ReAnima Bergen International Animation Festival (Bergen, Norway): Norwegian Animation

Thursday, 30. 9. 2021 / 10.00 / Vetrinj mansion, big hall

ReAnima is an enterprising and professional group working in cinema, animation, culture, academia and digital marketing. By using experiences in the animated world, the organizers want to help to create a wider audience that can enjoy and understand what animated art is all about. Organizing ReAnima International Animation Festival embraces novelty, variety and international influences. The programme presented at 11th StopTrik was curated by ReAnima's Festival & Programme Director, Mr.Kropka (aka J.S. Álvarez).

Total runtime: 60'

Mother Didn't Know / Mor visste Ingenting

Anita Killi (TROLLFILM)
2020, NOR, 11'17''

This is a poetic fable about a young depressed girl. Someone who wants to stay invisible, cares about her and tries to help by sacrificing a part of himself.

Anita Killi

Anita Killi studied illustrating and graphic design at the Norwegian National College of Art & Design, animation and documentary filmmaking at the Volda University College , Oslo National Academy of the Arts with the equivalent of a masters-degree, majoring in animation (multiplan technique). Killi has since established and runs her own animation studio, Trollfilm AS. Her film Tornehekken (The Hedge of Thorns) has received numerous international awards, and was nominated for Cartoon d'Or. Her film Sinna mann (Angry man) garnered even more critical acclaim and has been shown at an even wider selection of festivals, and has won numerous audience, Best Film and Grand Prix' awards.

Somewhere Soft

Satoe Yoshinari (Volda University College)
2018, NOR, 4'57''

Is it my heart that’s broken? This is my interpretation of a heartbreak.

Satoe Yoshinari

I am an animation director from Japan and have animation workshops with children. 2018 June I finished BA in animation at Volda University college in Norway and look for a job,internship or any kinds of project related to animation and children.

Warp

Simon Furdal, Kristian Kim Larsen (Volda University College)
2012, NOR, 6'

The Timekeeper and his apprentice run the big World Clock that drives time itself forward. The work is hard. Eager to prove himself, the apprentice tries to do his master's job. But he is not strong enough and time stops.

Simon Furdal

Simon Furdal is an animator specializing in merging stop motion and digital animation techniques. He has worked on feature films including 'In the Forest of Huckybucky' / 'Dyrene i Hakkebakkeskogen' (2016) and the 'Louis & Luca'- trilogy / 'Solan og Ludvig'-trilogien (2013, 2015, 2018). As well as being part of the team of animators, he worked in the set department for the production company Qvisten Animation in 2013. Simon graduated from Høgskulen in Volda in 2012 with the short film 'Warp' which has been screened at festivals all over the world (Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Encounters Film Festival, BUFF Malmö Film Festival and Fredrikstad Animation Festival among others). 'Warp' was released on BlueRay in 2013 as part of a compilation of Norwegian shorts ('Norsk Kort 2013' distributed by The Norwegian Film Institute). During the last 7 years he has worked on several other short films, both as an animator and inventor. In addition to animation, Simon has experience in several fields within the visual arts. He has been commisioned to produce illustrations, paintings, logo and graphic designs and articulated puppets. Simon Furdal is currently doing commissioned work in Bergen, Norway.

Kristian Kim Larsen

Visual development and animation. Based in Oslo, Norway.

My Dad Is a Dog / Min far er en hund

Adrian Dalen, Claudia Munksgaard- Palmqvist, Konrad Hjemli, Kristoffer Caspar Damskau
2018, NOR, 7'28''

An absurdist drama about a family father who for unknown reasons started to act like a dog. The story is told through the eyes of the daughter, and how she experiences the growing family problems. It takes place in a 1960s collage style world.

The Directors

All the directors are 1st year students in the animation department at Volda University College. They ended up in a group together in the final project of the semester.

ADRIAN DALEN is a 20 year old animation student with background in life drawing, and has previously won the film cabaret prize at the live action festival West Nordic. He made the short "Stay in line, don't get a spine" which was displayed at Frame by Frame 2018.

