Niko og de flyvende rensdyr
Danmark-Finland-Irland-Tyskland 2008

Niko ønsker at kunne flyve og har derfor behov for at øve sig. Niko og Sneblomst beslutter sig for at øve sig uden for den trygge dal, men de støder på ulve. Snart er hele rensdyrflokken i fare for ulvene. Rensdyrene må flygte fra deres trygge dal. Da flokken er utilfreds med Niko, stikker han af fra flokken. Han mål er at finde sin far. Lederen er ulveflokken ønsker at indføre nye julemandsregler: at spise børnene. Niko beslutter sammen med sine venner at advare julemanden. Men det bliver en farefuld rejse, men de når frem til julemandens dal. Ulvene når også frem og der bliver ballade.

Per Kjær

Instruktør:
Michael Hegner & Karl Juusonen

Manuskript:
Marteinn Thorisson, Hannu Tuomainen Ekstra dialog: Mark Hodkinson

Medvirkende:
Oliver Ryborg (Niko)
Jens Jacob Tychsen (Julius)
Kaya Brüel (Wilma)
Niels Olsen (Sprinter)
Thomas Mørk (Stormvind)
Henrik Koefoed (Springer / Hvirvel / Torde / Nisse)
Lars Mikkelsen [1964] (Sorte Ulv)
Vicki Berlin (Effle, hund / Automatstemme)
Esben Pretzmann (Spjæt)
Camilla Bendix (Luna, Nikos mor)
Jesper Langberg (Far)
Peter Zhelder (Snitte / Leder / Bedstefar / Julemand)
Andrea Hegner (Sneblomst)
Thomas Meilstrup (Rensdyr dreng)
Lukas Gylling Sieling (Rensdyr dreng)

