Year of Production 2024
- Akiko, the Flying Monkey, Germany, 2024
- And Their Children After Them, France, 2024
- Animal Tales of Christmas Magic, Germany, France, 2024
- Armand, Norway, 2024
- B.O.Y. – Bruises of Yesterday, Denmark, 2024
- Bartali's Bicycle, Italy, India, Ireland, 2024
- Benjamin Bat, Netherlands, 2024
- Big Man, The, Czech Republic, 2024
- Bird, Great Britain, USA, France, Germany, 2024
- Block 5, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia, 2024
- Boat in the Garden, A, France, Luxembourg, 2024
- Book of Everything, The, Netherlands, Latvia, 2024
- Boom!, Latvia, Estonia, 2024
- Brink of Dreams, The, France, Denmark, Egypt, Qatar, , 2024
- Buffalo Kids, Spain, 2024
- Bye Bye Boredom, Sweden, 2024
- Can’t Feel Nothing, Denmark, 2024
- Children of Silver Street, The, Denmark, 2024
- Christmas on Cobbler Street, Norway, 2024
- Ciao Bela, Slovenia, 2024
- Dakar Sistaz, Czech Republic, 2024
- Diplodocus, Poland, Czech Republic, 2024
- Dont Worry About Me (TKT), Belgium, 2024
- Dragonkeeper, Spain, 2024
- Dry Season, Czech Republic, Germany, Slovak Republic, 2024
- Düsseldorf, Skåne – Love Will Save Us, Sweden, 2024
- Eat/Sleep/Cheer/Repeat, Ireland, 2024
- Edge of Summer, Great Britain, 2024
- Elbow, Germany, Turkey, France, 2024
- Elli and the Ghostly Ghost Train aka: Elli and her Monster Team, Germany, 2024
- Fighting Demons With Dragons, Denmark, 2024
- Flow, Latvia, Belgium, France, 2024
- Foreign Tongue, France, Germany, Belgium, 2024
- Fox and Hare Save the Forest, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, 2024
- Game On, Netherlands, 2024
- Giants of la Mancha, Germany, 2024
- Gina, Austria, 2024
- Girls at the Station, The, Spain, France, 2024
- Greetings From Mars, Germany, 2024
- Håkan Bråkan 2, Sweden, 2024
- Hard to Break, Finland, 2024
- Holy Cow, France, 2024
- Honey, Denmark, 2024
- How Kids Roll, Italy, Belgium, 2024
- I Accidentally Wrote a Book, Hungary, Netherlands, 2024
- Ibelin, Norway, 2024
- Imminent Age, The, Spain, 2024
- In Good Faith, Germany, 2024
- Into the Wonderwoods, France, Luxembourg, 2024
- Invisible Ones, The, Netherlands, 2024
- Itty Bitty Princess, Finland, 2024
- JerryMaya’s Detective Agency – The Lost Mascot, Sweden, 2024
- Julie Keeps Quiet, Belgium, Sweden, 2024
- Kingdom, The, France, 2024
- Kix, Croatia, France, Hungary, 2024
- Kleks Academy, Poland, 2024
- Kontra, Denmark, 2024
- Kyuka - Before Summer’s End, Greece, Northern Macedonia, 2024
- Last Swim, Great Britain, 2024
- Last Week in September, The, Italy, 2024
- Lesson Learned, Hungary, 2024
- Living Large, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, France, 2024
- Love Will Save Us, Sweden, 2024
- Loxy, Greece, 2024
- March to May, Czech Republic, 2024
- Max and the Wild Bunch: The Ghostly Granny Aka Max and the Senior Squad: The Ghostly Granny, Germany, 2024
- Milk Teeth, Germany, Switzerland, 2024
- Most Precious of Cargoes, The, France, Belgium, 2024
- My Fathers' Daughter, Norway, Sweden, Finland, 2024
- My Freaky Family, Ireland, Germany, Australia, 2024
- My Killer Buddy, Italy, Croatia, 2024
- My Summer With Irene, Italy, France, 2024
- My Wonderful Stranger, Norway, France, 2024
- Nasrin's Voice, Finland, 2024
- Neurotypes, Finland, 2024
- New Kind of Wilderness, A, Norway, 2024
- Niko – Beyond the Northern Lights, Finland, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, 2024
- No Other Land, Norway, Palestine, 2024
- Norbert, Spain, 2024
- Ollie, France, 2024
- On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Zambia, Great Britain, Ireland, 2024
- Once Upon a Princess, Czech Republic, 2024
