Films with Study Guide Available
- 100% Coco, Netherlands, 2017
- 303, Germany, 2018
- About a Girl, Germany, 2014
- Adama, France, 2015
- Alfie, the Little Werewolf, Netherlands, 2011
- Alfons Jitterbit – Countdown to Chaos, Germany, 2019
- Alive and Ticking, Germany, 2010
- Amateurs, Sweden, 2018
- Anchors Up - Boats to the Rescue, Norway, 2017
- Angels' Share, The, Great Britain, France, 2012
- Animale, L', Austria, 2018
- Antboy, Denmark, 2013
- Antboy III, Denmark, Germany, 2016
- Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury, Denmark, Germany, 2014
- Arthur and the Minimoys, France, 2006
- At Eye Level, Germany, 2016
- Ava, France, 2017
- Azur and Asmar, France, 2006
- Bag of Marbles, France, 2016
- Being 17, France, 2016
- Bekas (Aka: Up and Away), Finland, Iraq, Sweden, 2012
- Belle & Sebastian, France, 2013
- Belle & Sebastian, the Adventure Continues, France, 2015
- Beyond Beyond, Denmark, Sweden, 2014
- Big, Bad Fox and Other Tales, The, France, Belgium, 2017
- Billy Elliot - I will dance, Great Britain, 2000
- Birds of Passage, Belgium, France, 2015
- Bitchkram aka Bitch Hug, Sweden, 2012
- Black Mor's Island, France, 2003
- Blanka, Italy, Japan, 2015
- Blindflyers, Germany, 2003
- Blue Arrow, The, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, 1996
- Blue Tiger, The, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2012
- Bonkers, Netherlands, 2005
- Booster, Belgium, 2014
- Boy 7, Netherlands, Belgium, Hungary, 2014
- Boy Needs Fresh Air, That, Germany, 2018
- Boys, Netherlands, 2013
- Breadwinner, The, Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg, 2017
- Brendan and the Secret of Kells, Ireland, France, Beluim, 2008
- Butterfly, The, France, 2002
- Captain Sabertooth and the Lama Rama Treasure *, Norway, 2014
- Casper and Emma - Best Friends, Norway, 2012
- Cat in Paris, A, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, 2010
- Catch that Girl, Denmark, 2002
- Center of My World, Austria, Germany, 2016
- Christmoose Story, A, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, 2013
- Cloudboy, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, 2017
- Colour of Milk, The, Norway, 2004
- Combat Girls, Germany, 2011
- Come Along, Slovenia, 2016
- Contest, The – To the Stars and Back, Denmark, 2013
- Crocodiles, Germany, 2009
- Day Will Come, The, Denmark, 2016
- Death of a Superhero, Ireland, Germany, 2011
- DESMOND & THE SWAMP BARBARIAN TRAP, Sweden, 2006
- Diary of Anne Frank, The, Germany, 2016
- Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder, Norway, Germany, 2014
- Double Trouble, Poland, 2017
- Double Trouble – The Magical Mirror, Germany, 2019
- Dragon Girls, Germany, 2013
- Dryads - Girls Don't Cry, Norway, 2015
- Eagle Hunter's Son, The, Sweden/Germany, 2009
- Eep!, Netherlands, 2009
- Eleonore's Secret, France, 2009
- Elina – As if I wasn’t There, Sweden, Finland, 2002
- Enclave, Serbia & Germany, 2015
- Ernest & Célestine, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 2012
- Eskil & Trinidad, Sweden, 2013
- Ethel and Ernest, Great Britain, Luxembourg, 2016
- Falcons, The, Iceland, 2018
- Fanny's Journey, Belgium, France, 2016
- Fiddlesticks, Germany, 2014
- Fidgety Bram, Netherlands, 2011
- Fighter, Denmark, 2007
- Finding Friends, Norway, 2004
- Findus Moves Home, Germany, 2018
- Finn, Netherlands, Belgium, 2013
- Fly Away Home, Austria, 2016
- Fortune Favours the Brave, Germany, 2016
- Fox and the Child, The, France, 2007
- Gilbert's Grim Revenge, Norway, 2016
- Ginger & Rosa, Great Britain, 2012
- Giraffada, France/Germany/Italy/Palestine, 2013
- Girl, Belgium, The Netherlands, 2018
- Girl Down Loch Änzi, The, Switzerland, 2016
- Girl in Flight, Italy, Switzerland, 2017
- Girl, the Mother and the Demons, The, Sweden, 2016
- Girlhood, France, 2014
- Girls Lost, Sweden, Finland, 2015
- Going to School, Denmark, 2016
- Gold Digger, Finland, 2016
- Goodbye Berlin, Germany, 2016
