In this programme, 15 EFA winners from European festivals are presented, all nominated for the European Film Awards 2017. The European Film Academy (EFA) is the organizer of this short film tour, with the intention of giving as big an audience as possible the opportunity to enjoy this panorama of young, contemporary European filmmaking.
Ultimately, the Spanish film TIMECODE drew the longest straw and was awarded the EFA Short Film Grand Prix – this film also won the Audience Award at Minimalen 2017. The films are presented in three parts on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Contact: European Film Academy e.V. - Christoph Bovermann, e: CBovermann[at]europeanfilmacademy.org
Categories: Ani = Animation, Doc = Documentary, Exp = Experimental, Fic = Fiction, Mus = Music
Europeiske prisvinnere 1 | European Award Winners 1 (Total: 95 min.) Tor | Thu 13:00 [Nova 2]
AUT, DEU 2017 | Fic. | 29 min.
Director: Jannis Lenz
WANNABE
Coco er 17 år og føler et desperat behov for å bli berømt, selv om hun later til å mangle nødvendig talent. Hun skulker skolen for å delta på castings, musikkvideoinnspillinger og filme YouTube-klipp, men møter en ydmykelse etter den andre og blir raskt presset til sine grenser.
Coco is 17 and feels a desperate need to become famous even though she seems to lack the necessary talent. She skips school to attend castings, music videos shoots, and to film YouTube clips but faces one humiliation after another and is quickly pushed to her limits.
FRA 2017 | Fic. | 18 min.
Director: Loukianos Moshonas
YOUNG MEN AT THEIR WINDOW
(Jeunes Hommes À La Fenêtre)
To grafiske designere på jobb begynner tilfeldig å leke med mulighetene med en tom scanner. De våger seg ut i antakelser, åpner etter hvert opp for hverandre og slipper de merkelige bildene løs, før de slipper seg løs selv.
Two graphic designers at work, accidentally start playing with an empty scanner’s possibilities. They venture into assumptions, eventually open up to each other, and let go of the strange images, until they let go of themselves.
ESP 2017 | Doc.Fic. | 18 min.
Director: Laura Ferrés
THE DISINHERITED (Los Desheredados)
Et portrett av regissørens far idet han står ansikt til ansikt med slutten på sin familieforretning. Pere Ferrés er 53 år gammel og eier et lite busselskap. En mangel på penger tvinger ham til å kjøre vandaliserende klienter til utdrikningslag, men han er ikke klar for å miste sin verdighet.
A portrait of the director’s father facing the end of his family business. Pere Ferrés is 53 years old and owns a small bus company. Lack of money forces him to drive clients who destroy his vehicle to bachelor parties, but he is not prepared to lose his dignity.
Script: Laura Ferrés | Camera: Agnès Piqué Corbera | Editing: Diana Toucedo | Cast: Pere Ferrés, Marian Alvarez
Production: Valérie Delpierre
GRC 2017 | Fic. | 14 min.
Director: Christos Massalas
COPA-LOCA
Dette er fortellingen om Copa-Loca, et forlatt gresk feriested. Paulina er jenta i sentrum av Copa-Loca. Alle ivaretar henne og hun bryr seg om alle, på alle mulige vis.
This is the story of Copa-Loca, an abandoned Greek summer resort. Paulina is the girl at the heart of Copa-Loca. Everyone cares for her and she cares about everyone – in every possible way.
Europeiske prisvinnere 2 | European Award Winners 2(Total: 93 min.) Fre | Fri 21:00 [Nova 2]
CHE, ARG 2016 | Doc. | 25 min.
Director: Matteo Gariglio
EN LA BOCA
I Buenos Aires lever og jobber Molina-familien i skyggen av Boca Juniors legendariske stadion. Siden de selger falske billetter til kampene kommer de stadig i konflikt med det korrupte politiet. Idet hennes familie synker dypere inn i underverdenen prøver moren forgjeves å stoppe dem alle fra å falle sammen.
In Buenos Aires, the Molina family lives and works in the shadows of the legendary Boca Juniors stadium. Selling fake tickets to the soccer games, they constantly get in conflict with the corrupt police. As her family sinks deeper into this underworld, the mother tries in vain to keep them all from falling apart.
Camera: Andi Widmer | Editing: Thais Odermatt
Production: Matteo Gariglio
TUR 2016 | Fic. | 14 min.
Director: Rûken Tekeş
THE CIRCLE (Hevêrk)
I Mesopotamia finnes barn av forskjellige etnisiteter, religioner og språk. Zelal, en sjuårig liten jente, er etnisk kurder og religiøs Ezidi (Yazidi). En vanlig skoledag blir en livsforandrende begivenhet for Zelal og hennes introverte beundrer Zeki, etter at deres tyrkiske lærer introduserer ukens bokstav ‘O’...
In Mesopotamia, there are children of different ethnicities, religions and languages. Zelal, a 7-year-old girl, is an ethnic Kurd as well as religiously an Ezidi (Yazidi). An ordinary school day turns into a life changing event for Zelal and her introvert admirer, Zeki, after their Turkish teacher introduces the letter of the week ‘O’...
