Ovary-Acting
Synopsis
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2025 - European premiere
Official Selection Encounters Film Festival 2025
Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2026
BAFTA Film Awards 2026 - Longlisted - Best British Short Animation
Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 12 min 26 sec
- Director
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Ida Melum
- Producer
- Kjersti Greger, Michelle Brøndum, Johan Edström
- Editor
- Lesley Posso
- Screenwriter
- Laura Jayne Tunbridge
- Director of Photography
- Jøran Wærdahl
- Production Designer
- Svein Erik Okstad
- Sound
- Miles Sullivan, André Laos
- Composer
- Joseph Stevenson, Alastair McNamara
- Principal cast
- Synnøve Karlsen, Sofia Oxenham, Katy Secombe
- Animator
- Ida Melum, Rich Farris
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Norway, UK, Sweden co-production
Klipp og Lim (NO), Jante Films (UK), Apparat Filmproduktion AB (SE)
Jante Films
Michelle BrøndumInternational House
64 Nile Street
London
N1 7SR
Sales Company
Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
Stine Wangler / Anna LeimbrinckBodenstedtstr. 16, D-22765
Hamburg
Germany
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