Mini-Zlatan and Uncle Darling

Ella loves to play football, but only on her own. She finds most other people weird. They mimic one another, like her three uncles at her grandma’s. Sometimes they quarrel, like the girls on the football field, or her parents. She only feels at home with her favourite uncle and her best friend, Tommy. Until Tommy’s new love Steve from Berlin turns up. Together with her classmate Otto, Ella tries to side-line Steve. Or is Steve nice after all? The get-rid-of-Steve project quickly becomes the opposite, and Ella rushes to bring Steve back from the airport so that Tommy can pop the question.

Serious themes such as being different, conformism and attentiveness are addressed in this film with a light touch and humorous approach. For example, the scene in which Steve and Tommy sing a song, and singing out of tune suddenly isn’t such a big problem anymore. Inclusivity is natural and Ella finds out that people can get along just fine. Winner of the Audience Award at the Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival 2022.