Seven films have been selected for Nordic-Baltic Competition: Children's Film and will compete for the festival's award, the Golden Gunnar, for best children's film and audience award. The children's film programme is dedicated to artistic work for children and shows the best productions made for the youngest of us. This year’s jury consists of Aurora Nøkleby, Martin Gottfredsen and Patrick Ydse Bjørnnes.
Director's Note:
The programme consists of films from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Lithuania, and Latvia. The filmmakers show a genuine joy of storytelling by creating good, animated films for children. The films show great variety in animation techniques with a strong professional approach, at challenge perspectives for children.
Age limit: 0
Director Oskar Östergren Njajta is a Sami filmmaker from Sweden that works interdisciplinary at the company Bautafilm, from directing documentaries to producing drama. Oskar was the co-producer of the highly acclaimed film Sami blood by Amanda Kernell (2016). Goeksegh is a pilot episode to the animation series Between Saajve and the sky and is his first animation and also the first project for kids.
- Year2021
- Runtime06:25
- CountrySweden, Norge
- DirectorOskar Östergen Njajta
- ScreenwriterOskar Östergren
- ProducerTherese Högberg & Merete Korsberg
- AnimatorØyvind Tangseth, Trine Vallevik Håbjørg & Tuva Synnevåg
Seven films have been selected for Nordic-Baltic Competition: Children's Film and will compete for the festival's award, the Golden Gunnar, for best children's film and audience award. The children's film programme is dedicated to artistic work for children and shows the best productions made for the youngest of us. This year’s jury consists of Aurora Nøkleby, Martin Gottfredsen and Patrick Ydse Bjørnnes.
Director's Note:
The programme consists of films from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Lithuania, and Latvia. The filmmakers show a genuine joy of storytelling by creating good, animated films for children. The films show great variety in animation techniques with a strong professional approach, at challenge perspectives for children.
Age limit: 0
Director Oskar Östergren Njajta is a Sami filmmaker from Sweden that works interdisciplinary at the company Bautafilm, from directing documentaries to producing drama. Oskar was the co-producer of the highly acclaimed film Sami blood by Amanda Kernell (2016). Goeksegh is a pilot episode to the animation series Between Saajve and the sky and is his first animation and also the first project for kids.
- Year2021
- Runtime06:25
- CountrySweden, Norge
- DirectorOskar Östergen Njajta
- ScreenwriterOskar Östergren
- ProducerTherese Högberg & Merete Korsberg
- AnimatorØyvind Tangseth, Trine Vallevik Håbjørg & Tuva Synnevåg