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TIME: 12:00 – 15:00 SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER
VENUE: FREDRIKSTAD KINO

Sunday is the final day of the festival and is dedicated to children and families. Participants of all ages may immerse themselves in screenings of animated children’s films, a workshop, and other fun activities at Fredrikstad Kino. As the festival’s official supporter, OBOS is treating our audience to two screenings for families to enjoy for free; a pre premiere of Where is Anne Frank and a premiere of Titina.

GET YOUR TICKETS TO WHERE IS ANNE FRANK AND TITINA

An open animation workshop held by the regional media workshop E6 is taking place in the cinema foyer, along with other free activities for the youngest animation enthusiasts.

Family Day is made possible through cooperation between E6 Østfold Medieverksted, Fredrikstad Kino, and our main sponsor OBOS.

Check the Norwegian site for a detailed programme.

We can’t do it without your help! FAF relies on volunteers to make the festival successful.

Volunteering for the festival provides you with an international experience and the opportunity to make contacts and enjoy some of the best films and personalities that the animation scene has to offer. Not to mention, you get a free festival pass!

There are numerous tasks for volunteers to do during the festival. Fill out the contact form with a little information about yourself and we will find the best assignments for you.

Good spoken English skills are an advantage but not required. In fact, no experience is required.

We look forward to hearing from you!

16 short films, 13 student films, 15 short films for children and 29 commissioned films have been selected for the competition programmes at the Fredrikstad Animation Festival, the leading festival for animation in the Nordic region. The festival, which takes place from 20 to 23 October, offers the best of animated films from the Nordic-Baltic countries. Over the past week, the festival’s selection committee has seen and evaluated over 160 films for the festival’s competition programme for Nordic-Baltic animated films.

The programme, which will be presented in October, offers strong visual narratives and represents the best from the animation scene in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and Lithuania. Fredrikstad Animation Festival has followed the Nordic-Baltic animation scene for almost 30 years. This year’s competition programme represents the most robust impression that the production community has given the festival since it was established in 1994.

New this year is a two-part children’s programme where several films for the oldest children have been placed in a separate programme called Young Audience 12+, while the festival’s traditional children’s programme is suitable for children from the age of six.

The films shown in Fredrikstad Animation Festival’s competition programmes are:

Nordic-Baltic Competition: Short film 1

• Beauty & the Beast, Aggie Pak Yee Lee, Hong Kong, Estonia (2021)
• I wanted a family, Irene Altagracia Perez Lopez, Sweden (2022)
• Sierra, Sander Joon, Estonia (2022)
• Time of a Slime Mold, Leena Pukki, Finland (2021)
• Bear Hug, Margrethe Danielsen, Norway, France (2021)
• I’ll Be Your Kettle, Tobias Rud, Denmark, Canada (2021)
• Terra Incognita, Pernille Kjaer, Adrian Dexter, Denmark, France (2021)

Nordic-Baltic Competition: Short film 2

• Without Us, Julie Engaas, Norway (2022)
• Til We Meet Again, Ülo Pikkov, Estonia (2022)
• Zolle: Resign, Kristian Pedersen, Norway (2021)
• Oh So Convenient, Huei Jen Hung, Taiwan, Estonia (2022)
• Not Drifting Off, Steph Hope, Norway, USA (2021)
• Dog – Apartment, Priit Tender, Estonia (2022)
• Cockroaches, Adel Khan Faroog, Norway (2022)
• FEAR, Julius Zubavičius, Antanas Skučas, Lithuania, UK (2022)
• Garrano , Vasco Sá, David Doutel, Portugal, Lithuania (2022)

Nordic-Baltic Competition: Student film

• Sloth, Synnøve Guttormsen, Vegard Kristoffersen, Gjermund Eskedal, Norway (2022)
• Reptina, Frida Tonnby, Sweden (2022)
• Remember this is not over, Christine Tjore Lervåg, Norway (2022)
• Cowboy Kevin, Anna Lund Konnerup, Denmark (2022)
• Hernicia, Sameliina Paurson, Estonia (2022)
• My Mother the Sea, Aspasia Kazeli, Estonia (2022)
• Birthday – Emilia Eriksson, Sweden (2022)
• The General’s Room, Georges Marion, Denmark (2022)
• Dance my doll, Jasmijn Kooijman, Sweden (2022)
• Hidden Life, Kadi Sink, Silver Strazdins, Sigrit Villido, Estonia (2022)
• The Harbourmaster, Mia Ludvigsen Henriksen, Konrad Hjemli, Norway (2022)
• Dysmorphia, Margo Nowicka, Finland (2022)
• Death at the bus stop, Maja Kjellstad Aanonsen, Norway (2022)

