30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: International Competition of Animated Films for Children

Planet Z - Surprise Egg (2018) 6

Finland | 2018 | 7 min.

Pinki hatches from an egg that Tora, a tigerlike creature, tries to eat. Tora can’t eat Pinki, but also can’t seem to get rid of it.

CountryFinland
Year2018
Duration7 min
Rating6
LanguageNo dialogues
SubtitleNo subtitles
Directed by Maria Björklund
Screenplay Maria Björklund
Director of Photography Maria Björklund
Music Tatu Metsätähti
Contact Terhi Väänänen

Biography

Maria Björklund is a renowned comic artist, animation filmmaker and illustrator from Helsinki, Finland. Since the 1990’s, her comics have been published in Finland and abroad and she has taken part in numerous art exhibitions all over the world. Maria has an MA in animation directing and some of her latest animated shorts are Nearby Far Away (2014) and Summer in Helsinki (2011). As the creator of Planet Z comics she has an essential role in developing the comics into animated series as its main screenwriter, director and visual designer. This film is a part of the set Short Animations 3.