Film / Norwegian Film Institute

An overcrowded future. A terrible solution. A family stuck in traffic jam.

Production and distribution

André Øvredal

André Øvredal (b. 1973) graduated from Brooks Institute in California in 1996, going on to direct numerous award-winning commercials and short films. His feature film debut, «Trollhunter» gained immediate international attention after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010. In Norway, the film became both critically acclaimed and a box office hit, resulting in Øvredal being picked as Variety's ”10 Directors To Watch”. Øvredal's first American film «The Autopsy of Jane Doe» was released in 2016 to critical acclaim, and in 2019, he directed the box office hit «Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark», produced by Guillermo del Toro. In 2020, André directed the action-fantasy feature film «Mortal», starring Nat Wolff and Iben Akerlie.

2016:: The Norwegian Short Film Festival
The Norwegian Film Workers Association's Technical Award, to Bård Farbu and Daniel Angyal for Sound
2016:: Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival
Méliès d'Argent for Best European Short Film
2016:: Nominated for Méliès d'Or for Best European Short Film
2016:: Manhattan Short Film Festival
Silver Medal Winner
2016:: Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival
Best Short Film
2016:: Interfilm - International Short Film Festival Berlin
Audience Award - Best Environmental Film

2016:: Tribeca Film Festival
2016:: The Norwegian Short Film Festival
2016:: Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
2016:: Love & Anarchy - Helsinki International Film Festival
2016:: Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival
2016:: Calgary International Film Festival
2016:: Milwaukee Film Festival
2016:: Manhattan Short Film Festival
2016:: Telluride Horror Show
2016:: Trieste Science + Fiction Festival
2016:: Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival
2016:: Interfilm - International Short Film Festival Berlin
2016:: Monster Fest
2016:: Festival on Wheels
2017:: BIFFF - Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
2017:: Kiev International Short Film Festival
2017:: Nashville Film Festival
2017:: Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival
2017:: Ploiesti International Fantasy, Horror, Thriller & Science Fiction Short Film Festival
2017:: Big Sur International Short Film Screening Series
2017:: Carrousel international du film de Rimouski
2017:: Fancine - Fantastic Film Festival of Málaga
2017:: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
2018:: Brest European Short Film Festival