The Selection Committee has made this selection of 34 films from the 255 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.
All the directors are cordially invited with two complementary hotel nights.
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:
ARTSVI BAKHCHINYAN
(b. 1971, Armenia), film historian, critic and scholar with a doctorate in philology. Educated at the University of Yerevan, later researcher at the University of Uppsala. He has written several books on Armenian film and history, and now works at the Institute of History at the National Academy of Sciences in Yerevan.
ODA BHAR
(b. Norway), works as a journalist and critic for Rushprint and Dagsavisen a.o. She is a trained Psychologist from the University of Oslo with a focus on cultural differences, play and creativity, with anthropology as a supplementary subject, as well as studies in German, French and Art History from Berlin and Paris.
ROGER SELLBERG
(b. 1946, Sweden), director, film editor and sound designer. Works at the National Film School of Norway as a coordinator for the photography and production design department, and has previously taught at both Dramatiska Institutet and the Film school.
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
DNK, ISL 2013 | Fic. | 15 min
Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
WHALE VALLEY (Hvalfjörður)
Om det sterke båndet mellom to brødre som bor ved en isolert fjord sammen med foreldrene.
About the strong bond between two brothers that live in a remote fjord with their parents.
Script: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Camera: Gunnar Auðunn Jóhannsson | Sound: Gunnar Óskarsson | Editing: Anders Skov | Cast: Ágúst Örn B. Wigum, Einar Jóhann Valsson
Production: Fourhands Film ApS, t: +45 26298389, e: jk@fourhandsfilm.dk
Contact: Anne Marie Kurstein - DFI, t: +45 40414697, e: kurstein@dfi.dk
SWE 2012 | Exp. | 3 min
Director: Leontine Arvidsson
2011 12 30
En naken kvinne tegner sitt eget omriss på døren i leiligheten.
A naked woman draws her own outline on her apartment door.
Bak kulissene på en pornoinnspilling øves det på forskjellige stillinger. Ryktet går om at en av jentene er villig til å utføre en dobbel anal, en avansert teknikk som krever en tøff utøver.
Behind the scenes of a porn shoot, they are practicing various positions. The rumour is that one of the girls is doing a double anal, an advanced routine that requires someone extremely tough.
Script: Ninja Thyberg | Camera: Gabriel Mkrttchian | Sound: Sebastian Cronholm | Editing: Patrik Forsell | Cast: Jenny Hutton, Christian Brandin
Production: Jonas Sörensson - Way Creative Films
Contact: Theo Tsappos - SFI, t: +46 86651133, e: theo.tsappos@sfi.se
SWE 2013 | Doc. | 14 min
Directors: Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren
GRANDPA & ME AND A HELICOPTER TO HEAVEN
(Morfar & jag och helikoptern till himlen)
De er bestevenner, David sitter ved bestefarens seng og hører på historiene hans. Det spiller ingen rolle om Bestefar av og til sovner midt i fortellingen, for han kan de beste vitsene og han vet alt som er verdt å vite om skogen og om sopp.
They are best friends: David sits at his grandfather's bed and listens to his stories. Never mind that grandpa sometimes falls asleep in the middle, because he still makes the best jokes and knows everything about the forest and mushrooms.
Script: Åsa Blanck | Camera: Johan Palmgren | Music: David Ricci | Editing: Petter Brundell
Production: Åsa Blanck - Modern Studios, t: +46 736992909
Contact: Sara Yamashita Rüster - SFI, t: +46 86651141, m: sara.ruster@sfi.se
FIN, JPN 2013 | Ani. | 7 min
Director: Elli Vuorinen
SOCK SKEWER STREET 8 (Sukkavartaankatu 8)
Hun fortsetter å finne små sokker. Nå, hvem sine føtter er kalde?
She keeps finding tiny socks. Now, whose feet are feeling cold?
