Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2023

Nordic-Baltic Comp: Commissioned Film

Expired November 1, 2023 12:02 AM
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Be amazed! Fasten your seat belt and dive into 24 films in less than 60 minutes. Here is the Nordic-Baltic Competition program for Commissioned Films, including commercials, music videos, information films, identity work, and one or two exhibition pieces. In other words, all the fun the industry makes for a customer. A diverse, but very commercial program that the jury should have a tough job to judge and fun to watch for the rest of us.

The films are competing for the festival award for Best Commissioned Film.


Age limit: 12

Commercial for Jordan Change toothbrushes. Promo for Jordan's new sustainable toothbrush, 'Change', where the head is replaced when the brush has done its job, unlike the majority of toothbrushes where the entire product is thrown away after use. The creative task consisted of conveying information, lifestyle, a bit of play and hopefully making people change their toothbrushes for good.


John Christian is a director and animator at Animasjonsdepartementet. He enjoys trying out different roles within the subject of filmmaking, traditional 2D, stop motion, puppet animation, kinetic machines, motion graphics, and 3D. These roles have led to many different collaborations both at home and abroad. There have also been some professional awards along the way, including ADC Young Guns, D&AD, and Visuelt. He received his education at Central St. Martins, where he completed a B.A. in Moving Image.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    00:30
  • Country
    Norway
  • Director
    John Christian Ferner Apalnes
  • Producer
    Jakob Thommessen
  • Animator
    John Christian Ferner Apalnes, Simen Musæus
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