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Festival 2015:
  • Norwegian Comp.
  • Nordic Comp.
  • International pan.
  • One-minute-films & EMU
  • EFA - Short Matters!
  • Children's Prog.
 
  • Jens Assur
  • Walerian Borowczyk
  • Bertrand Mandico
  • Multiplié dansefilm
  • Norwegian Art Film:
The 70s
  • Short Film Studies Symposium
 
  • Short Film Convention
  • Regional: Premieres & seminar
  • Mid Nordic: Pitch & panorama & seminar
  • Outdoor Cinema

 
  • Awards 2015
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  • Nordic Competition
  • International Panorama
  • Norwegian Competition
  • One-minute-films (Norwegian)
  • EMU: One-minute-films - Young (Norwegian)
 
   

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Jens Assur: Retrospective and Masterclass

Jens Assur (b. 1970, Jämtland, Sweden) has a background as a journalist and photographer, and has received several major national awards, such as 'Press Photographer of the Year' and 'Best News Photo of the Year', for his work, alongside experience making photo essays from a.o. Rwanda, Somalia and the country formerly known as Yugoslavia.

In 1997, Assur started his own Studio Jens Assur to allow him to focus on larger and more complex art and film projects.

In his cinematic work, which has received equal peer recognition, Assur has continued and developed his interest in verbal and visual expressions able to influence public debate. He has distinguished himself as a director with the ability to combine a strong aesthetic sense with an ethical and socially conscious perspective.

His debut short The Last Dog in Rwanda from 2006, in the frame of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, won the Grand Prix at Clermond-Ferrand, the largest short film festival of the world. Since then the awards have been pouring in, including the prize for best Nordic film at Minimalen in 2012 for Killing the Chickens to Scare the Monkeys.

Minimalen is proud to have Assur here to present a retrospective on Wednesday and a masterclass on Friday, where we will also get to see his latest work.

->1: Retrospective / ->2: Masterclass



Disse arrangementene er støttet av Fritt Ord.

These events are supported by Fritt Ord.

 

Jens Assur 1: Retrospektiv | Jens Assur 1: Retrospective
Onsdag/Wednesday 18:00

Director: Jens Assur
SWE 2006 | Fic. | 30 min

THE LAST DOG IN RWANDA (DEN SISTA HUNDEN I RWANDA)

Den unge nyhetsfotografen David er i Rwanda forå rapportere om folkemordet i 1994. Sammen med den 30 år eldre reporteren Mats, reiser han gjennom det krigsherjede landet og prøver å skildre slaktingen av tutsier og moderate hutuer. En film om krigens problematiske tiltrekningskraft, et møte mellom guttefantasien og den brutale virkeligheten.

David, a young news photographer, is in Rwanda to report on the genocide in 1994. Along with the 30 years older reporter Mats, he travels through the war-torn country trying to portray the slaughter of Tutsis and moderate Hutus. A film about the problematic appeal of war, a meeting between boyhood fantasy and brutal reality.

Script: Jens Assur | Camera: Marek Wieser | Editing: Louise Brattberg | Cast: Jonas Karlsson, Reine Brynolfsson

Production: Daniel Hill, Anna Carlsten – Svensk Filmindustri

SWE 2011 | Fic. | 24 min
Director: Jens Assur

KILLING THE CHICKENS TO SCARE THE MONKEYS

Ni scener utfolder seg i gråsonen mellom svart og hvitt, hvor landets politikk har uforutsette konsekvenser for en ung lærers liv. Tittelen refererer til den kinesiske regjeringens strategi med å henrette dissidenter som en advarsel for andre.

Nine scenes unfold in the grey area between black and white, where national politics have unforeseen consequences on a young teacher's life. The film title refers to the Chinese government's strategy to execute dissidents as a warning to others.

Script: Jens Assur | Camera: Marek Septimus Wieser | Editing: Fredrik Morheden, Åsa Mossberg

Production: Jens Assur – Studio Jens Assur, t: +46 7081 11145,
e: jens@assur.se

Director: Jens Assur
SWE 2012 | Fic. | 17 min

A SOCIETY

Elleve fremmede bor tett sammenklemt på en reise inn i det ukjente. Under vanskelige og usikre kår møter de sine egne fordommer og frykt, men er avhengige av hverandre for å overleve.

