When fox and goose shake hands

nordmedia talk about TV-series of "Nils Holgersson"

The stage at Weserhaus

In cooperation with Bremedia Produktion nordmedia hosted a talk event on the upcoming TV mini-series NILS HOLGERSSON. The recent coproduction between Bremedia and the Swedish production company Fladenfilm provided the basis for a lot of lively discussions, moderated by Jochen Coldewey, head of nordmedia-funding. The shooting took place in Sweden, next to Göteborg, with a lot of living animals and children. The postproduction as well as the animation have been made in Germany. The producers Seth Hollinderbäumer and Rebecka Hamberger (Fladenfilm) gave an interesting insight view of the production. Rebecka also promoted the beautiful Swedish landscape and encouraged the guests to visit Sweden or set up a project there.

The audience

Scenes of the TV series has been screened: Nils Holgersson whose taking great delight in hurting the animals in his family farm. After capturing a tomte Nils himself is turned into a tomte, able to talk with animals, who are thrilled to see the boy reduced to their size. Wild geese are flying over the farm on one of their migrations, and a white farm goose attempts to join the wild ones. In an attempt to salvage something before his family returns, Nils holds on to the bird's neck as it successfully takes off and joins the wild birds.

Jette, Heyse, Coldewey

Animal Trainer Marco Heyse reported on the work with the different animals. He pointed out that the most important thing for animals provided for filming is the character strength so that a dog for instance will respond on set and won't get stressed by the film crew. He brought his film dog Jette who plays the role of Nils' dog Alfred in the series. The German broadcaster ARD will screen a documentary about Marco's work EINE GANS FÜR NILS HOLGERSSON.
NILS HOLGERSSON will be screened at Christmas on German TV ARD.