Fredrikstad Festival's Best Animated Films Programme
2017 archive
THE ABSENCE OF EDDY TABLE
THE ABSENCE OF EDDY TABLE

Director(s): Rune Spaans
Year of release: 2016
Length: 12:18 min
Country: Norway
Language: no dialogue

What if your worst fear and your greatest love turn out to be the same thing?

THE PAYLABBS
THE PAYLABBS

Director(s): Nicolai Caspari Stigar
Year of release: 2016
Length: 1:36 min
Country: Norway
Language: no dialogue

Some dumb creatures tries to get to the other side of a cliff.

THE BOYG
THE BOYG

Director(s): Kristian Pedersen
Year of release: 2016
Length: 6 min
Country: Norway
Language: no dialogue

A short film inspired by epic poetry, Erik Hedin’s reworking of Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt score, and the great Boyg itself, who discovers us all

ANGRY BIRDS TOONS – DIDGERIDORK
ANGRY BIRDS TOONS – DIDGERIDORK

Director(s): Thomas Lepeska, Kim Helminen
Year of release: 2015
Length: 2:45 min
Country: Finland
Language: no dialogue

In this world there are didgeridoos and didgeridont’s – a lesson Chuck learned the hard way.

WAITING FOR THE NEW YEAR
WAITING FOR THE NEW YEAR

Director(s): Vladimir Leschiov
Year of release: 2016
Length: 8:11 min
Country: Latvia
Language: no dialogue

A lonely woman street cleaner’s letter to unknown person, written on the first day of the New Year: a year spent observing the seasons and dreaming of a miracle for the following New Year.

DUNDER
DUNDER

Director(s): Endre Skandfer
Year of release: 2016
Length: 10 min
Country: Norway
Language: no dialogue

Bulder´s snowball fight with his friend Modika is interrupted when Lex steals her attention. Frustrated, Bulder attempts to win her back, resulting in a mischievous plan that he may come to regret…

I WAS A WINNER
I WAS A WINNER

Director(s): Jonas Odell
Year of release: 2015
Length: 13:40 min
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish with Lithuanian subtitles

Three different stories on the subject of computer game addiction, told through a mix of interviews and animation

EMPTY SPACE
EMPTY SPACE

Director(s): Ülo Pikkov
Year of release: 2016
Length: 10 min
Country: Estonia
Language: no dialogue

Documentary-based animation about a dream that eventually comes true in a film