Cross Your Heart / Ama’r Halshug
Denmark, 15', 2021
age recommendation: 12+
Hanna's big brother Ivan is her best friend, but now he's all grown up and wants to move to the big city. Hanna knows that their older brother Jens died of an overdose in the city, and is scared that she is about to lose another brother to the dangerous city. With a mother still grief stricken from losing her child, Hanna has to navigate this difficult time on her own and be brave, because sometimes that's all you can do.
Nikolaj Storgaard Mortensen
He is a director from Viborg, Denmark, who's worked on several short films and TV series.Mortensen's strength lies in the portrayal of human frailty through gentle humour and honesty, resulting in films that the audience can see themselves in and chuckle along the way. In the past couple of years, Mortensen has focused on children's stories, creating visual stories that meet children at their level and resonate with them.
Cast & Crew
- direction: Nikolaj Storgaard Mortensen
- screenplay: Hanne Korvig
- cinematography: Jacob Østergaard Johansson
- editing: Tine Lykke Jensen
- music: Lasse Aagaard
- sound: Otto Valentin
- cast: Vega Rodriguez-Hansen, Christopher Hvidbjerg Rønje, Puk Scharbau
- producer: Lovísa Dröfn
- production company: Thanhouser Film Corporation
- original language: Danish
Filmography
- The Peter Pan Syndrome (2019)
- Roar (2019)
- Fatty’s Obituary (2016)
- The Power of Now (2015)
- Till We Meet Again (2014)
- A Look Inside (2013)
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