Director: Solveig Melkeraaen
Country of Production: Norway
Year of Production: 2021
Runtime: 30 min
Thorvin and Vilde are the only second graders at their small seaside school. Their days are beatific, and everyone knows each other, plays together and helps one another—until the school shuts down. THE SCHOOL BY THE SEA catches the rainbow of sadness and excitement, resistance and resilience, loss and growth, of a child adapting to change. (Angie Driscoll, HotDocs)
AWARDS:
Best Short Documentary – BIFF
Best Short – TIFF Junior
Best Short – Cinema in Sneakers
Honorable Mention, Best Short – The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival
FESTIVALS:
2021 Hot Docs
2021 Nordic Panorama
2021 The Children’s Film Festival
2021 TIFF Junior
2021 Cinema in Sneakers
2021 The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival
2021 Filem’on
2021 Buster Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth
2021 BIFF
2021 Sharjah International film festival
2021 Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños (… y no tan niños)