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 Beasts – Aggie Pak Yee Lee – Hong Kong, Estonia
I wanted a family – Irene Altagracia Perez Lopez – Sweden
Sierra – Sander Joon – Estonia
Time of a Slime Mold – Leena Pukki – Finland
Bear Hug – Margrethe Danielsen – Norway, France
I’ll Be Your Kettle – Tobias Rud – Denmark, Canada
Terra Incognita – Pernille Kjaer, Adrian Dexter – Denmark, France
Nordic-Baltic Competition: Short film 2
Without Us – Julie Engaas – Norway
Til We Meet Again – Ülo Pikkov – Estonia
Zolle: Resign – Kristian Pedersen – Norway
Oh So Convenient – Huei Jen Hung – Taiwan, Estonia
Not Drifting Off – Steph Hope – Norway, Usa
Dog – Apartment – Priit Tender – Estonia
Cockroaches – Adel Khan Faroog – Norway
FEAR – Julius Zubavičius, Antanas Skučas – Lithuania, Uk
Garrano – Vasco Sá, David Doutel – Portugal, Lithuania
Nordic-Baltic Competition: Student film
Sloth – Synnøve Guttormsen, Vegard Kristoffersen, Gjermund Eskedal – Norway
Reptina – Frida Tonnby – Sweden
Remember this is not over – Christine Tjore Lervåg – Norway
Cowboy Kevin – Anna Lund Konnerup – Denmark
Hernicia – Sameliina Paurson – Estonia
My Mother the Sea – Aspasia Kazeli – Estonia
Birthday – Emilia Eriksson – Sweden
The General’s Room – Georges Marion – Denmark
Dance my doll – Jasmijn Kooijman – Sweden
Hidden Life – Kadi Sink, Silver Strazdins, Sigrit Villido – Estonia
The Harbourmaster – Mia Ludvigsen Henriksen, Konrad Hjemli – Norway
Dysmorphia – Margo Nowicka – Finland
Death at the bus stop – Maja Kjellstad Aanonsen – Norway
Nordic-Baltic Competition: Commissioned film
Forbrukertilsynets Reklameskole – Morten Marius Apenes – Norway
Norwegian National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design idents – Steffen Sæther-Larsen, Christoffer Sæther-Larsen – Norway
Huset – Hanne Berkaak – Norway
KPMG NewTech ID spot – Mikael Ilnæs – Denmark
Fridtjof Nansen: Nobel Peace Prize for Putting Compassion into Action– Dag Ove Solaas – Norway
When falling – Keld Nissen – Denmark
A Bridge of Poetry: My Lies by Henry Parland – Charlotte Heyman – Sweden
Carmen Avis – Mikkel Mainz Elkjær – Denmark
Tiff 2022 – Torgeir Holm – Norway
Anfo Effekt – Ronald Kabicek, Magne Hage – Norway
Aker Solutions – Julian Vargas, Bjarne Anmarkrud – Norway
NAV – EURES – Christoffer Klungerbo – Norway
Saetre Bisquits – Rune Spaans – Norway
Toleransevinduet – Julia Torjak – Norway
MOSSS – What Happens In Your Head – Steph Hope – Norway, Usa
Superheltskolen – Bjarne Anmarkrud, Are Seefood Valle Skjelvan – Norway
The Norwegian Police: The Children’s House – Tord-Øystein Stubberud – Norway
Coop – Long live diversity! – Pål Jespersen – Norway
Minikids – 2d and 3d animations – Rune Røsting, Lasse Gjertsen, Knut Næsheim – Norway
Kuwonererwa – Ronald Kabicek – Norway
Corona vaccines – Norwegian Institue of Public Health – Kim Holm, James Martin, Rebecka Taule – Norway
I wanna go to Mars with Elon – Emma Wartia – Finland
MTV Identity – Andreas Lund – Norway
AiR – Bjarne Anmarkrud – Norway
Resident Mystery Syndicate – Guro Kjensli Johansen, Frida Bogen Lauritzen – Norway
Pedagogstudentene: Sofie Frøysaa – Hanne Berkaak – Norway
Smokefree Future – Sunit Parekh, Tonni Zinck – Denmark
Welcome to Hell – Black Midi – Gustaf Holtenäs, Sevi Iko dømochevsky – Spain, Uk, Sweden
Hjemme Hos Sinna – Tommy Vad Funderud, Markus Vad Flaaten – Norway
Nordic-Baltic Competition: Children’s film + 6
Hjemme Hos Sinna – Tommy Vad Funderud, Markus Vad Flaaten – Norway
Tales of Zale – Flickering Lights – Sif Savery – Denmark
Spirit Of The Forest – Nandini Rao, Nirupa Rao, Kalp Sanghvi – India, Sweden
The Calling – Frida E. Elmström – Sweden
Peter the Beetle – Meelis Arulepp – Estonia
Bookstore – Ofelia Giannini, Annika Giannini – Sweden
I’m not afraid! – Marita Mayer – Norway
Reptina – Frida Tonnby – Sweden
Nordic-Baltic competition: Young Audience +12
Apex Point – Jacob Møller – Denmark
A Dream of Hawaii – Thomas Smoor Smoor Isaksen – Norway
Troublemaker Tommy / Vigurivänt Volli – Rao Heidmets, Pauline Heidmets – Estonia
Bear Hug – Margrethe Danielsen – Norway, France
Oh So Convenient – Huei Jen Hung – Taiwan, Estonia
Sloth – Synnøve Guttormsen, Vegard Kristoffersen, Gjermund Eskedal – Norway
The Feature Film Competition will be announced in September.