Kaisa & Harax² How to Cut a Tree

Kaisa & harax, chopping wood. Vedhuggningen

Kaisa & Harax²

How to cut a tree

Animated short from 2009

It’s in the middle of the winter and freezing cold. The coffee and the cinnamon rolls have frozen stiff and all fire wood is gone.

Kaisa and Harax² have no choice but to go outside to gather some firewood. But many dangers lurks in the trees of the forest.

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3 min

2009

Meänkieli/Swedish

Filmpool Nord AB and svt.

Norrbottens Läns Landsting and Svenska filminstitutet



Nothing can hinder me

Sametingsval

Nothing can hindeer me

Animated public service announcement from 2009

Public service announcement made for the election to the Sami parliament in 2009.

Produced in cooperation with J&B agency.

The idéa is that nothing can stop the main character from voting (or register for voting), not even a lemming tsunami.

Bortbyting developed concept, charaters, script and music. Yoik and voice over by Ylva Sarri.

The film was screened on svt before the election in 2009 and again in 2013.

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Sametinget

2009

J&B reklambyrå



Lukas’ Dad is not a Rabbit

Lukas' Dad

is not a Rabbit

Animated short from 2008

Lukas’ dad dissapeared without a trace when Lukas was little. As a grown up he has just moved to the city to start working as a news videographer at a local TV-station.

Lukas thinks his dad is dead but when his new neighbour, Rebecca, finds some clues to the contrary, it’s the start of an adventure in a world of patriotic super heroes, scheming super villains and gigantic battle robots.

With Anton Raukola, Sara Pietikäinen, Ronny Eriksson och Staffan Westerberg and many more.

The film has been screened at svtB, YLE and won first prize in the childrens category at Northern Character in Murmansk 2011.

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30 min

2008

Filmpool Nord AB, svt.

Norrbottens Läns Landsting, Norrbottens länsstyrelse, Norrskenet AB, Sparbanksstiftelsen Norrbotten, Konstnärsnämnden and Vattenfall Inlandskraft



Fieteri opening

Fieteri

Opening

Animated opening from 2005

Fieteri was Swedish public service tv’s childrens show in the minority language Meänkieli. After having aired Kaisa & Harax on the show in 2005, Bortbyting was tasked with making the opening for the show in 2006.

We designed a short sequence in a cut-out style, with some typical Torne valley motifs.

The music for the opening is composed and performed by Ahti Aasa.

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svt

2006

Ahti Aasa



Music Battle

Kiruna Festival

Music Battle

Animated commercial from 2008

After having made a few commericals for the Kiruna Festival in the late 90’s (at a different employer). Magnus and Martin was tasked with the job again when Kiruna festival wanted their first animated commercial in 2008.

The concept for this commercial was to illustrate the constant battle of the audince attention between the festivals two music stages. 

The commercial was shown on TV4 and online.

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Kirunafestivalen

2008

www.kirunafestivalen.com



Kaisa & Harax² Cross country skiing

Kaisa & Harax²

Cross country skiing

Animated short from 2007

Kaisa is teaching Harax² to ski. After some initial problems, Harax² challenges Kaisa for a competition to the big pie tree.

Who is going to win?

Cross country skiing was one of the two Kaisa & Harax² shorts made in 2007. The film screened in Filmen during the holidays the same year.

In 2011 a longer, HD version of the film, with new backgrounds was made.

 

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2,5 min

2007

Meänkieli/Swedish

Filmpool Nord AB and svt.

Norrbottens Läns Landsting



Den blå skon

Den blå

Skon

Animerad kortfilm från 2006

I kortfilmen Den blå skon tar vi oss en närmare titt på kärlek och svek i bärindustrin då vi får följa den veke Stig som förråder sin far Blåbärskungen för kärleken till bärplockerskan Andréa.

Vinnare av publikens pris på Drömfabriken 2006.

Den blå skon har visats på ett 20-tal festivaler och ställts ut i konstutställningar och på konstmuseum.

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4,5 min

2006

Filmpool Nord AB

Norrbottens Läns Landsting



Kaisa & Harax² The big pike

Kaisa & Harax²

The big pike

Animated short from 2007

Kaisa and Harax² are going out by boat to set a fishing net for the big pike.

Harax² isn’t fond of the idéa since water makes you rust.

kaisa tells hom that as long as they are avoiding the rock in the lake, everything should be just fine.

Will they catch the big pike?

In 2007 two Kaisa och Harax² shorts were produced. The big pike was the second one.

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2,5 min

2007

Meänkieli/Swedish

Filmpool Nord AB and svt.

Norrbottens Läns Landsting



The red shoe

Den röda

Skon

Animerad kortfilm från 2005

Kortfilmen Den röda skon behandlar ämnen som kommunalpolitik, företagande, kärlek och svartsjuka.

Vi följer ett kommunalråds kamp under och efter invigningen av bygdens nya fabrik.

Filmen har visats i TV och på över 20 festivaler runt om i världen.

Filmen visades flera år flitigt på svt och bland de festivaler där filmen visats kan nämnas Göteborgs filmfestival, Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Anima Mundi i Brasilien och Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival i Korea.

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4,5 min

2005

Filmpool Nord AB



Kaisa & Harax² Kite Flying

Kaisa & Harax²

kite flying

Animated short from 2005

Kaisa and Harax² are going to fly kites on the frozen river but a cranky bullfinch is about to make a lot of trouble for poor Harax².

The moose painting and Kite flying, both made in 2005, were the first ever animated short films in the Meänkieli language.

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2 min

2005

Meänkieli/Swedish

Filmpool Nord AB and svt

Norrbottens Läns Landsting



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