Nordic-Baltic Competition: Commissioned film

• Forbrukertilsynets Reklameskole, Morten Marius Apenes, Norway (2022)
• Norwegian National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design idents, Steffen Sæther-Larsen, Christoffer Sæther-Larsen, Norway (2022)
• Huset, Hanne Berkaak, Norway (2022)
• KPMG NewTech ID spot, Mikael Ilnæs, Denmark (2022)
• Fridtjof Nansen: Nobel Peace Prize for Putting Compassion into Action– Dag Ove Solaas, Norway (2022)
• When falling, Keld Nissen, Denmark (2022)
• A Bridge of Poetry: My Lies by Henry Parland, Charlotte Heyman, Sweden (2021)
• Carmen Avis, Mikkel Mainz Elkjær, Denmark (2021)
• Tiff 2022, Torgeir Holm, Norway (2021)
• Anfo Effekt, Ronald Kabicek, Magne Hage, Norway (2022)
• Aker Solutions, Julian Vargas, Bjarne Anmarkrud, Norway (2022)
• NAV – EURES, Christoffer Klungerbo, Norway (2021)
• Saetre Bisquits, Rune Spaans, Norway (2022)
• Toleransevinduet, Julia Torjak, Norway (2022)
• MOSSS – What Happens In Your Head, Steph Hope, Norway, USA (2022)
• Superheltskolen, Bjarne Anmarkrud, Are Seefood Valle Skjelvan, Norway (2022)
• The Norwegian Police: The Children’s House, Tord-Øystein Stubberud, Norway (2022)
• Coop – Long live diversity!, Pål Jespersen, Norway (2022)
• Minikids – 2d and 3d animations, Rune Røsting, Lasse Gjertsen, Knut Næsheim, Norway (2022)
• Kuwonererwa, Ronald Kabicek, Norway (2021)
• Corona vaccines – Norwegian Institue of Public Health, Kim Holm, James Martin, Rebecka Taule, Norway (2021)
• I wanna go to Mars with Elon, Emma Wartia, Finland (2022)
• MTV Identity, Andreas Lund, Norway (2022)
• AiR, Bjarne Anmarkrud, Norway (2022)
• Resident Mystery Syndicate, Guro Kjensli Johansen, Frida Bogen Lauritzen, Norway (2022)
• Pedagogstudentene: Sofie Frøysaa, Hanne Berkaak, Norway (2022)
• Smokefree Future, Sunit Parekh, Tonni Zinck, Denmark (2022)
• Welcome to Hell – Black Midi, Gustaf Holtenäs, Sevi Iko dømochevsky, Spain, UK, Sweden (2022)
• Hjemme Hos Sinna, Tommy Vad Funderud, Markus Vad Flaaten, Norway (2022)

Nordic-Baltic Competition: Children’s film + 6

• Hjemme Hos Sinna, Tommy Vad Funderud, Markus Vad Flaaten, Norway (2022)
• Tales of Zale – Flickering Lights, Sif Savery, Denmark (2022)
• Spirit Of The Forest, Nandini Rao, Nirupa Rao, Kalp Sanghvi, India, Sweden (2022)
• The Calling, Frida E. Elmström, Sweden (2021)
• Peter the Beetle, Meelis Arulepp, Estonia (2022)
• Bookstore, Ofelia Giannini, Annika Giannini, Sweden (2022)
• I’m not afraid!, Marita Mayer, Norway (2022)
• Reptina, Frida Tonnby, Sweden (2022)

Nordic-Baltic competition: Young Audience +12

• Apex Point, Jacob Møller, Denmark (2022)
• A Dream of Hawaii , Thomas Smoor Smoor Isaksen, Norway (2022)
• Troublemaker Tommy / Vigurivänt Volli, Rao Heidmets, Pauline Heidmets, Estonia (2021)
• Bear Hug, Margrethe Danielsen, Norway, France (2021)
• Oh So Convenient, Huei Jen Hung, Taiwan, Estonia (2022)
• Sloth, Synnøve Guttormsen, Vegard Kristoffersen, Gjermund Eskedal, Norway (2022)

 

The Feature Film Competition will be announced in September.

