a unique Norwegian artist, a monumental masterpiece, and a creation process just as complex as the animal portrayed on the sheet.     

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2022
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2022-08-23
Production company:
Øya Film AS
Co production company:
Landmark Film AS
Producer:
Dan Korneli
Kristian Landmark

Director

  • Dan Korneli

    Dan Korneli is a Norwegian film director and editor working from the south of Norway. With over 20 years in the industry, Korneli is best known for his storytelling and visual portraits of underdogs & outsiders of society. In 2011/2012, Korneli directed his first documentary, Street Lawyer, distributed by Norwegian broadcaster TV2. In 2015/2016, he directed and edited The Desert Sur, a story about the dark side of Norwegian emigration to the US, broadcasted by Norwegian state broadcaster NRK. 

    Korneli has edited various films, highlighting his TV edit for Anders Østergård's TV documentary 1989 and the short film Heaven behind the house, which received an award at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival and thus qualified for Oscar submission. Korneli's latest film, Norwegian Muskox – Story of An Image, is a portrait of the artist Sverre Malling and premiered at the Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund in 2022.  

    Dan Korneli

  • Kristian Landmark

    Kristian Landmark graduated from The Norwegian Film School with a master‘s degree in screenwriting. His exam feature film as a writer, As I Fall, was nominated for the Norwegian Amanda Awards in four categories and won several international awards. In 2019 Landmark directed Tønes, a cinema documentary, which was the closing film at The Norwegian Film Festival - a venue he returned to in 2022 with the premiere of the film Norwegian Muskox - Story of An Image, a portrait of artist Sverre Malling.    

    Landmark has made several short films, documentaries, and dramatized documentaries. He has collaborated with the state broadcaster NRK, which has shown his productions in prime-time slots. Landmark also works as a screenwriter for animated films, currently working with the acclaimed Norwegian animation studio Qvisten. Landmark works as a script consultant, a.o. on the documentary Drone, directed by award-winning director Tonje Hessen Schei. Landmark is a writer for Schei‘s upcoming project, The Upgrade.  

    Kristian Landmark

Cast

Sverre Malling

Festivals

2022:
The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
2022:
Nordic/Docs

Crew

Director:
Dan Korneli
Kristian Landmark
Screenplay:
Kristian Landmark
Cinematographer:
Herman Ekendahl-Dreyer
André Løyning
Editor:
Dan Korneli
Composer:
Marius Christiansen
Sound Design:
Eirik Mordal

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