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Nordic Competition

->Part 1 / ->Part 2 / ->Part 3 / ->Part 4

The Selection Committee has made this selection of 27 films from the 415 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:

JUHANI ALANEN (b. 1956, Finland), Executive Director at Tampere Film Festival, a festival where he has served in various positions for more than 30 years, including the competition selection committee. Furthermore, he curates short film programmes for Tampere and various other film festivals. Juhani holds a Master in Marketing from the University of Tampere.

KARSTEN MEINICH (b. 1982, Norway), cinephile separating his time between working as a filmmaker, a film editor and co-chief-editing Montages, a popular Norwegian web magazine on cinema. As a filmmaker, he won the Minimalen Festival Award in 2005 for his short documentary Mikkel. His film editing credits include the feature films One Night in Oslo and Must Have Been Love, both directed by Eirik Svensson.
CECILIE BJØRNARAA (b. 1970, Norway), filmmaker and producer. She has produced and directed documentaries, anthropological films and commissioned films a.o. for NRK and her own company True Fiction. In addition to being the producer, she shares the script and camera credits on two animation films directed by Julie Engaas - Sound Shadows (Special Jury Award at Minimalen 2009) and Blame It On the Seagull (Best Norwegian film at Minimalen 2014).

Categories: Ani = Animation, Doc = Documentary, Exp = Experimental, Fic = Fiction, Mus = Music Countries: DK = Denmark, FI = Finland, IS = Iceland, SE = Sweden


 


Del 1 Onsdag/Wednesday 12:00

SWE 2014 | Ani. | 9 min
Director: Jöns Mellgren

A PAPER WORLD (PAPPERSVÄRLD)

En middelaldrende mann tenker tilbake på tenårene sine.

About a middle aged man revisiting his early teens.

Script, editing: Jöns Mellgren | Camera: Oskar Idin | Music: Daniel Fagge Fagerström

Production: Sara Waldestam − Alphaville
Contact: Jöns Mellgren t: +46 707706886, e: info@jonsmellgren.com

SWE 2014 | Doc. | 14 min
Directors: Alexander Rynéus, Per Eriksson

AUTONOMOUS

En ny og overveldende æra nærmer seg fra sidelinjen. Den teknologiske utviklingen fører til at skillet mellom det ekte og det uvirkelige blir stadig mer uklart.

A new, overwhelming era is approaching from the sidelines. The boundary between what is real and unreal is becoming increasingly blurred through technological advances.

Camera: Per Eriksson, Alexander Rynéus | Sound: Christian Christensen | Music: Karl-Erik Berglund

Production, contact: Malla Grapengiesser Fosfor Produktion,
t: +46 0735696231, e: malla@fosforproduktion.se

ISL, USA 2014 | Ani. | 9 min
Director: Einar Baldvin

THE PRIDE OF STRATHMOOR

Utdrag fra dagboken til pastor John Deitman, Strathmoor, Georgia. Juni og juli 1927.

Extracts from the journal of Pastor John Deitman, Strathmoor, Georgia. June & July, 1927.

Script, editing: Einar Baldvin | Sound: Einar Baldvin Music: Atli Arnarson | Voice: Geoffrey Gould

Production, contact: Einar Baldvin, e: einarbaldvinanimation@gmail.com

SWE 2014 | Doc. Ani. | 14 min
Director: Emma Thorsander

EMBRYO

Basert på intervjuer med kvinner som har én ting felles – de har alle gjennomgått en abort.

Based on intimate interviews with five women that have one thing in common – they have all had an abortion.

Animation: Emi Stahl, Sara Frisk, Johanna Rubin, Helena Frank, Olle Söderström | Sound: Joel Rayner | Music: Lea-Marie Sittler | Editing: Emma Thorsander

Production, contact: Emma Thorsander − RåFILM t: +46 731571221,
e: emma.thorsander@rafilm.se

DNK 2014 | Fic. | 14 min
Director: Eskild Krogh

NOUMENON

Et barns forventninger om hva en mor skal være.

A child's expectations as to what a mother should be.

Script: Mads Zaar Riisberg | Camera, editing: Andreas Askhøj, Eskild Krogh | Sound, music: Eskild Krogh | Cast: Julius Vestergaard, Sabrina Koch

Production: Nivetha Balasubramaniam
Contact: Eskild Krogh, t: +45 23486495, e: eskildkrogh@hotmail.com

FIN 2014 | Exp. | 10 min
Director: Ewa Gorzna

REARRANGED

En sakteflytende reise gjennom rommet gjennomgår en uventet forandring.

A calmly flowing journey through the space is subject to an unexpected transformation.

Editing, sound: Ewa Gorzna

Production: Ewa Gorzna
Contact: Hanna Joensuu − AV-arkki t: +35 8504356092,
e: programme@av-arkki.fi

SWE 2014 | Fic. | 29 min
Director: Henry Moore Selder

A LIVING SOUL (EN LEVANDE SJÄL)

Et ego våkner opp i et labratorium. Snart skjønner vi at dette er Upsilon, en hjerne som blir holdt i live på kunstig vis.

An ego wakes up in a laboratory. We soon realise it is Upsilon, a brain that is kept alive artificially.

Script: Peter Modestij | Camera: Gustav Danielsson | Sound: Jess Wolfsberg | Music: Daniel Fagerström | Editing: Henry Moore Selder, Joakim Pietras | Cast: Tova Magnusson, Louise Peterhoff, Claes Ljungmark

Production: B-Reel Feature Films
Contact: Theo Tsappos − SFI, t: +46 86651133, e: theo.tsappos@sfi.se

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Del 2 Torsdag/Thursday 12:00

FIN 2015 | Fic. | 30 min
Director: Pia Andell

ALBUMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS (LEVYT JA VALOKUVAT)

Martta og moren hennes tømmer bestefarens leilighet. Hun vil ikke ta med seg mye, men de tingene hun velger får uforutsette innvirkninger på livet hennes.

