Great to be part of Moving Art festival in Ålesund 4- 7 march. There was a art-walk around town where all the works was presented. It was a really atmospheric evening, and lovely to see the film screened on a building, outside. The film was also screened with sound inside Torghallen.
A huge thanks to the artist at Aggregat kunstfelleskap for inviting the film to the festival and this really special event!
Delighted that curator André Eckardt has choosen Eternal Hunting Grounds
to be part of this DVD compilation. Also great the girl from the film is the cover star.
Thank you!
Hurrah! Eternal Hunting Grounds was screened at TIAF – Tbilisi International Animation Festival, 2- 4 November 2018, in Tbilisi, Georgia! Thank you for inviting the film.
Very happy that Eternal Hunting Grounds was screened at this years HIROSHIMA festival – The 17th International Animation festival in Japan on the 23 August 2018 in the Estonian program!
Eternal Hunting Grounds will be part of the 24th Film Festival della Lessinia.
It will screen Tuesday 29th of August in the competition program for children. Bellissimo!
The festival will be held in Bosco Chiesa Nuova from 24 August to 02 September 2018.
Wonderful to have the film being shown as part of the program during Estonian Cultural Week 23 March – April 8 at the Estonian Institute in Hungary!
HURRAY! The film is coming to NEW YORK! “Eternal Hunting Grounds” is to be screened in the competition program at North America’s largest film festival for kids and teens:
The 2018 New York International Children’s Film Festival!
The festival will take place over four weekends between Feb. 23rd & March 18th in venues across New York City. Eternal Hunting Grounds will be part of the following program:
Heebie Jeebies. That program will screen on the following dates and times:
Sunday, February 25, 2018 5:15 PM Cinepolis Chelsea
Saturday, March 3, 2018 1:00 PM Scandinavia House
Saturday, March 10, 2018 4:30 PM SVA Theatre
Sunday, March 18, 2018 2:45 PM Cinepolis Chelsea
If you are in New York please go along – and maybe I see you there!
Here is a bit more about the festival
2018 Oscars: 63 Animated Shorts Are Competing This Year
and “Eternal Hunting Grounds” is one of the selected films.
Congratulations to the whole crew and everyone else involved for being on the list! Triin Sarapik-Kivi, Urmas Jõemees, Robert Stengård, Sam Mcloughlin, Yngve Leidulv Sætre, Ingvil Giske, Margrethe Danielsen, Rosanna Vio, Kerdi Kuusik-Oengo, Sergei Kibus, Eivor Vindenes and everyone else at Nukufilm OÜ and beyond – could not have done this without you.
Eternal Hunting Grounds will go all the way to TAIWAN! In the competition program at Taiwan International Children’s Film Festival (TICFF) April 2018
Really happy that the film will be in the competition program CinéDoc Young at CinéDoc-Tbilisi, Georgia this month!!
Hurrah!
Eternal Hunting Grounds received a
“Special mention” at Leeds International Filmfestival!
Eternal Hunting Grounds
(Elin Grimstad, Estonia, Norway)
“A completely unique and captivating film that created a beautiful and macabre atmosphere. We liked how it explored how children might perceive and engage with ideas beyond the grave.”
thankyouthankyouthankyou!
Veldig kjekt at Evige Jaktmarker vises på Minimalen kortfilmfestival i Trondheim i januar!
Very happy about “Eternal Hunting Grounds” have been selected for the COMPETITION section of the 34. International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! (November 27th – December 4th 2016, Poznan, Poland).
Eternal Hunting Grounds at Animateka International Animated Film Festival, in Slovenia! In the Elephant Panorama Programme between 5th and 11th December 2016
So happy to take part in Animated Dreams Festival ! In the program MADE IN ESTONIA, a collection of new Estonian animated short films, clearly show that this is still the case. The programme is characterised by the extreme diversity of the films, both in content and style. This is one of the important factors of Estonian animation – everyone follows their own path, and there is no such thing as a unified school, which could result in clichéd work.
