While visiting a Christmas market in her Norwegian town, eight year old Mariann spots a talking teddy bear at a carnival game booth. However, when someone else wins it, she embarks on a quest to find the adorable bear that captured her heart.
Practical Effects
Teddy's puppetry hits that uncanny cute-sweet spot—no dead CGI eyes here.
Production
That Norwegian Christmas market? I want to live in it. Immediately.
Director
Andrea Eckerbom
John Brungot
Teddy / Snurrebassen (voice)
Vegard Strand Eide
Lillebror
Mariann Hole
Hilma
Jan Gunnar Røise
Roger
Lene Kongsvik Johansen
Bolla (voice)
Nader Khademi
Paula's Father
Marianne Krogness
Grandmother
Kai Remlov
Grandfather
Morten Rudå
Bodeieren
Ingrid Lykkeslet Strømskag
Trollet (voice)
Gunn Tove Grønsberg
Apen (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Andrea Eckerbom insisted on practical puppetry for Teddy, rejecting CGI to capture that 80s-Amblin tactile magic. The bear has 15 different expression mechanisms.
The film taps into Norway's 'julemarked' tradition—Christmas markets that are less commercial, more community ritual. That cozy chaos? Authentic Nordic winter energy.
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