Synopsis
“All at sea in a shoe”.
A young boy learns to take control over his life when he is shrunk to the size of an insect and has to sail his own toy boat through a flooded café. Morten has to be shrunk down before he can grow up.
Morten builds a toy boat which he crews with insects. This is his escape from the unhappy world of the harbour café where he lives with his aunt Anna.
When he is shrunk in a botched magic trick he finds himself sailing his own boat across the flooded café. The insect crew look uncannily like his aunt and the people she orders around. Morten has to reassess his relationships, save the crew from shipwreck and take control of his life.
Interpretation
Sometimes you need to be shrinked in order to grow up.
Director
Co-directors
Technique
Classical puppet
Year of production
2018
Duration
79 min
Target audience
Family film
Produced by
Nukufilm OÜ (Estonia), Telegael (Ireland), Grid VFX (Belgium), Calon (UK)
Awards
2018/Schlingel IFF, Chemnitz, Germany, october – PRIZE FOR THE BEST ANIMATION
European Animation Awards – EMILE AWARDS 2108 – Nomination for BEST DRECTION in a feature film and nomination for BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION in a feature film
2019/EFTA, Estonian Film and Television Awards, Tallinn, Estonia, April 1, NOMINATED in categories: Best Animation Film, Best Director of Photography
2019/23th Cartoons on the Bay Torino Italy 11.-13.04. SPECIAL MENTION FOR BEST ANIMATION Film