- Gordon and Paddy, Sweden, 2017
- Great Bear, The, Denmark, 2011
- Handsome Devil , Ireland, 2016
- Heartstone, Denmark, Iceland, 2016
- Heartstrings, France, 2016
- Heaven will wait, France, 2016
- Heavysaurs, Finland, 2016
- Heidi, Germany, Switzerland, 2015
- Help! I'm a Fish, Germany/ DK/ IR, 2000
- Hobbyhorse Revolution, Finland, 2017
- Horizon Beautiful, Switzerland / Ethiopia, 2013
- Horse on the Balcony, The, Austria, 2012
- Hotel True Love, Netherlands, Germany, 2017
- House of Magic, France, 2013
- How to be Really Bad, Germany, 2018
- I Am William, Denmark, 2017
- I Kill Giants, Great Britain, 2017
- Ice Dragon, The, Sweden, 2012
- Idol, The, Great Britain, Palestine, The Netherlands, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, 2015
- Ikingut, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, 2000
- In the Forest of Huckybucky, Norway, 2016
- Incredible Story of the Giant Pear, The, Denmark, 2017
- Indian, The, Netherlands, 2009
- Invisible Boy, The, Italy, 2014
- Invisibles, The, Germany, 2017
- Italian, The, Russia, 2004
- Jack, Germany, 2014
- Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, France, Belgium, 2013
- Jack's Wish, Netherlands, 2015
- Jerrymaya's Detective Agency – The First Mystery, Sweden, 2018
- Jerrymaya's Detective Agency – Von Broms' Secret, Sweden, 2013
- Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver, Germany, 2018
- Just Charlie, Great Britain, 2017
- Kauwboy, Netherlands, 2012
- Keeper, Belgium, Switzerland, France, 2015
- Kidbusters, Denmark, 2017
- Kidz in da Hood, Sweden, 2006
- King Laurin, Germany, 2016
- Kirikou and the Sorceress, France, 1998
- Kirikou and the Wild Animals, France, 2005
- Kiss and Cry, France, 2017
- Kiss Me You Fucking Moron, Norway, 2013
- Labyrinthus, Belgium, 2014
- Lamb, France, Ethiopia, Germany, Norway, Qatar, 2015
- Land of Mine, Denmark, 2015
- Leaps & Bounds, Norway/Sweden/Germany, 2007
- Lilly's Bewitched Christmas, Germany, Austria, 2017
- Little Big Girl, Denmark, 2002
- Little Gangster, Netherlands, 2015
- Little Ghost Laban, Sweden, 2007
- Little Lion, France, 2012
- Little Nicholas, France, Belgium, 2008
- Little Robbers, Latvia, Austria, 2008
- Little Wing, Finland, Denmark, 2016
- Liverpool Goalie, The, Norway, 2010
- Lola on the Pea, Germany, 2014
- Long Way North, France, Denmark, 2015
- Los Bando, Norway, Sweden, 2018
- Lost in Africa, Denmark, 2010
- Lotte from Gadgetville, Estonia, Latvia, 2006
- Luis and the Aliens, Germany, Luxembourg, Denmark, 2018
- Mia and the White Lion, France, 2018
- Microbe and Gasoline, France, 2015
- Mike says Goodbye, Netherlands, 2012
- Milo, Netherlands, 2012
- Mini and the Mozzies, Denmark, 2014
- Minoes, Netherlands, 2001
- Minuscule – Mandibles From Far Away, France, 2018
- Misa Mi, Sweden, 2003
- Miss Impossible, France, 2016
- Mister Twister / Class of Fun / , Netherlands, 2012
- Molly Monster aka Ted Sieger's Molly Monster – The Movie, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, 2016
- Monster Calls, A, Spain, USA, 2016
- Monster in Paris, A, France, 2007
- Moomins and the Winter Wonderland, Finland, Poland, 2017
- Moon Man, Germany, France, Ireland, 2012
- Most Beautiful Girl in the World, The, Germany, 2018
- Mother, I Love You, Latvia, 2013
- Mountain Miracle – An Unexpected Friendship, Germany, Italy, 2017
- Mr. Frog, Netherlands, Belgium, 2016
- Mune: Guardian of the Moon, France, 2015
- Mustang, France, Turkey,Germany, Qatar, 2015
- My Giraffe, Netherlands, 2017
- My Life as a Zucchini aka My Life as a Courgette, France, Switzerland, 2016
- My Skinny Sister, Sweden/ Germany, 2015
- Mystery of Green Hill, The, Croatia, 2017
- Neukölln Unlimited, Germany, 2010
- New Kid, The, France, 2015
- Next Door Spy, Denmark, 2017
- No Network, Iceland, 2007
- Not Without Us, Germany, 2016
- Offline – "Are You Ready for the Next Level?" , Germany, 2016
- On the Sly, Belgium, France, 2011
