ANNGEERDARDARDOR

INFO

Director

Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken

Genre

Docu-fiction

Duration

19’

Year

2025

Nationality

Greenland, Denmark

SYNOPSYS

When Kaali, a young autistic boy, discovers that his dog has been stolen, he goes on an intensive search for the thief through the town of Tasiilaq, East Greenland. During his search, Kaali is confronted with being different to his peers. He finds his dog, and wants to steal it back, but is the dog even stolen, and is it worth losing his only friend over a dog? 

Anngeerdardardor (The Thief) is the first ever short film to come out of East Greenland. It is based on real events and characters, and made in collaboration with the youth of Tasiilaq. 

STILLS

CREDITS

Director

Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken

Genre

Docu-fiction

Duration

19′

Nationality

Greenland, Denmark

Cast

Kamillo Ignatiussen
Mikkel Paalu P. Bianco

Producer

Asbjørn H. Kelstrup

DOP

Philip Peng Rosenthal

Editor

Laura Skiöld Østerud

Sound design

Becca Reyes

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

2025 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
World Premiere
75. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin - Berlinale Generation Kplus
2025
Official Selection
6. Psaroloco International Festival for Children & Young People
2025
Best Short Film
73. Trento Film Festival
2025 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
34. Festival Curta Cinema - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival
2025 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
48. Kortfilmfestivalen / Norway Short Film Festival
2025 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
65. Kraków Film Festival
2025 - OSCAR, EFA, BAFTA ® QUALIFYING
Best Danish Fiction Award
50. OFF - Odense International Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
18. FICS Santarém International Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
40. Cinema Jove International Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
3. Syncro Film Fest
2025
Official Selection
21. Lago Film Fest
2025
Official Selection
8. Almagro International Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
28. Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
29. Umbria Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
28. Cervino CineMountain
2025
Official Selection
31. Film Festival della Lessinia
2025
Special Mention
20. Vicoli Corti - Cinema di Periferia
2025
Official Selection
24. Festival International du Film Insulaire de Groix
2025
Official Selection
22. Provinziale – Filmfest Eberswalde
2025
Children's Jury Award Shortlist
25. Kaohsiung Film Festival
2025
Nordic Frames Gran Prix Winner
2. Lapinlahti Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
38. Helsinki International Film Festival Love & Anarchy
2025
Official Selection
19. Filem'On International Filmfestival for Young Audiences
2025 - CANADIAN SCREENING ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
22. Reykjavík International Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
9. Nuuk International Film Festival
2025 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
36. Nordisk Panorama Film Festival
2025 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
41. Interfilm - Berlin International Short Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
5. ArteSettima Festival
2025 - OSCAR ® , EFA ®, BAFTA ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
44. Uppsala Short Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
1. BOO International Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
67. Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2025
Official Selection
6. Plons! International Short Documentary Film Festival
2025 - OSCAR ® , EFA ®, BAFTA ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
29. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
2025
Official Selection
30. SCHLiNGEL - International Film Festival for Children and Young Audiences
2025
Official Selection
43. Festival Tous Courts - Festival international de Courts Métrages d'Aix-en-Provence
2025
Official Selection
2. Doha Film Festival
2025
Grand Jury Prize
22. Festival Images en Vues
2025
Official Selection
24. Bansko Mountain Film Fest
2025
Official Selection
45. Noordelijk Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
24. Flensburger Kurzfilmtage
2025
Official Selection
8. Blue Danube Film Festival
2025
Official Selection
21. Festival international du film d'Éducation
2025
Official Selection
18. Universocorto
2026
Official Selection
36. Festival Ciné Junior
2026
Official Selection
38. Minimalen Short Film Festival
2026
Official Selection
2. Bulbul Children's International Film Festival

Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken

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BIOGRAPHY

Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken (b. 1986) is a writer/director born and raised in Tasiilaq, East Greenland. Now based in Copenhagen, Denmark, his work as a storyteller, on film or podcast, often takes him back to his adolescence in East Greenland.

As a filmmaker, he seeks a high level of authenticity in his characters and their environment through an investigative approach and naturalistic style to follow.

FILMOGRAPHY

ANNGERDARDARDOR (THE THIEF)

2025

 

14 MINUTES

2023

 

BABY FOOD

2022

 

BLINK

2021

 

ANNAS KAMP

2017