Benji The Dove, bandarísk endurgerð á íslensku kvikmyndinni Benjamín Dúfa frá 1995, sem byggð var á verðlaunasögu Friðriks Erlingssonar, verður frumsýnd á Alþjóðlegri Barnakvikmyndahátíð í Reykjavík 2018.

Myndin er byggð á sögunni um Benjamín Dúfu og vinum hans í reglu Rauða Drekans, en sögunni hefir verið breytt nokkuð og hún staðfærð. Myndin verður sýnd með ensku tali.

English

A tender tale of four boys who are rapidly coming to terms with school, bullies, friendship, and loyalty. Not to be limited by a poor upbringing, they tap their immense creativity and imagination to create The Order of the Red Dragon, a brotherhood of knights determined to fight injustice with justice. It’s terribly exciting, and life is one big adventure. But when fissures appear in the friendship, their adventure turns dark, and they are forced to face real-world dilemmas, and muster all they’ve got to save each other.

The film is based off the critically acclaimed book Benjamín Dúfa and tells a tale of four boys who are rapidly coming to terms with school, bullies, friendship, and loyalty.