CLAUDIA MUNKSGAARD PALMQVIST - Danish animator "I am very interested in the tangibility of art and how the "physicality" of the artwork affects one's experience of it. Awareness of the relationship between content and form is everything for me"

KONRAD HJEMLI is a 19 year old animation student, and has made animated films pretty much his entire life. He was interviewed by NRK Super when he was 13 for an episode of their show Megafon, titled "the animator". He worked on the short "Låkt i Haude" that was screened on Frame by Frame 2018.

KRISTOFFER CASPAR DAMSKAU "Working as a freelance illustrator, I wanted to explore further what I can do with my art. Animation was the obvious choice as it combines art with storytelling. I’m both surprised and delighted that «My Dad is a Dog» was the final project I joined in my first year at Volda, as I got to explore animation and story far out from my own comfort zone - where I believe you’re most likely to grow as an artist"

The Bureaucracy Monster / Byråkratmonsteret

Thomas Simonsen Balmbra (Jannik Dam Kehlet)
2016, NOR, 5'

An intense and humorous montage about the horrors of an ever expanding bureaucracy.

Thomas Simonsen Balmbra

Thomas Simonsen Balmbra (b. 1985) is an artist and film director educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo. His last film was the stop motion short Orfeus.

Nancy Drew

Ida Neverdahl, Ola Olsen Lysgaard
2018, NOR, 3'18''

Animated music video for the song with the same name by the Norwegian band Sløtface.

The Jumper / Hopperen

Bjørn Bugge (Bergen Animasjon)
2000, NOR, 6'22''

A man is not convinced about life and is looking for an exit.

You can be yourself / Psykisk kan du vera sjøl

Anders Hesbøl
2019, NOR, 3'35''

Animated music video for the song by Stein Torleif Bjella.

Selfdestructive Robot

Trygve Nielsen (Raindog Studios)
2015, NOR, 3'

A short comedy on selfdestruction, in both personal and sociological context. The film is structured around the 12-bar blues pattern, and also uses the musical form of call and response.

Trygve Nielsen

Trygve Nielsen took bachelor in animation at Volda University College where he now works as lecturer. Has made music for more than twenty short films. The Cowboy – in color is his debut film.

We Will Arrive Tomorrow

Maria Galliani Dyrvik (Smau media)
2016, NOR, 8'

Mahmad leaves Syria after his fiancé is killed in a bombing in Damascus. Rasha is twelve and hopes she will get a new and safe life in Europe. Odei dreams about the garden he had when Syria was Heaven. We follow their hopes and fears across the sea.

Maria Galliani Dyrvik

I am a screenwriter, director and producer. I got my bachelor in film and TV production at the University of Bergen in 2010. Since 2014 I have managed Smau media, the production company of which I am co-owner, simultaneously with my job as continuity producer at TV2 Norway. In 2015 I also completed a master in Creative Writing at the University of Oxford, during which I have specialised in screenwriting. At Smau media I have worked on projects from original ideas until completion. In addition to interviewing, writing, filming (Sony FS / Canon DSLR), directing and editing I worked with pitching, researching, budgeting as well as report writing. I have experience with several editing programs, from Final Cut to Avid and Adobe Premiere Pro, as well as After effects. Delivering videos for different kind of platforms and clients and working for TV2 has also given me a good understanding of codecs and formats. During the last years I have worked on advertisements, commissioned films and a short animated documentary which has been screened at several international film festivals. I have also made music videos and an original music series for DJAZZ.tv. I am currently completing my first animated children's short film a mix of analogue cut-out animation and After-effects green screen layering. I am always looking for new ways to tell a story. I love to write new ideas and come up with concepts for videos on all kinds of subjects. I think individuality, emotions and compelling aesthetics are great means to convey any matter. I believe in the importance of making audiences experience strong, real and engaging stories. I think the stories we tell and the way we tell them really defines us, making research an essential part of multimedia production.