- On the Way to School, France, 2012
- One-Way Ticket to Mombasa, Finland, 2002
- Only a Day, Germany, 2017
- Operation Arctic, Norway, 2014
- Orchestra Class, France, 2017
- Oskar's America, Norway, Sweden, 2017
- Owls & Mice, Netherlands, 2016
- Paddington 2, Great Britain, France, 2017
- Paddington Bear, Great Britain, 2014
- Pasta Detectives 2, The / Rico, Oskar and Heart-Breaking, Germany, 2015
- Pasta Detectives 3, The, Germany, 2016
- Pasta Detectives, The, Germany, 2014
- Peppercorns and the Curse of the Black King, The, Germany, 2017
- Pettson and Findus – A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship, Germany, 2014
- Pettson and Findus – Best Christmas Ever, Germany, 2016
- Phantom Boy, Belgium, France, 2015
- Piccolo & Saxo, France, 2006
- Pin Cushion, Great Britain, 2017
- Pitbullterje, Norway, 2005
- Ploddy the Policecar on the Case, Norway, 2013
- Ploey – You Never Fly Alone, Iceland, Belgium, 2018
- Pony and Birdboy, Finland, 2018
- Pride, Great Britain, 2014
- Princess Lillifee, Germany, 2009
- Queen of Niendorf, Germany, 2016
- Rabbit School – Guardians of the Golden Egg, Germany, 2017
- Race, The, Ireland, Germany, 2009
- Rafiki, Norway, 2009
- Rafiki, South Africa, Germany, Norway, The Netherlands, Kenya, 2018
- Rain Children, The, France/South Corea, 2002
- Rat King, Estonia, Finland, 2012
- Rauf, Turkey, 2016
- Raven the little Rascal – The Big Race, Germany, 2015
- Red Like the Sky, Italy, 2005
- Regret!, Netherlands, 2013
- Respect, Norway, 2008
- Revolt (aka Sons of Norway), Norway, 2011
- Rhubarb, Netherlands, 2014
- Richard the Stork, Germany, Belgium, Norway, 2017
- Ricky Rapper and the Nighthawk, Finland, 2016
- Robby & Toby’s Fantastic Voyager, Germany, 2016
- Rock My Heart, Germany, 2017
- Room 213, Sweden, 2017
- Rosie & Moussa, Belgium, 2018
- Run, Boy, Run, Germany, France, Poland, 2013
- S.O.S. – Summer of Suspense, Norway, 2008
- Sami Blood, Sweden, 2016
- Sea of Silence, NL, B, DK, Germany, 2003
- Secret Society of Souptown, Estonia, Finland, 2015
- Secrets of War, Netherlands, Belgium, 2014
- Shamer's Daughter, The, Denmark, Norway, Czech Republic, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, 2015
- Shana – The Wolf's Music, Switzerland, Canada, 2014
- Shiverstone Castle 2, Germany, 2017
- Silent Revolution, The, Germany, 2018
- Simple Simon, Sweden, 2010
- Sing Street, Ireland, Great Britain, USA, 2016
- Sitting Next to Zoe, Switzerland, 2013
- Siv Sleeps Astray, Sweden, Netherlands, 2016
- Skellig, Great Britain, 2008
- Snow Queen, The, Germany, Finland, 2014
- Son of Rambow, Great Britain, France, Germany, 2006
- Song of the Sea, Ireland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Belgium, 2014
- Sonita, Germany, Iran, Switzerland, 2015
- Sophie's Misfortunes, France, 2016
- Sparrows, Iceland, Denmark, Croatia, 2015
- Speed Walking, Denmark, 2014
- Spot and Splodge, Sweden, 2011
- Storm – Letter of Fire, Netherlands, 2017
- Strawberry Days, Sweden, Poland, 2016
- Strong as a Lion, Sweden, 2002
- Strongest Man in Holland, The, Netherlands, 2010
- Supa Modo, Germany, Kenya, 2018
- Super Furball, Finland, 2018
- Swagger, France, 2016
- Swallows and Amazons, Great Britain, 2016
- Taking Chances, Belgium, Netherlands, 2011
- The Legend of Timm Thaler or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter, Germany, 2016
- There's only one Jimmy Grimble, Great Britain, 2000
- Three Robbers, The, Germany, 2007
- To See the Sea, Czech Republic, 2014
- Tomboy, France, 2011
- Tommy's Inferno, Norway, 2005
- Tomorrow Will Be Better, Poland, Japan, 2011
- Tongue Cutters, Norway, 2017
- Tony 10, Netherlands/Germany, 2012
- Totally True Love (former title: Jørgen + Anne = Sant), Norway, Germany, 2011
- Tough Guys, The, Norway, 2013
- Trigger, Norway, 2006
- TRIO – The Hunt for the Holy Shrine, Norway, 2017
- Trip We Took With Dad, That, Romania, Germany, 2016
- Tsatsiki - Friends Forever, S / N / DK, 2001