The World Animation Competition is one of the most popular competitions of Short Film City and aims to showcase some of the best and most sought-after animated short films from around the world. And this year is no exception! In the first programme of the competition we take you deep into the forest with Norway’s The Eternal Hunting Grounds …
http://animationfestival.no/films/short-film-competition-ii/eternal-hunting-grounds/
Eternal Hunting Grounds was awarded THE GOLDEN DOVE for best animated short at DOK Leipzig 2016!
A wonderful surprise and a great honour! Thank you DOK Leipzig for inviting the film to take part in the prestigious festival and thank you very much to the jury .
This honourable award is for everyone that has been involved in the making of
the film. ❤ As DOK Leipzig is an an Oscar– qualifying festival, Eternal Hunting Grounds is now eligible for the nominations for the Academy Awards.
Jury Statement
The jury very much enjoyed the idea behind this film, which is about two very imaginative children exploring their world and the meaning of death. We felt that the delightful design and the animation style matched the subject matter beautifully.
I was present to receive the award.
We are so excited and happy to announce that Eternal Hunting Grounds will have the international premiere at Lepzig DOK festival in November this year!
The film will have three screenings during the festival and is in the international competition program. Elin is attending the festival, hope to see you there too!
Eg og filmen skal besøke 100-vis av born i haust!
Evige Jaktmarker skal på turne i ikkje mindre enn fire fylke.
Kjempeflott å få oppleve reaksjonar frå borna og diskutere tematikken med dei.
Har også laga ei spesiell utstilling frå filmen, lys-sette glasmonter med iscenesetting
av nokre av figurane og miljø frå filmen.
Turneen byrjar i Akershus, og er allereie i gang.
Evige Jaktmarker og Elin besøker Høstscena i Ålesund 2016.
http://hostscena.no/schedule/eternal-hunting-grounds-elin-grimstad/
Juhu! The film will be screened at Frame by Frame # 14 in Oslo 9 April! There will also be a short q & a about the process. Hope to see you there!
Beautifully designed by Anna Karlsson at www.forestry.no
We are thrilled to say the Eternal Hunting Grounds is FINALLY finished!
The premiere will be at Filmens Hus in Oslo 5 march and in Tallinn 23 march. WELCOME!
The shooting was already finished march 2014, but the soundtrack and
post-production has taken a long time to complete.
This blog has also been updated, please check it out!
I moved all the puppets and parts out of the studio and moved from Tallinn in june.
We had a little party at Nukufilm when the last shot was done.
(There are some photos under the credits menu.)
So – the shots from the birch forest are now all nearly done, I have to say
they turned out very atmospheric!
Andres Tenusaar has helped us animating some shots too, which has been great.
All the panning, zooms and tilts of the camera are done manually – frame by frame. By either moving the camera inch by inch, or by moving the glasses manually using a turning handle. Doing it like this, creates a less smooth movement, which suits the aesthetics of the film. If the film is made on a multiglas animation table- it should be done all the way like that!
Not suddenly start using digital pans and things, that can look very mechanical.
In one of the shots we did, the aim was to capture the children’s perspective as they are walking through the birch forest. All the foliage had to be right up close to the children’s eyes, and slip away as they walked through it. For this shot, Sergei was sitting up on top of the camera rostrum. While he was moving the camera frame by frame towards the glass table, Andres was animating the plants brushing past gradually, as the forest opens up.
There was also insects flying, and a beautiful spiderweb with a spider climbing past. The web was made by Külli. The web had to be fitted on to the glass by several hands for the web not to be broken.
I won´t share so many stills just yet, as it´s a secret off course until the premiere! But here is one from the previous mentioned shot, and some from the set building.
This week we have been building a atmospheric birch-forest on the animation table.
It looks like a world I´d happily wander into!
The birches in front layers are moulded and painted with watercolour, while the birch trees at the back are made of translucent Yupo paper. The branches and leaves are made of wire covered with paper and painted, as well as the birch leaves.