Credits:
Produktionsselskab: Anima Vitae ; Cinemaker ; Ulysses ; A. Film ; Magma Films ; i co-produktion med TV2/Danmark ; Europool GmbH ; Universum Film GmbH ; i samarbejde med YLE Co-productions ; ZDF ; med støtte fra Eurimages ; Finnish Film Foundation ; Det Danske Filminstitut 60/40-ordning ; Filmfund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein ; Nordisk Film & TV Fond ; German Federal Film Fund ; Investment Incentives for the Irish Film Industry – provided by The Government of Ireland ; med deltagelse af Bord Scannán na héireann/The Irish Film Board ; udviklet med støtte fra The Media Programme of The European Community Produktionsselskab: Ulysses ; Cinemaker Oy ; Animaker ; Anima Vitae ; A. Film
Produceret af : Petteri Pasanen & Hannu Tuomainen
Executive producere: Emely Christians, Anders Mastrup & Ralph Christians
Producere: Jana Bohl, Irene Sparre Hjorthøj & Moe Honan
Produktions supervisor: Antti Haikala
Production designer: Mikko Pitkänen
Co-producer: Anders Mastrup
Klipper: Per Risager
Supervising animators: Luca Bruno, Peter Bohl & Ludovic Savonnière
Final camera: Antti Ripatti
Supervising Technical Directors: Jani Kuronen & Olli Rajala
Casting and voice director: Moe Honan
Supervising Sound Editor: Patrick Drummond
Legal & Business Affairs: Anne Jørgensen
Production Team Finland:
Studio: Anima Vitae Ltd.
Production Managers: Nick Dorra & Sini Lindberg
Production Assistant: Anna Paloniemi
Character & Set Design: Mikko Pitkänen
Layout: Aki Martikainen & Antti Ripatti
Additional Laytout: Teemu Suersalo & Jyrki Kanto
Character Supervision: Olli Rajala
Character Modelling: Jarkko Kainulainen & Kustaa Vuori
Additional Character Modelling: Tommi Tissari
Lead Set Modellers: Jussi Dittmer, Jarkko Kainulainen & Aki Martikainen
Set Modelling: Sakari Hakkarainen, Antti Markkula & Jaakko Stenius
Matte Paintings: Pekka Veikkolainen
Character Animation Artists: Teemu Auersalo, Jyrki Kanto & Laura Neuvonen
Additional Character Animation: Kim Helminen
Lighting & Texturing: Jussi Dittmar, Markus Haverinen, Jani Kuronen, Francois Lorain, Oliver Martiny, Olli Rajala, Sebastian Söderhlund, Tommi Tissari & Kustaa Vuori
Additional Lighting & Texturing: Niko Hirvonen & Janne Mäkinen
Special Effects Supervisor: Aki Rissanen
Special Effects Animation: Peke Huuhtanen, Heli Laine, Antti Markkula, Jaakko Stenius & Jari Vaara
Compositing Artists: Tommi Tissari & Kustaa Vuori
System Administrator: Lasse Lunden
Systems Architects/Programming/Software Engineers: Indigo Softworks ; Petri Savolainen, Simo Savolainen, Lasse Lunden & Timo Rongas
Production Artists: Maria Jäppinen & Anssi Rauhala
Additional 2D Character Design: Maria Björklund, Kristian Huitula, Kalle Kotila & Aiju Salminen
Additional Editing: Tommi Ojala
Additional Promotional Material: Teemu Auersalo, Kalle Määttä, Mikko Pikänen, Tommi Tissari, Markus Tuppurainen & Kustaa Vuori
Legal Affairs: Heinonen & Co / Juridia ; Markku Varhela, Petteri Häkkinen, Jaan Tuominen & Kitty Zarbock
Accounting: Tiltoimisto Laskentasysteemi Ltd. ; Keijo Rems, Minna Mäntylä, Markku Räsänen & Raija Saxman
Auditor: Tarmo Haapasaari
Translations: Maija Harper
Making of: Tommi Ojala
Production Team Germany:
Studio: Pictorion Magma Animation GmbH
Line producer & production manager: Viola Lütten
Production assistant: Malte Woköck
Technical director: Friedolin Dreesen
Production checker: Mark Wittkowski
Character animation artists: Goro Fujita, Heiko Hentschel, Malte Lauinger, Alexander N. Oestermann & Carsten Seller
Compositing artists: Ralph Apfelbaum, Stephan Wagemann, Thomas Wellendorf & Florian Westermann
Special effects & simulation artists: Tobias Becker, Pictorion-Das Werk, Friedolin Dreesen, Garloff Langenbeck, Cornelius Porzig, Garry Runke & Anselm von Seherr-ThoB
Head of IT: Elmar Behr, Pictorion Das-Werk
Additonal SFX studio: Visual Distractions Ltd.
Effects supervisor: Julian Hermannsen
Effects technical directors: Pierre Grage & Marcus Wagenführ
Effects artists: Marc Langbein & Malte Lauinger
Effects-pipeline technical director: Volker Eichhorn
Head of post production: Emely Christians
Post production assistant: Natalie Riewesell
Digital lab: Optical Art
Project supervisor: Christian Burgdorff
Grading: Ronney Afortu
DI-Supervision: Frank Hellmann
Recording: Christian Burgdorff
Film laboratory: Cinepostproduction Antlantik Film Hamburg
Film footage: Kodak
Accounting: Ralph Bischoff & Maike Paukstadt
Legal advisors: Unverzagt von Have, Harbro von Have, Kai May & Boris A. Rothe
Tax accountant: Uwe Grobecker
Film financing: Commerzbank Hamburg ; Bürgschaftsgemeinschaft Hamburg GmbH
Translations: Wolfgang Neupert
Making of: Hanseblick ; Niels Hopfenmüller & Iman Nadaf
Production of Denmark:
Studio: A. Film A/S
Line producer: Lise Ann Mangino
Character Blendshape supervisor: Bjørn Pedersen
Character Blendshape artists: Tomas Andreasson, Paul Riishede & Jacek Oczki
Set-up and rigging supervisor: Søren M. Thomsen
Set-up and rigging artist: Karsten Friis Nielsen
Character animation artists: Justin Murphy, Bjørn Pedersen, Stefan Prüss, Kenneth Vandel & Bert Zierfuss
Animation trainee: Snobar Avani
Technical director: Laust Palbo Nielsen
Additional 2D character design: Christian Kuntz
Additional layout: Niels Grønlykke
Head of IT: Peter Egehoved
System administrators and support: Thomas Scholtz, Hakim Chergui, Jørgen Asmussen, Nikolaj Amondsen, Jesper Dahl & Hans Perk
Account manager: Lone Sloth
Production assistant: Charlotte Müller
Additional animation studio: A. Film Estonia
Producer: Kristel Töldsepp
Production & animation manager: Henri Leik
Character animation artists: Svetlana Bezdomnikova, Margo Busch, Henri Leik, Ruslan Piteria & Evelin Temmin
Dansk oversættelse: Tekstkontoret ; Søren Lampe
Dubbingstudie: Nordisk Film Audio
Dubbing coordinator: Tine Clasen
Indspilning/mix: Kim Dalum
Production team Ireland:
Production coordinator: Lorraine Morgan
Production assistant: Heather Mills
Production trainee: Sarah Conroy
Accounting: Anne Jones & Fergal Redmond
Legal services: James Hickey, Emilie Lillo, Matheson Ormbsby Prentice
Legal advisor: Boris A. Rothe
E&O insurance: MIB Insurance Services Ltd.
Banking: Anglo Irish Banking Corporation Plc.
Record studio: PSV Pictorion Sound and Vision Ltd.
Dialogue recorder/editor: Rocci Barrett
Online editor: Neil McLauchlan
Systems administration: Sota Technology Ltd.
Sound Studio: Ardmore Sound
Supervising sound editor: Patrick Drummond
FX editor: Chris Walsh
Foley editor: Brendan Geaney
Dialogue editor: Sarah Gaines
Trainee sound assistant: Michelle McCormack
Foley artist: Caoimhe Doyle
Assistant foley artist: Jessie Mulligan
Foley recordist: Jean McGrath
Recording mixer: John Fitzgerald & Michaelle Cunniffe
Completion bond: Film Finances Inc., Nina Crone & Per Neumann
Collecting agent: Eske Bolten
Website: Mikko Mikkola & Sami Vilianto
Trailer edit: Orginal Versionz ; Tim Hanschmidt & Anke Höppner
Cinema teaser team: Tuomas Kantelinen
Sound design: Salla Hämäläinen
Mix: Olli Parnanen
Voice actors: Olli Jantunen, Esko Roine & Sasu Moilanen
Sponsoring agent: Prosponsoring Finland Ltd. ; Promatch ; Eero Valanko
Merchandising: Logonet ; Juuso Heikurainen, Tomi Hölsö & Timo Ahvenainen
Book publishing: Gummerus ; Anna Baijars & Tiina Kristoffersson
World sales agent: Telepool
Distributionsselskab: Nordisk Film

