The Tower
Film poster
NorwegianTårnet
Directed byMats Grorud
Written byMats Grorud
Produced by
  • Patrice Nezan
  • Laurent Versini
  • Frode Sobstad
  • Annika Hellström
Starring
  • Pauline Ziade
  • Saïd Amadis
  • Aïssa Maïga
  • Mohammad Bakri
  • Saleh Bakri
  • Bouraouïa Marzouk
  • Mouna Hawa
  • Makram Khoury
  • Slimane Dazi
  • Darina Al Joundi
  • Lina Soualem
  • Raymond Hosni
  • Omar Yami
Cinematography
  • Rui Tenreiro
  • Sara Sponga
  • Nadine Buss
Edited by
  • Silje Nordseth
  • Karstein Meinich
Music byNathanaël Bergese
Production
companies
Tenk.tv
Les Contes Modernes
Cinenic Film
Distributed byMAD Solutions
Release date
  • June 2018 (2018-06) (Annecy)
Running time
74 minutes
CountriesNorway
France
Sweden
LanguagesEnglish
Arabic
Norwegian
Swedish
French

The Tower (Norwegian: Tårnet) is a Norwegian animated feature film directed by Mats Grorud.[1][2] The film screened at the Cairo International Film Festival, Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Sevilla Film Festival and Rome Film Festival.[3][4][5][6]

Plot

Wardi, an 11-year-old Palestinian girl, lives with her family in a Lebanese refugee camp. She learns about her family's history through stories told by three previous generations of refugees.[7]

Production

Mad solutions is the national distributors and Jour2fête is also a distributor of the film in France.[8]

Awards

Award Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref.
Chicago International Children's Film Festival Liv Ullmann Peace Prize Mats Grorud Won [9]
Best Animated Feature The Tower Won
MONSTRA Lisbon Animated Film Festival Best Soundtrack The Tower Won [10]
Jury Special Award The Tower Won

References

  1. ↑ "Review: The Tower". cineuropa.org. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  2. ↑ "'The Tower': Film Review Annecy 2018". hollywoodreporter.com. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  3. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION". ciff.org.eg. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  4. ↑ "The Tower". annecy.org. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  5. ↑ "The Tower". biff.kr. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  6. ↑ "THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL 2018". mubi.com. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  7. ↑ "FEATURE FILM The Tower (Tårnet)". nfi.no. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  8. ↑ "WARDI". jour2fete.com. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  9. ↑ "35th Annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival". festival.facets.org. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  10. ↑ "MONSTRA Grand-Prix- Feature Film". monstrafestival.com. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
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