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FAF is back for our 25th edition and is kicking off the 2022 season with a delightful identity trailer.  We are grateful to have Ida Melum on board as the director and animator of this stop motion trailer. Ida won the high honor of the Audience Award at FAF 2021 with her award-winning graduation film, Night of the Living Dread. Joining Ida on this project were editor Lesley Posso, and composer Oli Wegmüller.

Ida Melum is an EE BAFTA nominated and Annie Award-winning animation director based in Sweden. After receiving her acting diploma in Norway, Ida earned her B.A. in animation at Middlesex University, London, and her M.A. in directing animation at the National Film and Television School.  She recently finished working on Attenborough’s Wonder of Song, a nature documentary for the BBC, and is currently freelancing and developing her new short film.

 

Artistic Statement:

I was really excited when Anders reached out regarding the festival trailer. It’s not often you get to do a project with so much creative freedom! 

The festival usually has 2D trailers so I really wanted to create one for them in stop motion.  One thing that always comes to mind when I think of animation festivals is how varied the programs are, in one program you’ll end up seeing so many different styles, genres, and tones of films. This concept became the theme for the trailer and in the end, I managed to create three universes for our little character to get thrown into. 

Our editor Lesley Posso, and composer Oli Wegmüller were excellent. Together they created a great flow for the character’s journey through timing and music. It was brilliant to have such an amazing post-production team on board!

-Ida Melum

Buy your pass to FAF 2022 today!

The first Masterclass speaker has been announced, find out who will be at FAF 2022. 

Short films in the competition programmes

After a record-breaking registration, the competition programme for Nordic-Baltic animated short film for Fredrikstad Animation Festival is now ready. The pre-selection jury, which consisted of festival director Anders Narverud Moen, animator and filmmaker Eirin Handegaard and journalist and critic Oda Bhar, had a difficult task in selecting the best films that will be shown during Fredrikstad Animation Festival. As many as 73 films will be shown in the four competition programmes for short films, student films, commissioned films, and children’s films. The films represent most techniques and all countries in the Nordic and Baltic regions are represented. In the main program for Nordic animated short films, 10 out of 16 films have a female director.

“For many years we have had a 50/50 representation of the sexes in our programmes, but it is surprising that the films in the category for Nordic-Baltic animated short films have such a high degree of women represented. We have seen that student films have a predominance of female directors, which we can now assume gives results for this. We are very happy and proud to be able to present these women directors, ” says festival director Anders Narverud Moen in a comment on the selection process.

 

The juries for the competition programme are also ready, and the festival can present two diverse juries with professional filmmakers who have all made award-winning short films. The jury for Nordic-Baltic short and student film consists of illustrator and director Bendik Kaltenborn (Norway), director and animator Lizete Upíte (Latvia) and short filmmaker Jala Maghout (Syria). The jury for commissioned film consists of director and animator Eirik Heggen (Norway), producers Lana Tankosa Nikolic (Denmark) and Peter Lindblad (Sweden).

 

Competition Programme for Nordic-Baltic Short Film

Frydenlund Hair Parlour (Norway – 2021), dir: Hanne Berkaak

The Hangman at Home (Denmark – 2021), dir: Michelle and Uri Kranot

Flames (Finland – 2021), dir: Marja Viitahuhta

Face Recognition (Estonia – 2021), dir: Martinus Klemet

The Landing (Finland – 2021), dir: Kaisa Penttilä

Comeback (Latvia – 2021), dir: Vladimir Leschiov

Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic (Denmark, UK – 2021), dir: Paul Bush

A Most Exquisite Man (Estonia – 2021), dir: Jonas Taul

Reunify (Denmark – 2021), dir: Mette Tange, Peter Smith

Not Until Now (Sweden – 2021), dir: Clara Bodén

The Expected (Sweden – 2021), dir: Carolina Sandvik

Kusanagi (Norway – 2020), dir: Eirik Heggen

The Stork (Estonia – 2020), dir: Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak

Beauty Rules (Sweden – 2021), dir: Anna Erlandsson

Farewell (Sweden – 2021), dir: Maria Åkesson

Matilda and the Spare Head (Lithuania – 2020,) dir: Ignas Meilunas

 

