The Tower | |
Native Name: | |
Director: | Mats Grorud |
Music: | Nathanaël Bergese |
Country: | Norway France Sweden |
Language: | English Arabic Norwegian Swedish French |
Studio: | Tenk.tv Les Contes Modernes Cinenic Film |
Distributor: | MAD Solutions |
Runtime: | 74 minutes |
The Tower (Norwegian: '''Tårnet''') is a Norwegian animated feature film written and 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]
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]
Mad solutions is the national distributors and Jour2fête is also a distributor of the film in France.[8]
Award | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | |
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Chicago International Children's Film Festival | Liv Ullmann Peace Prize | Mats Grorud | [9] | |
Best Animated Feature | The Tower | |||
MONSTRA Lisbon Animated Film Festival | Best Soundtrack | The Tower | [10] | |
Jury Special Award | The Tower | |||