SAVE THE CHILDREN / REDD BARNA

Rosa Engebrigtsen Bye and Luis Engebrigtsen Bye as Eli and Tarald in Save the Children. Terje Rangnes (Norway, 2002), 6 min., Super 16, color Principal production credits and cast Director Screenplay Director of photography Editor Producer Eli Tarald Lasse, the gas station attendant Terje Rangnes Erlend Loe John Andreas Andersen Kirsti Marie Haugen Ørjan Karlsen for Motlys Rosa Engebrigtsen Bye Luis Engebrigtsen Bye Trond Høvik Awards Awards Grand Prize, Brest Short Film Festival, 2003 Canal Plus Award, Best Short Film, Nordisk Panorama, Oulu, Finland, 2002 Grand Prize UIP and Audience Award, Tampere International Short Film Festival, 2003 Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards, 2003 Background info about the film (from the press release) Save the Children is originally part of the feature Utopia - Nobody is Perfect in the Perfect Country (Folk flest bor i Kina) released in 2002. The project started with an idea from Screenwriters Oslo, a collective comprising some of the most promising young screenwriters in Norway today. They used the political parties as inspiration to create stories about Norway today. The majority of us can identify with one or more parties. All the political parties have a manifesto which gives expression to values, attitudes and mentalities that can easily turn into actions and conflicts. These are the basis of the episodes of Utopia and gave the producers a golden opportunity to make funny and serious statements about the strange little country Norway. Save the Children is inspired by "Fremskrittspartiet" (a right-wing Norwegian political party). Terje Rangnes, director Terje Rangnes (born 1966) has directed several television series for NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation), including the popular series Egil and Barbara (1999) and Fjortis/Teens (2001). Save the Children is his short film debut. Erlend Loe, screenwriter Erlend Loe (born 1969) studied screenwriting at the Danish Film School. He has written a number of books, both for children and adults, and some of these works have been translated into many other languages. For further details, see his website at http://www.kjentfolk.no/forfattere/loe/ Festival participation for Save the Children (as a short film) The Norwegian Short Film Festival, June 2002 Nordisk Panorama, Oulu, Finland, September 2002 BIFF, Bergen Int. Film Festival, Norway, October 2002 Tampere Short Film Festival, Finland, March 2003 WWSFF Toronto, Canada, June 2003 Vila do Conde Int. Short Film Festival, Portugal, July 2003 Citadella del Corto, Trevignano, Italy, July 2003 Locarno Int. Short Film festival, Switzerland, August 2003 Sarajevo Int. Film Festival, August 2003 Int. Shortfilm Festival, Stuttgart/ Ludwigsburg, Germany, September 2003 Enzimi Festival, Roma, Italia, September 2003 Ghent Int. Film Festival, Belgium, October 2003 Montreal Int. Festival of New Cinema and New Media, Canada, October 2003 Uppsala Int. Short Film Festival, Sweden, October 2003

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