Musik:
Komponist: Stephen McKeon
Studio: Moonflower Studios, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Sound engineer: Darran Cummins
Music post production: Tim Martin at Longbeard Sound, Dublin
Orchestration: Mark Armstrong
Music score performed by: Filmharmonic Orchestra and Choir Prague
Musik recorded in: CNSO Studio No. 1 Gallery, Prague
Conductor: Adam Klemens
Chorus master: Stanislav Mistr
Sound engineer: Jan Kotzmann
Assistant engineer: Cenda Kotzmann
Contractor and recording manager: Peter Pycha
Songs: “The way to the stars” (Stephen McKeon) fremført af Sean Dexter ; “Flying forces rock” (Stephen McKeon) fremført af Stephen McKeon ; “Flying forces roll” (Stephen McKeon) fremført af Stephen McKeon ; “Happy Christmas” (Stephen McKeon) fremført af Stephen McKeon ; “Wilmas yuletide surprise” (Stephen McKeon) fremført af Stephen McKeon ; “I miss you” (Kieran McEvoy) fremført af Aileen Mythen ; “Hang my head” (Kieran McEvoy) fremført af Aileen Mythen

Anden information:
Oprettet d. 30.12.2008
Senest redigeret d. 17.01.2011
Genre: animation, børnefilm

Længde: 78 minutter

Censur: Tillads for alle, men frarådes børn under 7 år

Biograf premiere:
12.12.2008, Albertslund Biograferne ; Apollon Struer ; Baltoppen Bio 1-2 (Ballerup) ; Bio 1-5 Næstved ; Bio Silkeborg - Camera 5 ; BioCenter (Kolding) ; BioCity Aalborg ; BioCity Århus ; BioCity Esbjerg ; BioCity Herning ; BioCity Hillerød ; BioCity Odense ; BioCity Tåstrup ; Biograf Cafeen (Vordingborg) ; Cinema Center (Helsingør) ; Cinema3 - THX Biocenter (Skive) ; CinemaxX Fisketorvet (København) ; CinemaxX Rosengård (Odense) ; CinemaxX Århus ; Falkoner Biografer (Frederiksberg) ; Gladsaxe Bio & Café (Bagsværd) ; Grand Bio (Holbæk) ; Grand Teatret (Randers) ; Hjørring Biocenter ; Humle Bio (Humlebæk) ; Kino 1-2-3 (Thisted) ; Kino Grenaa ; Kino Kalundborg - Den Blå Engel ; Kino THX (Roskilde) ; Kinopalæet (Kgs. Lyngby) ; Kinorama Aabenraa ; Kinorama Sønderborg ; Klovborg Kino ; Kom-Bi (Hornslet) ; Kosmorama (Frederiksværk) ; Kosmorama (Haderslev) ; Køge Bio ; Lido Biograferne (Vejle) ; Megascope, Horsens ; Nyborg Kino ; Palads (København) ; Palads (Frederikshavn) ; Panorama (Slagelse) ; Panorama - biografen ved Lillebæt (Middelfart) ; Park Bio (Frederikssund) ; Rønne Bio ; Scala (Svendborg) ; Scala Bio (Nykøbing Falster) ; Scala Holstebro ; THX BiografCenter Fotorama (Viborg) ; Vanløse Bio ; Varde Bio ; Værløse Bio & Café

Er udgivet på DVD
Udgivelsesdato: 1. december 2009

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