Up and Away | |
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Danish | Hodja fra Pjort |
Directed by | Karsten Kiilerich |
Produced by | Kim Magnusson Tivi Magnusson Anders Mastrup [1] |
Edited by | Hans Perk |
Music by | Halfdan E Sebastian [2] |
Production company | |
Distributed by | M&M Productions |
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Running time | 81 minutes [3] |
Country | Denmark |
Language | Danish |
Budget | $1,230,407 [4] |
Up and Away ( Danish: Hodja fra Pjort, lit. 'Hodja from Pjort') [1] is a 2018 Danish animated fantasy adventure film [5] written and directed by Karsten Kiilerich, based on the children's book of the same name by Danish writer Ole Lund Kirkegaard. [1] [6] [7]
Young boy Hodja lives in the small town of Pjort, but dreams of traveling the world. So – against his father's wishes – Hodja makes a deal with his neighbour that lets him borrow his flying carpet on the condition that Hodja will try to find the man's granddaughter, Diamond. [8]
The film was released in Denmark on 2 February 2018, where it received 164,273 admissions in Danish cinemas. [9] It grossed $1,230,407 worldwide. [4]