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Message in a Bottle: Martin Engh & Brikk Channel Don Bluth for Infinitum Holiday Spot

Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2025

Director Martin Engh at Oslo prodco ADP and Stockholm animation house Brikk craft a sobering holiday spot for Infinitum, the Norwegian non-profit responsible for the country’s recycling system for plastic bottles and aluminum cans.

From Brikk: “Every year, bottles and cans left behind in nature kill countless animals. In this Don Bluth-inspired film, we follow a family of mice seeking shelter from a winter storm, transforming an abandoned bottle into a cozy Christmas home, but their refuge is not the happy ending it first appears to be.”

Martin Engh: “Infinitum achieves near-total collection rates (around 98%) through a consumer deposit on packaging marked with a special label. It’s owned by Norwegian beverage producers and retailers, incentivizing high returns via environmental taxes that decrease as return rates climb, making Norway a world leader in recycling,

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Martin Engh & Brikk animate Infinitum Holiday Spot | STASH MAGAZINE

Credits

Client: Infinitum

Agency: Pulse
Art director: Ole Andreas Finseth
Copy: Stian Taknes Eriksen
Project manager: Camilla Lusk
Consultant: Preben Øiamo

Production: ADP-Animasjonsdepartementet
Director: Martin Engh
Producer: Jakob Thommessen

Animation: Brikk
Producer: Sofia Bohman
Storyboard: Martin Engh, Emil Lundmark
Art Director: John Göransson
Layouts: John Göransson
Color blocking: Emil Lundmark
Painting: Johannes Edvardsson, Simon Putz, Denis Bousygin
Lead animator: Redoad Syed
Animators: Redoad Syed, Ole Christian Løken, Adrian Hurtado, Wren Wright
Clean up: Matheus Pessoa ,Melek Hitch-Turkmen, Caro Borovich, José Luis Peraza

CG: Stardust studios
Producer: Anette Gjertsen

Music Supervision: Ohlogy
Composer: Bjarne Gustavsen
Producer/mixer: Nils Wingerei
Performance: Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording studio: Kysten Studios