Here is an overview of the programmes that suit students from cultural schools. All take place on Saturday 24 October.
10:00 – 10:45
Kakelakk Work-In-Progress Workshop
This is how a film is made!
MasterClass Junior is perfect for students who want to dive into film, animation and
visual storytelling. Film director Trond Jacobsen and animator Hans Jørgen Sandnes will show you how to make your own animation, from idea to finished film.
You will get a quick introduction to storyboarding, sound, editing, character design and animation, and get to know tools you can use yourself. You will see how we are making the film KakeLakk right now – and you can ask whatever you like.
10:30 – 11:45
Nordic-Baltic Competition: Children’s Film
Six films have been selected to compete for the prize for best Nordic-Baltic animated children's film at the animation festival. The programme offers cozy moments and
adventure, as well as plenty of music and silliness, just as a proper children's film
programme should.
The form is at times abstract, yet feels organic and nostalgic. After the programme, you will be able to ask the filmmakers questions.
11:00 – 13:05
KakeLakk Test Screening
Be the first in the world to see KakeLakk.
Want to see a film before it is finished? Afterwards, you are welcome to tell us what you think about the story, the characters and what you think it is about. What is nice, scary, funny – or is there something we should change? We would love to know what you think of our film before it is completely finished.
KakeLakk is an animated film for children aged 6–11 (and everyone else). It will be an entertaining feature film with humour, suspense and a touch of seriousness.
It is now finished as a "rough cut" (or "animatic"). That means you can see the whole story with sound, drawings and some animation. A few scenes are already animated, while most are drawings cut together like a living comic strip. A rough cut like this is
always made first, so it is easier for the animators to draw and animate all the scenes later.
Duration: 2 hours (screening and discussion afterwards).
You will meet: Trond Jacobsen, Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen and Marianne Müller. They are directors and producers, and are behind several films and series, including My Favourite War (2020), Sånn er jeg og sånn er det (2010) and Klassevenner (2022).
12:00 – 15:00
Vegganimasjon med E6
E6 media workshop invites everyone to open wall animation in the cinema foyer on Saturday daytime. Students from different cultural schools work together to create a shared animated film, gaining experience in creative collaboration and production.
14:00 – 15:40
Nordic-Baltic Competition: Young Audience
Seven films are presented in the competition programme for Nordic-Baltic films for young people. The films suit children aged 9 and up, and offer adventurous stories about
encounters with Icelandic trolls underground, underwater discoveries and more urban myths.
The programme tackles serious themes such as the destruction of nature, tyranny and bullying, but does so creatively and, not least, with a diversity of expression and visual joy. After the screening, you can ask questions to filmmakers from the programme.
17:30 – 18:30
Awards Ceremony for Best Children's Film and Film for Young Audiences
To celebrate the artistic work in short film for children and young people, a jury will select the winner of the FAF-award for best Nordic-Baltic children's and youth film. The winning film will be revealed during this ceremony. In total, 6 children's films and 7 youth films are competing for this year's awards.
During the ceremony, children who have taken part in various animation workshops in
recent years will have the chance to show their films on the big screen. The festival
collaborates with workshops and courses for the 8 to 15 age group to showcase what the future has in store. The ceremony ends with a screening of the winning films.