Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber

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Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber
Directed byRobert Rhodin
Screenplay bySalvatore Cardoni
Joel Cohen
Alec Sokolow
Story byRobert Rhodin
Produced byCarl Johan Merner
Robert Rhodin
Music byAnders Bagge
Oscar Merner
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox Sweden
Release dates
  • 31 January 2008 (2008-01-31) (Stockholm premiere)
  • 27 March 2009 (2009-03-27) (Sweden)
Running time
75 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageEnglish
Box office$307,085

Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber is a 2008 Swedish animated children's fantasy film directed by Robert Rhodin for the Stockholm-based studio White Shark. The movie was the first CG animated movie produced by a Swedish company.

Plot[edit]

Gnomes and Trolls, an action-adventure comedic fairy tale, marks White Shark's first foray into computer animation. Junior, a young gnome, wants nothing more than to invent gizmos and gadgets in his tree-house laboratory. But Junior's old school father, Jalle, the head gnome of the forest, would prefer his son follow in his footsteps and one day be in charge of his own forest. In spite of their differences, on the eve of the first winter storm Junior helps Jalle distribute food rations to the soon-to-be-hibernating animals. Then disaster strikes.

Perpetually bickering troll brothers Face and Slim execute their evil father Fassa's carefully plotted plan to steal the food from the gnome secret food chamber. After Jalle is accidentally injured, Junior and his best friend Sneaky, a paranoid neurotic crow, embark on a heroic journey to the depths of troll cave to retrieve the stolen food. Junior and Sneaky's adventure takes them across vast landscapes and into encounters with bizarre animals.

Along the way, Junior learns that it is possible to merge his passion for inventing with his newfound impetus to defend the forest. As Sneaky taps into an innate bravery he never knew he had, Slim is on path of discovery, and Junior's mother Svea reveals and goes beyond what it means to be a gnome wife.

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

The screenwriting was overseen by the exec producers Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen.[citation needed] The total budget for the film was $5m (USD).[1] The production was fast with a production time of 12 months from writing the script to delivering the 35mm print[citation needed].

Film Festivals[edit]

2008[edit]

  • Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Tue 21 April 2009)[2]
  • Kristiansand, Norway (28 April 2009)[3]
  • 5th Dubai Film Festival 2008[4]

2009[edit]

  • Zin Fest in Czech Republic[5]
  • Buff filmfestival[6]
  • Cairo International film festival[7]
  • 11th Seol International Youth Film Festival 2009 [8]
  • Jerusalem Cinematheque Children's film festival[9]
  • Nice film festival in Liverpool Nov/Dec 2009[10]
  • 10th China International Children's Film festival[11]
  • 4th International Bursa Silk Road Film Festival 2009[12]

2010[edit]

  • 6th Children's India Jan 2010[13]
  • Bermuda Film Festival March 2010[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Gnomes & Trolls: The Secret Chamber (2009) - IMDb". IMDb.
  2. ^ viewfinders.bside.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110708101718/http://viewfinders.bside.com/2009/films/gnomestrollsthesecretchamber_viewfinders2009;jsessionid=56C7E627BE4911EA33AB586ED509837B/. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Kristiansand internasjonale barnefilmfestival". Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  4. ^ "Films - Dubai International Film Festival 2008". Archived from the original on 2008-12-14. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  5. ^ "Film detail | Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber | 51st ZLIN FILM FESTIVAL - International film festival for children and youth". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  6. ^ "BUFF - the International Children and Young People´s Film Festival in Malmö". Archived from the original on 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  7. ^ "Cairo International Film Festival for Children". Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  8. ^ http://www.siyff.com/Template/Builder/20000004/movie_view.asp?m_idx=10046&c_idx=51&QueryYear=2009&QueryType=B&QueryStep=2[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Cinematheque :: Films :: גמדים וטרולים – המרתף הסודי". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  10. ^ "Festival of Nordic Art and Culture - Embassies". Archived from the original on 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  11. ^ http://www.cicfif.cn/intro.htm[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "CÜCELER DEVLERE KARŞI / GNOMES AND TROLLS". 4th Bursa International Silk Road Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2009-11-17. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  13. ^ "Children's India - International Children's Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2009-11-28. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  14. ^ "Findresults.site". Archived from the original on 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2010-05-11.

External links[edit]

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