Compeitition Programme for Nordic-Baltic Children’s Film

Nordlys/ Goeksegh (Sweden – 2021), dir: Oskar Östergren

The Landing (Finland – 2021), dir: Kaisa Penttilä

Astrid The Fly (Sweden – 2021) dir: Charlotte Rodenstedt

Little Frog (Denmark – 2020), dir: Kim Hagen

How Shammies Travelled (Latvia – 2020), dir: Edmunds Jansons

Smile (Svergie – 2021), dir: Jonas Forsman

Matilda and the Spare Head (Lithuania – 2020), dir: Ignas Meilunas

 

Competition Programme for Nordic-Baltic Student Film

Hepatica 01100100 01100001 01110100 01100001 (Norway – 2021), dir: Terje Tolleshaug

Night of the Living Dread  (UK, Norway – 2021), dir: Ida Melum

Jeffrey at The Bus Stop (Norway – 2021), dir: Peter A. Clayborough

Between the bees and the turbot (Sweden – 2020) dir: Ana Linnea Lidegran Correia

Second Breakfast (Estonia – 2021), dir: Lukas Winter

One More (Sweden – 2021), dir: Frida Tonnby

The Present Problem (Denmark – 2020), dir: Mads Thøgersen

Single Use Friend (Denmark – 2020), dir: Angsane Sallaud

Suspension Prima (Latvia – 2020), dir: Georgs Harijs Āva

Cut it out (Denmark – 2021), dir: Inez Kristina

Pink Pleasure Doome (Norway – 2021), dir: Maja Kjellstad Aanonsen

You Are not a Kiwi (Estonia – 2020), dir: Maria Saveleva

Sensory (UK – 2021), dir: Alicia Frøy Johnsen

Hit the Nail on the Head (Estonia – 2021), dir: Cristo Madissoo, Lyza Jarvis, Maria Rakitina, Kaimar Lomp

FILM FOUND (Denmark, Norway – 2020), dir: Claudia Munksgaard-Palmqvist

BusLine35A (Denmark – 2021), dir: Elena Felici

Favorite Daughter (Denmark – 2020), dir: Susi Haaning

 

Competition Programme for Nordic-Baltic Commissioned  Film

Danskespil frogs (Denmark – 2020), dir: Tonni Zinck, Sunit Parekh

Help! We Have a Blind Patient (Norway – 2021), dir: Robin Jensen

Choice (Norway – 2021), dir: Hanne Berkaak

Jannabi album promo (Netherlands – 2021), dir: Sverre Fredriksen

TV2 Brandstory (Norway – 2020), dir: Joseph Hodgson

TV2-Reklamebrudd, Mills (Norway – 2021), dir: Racecar

Fatigue (Norway – 2021), dir: Julian Nazario Vargas

Familien Lykke (Norway – 2020), dir: Ole Magnus Saxegård

League of Legends: The Path, An Ionian Myth (Denmark – 2020), dir: Kenneth Ladekjær

Skatteetaten feat. OnklP: Money Back On The Skætt (Norway – 2021), dir: APT

NAV – Health At Work 2 (Norway – 2020), dir: APT

Opening film Animac 2021 (Norway – 2020), dir: Gina Thorstensen, Nacho Rodríguez

Ben Baptie – Reenactment Of A Memory (Norway – 2021), dir: Steph Hope

ADRA  (Norway – 2021), dir: Bjarne Anmarkrud

Kulturrådet – Titles and bumpers (Norway – 2020), dir: William Stormdal / Bleed, Bonsak Schieldrop (Norway – 2021), dir:  Racecar

Speak Up – Presentation (Norway – 2021), dir: Tommy Vad Funderud, Markus Vad Flaaten

PTIL (Norway – 2020), dir: Morten Marius Apenes

Legends of Runeterra: Rise of the Underworlds (Denmark – 2021), dir: Mike&Payne

A Covid Love Story (Norway -2021), dir: John Christian Ferner Apalnes

TIFF2021 (Norway – 2021), dir: Torgeir Holm

Kate Bollinger – Grey Skies (Norway – 2020), dir: Steph Hope

Norsk Sykepleierforbund – Rwanda (Norway -2021), dir: Jeppe Grüner / Racecar

Helsadata – Direktoratet for e-helse (Norway – 2021), dir: Joacim Olofsson / Racecar, Franck Aubry / Racecar, Joseph Hodgson / Racecar

Gifts of Destruction and Disorder (Estonia – 2020), dir: August Varustin, Ave Taavet

