Synopsis:
“The World’s Middlest Fish” is a story about a girl, Ingeborg, who surprisingly gets a lot of attention (and some new dresses) for not doing anything out of the ordinary. Someone else discovers something unusual and interesting about a fish she caught, and as any regular young girl she likes the attention and the positive fuzz she creates.
- Director:
- Cathinka Tanberg
- Year:
- 2017
- Country:
- Norway
- Running time:
- 11 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation, Cut-Out Animation
- Original title:
- Verdens mellomste fisk
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Tonje Skar Reiersen
- Animator:
- Cathinka Tanberg et al.
- Script writer:
- Per Schreiner
- Music composer:
- John Erik Kaada
- Sound designer:
- Håkon Lammetun
- Editors:
- Ulf Tønder Flittig, Cathinka Tanberg
- Production:
- Mikrofilm AS
- Distribution:
- Norwegian Film Institute
- Genres:
- Tragicomedy, Drama
- Tags:
- Identity, Humor, Poetic, Transformation, Relationships, Festival Darlings, Surreal
- Audience:
- 10+
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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