Festivals

Fredrikstad, October 24, 2026 We are delighted to share that 9 Million Colors, directed by Bára Anna, won the Nordic-Baltic Competition for Young Audiences at Fredrikstad Animation Festival on Saturday, October 24. The jury’s decision was unanimous. In their statement, they said: “This year’s winner. The jury was unanimous. The film is artistic, colourful, vulnerable and surprising. A wonderful rhythm, and playful. We love it. It is, quite simply, one to dig. The winner, and

DOVRE, September 2026. Trollfilm and director Anita Killi have been invited to a career retrospective — DOK Leipzig's Animated Film Hommage — at the festival's 69th edition, running October 26 to November 1, 2026 in Leipzig, Germany. The tribute takes the shape of two film programs and a masterclass: one built from Anita's own films, the other gathering titles Trollfilm has been part of more broadly. Together they bring 13 films to Leipzig, spanning three decades of hand-craf

DOVRE, July 2026 – The program for this year's Turku Animated Film Festival (TAFF) is out, and we are glad to find both Anita and myself in it. From 26 to 30 August, we will be in Turku, Finland, for what promises to be a rich few days among people who care deeply about handmade animation. There is something fitting about being invited to Turku. It is a festival with a strong feel for the craft – for the physical, made-by-hand side of our art form – which happens to be the gr

Dovre, June 16, 2026 Black Box has been officially selected for the Main Competition at Imaginaria — International Festival of Authorial Animated Films in Conversano, Italy. Imaginaria is an Oscar-qualifying festival and one of Europe's most respected platforms for auteur animation. To have Black Box included in this year's competition programme means a great deal to us. The timing feels right. Next week, we travel to Annecy for the world premiere of Black Box in the Official

DOVRE, March 25, 2026 – There are moments in this work that catch you off guard. You send a film out into the world, you wait – and then, quietly, something extraordinary happens. Black Box has been selected for the Official Short Films Competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, taking place from 21st to 27th June 2026. I have been part of many festival journeys over the years. But this one feels a bit different. What Annecy Means Annecy is not just a fe

TOKYO, November 3rd – When the invitation arrived to lead a stop-motion workshop at Kineko International Film Festival for young Japanese children, Anita and Claus knew this was a challenge worth every ounce of preparation. And what a preparation it became. The weeks leading up to this day were filled with careful planning, creative problem-solving, and one very ambitious build: three portable multiplane stands, custom-designed and ready to travel across the world. A young a

Anita Killi's films get dedicated screening day at prestigious festival DOVRE/TOKYO, 2nd of September 2025 – Trollfilm AS with director Anita Killi and producer Claus Gladyszak have been invited to participate in the 32nd KINEKO International Film Festival in Tokyo, Asia's largest film festival for children. The festival takes place October 31st to November 4th, 2025. Killi's two films "Hedge of Thorns" (2001) and "Angry Man" (2009) will have a dedicated screening day on the

We're delighted to participate in MIFA 2025 as part of the Nordic Animation Pavilion at Stand D.05. Trollfilm looks forward to connecting with fellow professionals, exchanging ideas, and sharing our current creative projects. Annecy International Animation Film Market (MIFA) - taking place in Annecy from 10th to 13th June 2025. This year, we're presenting two projects we're working on: Christmas Survivors, our animated feature film in development, and a multiplan stand we've

Capture from the puppet animation musical "9 Million Colors" directed by Bára Anna (Czech Republic) On Sunday, June 8th, the film 9 Million Colors had its premiere at the renowned animation festival in Annecy. The Czech/German/Norwegian co-production, where Trollfilm served as co-producers, was even selected as the opening film that evening. This puppet aimation musical is directed by Bára Anna from the Czech Republic. The producers Maria Motovska and Lillian Løvseth have wor

Now just a couple of days before we are off to this years Le Festival du film d'animation in Annecy we got our hands on the new and updated version of our 32 pages Trollfilm pamphlet. The pamphflet is to be handed out at both the film festival, but also at the Nordic Animation Pavilion at Stand D.05. A snapshot of the little article about the animation film musical "9 Million Colors" - a Czech/German/Norwegian co-production to be screened at this years Annecy Film Festival. P