Thorvin and Vilde are the only second graders at their small coastal school. Their days are idyllic, and everyone knows each other, plays together, and helps one another – until the school shuts down. There is a rainbow of sadness and excitement, loss and growth as children adapt to change.
The School by the Sea
Skolen ved havet
24th TDF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Solveig Melkeraaen
- Cinematography: Janne Lindgren
- Editing: Christoffer Heie
- Sound: Frank Arnesen, Nathanael Gustin, Andreas Lindberg Svensson
- Music: Ginge Anvik
- Production: Medieoperatørene AS
- Producers: Ingvil Giske
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Norway
- Production Year: 2021
- Duration: 29΄
- Contact: Norwegian Film Institute
- Awards/Distinctions: The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival - Honorable Mention (2021), Cinema in Sneakers Film Festival for Children and Youth - Best Short Film (2021), TIFF Junior - Tromsø International Children's Film Festival - Best Short Film (2021), BIFF - Bergen International Film Festival - Best Short Documentary Film (2021)
9+
Solveig Melkeraaen
Filmography
2002 Radio Bingo (short)
2009 Statistics (short)
2010 The Bankbus (short)
2014 Good Girl
2017 Tongue Cutters
2021 The School by the Sea (short)
2009 Statistics (short)
2010 The Bankbus (short)
2014 Good Girl
2017 Tongue Cutters
2021 The School by the Sea (short)
