At its heart, Anders Walters’ Ivalu, co-directed with Pipaluk K. Jørgensen, is an incredible depiction of sisterly love. The directors’ adaptation of Danish Writer Morten Durr’s graphic novel of the same name takes us through the overwhelmingly stunning landscape of Greenland in a search for our protagonist’s older sister, Ivalu. Guided by pure love and adoration, she re-visits meaningful locations in her search which the film punctuates with a series of haunting flashbacks hinting at the truth behind her sister’s disappearance, the revaluation of which comes as a wrenching gut punch that immediately refocusses everything we have seen. Providing a fresh perspective on an incredibly difficult and taboo subject, Ivalu is brimming with beauty, loneliness and heartache in equal measure. Whilst the film deviates somewhat from the pitch black ending of its source material, providing a beam of light in this desolate tale, you can’t help...
- 3/1/2023
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
“It’s just an extra chance to come back and enjoy it,” exclaims Oscar-winning filmmaker Anders Walter about earning his second Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. Walter is nominated this year alongside producer Rebecca Pruzan for the drama “Ivalu,” which follows a young girl’s desperate search for her missing sister. Walter won in this category back in 2013 for the film, “Helium.” Check out our exclusive video chat above.
Based on the graphic novel by Morten Dürr and Lars Horneman, “Ivalu” follows a young girl named Pipaluk (Mila Heilmann Kreutzmann) as she searches for older sister Ivalu, who has gone missing in the wilderness of Greenland. As Pipaluk searches for her sister, the audience learns that Ivalu was being sexually abused by the girls’ father.
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Based on the graphic novel by Morten Dürr and Lars Horneman, “Ivalu” follows a young girl named Pipaluk (Mila Heilmann Kreutzmann) as she searches for older sister Ivalu, who has gone missing in the wilderness of Greenland. As Pipaluk searches for her sister, the audience learns that Ivalu was being sexually abused by the girls’ father.
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Walter was given the graphic novel by a friend, and the...
- 2/3/2023
- by Tony Ruiz
- Gold Derby
Ivalu
At the very beginning of this Oscar-shortlisted short film. the title character, Ivalu, is missing. We follow her younger sister, Pipaluk (Mila Heilmann Kreutzmann) as she searches for her, guided by a crow, through all the places where they used to spend time together, in their small Greenland town and the surrounding wilderness. Eventually, she will discover the truth by making sense of her own memories. The film is adapted from Morten Dürr’s graphic novel. At a Q&a where he is joined by Mila as well as co-director Pipaluk K Jorgensen and producers Kim Magnusson and Rebecca Pruzan, director Anders Walter explains that he fell in love with the graphic novel as soon as he read it.
“I wanted to adapt it into a film,” he says. “And then the whole process of adapting the source material started and you know, trying to find your voice in something that.
At the very beginning of this Oscar-shortlisted short film. the title character, Ivalu, is missing. We follow her younger sister, Pipaluk (Mila Heilmann Kreutzmann) as she searches for her, guided by a crow, through all the places where they used to spend time together, in their small Greenland town and the surrounding wilderness. Eventually, she will discover the truth by making sense of her own memories. The film is adapted from Morten Dürr’s graphic novel. At a Q&a where he is joined by Mila as well as co-director Pipaluk K Jorgensen and producers Kim Magnusson and Rebecca Pruzan, director Anders Walter explains that he fell in love with the graphic novel as soon as he read it.
“I wanted to adapt it into a film,” he says. “And then the whole process of adapting the source material started and you know, trying to find your voice in something that.
- 1/18/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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