The Selection Committee has made this selection of 31 films from the 260 considered candidates from the Nordic Countries except Norway. The Nordic Competition is screened in four parts on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The directors are presented
at the beginning of each screening. Afterwards, they get the opportunity to talk about their film in Meet the Filmmakers.
Four films are awarded by the Jury, and all winners receive a Nordic Competition trophy. Please note that the films in the Norwegian Competition also participate. Best Nordic Film:
Incl. EUR 1 000 donated by Minimalen Best Nordic Fiction Best Nordic Documentary Best Nordic Animation or Art Film
The Award Jury for Norwegian and Nordic Competition:
LAURENT GUERRIER (b. 1971, France) has studied architecture and worked as a photographer. He began working for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 1992, and has for thirteen years been one of the permanent members of the organisation. He works on selection for the international competition programme and organizes a variety
of special programmes at home and abroad.
GUNHILD ENGER (b. 1980, Norway), film director and scriptwriter. Graduated from Edinburgh College of Art and The School of Film Directing in Gothenburg. Has a number of short films behind her, many of which have been screened at Minimalen over the years. Her short film Premature received the Best Norwegian Film Award at Minimalen 2012, and has since gone from one prestigious festival to the next, scooping awards.
EIRIK SVENSSON (b. 1983, Norway), film director and scriptwriter. Graduated from the Norwegian Film School. Won the 2007 Minimalen Festival Award for Life Worth Living (Pieniä Iloja), made together with Jyrki Väisänen whom he met while participating in an exchange program to STADIA Polytechnic in Finland. Their team work has further resulted in the feature film debut Must have been Love (En som deg), which just recently had its premiere at the cinemas in Norway.
Categories: Ani = Animation, Doc = Documentary, Exp = Experimental, Fic = Fiction, Mus = Music
Countries: DK = Denmark, FI = Finland, IS = Iceland, SE = Sweden
Del 1 Onsdag/Onsday 14:00
SE 2011 | Fic. | 13 min
Directors: Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja
THE SWEDISH SUPPORTER (Supportern)
Et innblikk i den svenske supporterkulturen. Gjennom hovedpersonen Axel blir vi dratt inn i en verden av avhengighet, bekreftelse og vold.
An insight into Swedish supporter culture. Through its main
character Axel we are drawn into a world of dependency,
affirmation and violence.
Script: Pella Kågerman | Camera: Iga Mikler |
Sound: Jon Persson | Editing: Britta Norell
FI 2012 | Doc. | 6 min
Directors: Hannes Vartiainen,
Pekka Veikkolainen
GATES OF LIFE (Häivähdys el ämää)
Korte øyeblikk av levd liv, snappet opp av forbipasserende,
danner et hendelsesforløp som er skjult i all åpenhet.
Brief moments of life stolen from passing-by strangers form a
sequence of events hidden in plain sight.
Script: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen | Camera: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen | Sound: Joonatan
Portaankorva | Music: Joonatan Portaankorva |
Editing: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen
Production: Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen, Pohjankonna Oy, t: +35 8503209050, e: hannes@pohjankonna.fi
Contact: Hannes Vartiainen, t: +358503209050, e: hannes@pohjankonna.fi
DK 2012 | Ani. | 4 min
Director: David Tart
THE STORY OF ANIMATION
En opplysningsfilm om animasjonsprossessen, hovedsakelig
beregnet på potensielle kunder.
An educational film about the process of animation aimed primarily
at potential animation clients.
Script: David Tart | Sound: Mark Menza |
Music: Mark Menza
Karla har temmet fuglen Krabat, nå vil hun vise den til Janus,
som hun er forelsket i. Janus synes fuglen er ekkel, dette
sårer Karla som reagerer voldsomt.
Karla has tamed the bird Krabat and now she wants to show it to Janus. Karla is in love with Janus, but when he rejects the bird as disgusting, she is hurt and reacts violently.
Script: Jacob Bitsch | Camera: Niels Buchholzer |
Sound: Alex Pavlovic, Carl Plesner | Music: Sune Martin |
Editing: Marlene Billie Andreasen
Production: Lea Løbger / SF Film Production Contact: Signe Egemose Agger / DFI. t: +45 33743464, e: signea@dfi.dk
SE 2012 | Ani. | 12 min
Director: Malin Erixon
BENJAMIN'S FLOWERS (Benjamins blommor)
Ensomhet og mangel på kjærlighet har ført Benjamin til
grenselandet mellom fantasi og virkelighet, hvor det kan
være vanskelig å forstå hva som er hva.
Benjamin's lack of love and company has placed him on the
blurry borderline between fantasy and reality, where it can be
hard to understand what's what.