Ett helt annet sted (Norway – 2020), dir: Stian Johansen

End of the line (Denmark – 2020), dir: Hera Hallsdóttir

Bufdir (Norway – 2021), dir: Julian Vargas

Climate Adaptation (Norway – 2020), dir: Ronald Kabicek

Røde Kors Gatemegling (Norway – 2021), dir: Martin Myhre

Align (Denmark – 2021), dir: Mikkel Mainz Elkjær

How does grass turn in to food? (Norway – 2020) dir: Marte Maren Holth

Melgard Shark Love (Norway – 2021), dir: Yaprak Morali & Are Austnes

Vän med virus (Sweden – 2021), dir: Salla Lehmus

Career Limiting (UK, Sweden – 2021), dir: Anna Mantzaris

Phoenix (Norway – 2021), dir: Syed Hasan Abbas

Solcreme (Denmark – 2020), dir: Tonni Zinck, Sunit Parekh

 

The trailer for the upcoming 2021 FAF is here! We are very proud to have James Martin from Try Motion on board to make the trailer. The trailer will set the tone of this year’s festival identity and we are super happy to once again work with such creative minds.

Oslo-based production company TRY Motion is a part of TRY Huset and has a large design-driven team consisting of motion designers, animators, and 3D artists. Through a solid strategic foundation and creative approach, they create movement in customers’ communication on all visual platforms. Motion designer and animator James Martin was responsible for the concept, direction, and music of the trailer. The trailer was produced by Marianne Strandly.

James Martin was a joy to work with and we enjoyed seeing his process along the way. Here is a short statement from James about the trailer and the inspiration behind it.

“First and foremost I wanted to make something that would stand out and draw attention for the festival. The second priority (and given that I had complete freedom) was to make something completely out of the ordinary that would be fun for me to work on.

Being asked to direct and animate a trailer for an animation festival is a top honor and I wanted to be sure that I did it justice as best I could.

Taking my personal interests into account, a 70’s flavoured, sci-fi animation with three-eyed space babes, alien monsters inspired by Primal, and Ralph Bakshi character cameo’s all layered with spacey synths was the only way forward for me. However, I also wanted to pay homage and tribute to animation and more importantly wanted to encourage and excite people not only to attend the festival but also to get into the medium. To do that, although everything goes into After effects for compositing and edit, I thought it would be motivating to others if all of the art and animation was done using the most accessible tool I could think of; iPad Pro using the free app, Procreate.

I composed and recorded the music using Ableton Live and instruments from the era, Rhodes electric piano and my favorite, the ARP Odyssey.

I would very much like to thank Marianne Strandly at TRY Motion,as well as Parabol and Anders and Clara at FAF.”

-James Martin

62 GEORGE STREET, in association with the NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA, presents the annual LUNCHBOX LECTURE SERIES

Hosted by Kaboom, AniFilm, and the Fredrikstad Animation Festival

FILMMAKER PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A 

Jordan Canning and Howie Shia (4 North A), Andreas Hykade (Altötting),  Jean-François Lévesque (I, Barnabé), Catherine Lepage (The Great Malaise)

Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 18:00

Secure your free ticket for the virtual screening.

4 North A

Directed by Jordan Canning and Howie Shia (pictured above)

Producer: Annette Clarke (NFB)

Executive Producers: Annette Clarke (NFB), Michael Fukushima (NFB)

A woman sits in a hospital room, alone with her dying father. As the din of antiseptic hospital noises pushes her to confront her inevitable loss, she escapes into a series of lush childhood memories.

Altötting

Directed by Andreas Hykade (pictured above)

Producers: Thomas Meyer-Hermann (Studio Film Bilder), Julie Roy (NFB), Marc Bertrand (NFB), 

Abi Feijó (Ciclope Filmes)

“You know, when I was a boy, I fell in love with the Virgin Mary. It happened in a little Bavarian town called Altötting.” Mesmerizing, haunting, and deeply personal, Altötting is a coming-of-age story about love, faith, mortality, and shattered illusions.

I, Barnabé

Directed by Jean-François Lévesque (pictured above)

Producer: Julie Roy (NFB)

I, Barnabé takes a luminous look at a desperate man’s existential crisis. During a night of stormy drunkenness, he receives a visit from a mysterious bird and is forced to reconsider his life.

The Great Malaise

Directed by Catherine Lepage (pictured above)

Producer: Marc Bertrand (NFB)

Executive Producer: Julie Roy (NFB)

A young woman describes herself and her life in glowing terms, but the visual narrative tells a different story: with heart-rending power it illustrates the heavy burden of anxiety carried by this worried overachiever.