- Once Upon a Time in a Forest, Finland, 2024
- Panda Bear in Africa , Denmark, Netherlands, France, Germany, Estonia, 2024
- Panopticon, Georgia, Italy, France, Romania, 2024
- Paul & Paulette Take a Bath, Great Britain, 2024
- Planet 7693, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, 2024
- Queens Of Drama, France, Belgium, 2024
- Raspberry Hill, Finland, 2024
- Rebels, The, Russia, 2024
- Rivière, Switzerland, France, 2024
- Robin and the Hoods, Great Britain, Ireland, 2024
- Rolling Papers, Estonia, 2024
- Samia – Little Dreamer, Italy, Germany, 2024
- Savages, Switzerland, France, Belgium, 2024
- School of Magical Animals 3, The, Germany, Austria, 2024
- September says, IrelandGreat Britain, Germany, 2024
- Silent Trees, Denmark, Germany, Poland, 2024
- Sister Queens, Germany, 2024
- Skill Issue, Germany, Switzerland, 2024
- Smell of Burnt Milk, Germany, 2024
- So Long, France, 2024
- Southern Chronicles, The, Lithuania, Estonia, 2024
- Speak Out, France, 2024
- Spilt Milk, Ireland, Great Britain, 2024
- Story of Frank and Nina, The, Italy, Switzerland, 2024
- Story of Souleymane, The, France, 2024
- Super Elfkins, The, Germany, 2024
- Superpowers for Your Mind, Netherlands, 2024
- Sweeties, Netherlands, 2024
- Tartini's Key, Slovenia, 2024
- That Christmas, Great Britain, 2024
- Thelma's Perfect Birthday, Latvia, Luxembourg, 2024
- Three Friends, Turkey, 2024
- Todd & Super-Stella, Norway, 2024
- Tomato, Big Cake and Victory, Ukraine, 2024
- Too Old for Fairy Tales 2, Poland, 2024
- Toxic, Lithuania, 2024
- Treasure, Poland, 2024
- Tummy Tom and the Lost Teddy Bear, Netherlands, 2024
- Victoria Must Go, Norway, 2024
- We Are Perfect, Poland, 2024
- Wet Monday, Poland, Estonia, Czech Republic, 2024
- When the Light Breaks, Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France, Sweden, 2024
- When You Are 17, Georgia, Germany, 2024
- Winners, Germany, 2024
- Woodwalkers, Germany, 2024
- Young Hearts, Belgium, Netherlands, 2024
Niko – Beyond the Northern Lights
English title: Niko – Beyond the Northern Lights
Original title: Niko ja myrskyporojen arvoitus
German title: Niko – Reise zu den Polarlichtern
Finland, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, 2024
Director: Juusonen, Kari / Lerdam, Jørgen
Production company: Animaker in Co-Production with Ulysses Films, Moetion Films & A.Film Production
Age recommendation: 6 years and up
Length: 85 min.
Film genre: Animation
Synopsis:
fter a tearful goodbye, Niko leaves his family behind to take his place next to his father, Prancer on "Santa's Flying Forces". For Niko, it’s a dream come true: to become a hero, like his father. But Stella, an unknown challenger arrives, to compete for Niko’s spot. Despite their competitiveness, Niko admires her, and invites Stella to show her where Santa’s sleigh is hidden. However, on the night before Christmas Eve, Stella steals it. Gutted by Stella’s betrayal and desperate to appease his angry father, Niko heads to the Frozen North to recover the sleigh. Accompanied by his loyal friends, flying squirrel Julius and weasel Wilma. In the ensuing battle, between "The Flying Forces" and "The Storm Forces", Niko and Stella split off to prevent the sleigh from being destroyed. As our heroes face grave danger, difficult choices are made that change Christmas forever.
Marketing strategies:
Third film with Niko after "Niko & the Way to the Stars” (2009) and “Niko - Little Brother, Big Trouble” (2012)
Festivals:
Giffoni CFF 2024, Schlingel CFF Chemnitz 2024, Michel CFF Hamburg 2024, Just Film Tallinn 2024 (awarded), Sevilla IFF 2024
World sales address/es:
Global Screen (DE)
Sold to:
Plaion (IT)