Script: Malin Erixon | Camera: Malin Erixon | Sound: Lea Korsgaard | Music: Christofer Ahde & Simon Caringer | Editing: Malin Erixon | Cast: Andreas Wilson (voice)
FIVE FRAGMENTS OF THE EXTINCT EMPATHY
(Viisi fragmenttia empatian luonteesta)
I de senere år har menneskerettighetsorganisasjoner ved
gjentatte anledninger kritisert de nordiske landene, særlig
Finland, for deres ineffektive respons når det gjelder vold
mot kvinner. En kort dokumentar om mangelen på empati
for og volden mot kvinner i Finland.
In recent years, human rights organizations have repeatedly
criticized the Nordic countries, Finland in particular, for their
unwieldy response to violence against women. A short documentary about the lack of empathy for and violence against women in Finland.
Script: Anna Nykyri | Camera: Heikki Färm | Music: Petri |
Kuljuntausta | Editing: Maria Haipus | Cast: Marja Nurmio
Production: Oktober Oy / Joonas Berghäll, t: +35 8407093331, e: joonas@oktober.fi
Contact: Isabella Karhu, t: +35 8505924530, e: isabella@oktober.fi
SE 2012 | Fic. | 12 min
Created by: Daniel Wirtberg, Jenny Wilson
BEYOND THAT WASTELAND
En poetisk beskrivelse av tilværelsen i et grenseområde i
kjølvannet av en katastrofe. Et sted hvor man må holde seg
våken for å overleve. Et tidløst ninja-epos om å takle den
ultimate avgjørelse - å stå i mot eller å gi seg.
A poetic depiction of being in a borderland, in the wake of the
disaster. A place where one is forced to stay awake in order not to perish. A timeless ninja epos about facing an ultimate, lifechanging decision – to resist or surrender.
Script: Jenny Wilson | Camera: Daniel Wirtberg | Sound: Séamus Deivert, Aleksander Karshikoff | Music: Jenny Wilson, Daniel Fagerström | Editing: Daniel Wirtberg, Jenny Wilson | Cast: Jenny Wilson
Production: Daniel Wirtberg, t: +46 736724218, e: daniel@daemonfilm.se
Contact: Daniel Wirtberg, t: +46 736724218, e: daniel@daemonfilm.se
AU, KH, SE 2012 | Doc. | 2 min
Directors: Camille Hardman, Yusuke Nagano
WHEN THE CLOUDS CAME
En gutt bor i en verden der man bør frykte de skarpe
fargene.
A boy lives in a world where bright colors are to be feared.
Sound: Brandon Jones | Editing: Olga Nikoulina, Camille Hardman | Cast: Cham Nou
CREATURE (Dyret)
Yin Yin er en svart katt. Moren hans dør i en ulykke når hun
og Yin Yin flykter fra en storby i kollaps. Yin Yin er nå helt
alene og begir seg ut på en reise gjennom en ukjent og
farefull verden.
Yin Yin is a black cat. His mother dies in an accident while she
and Yin Yin is trying to flee a collapsing city. Yin Yin is now completely alone, and starts out on a journey through an unknown and dangerous world.
Script: Malene Choi Jensen | Camera: Sophie Winqvist |
Sound: Thomas Jæger | Music: Tobias Hylander |
Editing: Camilla Ebling
En gammel kvinne har bodd alene med fjernsynet som
eneste selskap siden mannen hennes døde for flere år siden. Når hun en dag møter en gutt som blir utsatt for mishandling begynner fangenskapet hun lever i å falle fra hverandre.
With only the television for company, an elderly woman is living
alone since her husband died several years ago. One day
she discovers a boy who has been subjected to serious abuse,
and the captivity she is living in is falling apart.
Camera: Andréas Lennartsson | Sound: Joel Näslund |
Editing: Erik Andersson | Cast: Harriet Andersson, Gorm |
Rembe-Nylander
Production: Erik Andersson, t: +46 706892756, e: erik@koakifilm.com
Contact: Erik Andersson, t: +46 706897265, e: erik@koakifilm.com
DK 2012 | Ani. | 8 min
Director: Johan Oettinger
SEVEN MINUTES IN THE WARSAW GHETTO
Warzava-ghettoen, 1942. Samek er en åtte år gammel gutt,
rampete og full av liv. Han ser gjennom et hull i ghettoveggen
og får øye på en gulrot som ligger på fortauet på den
andre siden.
The Warsaw Ghetto, 1942. Samek, an eight year old boy who is naughty and full of life, peeks through a hole in the ghetto wall and sees a carrot lying on the sidewalk just on the other side.
Script: Richard Raskin | Camera: Johan Oettinger |
Sound: Jess Wolfsberg | Music: Emil Brahe |
Editing: Johan Oettinger
SE 2012 | Fic. | 19 min
Directors: Simon Vahlne, Sebastian Lundberg
A PICTURE IN THE HEAD (En bild i huvudet)
Tre venner sjekker inn på et hotell. De skal i et bryllup.
