Mini and the Mozzies

Cykelmyggen og minibillen

PERE

Genre

Adventure, Animation

Director

Jannik Hastrup, Flemming Møller

Run time

1h 16min

Peppered with songs and jazzy tunes, Mini and the Mozzies is the story about Mini the beetle who works in a flea circus­ together with Egon the Cycling­ Mosquito and Dagmar the Dancing­ Mosquito. One day, Mini runs away­ from the circus and embarks on an­ adventure which involves a gang of­ robbers led by Basse the Beetle and­ the two bee princesses who adopt him as their pet.

Flemming Quist Møller and Jannik­ Hastrup have put their separate thumbprints all over Danish animation for close to a lifetime. The duo made the animated classic Benny’s Bathtub in 1971, now included in the official Danish film canon. From there, their career paths diverged. In 2007, they teamed up again to make A Tale of Two Mozzies, their first film centring on the colourful universe of Egon and his friends, based on a hugely popular children’s book by Quist Møller.

Mini and the Mozzies is­ produced by Marie Bro for Dansk Tegnefilm. The film is selected for Generation Kplus at the Berlinale.

Genre

Adventure, Animation

Director

Jannik Hastrup, Flemming Møller

Run time

1h 16min

Peppered with songs and jazzy tunes, Mini and the Mozzies is the story about Mini the beetle who works in a flea circus­ together with Egon the Cycling­ Mosquito and Dagmar the Dancing­ Mosquito. One day, Mini runs away­ from the circus and embarks on an­ adventure which involves a gang of­ robbers led by Basse the Beetle and­ the two bee princesses who adopt him as their pet.

Flemming Quist Møller and Jannik­ Hastrup have put their separate thumbprints all over Danish animation for close to a lifetime. The duo made the animated classic Benny’s Bathtub in 1971, now included in the official Danish film canon. From there, their career paths diverged. In 2007, they teamed up again to make A Tale of Two Mozzies, their first film centring on the colourful universe of Egon and his friends, based on a hugely popular children’s book by Quist Møller.

Mini and the Mozzies is­ produced by Marie Bro for Dansk Tegnefilm. The film is selected for Generation Kplus at the Berlinale.

Info

Rating

Family film

Production year

2014

Global distributor

TrustNordisk

Local distributor

Estinfilm OÜ

In cinema

4/1/2016