Script: Elli Vuorinen | Animation: Elli Vuorinen | Sound: Jani Lehto | Music: Jani Lehto | Editing: Elli Vuorinen
Det er ettermiddag i fornøyelsesparken. Viljami på tolv år tar et steg nærmere ungdomstiden.
An afternoon at the amusement park. Viljami, 12 years old, takes a step towards his adolescense.
Script: Joonas Rutanen | Camera: Matti Eerikäinen | Sound: Pietu Korhonen | Music: Miikka Colliander | Editing: Hanna Kuirinlahti | Cast: Martti Pohto, Rosanna Liuski, Iikka Forss, Minna Puolanto
Production: Making Movies Oy, t: +35 896829540, e: kaarle@mamo.fi
Contact: Otto Suuronen - FFF, t: +35 896220300, e: otto.suuronen@ses.fi
SWE 2012 | Ani. | 2 min
Director: J. Tobias Anderson
A SENSATION!
Materiale er det som gjelder!
Material is what counts!
Production, contact: J. Tobias Anderson, t: +46 704989774, e: tobiasanderson@hotmail.com
SWE 2013 | Fic. | 25 min
Director: Patrik Eklund
SYNDROMEDA
Leif våkner midt på veien, naken og blodig. Han husker ingenting av hva som har skjedd. Ingen tror på ham når han hevder å ha blitt bortført av romvesener.
Leif wakes up on the road, naked and bloody, with no memory of what has happened. No one believes him when he claims to have been abducted by aliens.
Script: Patrik Eklund | Camera: David Grehn | Editing: Patrik Eklund | Cast: Jacob Nordenson, Svante Grundberg
Nora lever et perfekt liv, i et perfekt hjem, med sin perfekte mann Helmer. Men alt er ikke som det ser ut, og utenfor dukkehusets vegger prøver en desillusjonert liten jente å forstå foreldrenes forhold.
Nora lives a perfect life, in her perfect home, with her perfect husband Helmer. But not all is what it looks to be, and outside the safe walls of the doll's house a disillusioned little girl struggles to make sense of her parent's relationship.
Death Metal-trommeslageren Pekka dør av en fugleinfeksjon, men det stopper ikke trommehåndens reise.
Death Metal drummer Pekka dies from a bird infection, but that doesn't stop his drumming hand's journey.
Animation: Tomi Malkki | Sound: Yrjö Saarinen
Production, contact: Tomi Malkki, t: +358405843759, e: malakias10@hotmail.com
FIN 2012 | Fic. | 17 min
Director: Karin Pennanen
RETURNING (Tillbaka)
Vera vender tilbake til hytten fra hennes barndoms sommere. Planen er å rydde ut det forlatte stedet slik at det kan selges. Men hytten begynner å kommunisere med Vera på overraskende måter, og minner fra fjerne somre begynner å våkne til liv.
Vera is heading back to her childhood summer cottage in autumn time. Her plan is to tidy up the deserted place for selling it. But the cottage starts to address Vera in a surprising way and memories of bygone summers seem to come alive.
Script: Karin Pennanen | Camera: Karin Pennanen | Music: Henrik Rambe | Editing: Karin Pennanen | Cast: Maria Salomaa
Production, contact: Karin Pennanen, t: +358505327845, e: kpennanen@gmail.com
FIN 2013 | Doc. Exp. | 15 min
Director: Mika Taanila
SIX DAY RUN (Kuuden päivän juoksu)
En film om en av de mest ekstreme utholdenhetssportene som finnes. Deltagerne løper i seks dager, med minimalt med søvn, mens de prøver å tilbakelegge så mange mil som mulig i en park i New York.
A film about one of the most extreme individual endurance sports. The competitors run for six days with minimal sleep, all the while trying to accumulate as many miles as possible on a one-mile paved loop in a park in Queens, New York City.
