
Pet Follies is a short stop-motion film about a sad penguin's quest for happiness. It tells the story of a depressed penguin who watches gardening shows on the couch, attempting to work through the depression by, among other things, seeking therapy, gardening, composting, and in the end buying a piece of land with its tortoise friend. Narrated in danish by Carla Viola Thurøe. Voice acting (norwegian and english) by Okay Kaya and Oliver Burslem. Soundtrack by August Bager, Kim Laybourn, Okay Kaya & and Peter Klitgård Hansen. Sound design by August Bager.
Anna Sofie Mathiasen (b. 1995, DK) is a visual artist and filmmaker graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo in 2020. She lives and works in Oslo, Norway. She has previously exhibited and screened her films at Galleri K (Oslo, NO), Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo, NO), and Kunsthall Oslo (NO), O - Overgaden (Copenhagen, DK), Nitja - senter for samtidskunst (Lillestrøm, NO) and Valencian Institute of Modern Art (Valencia, ES).
- Year2023
- Runtime09:44
- CountryNorway, Denmark
- DirectorAnna Sofie Mathiasen
- ScreenwriterAnna Sofie Mathiasen
- ProducerAnna Sofie Mathiasen
- AnimatorAnna Sofie Mathiasen with assistance from William Mathiasen
Pet Follies is a short stop-motion film about a sad penguin's quest for happiness. It tells the story of a depressed penguin who watches gardening shows on the couch, attempting to work through the depression by, among other things, seeking therapy, gardening, composting, and in the end buying a piece of land with its tortoise friend. Narrated in danish by Carla Viola Thurøe. Voice acting (norwegian and english) by Okay Kaya and Oliver Burslem. Soundtrack by August Bager, Kim Laybourn, Okay Kaya & and Peter Klitgård Hansen. Sound design by August Bager.
Anna Sofie Mathiasen (b. 1995, DK) is a visual artist and filmmaker graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo in 2020. She lives and works in Oslo, Norway. She has previously exhibited and screened her films at Galleri K (Oslo, NO), Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo, NO), and Kunsthall Oslo (NO), O - Overgaden (Copenhagen, DK), Nitja - senter for samtidskunst (Lillestrøm, NO) and Valencian Institute of Modern Art (Valencia, ES).
- Year2023
- Runtime09:44
- CountryNorway, Denmark
- DirectorAnna Sofie Mathiasen
- ScreenwriterAnna Sofie Mathiasen
- ProducerAnna Sofie Mathiasen
- AnimatorAnna Sofie Mathiasen with assistance from William Mathiasen