Experiencing Interruptions?

The Note

Lea and Elise are best friends, even though they seem to be from completely different worlds. One day, Tommy, a boy from school, comes up to Lea during soccer practice with a note for Lea to give Elise. He asks her if she can ask Elise to be his girlfriend. Lea says yes to help him out, but quickly realize her own emotions will interfere with the situation.

  • Tiril Myhre Skår
    Director
    Tomboy
  • Tiril Myhre Skår
    Writer
    Tomboy
  • Eivind Jordal
    Writer
  • Tiril Myhre Skår
    Producer
    Tomboy
  • Alva Lindahl Ringvold
    Key Cast
    "Lea"
  • Linnea Sunde Mortensen
    Key Cast
    "Elise"
  • Alex Charles Herlofsen
    Key Cast
    "Tommy"
  • Philip Olsson Beckmann
    Key Cast
    "Kjetil"
  • Andreas Fredriksen
    Photography
  • Eivind Jordal
    Editor
    Research
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Lappen
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, LGBT, Children, Coming of age, Gay, Lesbian
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 7, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Norway
  • Country of Filming:
    Norway
  • Language:
    Norwegian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography - Tiril Myhre Skår

Tiril Myhre Skår(b.1997) is a young filmmaker who focus on telling queer stories and movies with queer characters in them. She graduated with a bachelor degree in film in 2019 and during her last semester she managed to have her documentary "Tomboy" shown at Kristiansand International Children's Filmfestival. Later that year it was shown at BUSTER filmfestival in Copenhagen. She has also shown her short "Are You Asleep?" at the Norwegian Short Filmfestival in Grimstad in 2018.

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Director Statement

"There were no movies about queer children FOR children when I grew up, and there still isn't enough queer media representation for children to this day. So I wanted to make this film so children like myself could finally see stories like their own reflected on the screen."