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Norway’s Los Bando selected
for the Berlinale’s Generation
Three Norwegian films will screen at the Childen’s Film Fest at the Berlin International Film Festival between 15-25 February.
Norwegian director Christian Lo’s comedy Los Bando has been selected for the Generation programme at the Children’s Film Fest in the Berlin International Film Festival, which takes place between 15-25 February and is considered the world’s most important showcase for kidpics.
It is the second time Lo is competing in Berlin. After his Rafiki (Bestevenner) was screening in 2010. Also Norwegian directors Torill Kove’s Threads (Tråder) and Liss-Anett Steinskog’s Hvalagapet will be on show in the children’s Generation programme.
Three through the needle`s eye
“It is a pleasure that three Norwegian films have made it through the needle’s eye to Berlin. They are all original stories, which in their own ways deal with love – to the music, a mother and her daughter, and the first big romance. We look forward to present these films to international agents and buyers – and naturally to enthusiastic German children,” said Stine Helgeland, head of communication, insight and international relations at the Norwegian Film Institute.
Starring 10-year-old Thilda, with Nils Ole Oftebro, Frank Kjosås, Stig Henrik Hoff og Ine Jansen, Ingar Helge Gimle and Hans-Erik Dyvik Husby, Los Bando follows a rockband which is in need of a bassplayer, a driver and a singer who can sing – but it will definitely compete at the Norwegian championship in rock in Tromsø. But will they make it in time? Arild Tryggestad wrote the script for the film, which was produced by Trine Aadalen and Nicholas Sando for Filmbin. It will be released in Norway by Kontxtfilm on 16 February.
Threads
Produced by Lise Fearnley and Tonje Skar Reiersen for Mikrofilm, whith the National Film Board of Canada, Threads is the story of a woman and a child, who are brought together my a magical red thread to become mother and daughter. It has previously been shown at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Hvalagapet
Hvalagapet describes 12-year-old Rikke’s first meeting with the socalled love, which begins and ends within an hour. With Sina Håland in the lead, Steinskog’s debut film was produced by Gunhild Oddsen ang Siw Angell-Olsen.
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