Script: Mika Taanila | Camera: Jussi Eerola | Sound: Spencer Fuller, Mika Taanila | Music: Circle | Editing: Mika Taanila | Cast: Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto
Production: Kinotar Ltd. - Lasse Saarinen, t: +358504356092, e: submissions@av-arkki.fi
Contact: Mikko Mällinen, t: +358504356092, e: submissions@av-arkki.fi
SWE 2013 | Fic. | 7 min
Director: Jenifer Malmqvist
ON SUFFOCATION
Når systemet blir viktigere enn enkeltmenneskets liv.
When a system becomes more important than a person's life.
Script: Jenifer Malmqvist | Camera: Ita Zbroniec Zajt | Sound: Mikael Körner, Claus Lynge | Editing: Petra Ahlin, Jenifer Malmqvist
Et slags videomaleri hvor kameraet tegner intrikate komposisjoner bestående av det vakre landskapet på Island, og tilfeldige objekter plassert i det.
A kind of video painting in which the camera draws intricate compositions comprised of the beautiful Iceland landscapes and random objects placed in it.
Camera: Rudolfas Levulis, Paulius Mazuras | Sound: Runar Magnusson
Femten år gamle Klara skal under oppsyn av sykepleiere spise lunsj sammen med fire andre ungdommer på en klinikk for spiseforstyrrelser. De har 30 minutter på seg.
15 year old Klara is about to eat lunch with four other youngsters at the Eating Disorder Clinic under supervision of nurses. They have 30 minutes to eat up.
Production: Annika Rogell - Story AB, m: annika@story.se
Contact: Theo Tsappos - SFI, t: +46 86651133, e: theo.tsappos@sfi.se
FIN 2013 | Doc. Exp. | 15 min
Directors: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen
EMERGENCY CALLS (Hätäkutsu)
Å være menneske byr på en skjør mulighet til å oppleve livet og universet rundt oss. I møte med overveldende mørke er det eneste vi kan gjøre å stole på og finne trøst i hverandre. Denne filmen er basert på autentiske nødsamtaler og radiokommunikasjon.
Being human is a fragile opportunity to experience life and the universe around us. In the face of overwhelming darkness all we can do is to rely on and find solace in one another. The film is based on authentic emergency calls and radio traffic.
Camera: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen | Sound: Joonatan Portaankorva | Music: Joonatan Portaankorva | Cast: Lauri Hynninen, Jonna Uhrman
Production, contact: Hannes Vartiainen, t: +35 8503209050, e: hannes@pohjankonna.fi
SWE 2012 | Doc. Ani. | 14 min
Directors: Hanna Heilborn, David Aronowitsch
SHARAF
Sharaf var heldig, han overlevde.
Sharaf was lucky: he survived.
Script: Hanna Heilborn, David Aronowitsch | Sound: Anders Nyström
Production: Hanna Heilborn, David Aronowitsch - Story AB, m: david@story.se
Contact: Sara Yamashita Rüster - SFI, t: +46 86651141, m: sara.ruster@sfi.se
FIN 2013 | Exp. | 4 min
Director: Antti Polojärvi
UNDERDOG DREAM
Familiehunden har en drøm om fødsel, god mat, frihet og om hvordan alt er i orden, alt er i orden, alt er i orden.
The family dog is having a dream about birth, good food, freedom and how everything's fine, everything's fine, everything's fine.
SWE 2012 | Fic. | 15 min
Director: Gustav Danielsson
ANIMALS I KILLED LAST SUMMER (Djur jag dödade förra sommaren)
En liten gutt dreper små dyr. Faren hans takler ikke dette.
A young boy kills small animals and his father can't deal with it.
Script: Gustav Danielsson | Camera: Gustav Danielsson | Music: Felix Anéer | Editing: Gustav Danielsson, Gustav Öström | Cast: Sebastian Ylvenius, Anton Samuelsson Forsdik
Production: Gustav Danielsson - Gustav Danielsson Bildproduktion, t: +46 709698008, m: gdanielsson@hotmail.com
Contact: Theo Tsappos - SFI, t: +46 86651133, e: theo.tsappos@sfi.se
DNK 2013 | Fic. | 14 min
Director: Kira Richards Hansen
DAMN GIRL (Fucking tøs)
En tolv år gammel guttejente henger med en guttegjeng, de drikker og maler graffiti. Konfrontert med en fremvoksende seksualitet kjemper hun mot forandringer inne i og rundt seg.
