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IT WAS MINE
Director:
KAJSA NÆSS
Country:
Norway
year: 2015
Running Time:
7'53"
Technique:
Drawing on paper
Category:
Short film [up to 10 min]
Producer:
Tonje Skaar Reiersen
Distributor:
Arna Bersaas
The program:
Synopsis
Is there really such a thing as coincidence?
R. is scouring bookstore after bookstore in search of a remarkable book that he yearns to read. He finally finds it in the most unexpected way.
A playful and offbeat reflection on the surprising moments where you get the feeling that everything is someh
Director's BIO
Kajsa Næss (b. 1970) studied animation at Volda University College in Norway. On graduating in 1996, she founded Mikrofilm together with Lise Fearnley. She is an established director and her films have won prestigious awards, including the Grand Prix at the Norwegian Short Film Festival, the Norwegian Film Critic award and the Audience award for Leonid Shower. She has also won the award for best music video in the Norwegian Grammy Awards. Her work has been presented at festivals and screenings around the world, and her film Deconstruction Workers was widely distributed in the US and shown at prestigious festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand, Annecy and Tribeca Film Festival. It’s Up To You (2013) has been screened at more than 35 festivals worldwide, and received prizes like Best Nordic and Baltic Short Film at Fredrikstad Animation Festival and the Human Rights Award given by the Norwegian Ministry of Culture. The film was nominated for Amanda for Best Documentary and for the Golden Dove award at Dok Leipzig. Kajsa is now developing new short films and an animated feature film.
Contacts
phone: +4748212320
kajsa@mikrofilm.no
http://www.mikrofilm.no
