Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2023

Nordic-Baltic Comp: Children’s and Young Audience Film

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The Young Audience program is dedicated to Nordic-Baltic films that approach an older children segment, from nine and up. Four film compete in this competition and are contenders to get the best award for children’s film, judged by the local children’s jury. Four diverse stories whit a different visual approach, that takes the perspective of a younger audience into more sensitive themes and intimate sphere.


Age limit: 6

Ten-year-old Eden feels forgotten by and invisible to her parents, who often quarrel or are busy with other things. To escape the boredom and loneliness, Eden has created a secret escape in the garden, where she lies on a blanket and eats cookies. One day something very peculiar happens. Eden has constructed a spyglass, using two empty toilet paper rolls, which she soon understands is magical.


Malin Erixon’s previous films have been screened at film festivals all over the world, for example at the Sundance Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Nordisk Panorama, and Stockholm International Film Festival, as well as at places like Studion at the Modern Museum of Art in Stockholm and Liljevalchs Art Gallery. She has received several nominations and awards for her work. For instance, in 2015 she was nominated for a Swedish Film Academy Award, Guldbagge, and in 2022 she received the Liljevalchs and San Michele Foundation scholarship. Previous films include Benjamin's Flowers (2012), But You Are a Dog (2014) and Sleep Incidents (2016) as well as the documentary short series "THE ASSEMBLY - interviews from the middle of everything" (2020).

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    09:27
  • Country
    Sweden
  • Director
    Malin Erixon
  • Screenwriter
    Malin Erixon
  • Producer
    Malin Erixon
  • Animator
    Malin Erixon
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