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Mijn Moeder Is een Gorilla

Linda Hambäck / SE, NO, DK, 2021 / 74 min.

In this heart-warming family film byGordon & Paddy director Linda Hämback, the orphan girl Jonna is adopted by... a talking gorilla!

poster Kaboom Animation Festival 2022

Jonna is stunned when she meets the gorilla. She doesn't want to leave with a primate! But soon they discover that they have quite a lot in common. Everything finally seems to be going smoothly in Jonna's life, until the mayor tries to throw a spanner in the works...

Mijn moeder is een gorilla is based on Frida Nilsson's children novel and is an entirely hand-drawn film about unconditional love and fighting prejudice.

This film is screened in Dutch only!

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Director

Linda Hambäck

Production year

2021

Country

SE, NO, DK

Original title

Mijn Moeder Is een Gorilla

Length

74 min.

Language

Dutch

Format

DCP

Part of

Kaboom 2022

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? It’s Kaboom Animation Festival and its le-gen-da-ry program!

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