HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
SYNOPSIS
“Home for Christmas” is based on a selection of short stories from the Norwegian author Levi Henriksen’s collection, ”Only Soft Presents Under the Tree”. These stories, which now and then intersect with each other, all take place in Henriksen’s fictitious small town of Skogli, over a couple of hours on Christmas Eve.
DIRECTOR | Bent Hamer |
YEAR | 2010 |
STATUS | completed |
FESTIVALS AWARDS | Best Script - San Sebastian 2010 Toronto Int. Film Festival 2010 London IFFF Sao Paulo Film festival etc. Hamburg Filmfest Lübecker Filmtage |
CAST | Fritjof Såheim Tone Mostraum Nina Zanjani Igor Necemer Morten Ilseng Risnes Issaka Sawadogo Reidar Sørensen Levi Henriksen |
CO PRODUCTION WITH | Bul Bul Film (Norway) in co-production with Pandora Film Produktion (Germany) Filmimperiet (Sweden) and ZDF/ARTE in association with Sandrew Mememto distribution Film Pool Jämtland Pandora Film Verleih |
SUPPORTED BY | Nordisk Film & TV Fund Norwegian Filminstitut Mid Nordic Film Commission Filmstiftung NRW DFFF Swedish Film Institute Eurimages |
WORLD SALES | The Match Factory |
GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | Pandora Film Verleih |
LENGTH | 82 min. |
FORMAT | 35mm 1:2 35 cinemascope Dolby Digital |
SHOOTING LOCATION | Sweden Norway Germany |
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | norwegian |
PRODUCERS | Bent Hamer (producer) Christoph Friedel Claudia Steffen Jörgen Bergmark (co-producers) |
WRITERS | Bent Hamer(based upon the novel by Levi Henriksen) |
CASTING | Celine Engebrigtsen, Sabine Schwedhelm (Germany) |
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | John Christian Rosenlund |
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | Catho Bach Christensen (line producer) Katja Christochowitz (prod. manager Germany) |
EDITING | Pål Gengenbach |
MUSIC | John Erik Kaada |
SOUND | Morten Solum (sound recordist) Petter Fladeby (sound design) |
ART DIRECTION | Eva (Vava) Norèn (prod. designer) Tim Pannen (art director Germany) |
COSTUMES | Karen Fabricius Gram |
MAKE UP HAIR | Therese R. Gaarde |
SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | single "Home For Christmas" by Maria Mena written for the film is available as download |
DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | n/s |
LINKS | www.home-for-christmas.pandorafilm.de www.the-match-factory.com |