Films with Study Guide Available
- 100% Coco, Netherlands, 2017
- About a Girl, Germany, 2014
- Adama, France, 2015
- Alfie, the Little Werewolf, Netherlands, 2011
- Alive and Ticking, Germany, 2010
- Angels' Share, The, Great Britain, France, 2012
- 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
- 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
- Boys, Netherlands, 2013
- Brendan and the Secret of Kells, Ireland, France, Beluim, 2008
- Butterfly, The, France, 2002
- 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
- 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
- Fanny's Journey, Belgium, France, 2016
- Fiddlesticks, Germany, 2014
- Fidgety Bram, Netherlands, 2011
- Fighter, Denmark, 2007
- Finding Friends, Norway, 2004
- 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 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
- 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
- I Am William, Denmark, 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
- Indian, The, Netherlands, 2009
- Invisible Boy, The, Italy, 2014
- Italian, The, Russia, 2004
- Jack, Germany, 2014
- Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, France, Belgium, 2013
- Jack's Wish, Netherlands, 2015
- Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver, Germany, 2018
- 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
- 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, 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, 2006
- Microbe and Gasoline, France, 2015
- Mike says Goodbye, Netherlands, 2012
- Milo, Netherlands, 2012
- Minoes, Netherlands, 2001
- 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
- Moomins and the Winter Wonderland, Finland, Poland, 2017
- Moon Man, Germany, France, Ireland, 2012
- 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
- 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
- Oskar's America, Norway, Sweden, 2017
- Owls & Mice, Netherlands, 2016
- 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
- Pitbullterje, Norway, 2005
- Ploddy the Policecar on the Case, Norway, 2013
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Strong as a Lion, Sweden, 2002
- Strongest Man in Holland, The, Netherlands, 2010
- 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
- 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
- Tsatsiki - Friends Forever, S / N / DK, 2001
- Turn Me On, Goddammit!, Norway, 2011
- Twigson (Knerten), Norway, 2009
- Up in the Sky, Sweden, 2016
- 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
- Windstorm and the Wild Horses, Germany, 2017
- Winky's Horse, Netherlands, Belgium, 2005
- Your Beauty is Worth Nothing ..., Austria, 2012
- Zarafa, Belgium, France, 2011
- Zozo, Sweden, 2005
Sea of Silence
English title: Sea of Silence
Original title: Verder dan de Maan
German title: Weiter als der Mond
NL, B, DK, Germany, 2003
Director: Coninx, Stijn
Production company: Isabella Films
Co-producers: KRO, Broadcasting Agency, Sophimages, Lichtblick, Zentropa
Age recommendation: 10 years and up
Synopsis:
1969. Man is about to set foot on the moon but Caro, a nine year-old girl living on a pig farm, refuses to countenance such nonsense. If people can fly to the moon this year, then heaven will be next and God would never allow that to happen. Her religious father Mees is even more worried. He must cope with modern-day technology, and running such a large household has driven him to drink. Caro feels close to God and prepares diligently for her First Holy Communion. She makes a deal with her father. If he promises not to drink until her first communion day then in return she will learn to swim, but Mees succumbs and the day ends in disaster. Consequently, Caro starts doing extraordinary things beyond her control while Mees falls into a state of apathy. But a new flock of pigs brings with it fresh hope. When they eventually land on the moon Caro is ot interested. She prefers to look at the moon herself. Meanwhile she has learned to swim, God has become a vague acqaintance and she no longer worries about things beyond her control. She has become a carefree child and welcomes a new life. (. (Source: Holland Film 2003)
Comments:
"The film captures a bigone age and a society onthe gusp of great change. For Caro's father, a conservative Vatholic peasant, such technical achievements of the modern world are unacceptable. He turns to drink, seeking to forget what he persists in seeing as a deviation of humanity, and makes his family's life a misery." Alissa Simon, Palm Springs International Film Festival
The script by Jacqueline Epskamp is based on autpbiographic experience.
Festivals:
Munich 2004, Giffoni 2004, Buster Copenhagen 2004, Lucas Frankfurt 2004 (awarded), FICI Madrid 2005, Stuttgart 2005 (special mention)
Website: http://www.verderdandemaan.nl
Study guide: German
World sales address/es:
Isabella (NL)
Celluloid Dreams (F)
Sold to:
Movienet (D)