Vivi Film

Vivi Film’s most recent international co-productions include the animated features Titina, directed by Kajsa Næs, and Valemon, The Polar Bear King, directed by Mikkel B Sandemose. Both productions were supported by Screen Flanders.

Co-produced with the Norwegian production company Mikrofilm, Titina tells the story of a pet dog who joins her owner, the Italian airship engineer Umberto Nobile, on an expedition to the North Pole. Unusually for an animated feature, the film was co-produced by only two European countries. This was made possible thanks to the specific work split, the amount of financing coming out of Norway, and the financial contributions from the Belgian Tax Shelter and the regional economic funds Screen Brussels and Screen Flanders. Animation for the feature was done entirely in Belgium, starting with the technical layout, and ending with the composited images. The Belgian team of 105 professionals worked for around 24 months on the feature. Meanwhile, the Norwegian team worked on the development, storyboard, animatic, voices, sound, music and post-production.