Forberedelsene til bryllupet minner dem på hvor de
befinner seg i livene sine. De har bilder i hodet om hvordan
fremtiden vil se ut, bilder de har et ambivalent elsk/
hat-forhold til.
Three friends check in to a hotel. They are about to go to a wedding. The preparations for the wedding remind them of where they are in their lives. They have pictures in their heads of how the future will look like; images they see on with love-hate, and
ambivalence.
Script: Simon Vahlne, Sebastian Lundberg | Camera:
Jörgen Brennicke | Sound: Sebastian Petersen | Music:
Niklas Zachrisson | Editing: Simon Vahlne, Sebastian
Lundberg, Anton Qvist | Cast: Danny Saucedo, Niklas
Zachrisson, Amanda Ekdahl-Svalling
Production: Simon Strandvik, Niklas Zachrisson, Don
Piano AB, t: +46 730663651, e: film@donpiano.se
Contact: Niklas Zachrisson, t: +46 730663651,
e: film@donpiano.se
FI 2011 | Doc. | 9 min
Director: Elina Hyvärinen
MOTHERS (Äidit)
Om å bli mor. Basert på arkivmateriale.
About becoming a mother. Based on archive footage.
Script: Elina Hyvärinen
Production: Aalto University, ELO Film School,
t: +35 8503317754, e: eli.hyvarinen@aalto.fi
Contact: Saara Toivanen, t: +35 8503317754,
e: saara.toivanen@aalto.fi
DK 2012 | Ani. | 4 min
Director:
Thorvaldur Gunnarsson
SPACE STALLIONS
Mørket sprer seg over hele multiverset. Langt avsted, i
den ville hingstens galakse, fødes et glimt av håp. Ledet av
Moder Mustangs lys må The Space Stallions bekjempe Destructo, mørkets demon.
A darkness is covering the multiverse. Far away in the galaxy of the wild stallion, a spark of hope is born. Guided by the light of Mother Mustang, The Space Stallions must defeat the demon
of darkness, Destructo.
Et tragikomisk portrett av den kvinnelige, manipulerende
offerrolleretorikken.
A tragicomic portrayal of the female, manipulative, victimmentality rhetoric.
Script: Katja Wik | Camera: Isak Bodin Alfredsson |
Sound: Jon Eriksson | Music: Saunder Jurriaans, Daniel |
Bensi | Editing: Katja Wik | Cast: Bodil Mannheimer, Emmeli Johansson Stjärnfeldt, Jonas Karlén
Production: Marie Kjellson, t: +46 737255365, e: marie@plattformproduktion.se
Contact: Marie Kjellson, t: +46 737255365, e: marie@plattformproduktion.se
DK 2012 | Exp. | 15 min
Director: Louise Haugaard Jørgensen
THE POCKET (Lommen)
Et filmarbeide som handler om det generelt uforståelige
ved drømmer, og som nøye forsøker å beskrive og å forstå
hvert aspekt ved en spesifikk gjentakende drøm.
A film work that deals with the basically ineffable substance of
dreams and meticulously attempts to describe and understand
every aspect of a specific reoccurring dream.
Script: Louise Haugaard Jørgensen | Camera: Kasper Rune Larsen, Louise Haugaard Jørgensen | Sound: Laurits Nymand Svendsen | Music: Jens Peter Møller |
Editing: Louise Haugaard Jørgensen | Cast: Louise
Haugaard Jørgensen
Production, contact: Louise Haugaard Jørgensen, t: +45 20823373, e: louisehaugaardj@gmail.com
IS 2011 | Fic. | 15 min
Director: Björn Hlynur Haraldsson
KORRIRO (Korriró)
Om en hjemløs kvinne i Reykjavik, og om en hendelsesrik
dag i hennes heller miserable liv som minner om en mørk
versjon av «Gullhår og de tre bjørnene».
About a homeless woman in Reykjavík, and an eventful day
in her rather miserable life, which resembles a dark version of
"Goldilocks".
Production: Eija Saarinen / Turku Arts Academy,
t: +35 8505985219, e: eija.saarinen@turkuamk.fi
Contact: Jenni Rahkonen, t: +35 8503470087,
e: jenni.rahkonen@gmail.com
FI 2012 | Exp. | 9 min
Directors: Mikko Keskiivari, Diana Luganski
TRENCH
Et ødelagt narrativ om møtet med åtte kvinner.
A broken narrative about the encounter of eight women.
Script: Mikko Keskiivari | Camera: Kerttu Hakkarainen |
Sound: Mikko Keskiivari | Editing: Ville Hakonen
Production: Mikko Keskiivari, t: +35 8408465340,
e: mikko.keskiivari@gmail.com
Contact: Mikko Keskiivari, t: +35 8408465340, e: mikko.keskiivari@gmail.com
FI 2012 | Doc. | 10 min
Director: Sakari Suuronen
THE TUNNEL (Tunneli)
Du begynner å se på livet fra et nytt perspektiv når en alvorlig sykdom slår til. Hva er tid, og hvor blir den av?
