Project Detail

Ovary-Acting

Ovary-Acting

Synopsis

While stuck at her sister’s baby shower a thirty-something woman is forced to decide whether she wants to have kids or not after unexpectedly giving birth to her reproductive organs.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2025 - European premiere
Official Selection Encounters Film Festival 2025

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
12 min 26 sec
Director
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

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Norway, UK, Sweden co-production

Klipp og Lim (NO), Jante Films (UK), Apparat Filmproduktion AB (SE)

Jante Films

Michelle Brøndum
International House
64 Nile Street
London
N1 7SR

Sales Company

Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg

Stine Wangler / Anna Leimbrinck
Bodenstedtstr. 16, D-22765
Hamburg
Germany

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