Sweet little Emil keeps getting into mischief and receiving his favourite punishment – being sent to the woodshed where he sits quietly and carves his wood figures. A new adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s beloved tales, based on the book’s original illustrations.
‘E-e-emil!’ shouts father across the small farm in Katthult, his toe caught horribly painfully in a rat trap, his hands full of sticky flypaper and his hair full of dough. Here we go again: the boy is up to his old tricks and will have to be banished to the woodshed. Except that Emil doesn’t see this as punishment – on the contrary: he locks the door from inside so that he can continue undisturbed to carve another of his wooden figures, of which he has a whole collection. His little sister Ida also wants to sit inside the shed, but she’s too well-behaved. And it’s not that easy to get up to Emil’s kind of mischief. All this bright boy really wants to do is solve problems – something he goes about with his own refreshing logic. Eventually Ida manages to get on equal footing with her brother by smashing a load of eggs!
“Some illustrators are completely associated with the stories of Astrid Lindgren, and when it comes to Emil and his world, Björn Berg has created some unforgettable characters. Not only the residents of Katthult farm in Lönneberga, but several others in the parish: Krösa-Maja, the Krakstorp farmer, the Dean and his wife, and many more.” (Per Ahlin)
Per Ahlin
Born in 1931 in Hofors, Sweden, Ahlin is Sweden’s most famous animator. He directed the animated sequences of the first animated feature film in Sweden ever.
Alicja Jaworski Björk
Born in 1955, Warsaw, Björk studied architecture and trained at an animation studio. She later moved to Sweden where she worked at the PennFilm Studio.
Lasse Persson
Born in 1960 in Stockholm, Persson studied drama, theatre, film and theology before venturing into the animation industry. In 1995 he founded the production company Swedish Ecstasy Film.