When a serious illness strikes, you start to look at life from a new perspective. What is time and where does it go?
Script: Sakari Suuronen | Camera: Matti Eerikäinen |
Sound: Elias Nieminen | Music: Miki Brunou | Editing: Jussi Sandhu | Cast: Edvard Lammervo, Arto Koskinen
Production: Mikko Helmanen, t: +35 8407161979, e: helmanen@wackytie.fi
Contact: Mikko Helmanen, t: +35 8407161979,
e: helmanen@wackytie.fi
DK 2011 | Ani. | 4 min
Director: Denis Chapon
12 DRAWINGS A DAY
I tre år (2008-2011) laget jeg tolv tegninger med animasjon
hver dag, ett sekund film. Så, hver påfølgende dag, tok jeg
de tre siste tegningene fra dagen før og fortsatte å animere
på baksiden av brukt A4-papir.
In three years (2008-2011) I made twelve drawings of animation every day, one second of film. And then, each of the following days, I took the three last drawings from the day before and kept on animating on the back side of used A4 paper.
Aki er dørvakt på et utested som blir åsted for en meningsløs
skyteepisode. Kati er en videregåendeelev som blir
vitne til sin søsters voldelige dødsfall. Disse to øyenvitnene
må leve med følelsene sine.
Aki is a bouncer whose workplace becomes the scene of a senseless shooting. Kati is a high school student who witnesses her sister's violent death. The two eyewitnesses are left to mull over their feelings.
Script: Jussi Hiltunen | Camera: Jani-Petteri Passi |
Sound: Antti Haikonen | Music: Tapani Siirtola |
Editing: Jussi Rautaniemi | Cast: Antti Luusuaniemi,
Rosa Salomaa
Production: Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg, e: kaarle.aho@mamo.fi
Contact: Otto Suuronen / FFF, m: otto.suuronen@ses.fi
US, IS 2012 | Fic. | 17 min
Director: Ása Hjörleifsdóttir
LOVE STORY (Ástarsaga)
En historie om kjærlighet, galskap og 24 timer dagslys. Solanges kjæreste Baldur stikker mystisk nok av til Island.
Hun følger etter, men et enda dypere mysterium venter henne.
A story of love, madness, and 24-hour daylight. Solange's boyfriend Baldur mysteriously takes off for Iceland. She follows, but an even deeper mystery awaits her.
Astrid, 11 år, vil bestemme selv. Mammaen hennes synes
hun er for ung til det. Astrid gjør opprør og stikker av. Når
dagen er slutt har Astrid et problem hun må håndtere.
11-year-old Astrid wants to do things her way, but her mother
thinks she's too young. Astrid rebels and slips away. As the day draws to a close she has a problem she needs to deal with.
Bevegelsene til en turner i ringene. Bevegelsene hans er
like ville som lyden av en fiolin, akkurat på nippet til å miste kontrollen.
The movement of a gymnast on rings. His movements are wild
as the sound of violin - just on the edge of being out of control.
Script: P.V. Lehtinen | Editing: P.V. Lehtinen
Production: P.V. Lehtinen / Cine Paradiso,
t: +35 8505828634, m: pekka.v.lehtinen@kolumbus.fi
Contact: Otto Suuronen / FFF, m: otto.suuronen@ses.fi
SE 2012 | Exp. | 2 min
Director: Johanna Rubin
LA VIANDE + L'AMOUR
En veldig kort romantisk komedie, essensen, klimakset, omfavnelsen,
kysset. Alt representert med rått kjøtt. Det blir
ikke mer fysisk enn dette.
A very short romantic comedy, the essence, the very crescendo, the embrace, the kiss. All of it represented in raw meat. It can't get more physical than this.
Script: Johanna Rubin | Music: Otto Niklasson Elmerås
SE, MX 2011 | Doc. | 29 min
Director: Roberto Duarte
CROSSED OUT (Los Tachados)
Roberto, som bor i Sverige, reiser tilbake til Mexico forå feire sin bestemors 90-årsdag. Familiealbumet skjuler en
mørk hemmelighet, ansiktene til to av fem barn har blitt
fjernet fra alle bildene. Hva var det som skjedde i fortiden
som bestemor er så lite villig å snakke om?
Roberto, who lives in Sweden, goes back to Mexico to celebrate
his grandmother's 90th birthday. Family albums with photographs
hide a dark secret – the faces of two out of five children
have been blotted out of all photographs. What happened in
the past that the grandma is so unwilling to talk about?
Til topps
Best Nordic Film:
Incl. EUR 1 000 donated by Minimalen
