Wanda
SYNOPSIS
Bored in school and tired of her arguing parents Wanda escapes running into the woods. Luckily she has good company.
Wanda’s life is filled with conflicts at home and at school and she escapes into her imaginary world. As the problems grow, help comes from an unexpected place to make her confront reality.
The animated short film that I co-wrote and directed was released in 2018. It was produced by the central Norwegian production company Klipp og Lim with development and production funding from Midtnorsk Filmsenter, Fond for Lyd og Bilde and the Norwegian Film Institute. The film was bought by the Norwegian Film Institute's streaming service Filmbib and has screened at over 50 national and international film festivals including all the major Norwegian film festivals, Animafest Zagreb, Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart and Nordisk Panorama.
TECHNIQUE
Mixed media combining hand built miniature worlds shot in camera and composited with digitally animated 2-D characters.
CREDITS
Adapted from a novel by Vigdis Hjorth.
Script: Viggo Knudsen & Denise Hauser
Director: Denise Hauser
Producer: Jøran Wærdahl / Klipp og Lim
Associate Producer: Frank Furseth / Klipp og Lim
Director of Photography: Viggo Knudsen
Composition & Animation: Lars Hegdal
Music: Håvard Lund
Sound Design: Syncpoint
Miniatures: Denise Hauser, Lars Hegdal, Svein Erik Hokstad
Set building and miniature shoot
Early development & process (Storyboard, style frames, test shoot)
SCREENINGS
Minimalen Kortfilm Festival 2018 and 2019
Kortfilmfestivalen 2018, Grimstad
The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund 2018
Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2018
BIFF 2018, Bergen
Animafest Zagreb 2018, World Festival of Animated Film, Official Selection (Croatia)
Fantoche 2018, International Festival für Animationsfilm (Switzerland)
Nordisk Panorama 2018, Special Programme, Young Nordics (Sweden)
Anibar animation festival 2018 (Kosovo)
Aguilar De Campo 2018, International Short Film Festival (Spain)
KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2018 (Netherlands)
Cinekid 2018, Official Selection, Best International Animated Short (Netherlands)
Chicago International Children's Film Festival 2018 (USA)
Cinemagic Belfast 2018, International Film and Television Festival for Young People (UK)
Animateka International Animation Festival 2018 (Slovenia)
Poznan International Young Audience Film Festival 2018 (Poland)
Dokufest 2018, International Documentary and Short Film Festival Prizren (Kosovo)
Alcine 2018, Alcala de Henares Film Festival (Spain)
Lobo Fest 2018, International Film Festival (Brasil)
Go Short 2019 in Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart ’19 (Germany)
9th Big Eyes, Big Minds - Singapore International Children's Film Festival
Little Big Shots 2019, Australia
21st Mo&Friese Children’s Short Film Festival, Hamburg
BUSTER (2019), the leading Danish film festival for children & youth
16th Seville European Film Festival 2019
Tricky Women / Tricky realities Animation Festival 2020
Black Movie, Geneva International Independent Film Festival 2021