{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox film | name = Beyond Beyond | image = Beyond Beyond film poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Swedish theatrical release poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module | language = Swedish | title = Resan till Fjäderkungens Rike | nolink = yes }} | director = Esben Toft Jacobsen | producer = Petter Lindblad | writer = | screenplay = {{plainlist| * Jannik Tai Mosholt * Esben Toft Jacobsen | story = | based_on = }} | starring = {{plainlist| * '''Swedish''': * Edvin Ryding * Tuva Novotny * Gustaf Hammarsten * Lennart Jähkel * Sissela Kyle * Leif Andrée * '''Danish''': * Pelle Falk Krusbæk * Søs Egelind * Lars Brygmann * Flemming Quist Møller * '''English''': * EvanTubeHD * Jon Heder * Cary Elwes * Patrick Warburton * Emily Deschanel * Ambyr Childers }} | narrator = | music = Nicklas Schmidt | cinematography = | editing = | studio = {{plainlist| * Copenhagen Bombay * C More Entertainment * Film i Väst * Noble Entertainment * TV2 Danmark * TV4 Sweden }} | distributor = Copenhagen Bombay Sverige AB | released = {{Film date|2014|02|10|Berlin International Film Festival|2014|03|21|Sweden|df=y}} | runtime = 78 minutes | country = {{plainlist| * Sweden * Denmark }} | language = Swedish | budget = | gross = <!--(please use condensed and rounded values, e.g. "£11.6 million" not "£11,586,221")--> }}
'''''Beyond Beyond''''' (Swedish: '''''Resan till Fjäderkungens Rike'''''), is a 2014 computer-animated comedy-drama film directed by the Danish animator <u>Esben Toft Jacobsen</u>.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/02/trailer-swedens-animated-beyond-beyond-124405/|title=TRAILER: Sweden's animated "Beyond Beyond"|first=Jerry|last=Beck|date=16 February 2014|publisher=IndieWire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kstp.com/news/dvd-review-beyond-beyond/4071530/|title=DVD Review: Beyond Beyond|last=Chalich|first=Aaron|date=2016-03-11|website=KSTP|publisher=|access-date=2016-07-09|archive-date=2018-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226152003/http://kstp.com/news/dvd-review-beyond-beyond/4071530/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The movie had its world premiere on 10 February 2014 at the Berlin International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2014/02_programm_2014/02_Filmdatenblatt_2014_20143614.php#tab=video25|title=Johan und der Federkönig|last=|first=|date=|website=Berlin International Film Festival|publisher=|access-date=2016-07-09}}</ref>
==Plot== Jonah is a little rabbit boy whose life is torn apart when his beloved mother is taken away by the Feather King to the afterlife after she develops a bad cough. Unwilling to accept that his mother is gone, Jonah plots to travel to the other side and bring her back. He finally gains his chance when an old dog Bill gives Jonah his ticket to the afterlife.
==Cast== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Character !! Swedish voice actor !! Danish voice actor !! English voice actor |- ! Johan | Edvin Ryding || Pelle Falk Krusbæk || Evan Lee |- ! Johan's mother | Tuva Novotny || Søs Egelind || Ambyr Childers |- ! Johan's father | Gustaf Hammarsten || Lars Brygmann || Cary Elwes |- ! The Feather King | Lennart Jähkel || Flemming Quist Møller || Patrick Warburton |- ! The Captain | Sissela Kyle || Søs Egelind || Emily Deschanel |- ! Bill | Leif Andrée || Søs Egelind || Jon Heder |}
== Reception == ''Variety'' wrote that the creative team behind ''Beyond Beyond'' "invent an elaborate mythology around an impressive figure called the Feather King, who guards the realm where Johan, the little rabbit boy, must venture, though the trip proves too dark and complicated for family crowds, limiting export prospects."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/global/film-review-beyond-beyond-johan-und-der-ederkonig-1201128037/|title=Film Review: 'Beyond Beyond'|first=Peter|last=Debruge|date=8 March 2014|publisher=Variety}}</ref> Common Sense Media also commented upon the film's themes and expressed concern that they might be too dark for younger audiences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/beyond-beyond#|title=Beyond Beyond - Movie Review|last=Schonfeld|first=Renee|date=|website=Common Sense Media|publisher=|access-date=2016-07-09}}</ref> Dove marked ''Beyond Beyond'' with their "Family Approved" seal and wrote that it was "a charming little story about the loss of a loved one and how that loss effects others."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dove.org/review/11680-beyond-beyond/|title=Beyond Beyond (review)|last=|first=|date=|website=Dove Family Friendly Movie Reviews|publisher=|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-09}}</ref>
The ''SVT Nyheter Norrbotten'' praised the movie's 3D environment and compared it to works by Hayao Miyazaki, but also felt that the film's premise was too confusing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/film/resan-till-fjaderkungens-rike|title="Resan till Fjäderkungens rike"|last=|first=|date=21 March 2014|website=SVT Nyheter Norrbotten|publisher=|access-date=2016-07-09}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|3480110}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|beyond_beyond_2014}} * {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20150620070329/http://beyondbeyond.copenhagenbombay.com/}} as archived 20 June 2015
Category:2014 films Category:2014 3D films Category:2014 animated films Category:2014 computer-animated films Category:3D animated films Category:Danish animated films Category:Swedish animated films Category:2014 Swedish-language films Category:Animated films about the afterlife Category:2014 comedy-drama films Category:Danish comedy-drama films Category:Swedish comedy-drama films Category:Animated films about rabbits and hares Category:2014 Swedish films Category:Swedish-language comedy-drama films Category:2014 Danish films