 |
 |
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|
 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
INFO FOR GUESTS AND AUDIENCE HERE >
INFO FOR FILMMAKERS: • All directors of films accepted for NIFA 2009 (Norwegian and Nordic films in competition) are cordially invited as guests of the festival. Each director receives one accreditation (all-access-pass) to both Minimalen and our partner feature film festival, Kosmorama. • Further, directors with film accepted for NIFA 2009 in the Nordic section (Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden) are invited to stay at our top class festival hotel for two nights ¹. Further nights can be booked at a low rate. ¹ [Please note: a) The offer is one room per film, so up to two directors from the same film are welcome to stay in a double room. b) The offer does not include the directors in the Norwegian section, sorry.] |
ABOUT MINIMALEN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Minimalen is an annual, independent short film event, covering new international releases and retrospectives, as well as premiere screenings of new Norwegian shorts. International contributions are screened in panoramas, with an Audience Award of 500 Euro. Based in the attractive old town of Trondheim, Norway, Minimalen came to life in 1988. Trondheim is the main city in Trøndelag, the central part of Norway by latitude, and the country's first capital back in the good old Viking days, due to the remarkably good agricultural conditions in the area. More info on Trondheim here > Over five days in March each year, Minimalen screens around 160 shorts, roughly divided in three sections: Norwegian competitions, Nordic and International panoramas and special programmes. The Nordic/Scandinavian panorama offers a convenient way for foreigners to get updated on the state of shorts in the whole region. Out of the Norwegian competitions, the One-minute-film competition is most reknowned and has been with us over all the years. This extreme runtime limit demands economic discipline from the filmmaker, thus being a perfect practising format for young people. Special programmes in 2008 were covering the visiting directors Bill Plympton and Peter Greenaway. Moreover, thanks to the cooperation with Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival established in 2005, a large and delicious selection of feature films is also available in the same periode. Over the years Minimalen has refined its main objective into finding new ways to use the film as a medium. This often means independent productions with a free spirit attitude to filmmaking and an emphasis on images and film language more than words. The ideal filmmaker should be on a constant quest to find the right form for each story. Not that they do not tell a story, but basically, each film should have its own fingerprint, a uniqueness which goes far beyond the constant re-telling of the same storyline as in the contemporary film industry. The small gems of up to 15 minutes, fiction or animation films told by experimental means. Not necessarily artistically ground breaking, but with a conformity of form and contents. These are the films that Minimalen are looking for, and this is what sets us a apart from many festivals. The 21st Minimalen Short Film Festival is due March 6-10, 2009. For international submissions, please go through www.reelport.com.
Programme 2009 on web - or - Download catalogue 2008 (pdf)
|
SUBMIT YOUR FILM • Nordic: Please find info on how to submit your film here > |