A Queer Review of the Austin Film Festival (2023)
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
Captain Bimse
7-year-old Anna is having trouble sleeping at night. She accidentally left her favourite doll, Sophie, at her family's holiday home, and Anna's parents won't drive all the way to the house to retrieve the doll. Just as Anna is wondering if Sophie feels lonely, she suddenly hears a strange sound. Anna is visited by a small yellow aeroplane named Zanzibar along with its crew: Captain Bimse and the co-pilot Goggeletten. With her trusted teddy bear Mr. Johnson in tow, Anna embarks on a magical rescue mission with Captain Bimse and Goggeletten to save Sophie.
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7-year-old Anna is having trouble sleeping at night. She accidentally left her favourite doll, Sophie, at her family's holiday home, and Anna's parents won't drive all the way to the house to retrieve the doll. Just as Anna is wondering if Sophie feels lonely, she suddenly hears a strange sound. Anna is visited by a small yellow aeroplane named Zanzibar along with its crew: Captain Bimse and the co-pilot Goggeletten. With her trusted teddy bear Mr. Johnson in tow, Anna embarks on a magical rescue mission with Captain Bimse and Goggeletten to save Sophie.
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Genre:Adventure, Family
Written By:Thomas Borch Nielsen, Kirsten Skytte
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Runtime:75 minutes
Studio:41 Shadows, Nice Ninja
Cast
Kirsten Skytte, Thomas Borch Nielsen
Director
Nanna Marqvorsen
Anna
Jesper Asholt
Kaptajn Bimse
Peter Frödin
Goggeletten
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Sophie
Jon Lange
Far
Maj-Britt Mathiesen
Mor
Sigrid Kandal Husjord
Fedtegreven
Bo Carlsson
Bøvernikken
Thomas Borch Nielsen
Johnson
Kirsten Skytte
Hulkemoren
Ida Møntegaard Fredericia
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