Eleven strangers are forced to share a confined space on a journey into the unknown. Under severe and uncertain sircumstances they face their own prejudices and fears, but have to depend on each other in order to survive.

Script: Niklas Rådström, Jens Assur | Camera: Marek Septimus Wieser | Editing: Philip Bergström | Cast: Lamine Dieng, Dani Kouyaté, Coura Mbaye,
Amanda Kanange, Idrissa Diop

Production: Jens Assur – Studio Jens Assur, t: +46 7081 11145,
e: jens@assur.se

Print Source: Theo Tsappos – SFI, t: +46 8665 1133, e: theo.tsappos@sfi.se

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Jens Assur 2: Masterclass
Fredag/Friday 18:00

His social conscience has led Jens Assur from genocide in Rwanda through dissident repression in China to refugee issues in Sweden. But in his latest production, which we will screen at the beginning of this session, the issue is the sex industry's exploitation of young women in Sweden.

After the screening we will meet Assur in conversation about this film and the other films he has made.

 

Director: Jens Assur
SWE 2014 | Fic. | 39 min

HOT NASTY TEEN

En tenåringsjente blir filmet med et enkelt videokamera. En anonym mannsrøst ber henne om å danse, om å kle av seg. To måneder senere reiser hun sammen med en eldre mann gjennom et snøkledt Norrland. Hun ønsker å dra hjem, han
insisterer på å fortsette. De har jo tross alt enda noen besøk igjen å gjøre.

A young teenage girl is being filmed with a basic video camera. The older man, capturing her, asks her to dance, to undress. Two months later they are traveling together through small Swedish towns. She wants to go home, but he insists that they
should go on. After all, they have a few more stops to do.

Script: Jens Assur, Pelle Rådström | Camera: Erik Sohlström | Editing: Louise Brattberg | Cast: Lars "Brasse" Brännström, Fanny Ketter, a.o.

Production: Jens Assur – Studio Jens Assur, t: +46 7081 11145,
e: jens@assur.se

Print Source: Studio Jens Assur

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Programme 2015
 
Nova Cinema, 2 & 3
 

WEDNESDAY APRIL 22
10:00 EFA - Short Matters! 1
12:00 Nordic 1
14:00 Norwegian 1
16:00 Walerian Borowczyk 1
16:00 Meet the Filmmakers 1
18:00 Jens Assur 1: Retrospective
20:00 Regional Premieres
22:00 Reception & Opening Party
 

THURSDAY APRIL 23
10:00 EFA -
Short Matters! 2
10:00 Seminar: The Film Consultants
12:00 Nordic 2
14:00 Norwegian 2
16:00 Walerian Borowczyk 2
16:00 Meet the Filmmakers 2
18:00 Short Film Studies Symposium
20:00 International Panorama 1
22:00 Bertrand Mandico 1
23:30 Festival Club
 

FRIDAY APRIL 24
10:00 EFA -
Short Matters! 3
10:00 Seminar: Mid Nordic Co-production
10:00 Childrens Prog. 1 [Nova 1]
12:00 Nordic 3
12:00 Childrens Prog. 2 [Nova 1]
14:00 Norwegian 3
14:00 Mid Nordic Panorama
14:00 One-minute-films
& EMU [Nova 1]
16:00 Mid Nordic Film Pitch
16:00 Meet the Filmmakers 3
18:00 Jens Assur 2: Masterclass
20:00 International Panorama 2
22:00 Outdoor Cinema
 

SATURDAY APRIL 25
11:00 Norwegian Art Film 1970-79:
Part 1 – Anja Breien
11:00 For children: Motion Capture workshop
13:00 Nordic 4
15:00 Norwegian 4
17:00 Meet the Filmmakers 4
18:00 Bertrand Mandico 2
20:00 International Panorama 3
22:00 Festival Club
 

SUNDAY APRIL 26
11:00 Norwegian Art Film 1970-79: Part 2
13:00 International Panorama 4
15:00 Award ceremony
and screening
18:00 Multiplié Dance Film
20:00 DansiT film/dance get-together
& Festival Club
 

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