Camera: Deniz Eyüboglu | Editing: Özcan Vardar | Cast: Emircan Kaya, Sehmuz Demirtas, Müfit Aytekin, Delila Kaya
Production: Rûken Tekeş
NED, KOR 2017 | Exp.Fic. | 24 min.
Director: Daniel van der Velden, Vinca Kruk
INFORMATION SKIES
Et post-fakta-essay hvor live action og animasjon former en ny filmatisk estetikk. Filmen følger et ungt par som tror de lever et farlig og heroisk liv. Hjemsøkt av et traumatisk tap avsløres deres fantasi som falsk, og paret senker seg lengre ned i deres selvskapte verden.
A post-truth essay in which live action and animation shape a new cinematic aesthetic. The film follows a young couple who believe to be living a perilous and heroic life. When the haunting of traumatic loss exposes their fantasy as fake, they immerse themselves further into their self-built world.
Script: Daniel van der Velden, Vinca Kruk | Camera: Remko Schnorr | Animation: Janna Ullrich | Cast: Georgina Dávid, Artur Chruszcz
Production: Anna Laederach
FRA 2017 | Ani.Fic. | 15 min.
Director: Céline Devaux
YOU WILL BE FINE (Gros Chagrin)
Gi det tid. Du kommer over det. Jean feirer sin bursdag, blir full og minnes den forferdelige helgen som førte til hans brudd med Mathilde.
Give it time. You'll get over it. Jean celebrates his birthday, gets drunk and recalls the dreadful weekend that led to his break-up with Mathilde.
Europeiske prisvinnere 3 | European Award Winners 3(Total: 91 min.) Lør | Sat 21:00 [Nova 2]
SWE 2016 | Fic. | 15 min.
Director: Simon Vahlne
FIGHT ON A SWEDISH BEACH!!
Dette er hva som skjer når du kaller noens kone en hore og roper sieg heil. Han fortjente det.
This is what happens when you call someone’s wife a whore and yell sieg heil. He had it coming.
Script: Simon Vahlne | Camera: Maximilien Van Aertryck | Cast: Stefan Holmberg, Lotti Sjödin, Hugo Nylén
Production: Axel Danielson - Plattform AB, Ellen Hallin - Don Piano
IRL 2016 | Fic. | 14 min.
Director: Andrea Harkin
THE PARTY
Belfast, 1972. Laurence inviterer fetteren og mann-på-rømmen Mickey til en fest full av drikking, dansing og ung kjærlighet. Når morgenen kommer slår virkeligheten inn over dem.
Belfast 1972. Laurence invites his cousin and man-on-the-run Mickey to a party of drinking, dancing and young love. By morning, reality catches up with them.
Script: Conor MacNeill | Camera: Piers McGrail | Editing: Catherine Creed Cast: Anthony Boyle, Niall McNamee, Eileen O'Higgins, Tara Cush, Christopher Grant, Ross McKinney.
Production: Farah Abushwesha, Emmet Fleming
ROM, AUT 2016 | Fic. | 20 min.
Director: Adrian Silisteanu
WRITTEN/UNWRITTEN (Scris/Nescris)
Utenfor en barselavdeling får en familie av romfolk vite at deres mindreårige datter har født ei lita jente. Pardică (50) ser ikke ut til å feire dette øyeblikket.
Outside a maternity ward, a Roma family is told their underage daughter has just had a baby girl. Pardică (50) doesn't seem to celebrate the moment.
Script: Claudia Silisteanu | Camera : Adrian Silisteanu | Editing: Mircea Olteanu, Costi Zaharia | Cast: Alina Serban, Sorin Mihai, Elena Ursaru
Production: Anamaria Antoci, Adrian Silisteanu
DEU 2017 | Ani.Exp. | 12 min.
Director: Redbear Easterman, Nikita Diakur
UGLY
En stygg katt sliter med livet i en fragmentert og ødelagt verden. Etter hvert finner den sin sjelevenn i en mystisk høvding. Inspirert av internetthistorien “Ugly the Cat”.
An ugly cat struggles to coexist in a fragmented and broken world, eventually finding a soulmate in a mystical chief. Inspired by the internet story 'Ugly the Cat'.
Script: Nikita Diakur, Redbear Easterman | Editing: Nikita Diakur | Music: Enrica Sciandrone, Cédric Dekowski, Felix Reifenberg | Sound: Nicolas Martigne, David Kamp | Cast: Redbear Easterman
Production: Nikita Diakur
PRT 2016 | Fic. | 30 min.
Director: Gabriel Abrantes
THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS (Os Humores Artificiais)
Fortellingen om en urbefolkningsjente som forelsker seg i en robot som er en oppkommende stand up-komiker i Brasil.
The story of an indigenous girl who falls in love with a robot that is a rising stand up comedian in Brazil.
Script: Gabriel Abrantes | Camera: Jorge Quintela | Editing: Margarida Lucas | Cast: Ivo Müller, Margarida Lucas, Amanda Rodarte, Gilda Nomacce