A 12-year old tomboy hangs out with a group of boys, drinks and paints graffiti. Confronted with an incipient sexuality she fights the changes that are taking place within and around her.
Camera: Brian Curt Petersen | Sound: Rune Sand | Music: Martin Dirkov Juel | Editing: Dorrit Andersen | Cast: Rosalina Krøyer, Frederik Winther Rasmussen, Mustapha Chouaikhi, Julius Sigurd Heilmann, Christian Konradsen
Production: Pelle Folmer, t: 40856052, e: pelle@coordinates.dk
Contact: Anne Marie Kurstein - DFI, t: +45 40414697, e: kurstein@dfi.dk
SWE 2013 | Fic. | 9 min
Directors: Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson
POSSIBLY BREEZY (I princip bris)
Værmeldingen for kysten gir viktig informasjon for noen, for andre åpner den for opplevelsen av respekt. Et fåtall har besøkt stedene som nevnes, selv om navnene er så kjente.
The shipping forecast, vital information for some, a moment of reverence for others. Not many people have visited the places in question, yet the names are so familiar.
Script: Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson | Sound: Aleksander Karshikoff, Gustav Landbecker | Music: Jaga Jazzist
Production, contact: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson, Ola Simonsson - Kostr-Film, t: +46 709108700 m: johannes@kostrfilm.com
DNK, CAN, FRA 2013 | Ani. | 14 min
Directors: Uri Kranot, Michelle Kranot
HOLLOW LAND
Berta og Solomon ankommer et land som lover hvile etter deres talløse reiser. Har de funnet sitt utopia, eller er dette bare enda en pause på den lange reisen?
Berta and Solomon arrive in a land that promises respite from their many journeys. But have they found Utopia, or just another stop on their long journey?
Music: Uri Kranot
Production, contact: Marie Bro, t: +4520313181, e: marie@tegnefilm.com
SWE 2014 | Fic. | 14 min
Director: Erik Lindeberg
SHARD (Skärvor)
To tenåringer svømmer og trener med våpen i utkanten av en liten svensk by.
Two teenagers go swimming and train with firearms outside of a small Swedish town.
Script: Erik Lindeberg | Camera: Robin Eriksson | Music: David Gülich | Editing: Patrik Forsell | Cast: Tord Lindeberg, Gustav Axelsson
Production, contact: Karin Ekberg, t: +46704842282, e: karin.ekberg@gmail.com
SWE 2012 | Doc. | 10 min
Director: Anders Jedenfors
THIS IS NOW (Så här är det nu)
Vi møter fire eldre mennesker og lytter til deres fortellinger om hvordan livet er nå.
We meet fire seniors and listen to their stories about how life is now.
Script: Anders Jedenfors | Camera: Anders Jedenfors | Music: Rasmus Hägg | Editing: Henning Mark
Production: Kalle Wettre - Malade
Contact: Sara Yamashita Rüster - SFI, t: +46 86651141, m: sara.ruster@sfi.se
ISL, FRA 2013 | Fic. | 15 min
Director: Magali Magistry
VIKINGAR
Island, år 1000. Vikingkrigeren Magnus konfronterer berserken Bjarni, som har bortført hans kone og barn. Rivaliseringen deres er bare i startfasen.
Iceland, year 1000. Magnus, a fearless Viking warrior, confronts Bjarni the Berserker who abducted his wife and child. Their rivalry is only beginning.
Camera: Pierre de Kerchove | Sound: Huldar Freyr Arnason | Music: Högn Egilsson | Editing: Sébastien de Sainte Croix | Cast: Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Damon Younger, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Margrét Bjarnadóttir
Til topps
Best Nordic Film:
Incl. EUR 1 000 donated by Minimalen
