The Tower (2018 film)

The Tower (Norwegian: Tårnet) is a Norwegian animated feature film written and directed by Mats Grorud.^[1][2] The film screened at the Cairo International Film Festival, Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Sevilla Film Festival and Rome Film Festival.^[3][4][5][6]

The Tower
Film poster
Norwegian	Tårnet
Directed by	Mats Grorud
Written by	Mats Grorud
Produced by	Patrice Nezan Laurent Versini Frode Sobstad Annika Hellström
Starring	Pauline Ziade Saïd Amadis Aïssa Maïga Mohammad Bakri Saleh Bakri Bouraouïa Marzouk Mouna Hawa Makram Khoury Slimane Dazi Darina Al Joundi Lina Soualem Raymond Hosni Omar Yami
Cinematography	Rui Tenreiro Sara Sponga Nadine Buss
Edited by	Silje Nordseth Karstein Meinich
Music by	Nathanaël Bergese
Production companies	Tenk.tv Les Contes Modernes Cinenic Film
Distributed by	MAD Solutions
Release date	June 2018 (2018-06) (Annecy)
Running time	74 minutes
Countries	Norway France Sweden
Languages	English Arabic Norwegian Swedish French

Plot

Wardi, an 11-year-old Palestinian girl, lives with her family in a Lebanese refugee camp. She learns about her family's history through stories told by three previous generations of refugees.^[7]

Production

Mad solutions is the national distributors and Jour2fête is also a distributor of the film in France.^[8]

Awards

Award	Category	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
Chicago International Children's Film Festival	Liv Ullmann Peace Prize	Mats Grorud	Won	[9]
	Best Animated Feature	The Tower	Won
MONSTRA Lisbon Animated Film Festival	Best Soundtrack	The Tower	Won	[10]
	Jury Special Award	The Tower	Won