Norsk filminstitutt

It’s the day before Christmas and Vilde hangs out with her friends when she learns that her mother has died. She is forced to contact her father, whom she has never met. She tries to escape it all with a one way ticket to Tokyo, but is caught up in an emotional first meeting with her father. 

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2018
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2018-11-23
Production company:
Maipo Film AS
Producer:
Cornelia Boysen
Sales agent:
Charades

Director

  • Eirik Svensson

    After initial studies at Lillehammer University College (LUC), Erik Svensson graduated as a director at the Norwegian Film School in 2010. During his years at LUC he participated in an exchange program to STADIA Polytechnic in Finland, where he met Jyrki Väisänen, with whom he co-wrote and directed the short Life Worth Living. They wrote the script and produced the film together with Joona Kivirinta from Finland, who is also the film's photographer.

    Eirik Svensson

Cast

Vilde:
Ines Høysæter Asserson
Nicolai Cleve Broch
Ingrid Olava

Awards

2019:
BUFF International Children and Young People's Film Festival
Young Jury Award
Interfilm Church Prize
BUFF Nordic Star to Ines Høysæter Asserson

Festivals

2019:
Göteborg International Film Festival
2019:
BUFF International Children and Young People's Film Festival
2019:
Cleveland International Film Festival
2019:
Moscow International Film Festival
2019:
Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival
2019:
Giffoni Film Festival
2019:
Adelaide International Youth Festival
2019:
Lucas International Festival for Young Film Lovers
2019:
Cinemagic Film Festival Belfast
2019:
Schlingel International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience
2019:
Frankfurt Book Fair
2019:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2019:
Leiden International Film Festival
2019:
Panorama of the European Film, Cairo
2019:
Noordelijk Film Festival
2019:
European Film Forum Scanorama
2020:
Würzburg International Film Weekend
2020:
Tokyo Northern Lights Festival
2020:
Scandinavian Film Festival Bonn

Crew

Director:
Eirik Svensson
Screenplay:
Sebastian Torngren Wartin
Based on:
An idea by Eirik Svensson
Cinematographer:
Karl Erik Brøndbo
Editor:
Karsten Meinich
Elise Solberg

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Format:
DCP 2k
Colour:
Colour
Length in min's:
80'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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