Film Record: Muntre Streker

Still image from Muntre Streker in Movie Makers, Dec. 1952, 323.

Date produced: 1952

Filmmaker(s):

Mathis Kverne

Languages:

Norwegian

Duration:

00:04:00

Length:

100 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1952
Cannes International Festival of Amateur Films 1953 - First Award, Animation Class
Cannes International Festival of Amateur Films 1953 - Second Award, Grand Prix Competition

Description:

"Muntre Streker, which (we are informed) means "Funny Lines" in a literal translation from the Norwegian, is a wholly delightful tid-bit of animated cartooning. In it, fat colored crayons — one dressed as a boy, the other as a girl — act out a simple story which is as gay in its good humor as the animation is flawless in its technique. Scarcely 100 feet in length, Muntre Streker is a bright and sparkling gem of film fantasy." Movie Makers, Dec. 1952, 339.

Resources:

A copy of this film is held in the UNICA Film Library. View UNICA's catalog via this link. Kinemathek Bern also holds a copy of the film.

According to a Movie Makers (Nov. 1953, 256) report on the Cannes International Festival of Amateur Films, Muntre Streker "took first place in its animated film class and second place in the overall Grand Prix of French Cinematography."

Kverne utilized a Bolex in single-frame setting for the film according to a Movie Makers ACL Bolex Ad from January, 1953.

The film was included in a screening package titled: The ACL Presents "The Top of the Ten Best," made available through the ACL Club Film Library in 1953 (Movie Makers, Feb. 1953, 30). The premiere screening of this program is chronicled in "World Premiere in Washington!" (Movie Makers, May 1953, 125). Screenings of this program include a "TTB" note in the "Screenings" field below.

Subjects:

• Europe
•      Geography

Genre:

• Youth

Form:

• Animation
• Short

Tags:

Repository:

UNICA

Screenings:

• Screened by the Hartford Cinema Club in December of 1952: Hartford, CT
• Screened by the Brooklyn Amateur Cine Club in 1953: Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Screened in competition at the Cannes International Festival of Amateur Films in 1953: Cannes, France
• Screened (TTB) by the Washington Society of Cinematographers in 1953: Washington, D.C.
• Screened (TTB) by the Metro Movie Club in 1953: River Park, IL
• Screened (TTB) by the Kankakee Camera Club in 1953: Kankakee, IL
• Screened (TTB) by the Oklahoma City Movie Makers in 1953: Oklahoma City, OK
• Screened (TTB) by the Associated Amateur Cinema Clubs in 1953: Chicago, IL
• Screened (TTB) by the Franklin County Camera Club in 1953: Greenfield, MA
• Screened (TTB) by the Greater Denver Cinema League in 1953: Denver, CO
• Screened (TTB) by the Amateur Motion Picture Society of Denver in 1953: Denver, CO
• Screened (TTB) by the Los Angeles 8mm. Club in 1953: Los Angeles, CA
• Screened (TTB) by the Omaha Movie Club in 1953: Omaha, NE
• Screened (TTB) by the Big Lake Cine Club in 1953: Big Lake, TX
• Screened (TTB) by the Golden Gate Cinematographers in 1953: San Francisco, CA
• Screened (TTB) by the Indianapolis Amateur Movie Club in 1953: Indianapolis, IN
• Screened (TTB) by the Kenosha Movie & Slide Club in 1953: Kenosha, WI
• Screened (TTB) by the Los Angeles Cinema Club in 1953: Los Angeles, CA
• Screened (TTB) by the Color Camera Club in 1953: Waterloo, IA
• Screened (TTB) by the Central Texas Camera Club in 1953 : Central Texas, TX
• Screened (TTB) by the Southwest Movie Makers Guild in 1953 : Houston, TX
• Screened (TTB) by the Long Beach Cinema Club in 1953: Long Beach, CA
• Screened (TTB) by the Amateur Movie Club of San Diego in 1953: San Diego, CA
• Screened (TTB) by the Niles Movie Club in 1953: Niles, MI
• Screened (TTB) by the Detroit Cinema Club in 1953: Detroit, MI
• Screened (TTB) by the Boston Camera Club in 1953: Boston, MA

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