The green robbers / De grønne ranerne

Estimated premiere in 2024

A mythological, animated underground colony conveys its very own angular view of nature in change; they have existed since the dawn of time as organic, soulful managers and prud residents of nature hidden underground. Now they are watching an accelerating pollution and expansive oil industry as they are filled with horror and defiance over what they see.

Helene Magnhild Kjeldsen - Director

Helen Magnhild is a Norwegian/Danish artist, with an education in weaving, drawing and painting. She works with paper, bamboo, metal welding, wood and textiles - skills that is used to create puppet animated universes inspired by the stone age, primitive art, fossils and petrified organic materials.

Her three previous short films have been presented at national and international film festivals - such as Gothenburg, the BBC short film festival and in Grimstad, they have received critics' short film awards and been shown regularly on SVT and DR's TV channels.

For her latest short puppet film in development "Green Robbers", she has written the script, developed the universe, built scenography, characters, mobiles and created the puppets for the film. The project is a collaboration between Trollfilm and Copenhagen Film Company, witch has worked with Helene on her previous films.