NIKO & THE WAY TO THE STARS
by Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen
synopsis
The story of a reindeer boy who dreams about becoming one of Santas flying reindeer, just like his dad, whom he has never met. Despite stuffing from severe vertigo, Rusty spends most days sneaking out of his home valley to take flying lessons from Julius, a member of the area Finnish family of flying squirrels.
| international title: | Niko & The Way to the Stars |
| original title: | Niko - Lentäjän poika |
| country: | Finland, Denmark, Germany, Ireland |
| year: | 2008 |
| genre: | animation |
| directed by: | Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen |
| release date: | FI 10/10/2008, SE 07/11/2008, CZ 11/12/2008, BE 17/12/2009, NL 17/12/2009, DK 25/12/2008, NO 26/12/2008, IT 30/10/2009, AT 06/11/2009, HR 12/11/2009, SI 03/12/2009, ES 23/12/2009, DE 04/11/2010 |
| screenplay: | Marteinn Thorisson, Hannu Tuomainen |
| film editing: | Per Risager |
| music: | Stephen McKeon |
| producer: | Petteri Pasanen, Hannu Tuomainen |
| production: | Anima Vitae, A-Film, Ulysses (DE), Magma Films (IE) |
| backing: | Finnish Film Foundation, Hamburg Film Fund, Danish Film Institute, Irish Film Board, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Eurimages, YLE, TV2 Denmark, ZDF |
| distributor: | Nord Films Distribution, Filmax, Universum Film GmbH |