- Turn Me On, Goddammit!, Norway, 2011
- Twigson (Knerten), Norway, 2009
- Twigson the Explorer, Norway, 2018
- Two Buddies and a Badger / aka Knutsen & Ludvigsen and the Horrible Rasputin, Norway, 2015
- Up in the Sky, Sweden, 2016
- Vitello, Denmark, 2018
- Wadjda, Germany, Saudi-Arabia, 2012
- Wallay, France, 2017
- Ways to Live Forever, Spain, Great Britain, 2010
- We Are the Best!, Sweden, 2013
- We are the Pirates of the Roads, Finland, 2015
- We Can Be Heroes, Sweden/Denmark, 2002
- We Shall Overcome, Denmark, Great Britain, 2005
- What Will People Say, Norway, 2017
- Where is Winky's Horse?, Netherlands, Belgium, 2007
- Wildwitch, Denmark, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Hungary, 2018
- Windstorm and the Wild Horses, Germany, 2017
- Winky's Horse, Netherlands, Belgium, 2005
- Winnetou's Son, Germany, 2015
- Workshop, The, France, 2017
- You're Ugly Too, Ireland, 2015
- Your Beauty is Worth Nothing ..., Austria, 2012
- Zarafa, Belgium, France, 2011
- Zozo, Sweden, 2005
Award WinnerMother, I Love You
English title: Mother, I Love You
Original title: Mammu, es Tevi m?lu
German title: Mama, ich liebe dich*
Latvia, 2013
Director: Nords, J?nis
Production company: Tanka
Age recommendation: 10 years and up
Film genre: Feature film
Synopsis:
Raimonds is an adolescent pupil at a school specialising in music. His behaviour earns him a severe reprimand. Naturally, he has no intention of obtaining his mother’s signature on this censure and simply unplugs the telephone when his teacher tries to call her at home. Life is far from easy for Raimonds’ mother who works overtime at a clinic to make ends meet. This means Raimonds is usually left to deal with his problems on his own. To cap it all, he discovers his mother has in fact been leading him up the garden path with all her talk of night shifts. She is completely oblivious when her son becomes involved in a number of desperate acts. The excuses which follow soon ensnare him in an impossible situation. Told entirely from Raimonds’ point of view, this realistic drama provides the viewer with an insight into the emotional life of this introverted boy.
Sensitively portrayed, the film describes the difficult path mother and son must travel if they are to rebuild their relationship.
Comments:
"One little lie can change everything, because it often takes an even greater lie to leave things unrevealed. The film touched us deeply, because it gives us a look in the inner conflict of a boy, who learns to take responsibility for his actions and experiences that friendship needs honesty. Congratulation to this wonderful film!"
International Jury Generation Kplus at Int. Filmfestival Berlin 2013
"a very unique and realistic film with great acting performances, especially Vita Varpina as the mother. It raises moral dilemmas without judging and with great care of the characters. We felt sincere empathy for the main character. A film about honesty that makes you think about the great consequences of every little choice you make.” Int. ECFA-Jury Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen 2014
Festivals:
Berlin Generation 2013 (awarded), TIFF Kids Toronto 2013, Zlin 2013 (awarded, Award), Tel Aviv 2013 (awarded), Pula 2013, Buster Copenhagen 2013(awarded), Filemon Brussels 2013, Nordic Film Days Luebeck 2013, Listapadzik Minsk 2013 (awarded), Golden Elephant CFF India 2013, Castellinaria Bellinzona 2013 (awarded), Stuttgart CFF 2013, Jeugdfilmfestival Antwerp & Bruges 2014 (awarded, Award), Sehpferdchen Hannover 2014, gKids New York ICFF 2014, FIFEM Montreal 2014 (awarded), BUFF Malmö 2014 (awarded), Ciné Jeune de'l Aisne St. Quentin 2014, Dubai CIFF 2014, Kristiansand 2014 (awarded), Vilnius 2014 (awarded), Schlingel Chemnitz 2014, Cinekid Amsterdam 2014, Oulu 2014, Olympia Pyrgos 2014 (awarded), Kristiansand 2017
Study guide: Norwegian
World sales address/es:
New Europe Film Sales (PL)
Sold to:
Radar (CRO)