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Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Oskar's America (2017)
Moving tale of extraordinary friendship against the backdrop of a broken family. Oskar's dream of spending the holidays with his mother on horseback on the prairie collides with dreary reality as she drops him off with his cantankerous grandfather for the summer. She must go first to America alone in order to find a job. Levi, a social outcast who talks with his pony becomes Oskar's only friend. When Levi has to go to a care home and Oskar's mother does not return, the two of them hatch a plan: using Levi's great-grandfather's boat, they will row across the Atlantic to America.
| Country | Norway |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Duration | 79 min |
| Rating | 10 |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Subtitle | English, simul. translation cz |
| Directed by | Torfinn Iversen |
| Screenplay | Torfinn Iversen |
| Director of Photography | Odd Reinhardt Nicolaysen |
| Edited by | Arild Tryggestad |
| Contact | Norwegian Film Institute |
Biography
A Norwegian screenwriter, director and cameraman, he studied TV and film at university in Lillehammer and at an art college in Kabelvåg. He's been involved in film since childhood. He's made several short films, e.g., A Chapter of Love (Et kjærlighetskapittel, 2008) and Levi's Horse (Levis hest, 2011), which got him into many international festival programs. His feature-length debut is the family film Oskar's America (Oskars America, 2017).
Action + Adventure, Family, Friendship, Animals, Discrimination, Relationships, Mental Health