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Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
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Wikipedia article
'Captain Morten and the Spider Queen' [https://cineuropa.org/en/film/355634/ Captain Morten and the Spider Queen (Kapten Morten lollide laeval)] at 'Cineuropa' the best of European cinema. Retrieved 17 November 2021. is a 2018 Estonian English-language stop motion animated film directed by Kaspar Jancis and co-directed by Riho Unt and Henry Nicholson, from a screenplay by Jancis, Mike Horelick, Paul Risacher, Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler.Koppel, Eda; Mikk, Mirjam; Aasa, Aurelia: [http://filmi.ee/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/EFI_Estonian_Films_2019_issuu-1.pdf Estonian Films 2018-2019]. Estonian Film Institute. p. 66. Retrieved 17 November 2021.Grater, Tom (1 December 2017) [https://www.screendaily.com/news/irish-stop-motion-animation-with-brendan-gleeson-ciaran-hinds-nears-completion/5124627.article Irish stop-motion animation 'Captain Morten' with Brendan Gleeson, Ciarn Hinds nears completion]. 'Screen Daily'. Retrieved 17 November 2021. An international co-production between the Estonian Nukufilm, Irish Telegael, Belgian Grid VFX and British Calon, the film had its world premiere at the Animafest Zagreb in Croatia on 5 June 2018, before being released in Estonian cinemas on 21 March 2019.
Premise
Ten-year-old Morten lives with his reluctant, mean-spirited guardian, Anna, as his father, Captain Viks, is away at sea. One day, Morten has a chance meeting with the inept magician Senr Cucaracha, and is accidentally magically shrunken down to the size of an insect and trapped aboard the deck of his own toy ship, alongside a wicked Spider Queen and Scorpion Pirate.
Release and reception
The film had its world premiere at the Animafest Zagreb in Croatia on 5 June 2018, before being released in Estonian cinemas on 21 March 2019.[https://www.filmi.ee/filmid/filmide-esilinastused-2019 Filmide esilinastused 2019]. Estonian Film Institute. Retrieved 17 November 2021. It was the only Estonian animated film to be released in 2018.Hankewitz, Sten (24 October 2019) [https://estonianworld.com/culture/thirty-four-movies-produced-in-estonia-in-2018/ Thirty-four movies produced in Estonia in 2018]. 'Estonian World'. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Vladan Petkovi of 'Cineuropa' gave the film a positive review and praised its puppet animation and character design, but criticised the number of characters and lack of character development.Petkovi, Vladan (7 July 2018) [https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/355646/ Review: Captain Morten and the Spider Queen]. 'Cineuropa'. Retrieved 17 November 2021. Vassilis Kroustallis, writing for 'Zippy Frames', gave the film a positive review, giving particular praise to the puppet animation and plot, calling it "a film easy to like and harder to cherish."Kroustallis, Vassilis (8 June 2018) [https://www.zippyframes.com/index.php/reviews/captain-morten-and-the-spider-queen-review Captain Morten and the Spider Queen Review: A Sea Journey Back Home]. 'Zippy Frames'. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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