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Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Children and Youth
The Arctic Camels (2018)
Torarin and Svalin live with their parents in Akkarfjord, way up in the north of Norway. When the siblings want a horse for riding, their parents buy two Bactrian camels for them instead. The exotic animals need to be trained, and the family soon discovers that camel training is not for amateurs. They take on an expedition to Mongolia, hoping to find a professional trainer who will accept an invitation to train their camels in Arctic Norway. Deep into the Goby desert, they actually find a candidate. But they are not prepared for Mongolian training methods.
| Country | Norway |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Duration | 75 min |
| Rating | 10 |
| Language | Mongolian, Norwegian |
| Subtitle | English, simul. translation cz |
| Directed by | Karl Emil Rikardsen |
| Director of Photography | Viggo Knutsen |
| Contact | Autlook Filmsales GmbH |
Biography
Norwegian documentary filmmaker and producer. He studied fisheries economics, philosophy and media at the universities in Bodø, Trondheim and Volda. Forty films of various genres have come out of his creative workshop, including TV works, of which he directed, e.g. Salt & Pepper (2009-10) and documentaries Herleik: Free as a Bird (Herleik - Fri som fuglen, 2006) and The Arctic Camels (De arktiske kamelene, 2018).