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Katja‘s Adventure

Original title: Falkenhartje
German title: Katja und der Falke
Denmark / Norway / Italy/ Germany, 1999

Director: Hesselholdt, Lars
Production company: Arena Film
Co-producers: Crone Film, Angel Film, Neue Impuls Film, ZDF, Mikado, RAI
Age recommendation: 8 years and up

Synopsis:
Katja, a Danish girl age 9, is a passionate birdwatcher. One day a thunderstorm moves in as Katja watches a nest of peregrine falcons. Katja rescues the baby falcon and seeks refuge in the back of a truck where she falls asleep. Katja will be surprised when she wakes up: she is in a strange southern country and now the adventure starts...

Comments:
Lars Hesselholdt's Falkehartje is one of the numerous children's films which portray the friendship between a child and an animal, and at the same time it is one of the many films where the theme reflects the modern hurried way of living, where grown-ups no longer have time for their children.
"Katja's Adventure" is Lars Hesselholdt's second feature film.

Marketing strategies:
In Germany co-operation with an organisation for the protection of birds.
Cinema: 21.000 admissions in Gemany.

Festivals:
Amsterdam 1999, Lübeck 1999, Giffoni 1999 ("Silver Gryphon" as the best film in the "Early Screens" section), Würzburg 2000, Zlín 2000, Laon 2000

World sales address/es:
TrustNordisk Int. Sales (DK)

Sold to:
ZDF-Hauptred. Jugend & Familie (D)
Park Junior (NL)
Mikado Film (I)
Walt Disney (DK)
Zoom (CH)