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The Stone Village
Director: Kathrine Ulstein Johansen, Kenneth Ulstein Johansen Country: Norway year: 2023 Running Time: 00:25:00 Category: Short film made for kids Producer: Anstein Mikkelsen Distributor: Kathrine Ulstein Johansen, Kenneth Ulstein Johansen
Synopsis
Kuumitus - The Ghost - lives in Kivikylä – The Stone Village. As he stands outside his cave one early spring morning he hears shouts from the neighboring valley. There he finds Tähtipoika -
The Star Boy who has crashed on his journey from a star far, far away. The two are playing together for a who
Director's BIO
Kathrine Ulstein Johansen has a bachelor's degree in journalism from North University in Bodø. She has worked as a researcher, screenwriter and director's assistant at Siivet AS since 2018. She has participated in several documentary film projects. Kivikylä is her first fiction film and also the first film as a director.
Kenneth Ulstein Johansen is studying game development through Noroff College. He has worked as a photographer, editor and animator at Siivet AS since 2016.
Both have Sami, Kveni and Norwegian backgrounds.
The Kvens are a minority group in Norway related to similar finis-ugric minorities in the northern Sweden, Estonia and Finnish and Russian Karelia.
Kven is a highly endangered language.
This is worlds first children film that uses the Kven language.
Contacts
siivet@siivet.no
