Nordic Competition
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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.
The films compete for four awards, along with the films in the section Norwegian Competition. The Award Ceremony is due Sunday.
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:
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ARTSVI BAKHCHINYAN |
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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. |
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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. |
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| Categories: Ani = Animation, Doc = Documentary, Exp = Experimental, Fic = Fiction, Mus = Music Countries: DK = Denmark, FI = Finland, IS = Iceland, SE = Sweden |
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DNK, ISL 2013 | Fic. | 15 min |
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 |
SWE 2012 | Exp. | 3 min |
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. Script: Leontine Arvidsson Production: Anna Sohlman - Hinden/Länna Ateljerna AB, t: +46 86631210, e: info@hinden.se |
SWE 2013 | Fic. | 14 min |
PLEASURE 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 |
FRO, DNK 2012 | Exp. | 5 min |
KARMOK Bevegelse fanget i kamera i ekstreme og ville landskap på Færøyene. Movement through camera in the extreme and wild landscapes of the remote Faroe Islands. Script: RAMMATIK | Camera: RAMMATIK | Sound: Thomas Garside | Music: Thomas Garside | Editing: RAMMATIK | Cast: Kristina Sorensen Ougaard, Matilde Wendelboe Dresler Production: RAMMATIK, e: info.rammatik@gmail.com |
SWE 2013 | Doc. | 14 min |
GRANDPA & ME AND A HELICOPTER TO HEAVEN 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 |
FIN, JPN 2013 | Ani. | 7 min |
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 Production: Eija Saarinen, t: +358505985219, e: eija.saarinen@turkuamk.fi |
FIN 2013 | Fic. | 9 min |
ON YOUR LIPS (Huulilla) 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 |
SWE 2012 | Ani. | 2 min |
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 |
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 Production: Mathias Fjellström - Salmonfox AB, t: +46 910734197, m: mathias@tompta.com |
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DNK 2013 | Fic. | 25 min |
A DOLL'S HOUSE (Et dukkehjem) 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. Script: Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen | Camera: Sturla Brandth Grøvlen | Sound: Roar Skau Olsen | Musikk: Bo Christensen, Thorbjørn Dahl | Editing: Production: Anders Wøldike - Zentropa Stormtroopers, t: +45 22756551, m: anders.woeldike@filmbyen.dk |
FIN 2013 | Ani. | 7 min |
DICHOTOMY (Dikotomia) Forskjellige dikotomier i europeisk kultur. Different dichotomies in European culture starting from gender and ending in blender. Production: Eija Saarinen, t: +358505985219, e: eija.saarinen@turkuamk.fi |
ISL 2012 | Fic. | 4 min |
DAWN (Dögun) Far og barn våkner etter en fæl drøm. A father and his child wake up from a bad dream. Script: Valdimar Jóhannsson | Camera: Ómar Jabali | Music: Dagur Kári | Editing: Stefanía Thors Production: Anna María Karlsdóttir, Hrönn Kristinsdóttir - Spectra Ltd. |
SWE 2012 | Ani. | 10 min |
THE GROVE (Stendungen) Om barndomsminner, og om hvordan nåtid og fortid kan blande seg sammen til et uklart bilde av virkeligheten. About childhood memories and how the present and the past often blend into a blurry image of reality. Script: Rasmus Ramö Streith | Animation: Linus Hallström | Sound: Anders Ehlin | Music: Rasmus Ramö Streith Production: Angela Bravo, t: +46(0)700354628, e: info@brazafilm.com |
FIN 2013 | Ani. | 8 min |
FIST OF FIRE (Tulikoura) 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 |
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 |
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 |
SWE 2013 | Fic. | 7 min |
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 Production: China Ahlander - Anagram Films, t: +46 46122130, m: chinesiska@passagen.se |
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DNK 2012 | Fic. | 20 min |
WITHOUT YOU (Uden dig) Allan er i ferd med å avslutte sin kriminelle karriere, mens Stine er i ferd med å avslutte forholdet deres. Allan is quitting his failed criminal career, while Stine is quitting him. Script: Torben Lunding | Camera: Jens Jakob Thorsen | Sound: Sune Kaarsberg | Music: Jørgen Lauritsen | Editing: Martin Gleerup | Cast: Marie Søderberg Tourell, Asbjørn Krogh Nissen Production: Ves Møller Rasmussen |
DNK, LTU, ISL 2013 | Exp. | 8 min |
ICELAND OBJECTS 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 Production: Paulius Mazuras, t: +37068689998, e: paulius@pvz.lt |
SWE 2012 | Fic. | 13 min |
EATING LUNCH (Äta lunch) 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. Script: Sanna Lenken | Camera: Iga Mikler | Editing: Marinella Angusti Production: Annika Rogell - Story AB, m: annika@story.se |
FIN 2013 | Doc. Exp. | 15 min |
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 |
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 |
FIN 2013 | Exp. | 4 min |
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. Production, contact: Antti Polojärvi - elohiiri, t: +358 503042930, m: polojarvi@gmail.com |
DNK 2014 | Ani. | 5 min |
INTERVIEW En dum ung mann er på intervju for den viktigste jobben noensinne, og han vet ikke en gang hva jobben går ut på. A dimwitted young man is being interviewed for the most important job of all time and doesn't even know what the job is. Production: Michelle Nardone, t: +45 87255400, e: michelle@animwork.dk |
SWE 2012 | Fic. | 15 min |
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 |
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DNK 2013 | Fic. | 14 min |
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 |
FIN 2013 | Ani. | 5 min |
ELECTRIC SOUL Et elektrisk blikk på et summende mikropolis. An electrifying view to a buzzing micropolis. Script: Joni Männistö | Animation: Joni Männistö | Camera: Joni Männistö | Editing: Joni Männistö Production, contact: Joni Männistö, t: +358407548245, e: joni.mannisto@gmail.com |
SWE 2013 | Fic. | 9 min |
THE FIRST TIME (Första gången) Den første gangen kan være virkelig vanskelig, særlig hvis du føler at du har noe å bevise for kameratene dine. The first time can be really hard, especially when you feel you've got something to prove to your mates. Script: Anders Hazelius | Camera: Sebastian Danneborn | Cast: Sofia Granath, Alex Alanko Production: Lizette Jonjic - Migma Film AB, t: +46 705747957, m: info@migmafilm.se |
FIN 2012 | Exp. | 4 min |
GRIND En leken vri på dancehall-kulturen med dens provoserende kostymer, dristige poseringer, roller og direkte seksualitet. A playful take on the dancehall culture with its provocative costumes, suggestive poses, roles and blatant sexuality. Script: Jenni Hiltunen | Camera: Jan Granström | Music: Ville Riippa | Editing: Miikka Lommi | Cast: House of Queens Production: Jenni Hiltunen, t: +358504356092, e: submissions@av-arkki.fi |
SWE 2013 | Fic. | 9 min |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
ISL, FRA 2013 | Fic. | 15 min |
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 Production: Daniel Sauvage, t: +33140130341, e: info@caimans-prod.com |
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