THE LANGUAGE BARRIER

TitleTHE LANGUAGE BARRIER
BrandRED CROSS NORWAY
Product/ServiceCHARITY
Category B08. Charities, Public Health & Safety, Public Awareness Messages
Entrant TRY Oslo, NORWAY
Idea Creation TRY Oslo, NORWAY
Media Placement TA/OPT Oslo, NORWAY
PR TRY Oslo, NORWAY
Production FANTEFILM Oslo, NORWAY
Credits
Name Company Position
Sara Hødnebø TRY Art Director
Caroline Ekrem TRY Copywriter
Bjørnar Buxrud TRY Copywriter
Torkild Jarnholt TRY Copywriter
Erikha Harket TRY Account Director
Mona Løkke TRY Account manager/Project manager
Terje Johnsen TRY Graphic designer
Sven Jensen TRY Account Director
Sindre Beyer TRY PR advisor
Gunnar Stensaker TA/Opt Managing director
Linda Tillier Apt Producer
Sebastian Rasch Apt Designer
Anders Stalheim Øfsdahl Apt Developer
Marius Holst Fantefilm Film director
Hugo Hagemann Føsker Fantefilm Producer
Morten Harnang APT Developer

Brief Explanation

A group of refugees of middle-eastern origin are sitting in a classroom, trying to learn Norwegian. Young girls and boys are solemnly struggling with the unfamiliar words of a language that is obviously very new to them. Eager to get the intonation right, the young refugees are seemingly oblivious to the fact that the words used in the learning process are harsh comments from immigrant-hostile Norwegian Facebook-pages. This is made absolutely clear to the audience by superimposing a racist Facebook status on the screen as the last immigrant boy repeats a Norwegian word, trying to read the last word from the status correctly.