Title: Ivar
Original title: Ivar
Length: 4 minutes 23 seconds
Country: NORWAY
Year: 2026
WORLD PREMIERE: Sundance Film Festival, 25.01.2026
Screening format: DCP / Digital master
Sound: 5.1 / Stereo
Project site: LINK
Socials: BACON, MARKUS TANGRE‍
Sales agent: SND Films, Sydney Neter
Festival agent: Miguel Español Celiméndiz, Waisa

Noticing her husband Ivar's new scent, Anne lies awake at night with a nagging question: should she leave him? 

With Ivar snoring beside her, she turns to the camera and shares her frustration, and through a stream of thoughts and fast-paced montages, she lists everything that's wrong with him. It all builds to a full-blown rant where no detail is spared. But when she wakes Ivar, and he sits there drowsy and bathed in moonlight... isn't he kind of lovely, too?

A change in her husband's scent sends Anne spiraling into a late-night existential crisis

HENRIK DYB ZWART
M: +47 954 57 666
henrik@baconosl.com

Rebekka Rognøy
M:+47 480 21 926
rebekka@baconosl.com

Markus Tangre is a director and puppeteer based in Oslo, Norway. His creative, dark-comedy style and meticulous attention to detail shines through in every aspect of his work, from Röyksopp music video speed_k1ng to his debut short film Ivar.

“I’m not a woman in mid-life having an existential crisis, but I do think there is something universal about this film. I’m sure we all, at some point, go through moments where we start doubting or freaking out over life decisions we’ve made.”

“We often associate puppets with something whimsical and silly. But I think it’s more fun to go in the complete opposite direction, where we actually tone down their performance and give them real, human emotions.”

“We shoot using classical hand-and-rod style puppets, which means they are performed live-action in front of the lens, operated from below the sets. So we’re essentially working blind with our arms poking up through a hole in the floor, relying on monitors to see the frame.”

“What I love about this type of filmmaking is that the pre production period is so detailed and meticulous, with months of planning and building for each shot to work. We built absolutely everything from scratch, from the milk containers to the puppets, with a very small and dedicated team.”