Martta is, along with her mother, emptying an apartment where her grandfather lived. She does not want to take much with her, but the things she chooses have an unforeseen impact on her life.

Production: Pia Andell − Of Course My Films, t: +35 8405441213,
e: pia.andell@gmail.com
Contact: Otto Suuronen – FFF t: +35 896220300, e: otto.suuronen@ses.fi

SWE 2014 | Doc. | 7 min
Director: Knutte Wester

DAWN IN A CITY WITHOUT NAME

Den levende hunden prøver desperat å få kontakt med menneskene som går forbi, men ingen ser ut til å bry seg. Hunden blir mer og mer desperat, men menneskene bare fortsetter å skynde seg.

The living dog tries desperately to make contact with the people passing by, but no one seems to care. The dog gets increasingly desperate for help, but people just keep hurrying past.

Production, contact: Knutte Wester, t: +46 704853132,
e: knuttew@hotmail.com

FIN 2013 | Exp. | 6 min
Director: Sami Sänpäkkilä

PSYCHEDELIC ALPHABET FOR THE NEWBORN

Livet er skjønnhet, vold, komfort, fare og leppestift. Selv for de nyfødte.

Life is beauty, violence, comfort, danger and lipstick. Even for the newborn.

Production: Sami Sänpäkkilä
Contact: Hanna Joensuu − AV-arkki, t: +35 8504356092,
e: programme@av-arkki.fi

SWE 2014 | Fic. | 9 min
Director: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson

RAIN (REGN)

En kvinne våkner av regnet på puten. Når hun står opp følger regnet henne. Hun bærer regnet med seg gjennom dagen.

A woman wakes up from rain on her pillow. When she gets out of bed the rain follows her. She carries the rain with her through the day.

Script: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson | Cast: Sally Phillips, Anders Jansson, Jenny Hagberg, Zerny Thor

Production: Katja Brigge, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson − Kostr-Film AB
Contact: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson, t: +46 709108700,
e: johannes@kostrfilm.com

FIN 2014 | Fic. | 2 min Director: Juhana Lumme

MAKE-UP

Sminke fra begynnelse til slutt.

Make-up from the beginning to the end.

Production, contact: Juhana Lumme t: +35 8505671969,
e: juhanalumme@gmail.com

SWE 2014 | Ani. | 15 min
Director: Niki Lindroth von Bahr

BATH HOUSE (SIMHALL)

Seks personer møtes i bassenget. Den pedantiske bassengsjefen, et par som kommuniserer på en merkelig måte og en gjeng med lumske hensikter. Noe går galt.

Six characters meet in a bath house. The pedant bath house manager, a couple with a strange way of communicating and a gang with shady intentions. Something goes wrong.

Script: Jerker Virdborg | Animation: Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Schubert Animation | Sound: Hans Appelqvist | Voices: Inga-Lill Fridberg, Johannes Nyholm, Carl Johan De Geer, Andreas Nilsson, Linnea Wikblad, Hugo Carlén

Production: Karl Wettre − Malade
Contact: Theo Tsappos − SFI, t: +46 86651133, e: theo.tsappos@sfi.se

FIN 2014 | Ani. | 4 min Director: Katrina Tapio

ATTACK OF THE TERRIBLE VACUUM CLEANERS

Månebasen til NCSA (National Cats in Space Administration) blir angrepet av fiendtlige intergalaktiske støvsugere.

The moon base of the NCSA (National Cats in Space Administration) has come under attack by hostile intergalactic vacuum cleaners.

Production, contact: Katrina Tapio, t: +35 84573424048,
e: katrinatapio@gmail.com

DNK 2014 | Fic. | 30 min Director: Hlynur Pálmason

A PAINTER (EN MALER)

En maler, en suksessrik kunstner som lever alene og isolert. Han er besatt av arbeidet sitt, og vet ikke hvordan han skal takle det når sønnen hans og andre fremmede står i veien.

A painter, a successful artist living alone and isolated. Driven only by his work, he finds himself lost when he's forced to deal with his son and other outsiders that stand in the way of his work and get him out of balance.

Script: Hlynur Pálmason | Camera: Maria von Hausswolff | Sound: Lars Halvorsen | Music: Lars Halvorsen | Editing: Julius Krebs Damsbo | Cast: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Elliott Crosset Hove, Ida Cæcilie Rasmussen

Production, contact: Julie Waltersdorph Hansen - Masterplan Pictures,
e: info@masterplanpictures.com

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Del 3 Fredag/Friday 12:00

SWE 2014 | Fic. | 23 min
Director: Therese Ahlbeck

LOST IN STÅNGBY

Lars befinner seg fem minutter fra sivilisasjonen, slik han kjenner den. Hans verden er i ferd med å forandre seg.

Lars is 5 minutes from civilization as he knows it. But his world is about to change.

Script: Marcus Ahlbeck Olsson, Therese Ahlbeck | Camera: Erik Molberg Hansen | Sound: Martin Hennel, Josef Tuulse | Music: Josef Tuulse | Editing: Erik Andersson, Ulrika Rang | Cast: Loa Falkman, Bengt C.W. Carlsson

Production, contact: Marcus Ahlbeck Olsson – Tiny Lumberjack,
t: +46 709184074, e: marcus@tinylumberjack.com

DNK, GBR, GRC 2013 | Doc. | 12 min Director: Mahdi Fleifel

XENOS

I 2010 reiste Abu Eyad og andre unge palestinere fra flykningeleiren Ain el-Helweh sammen med smuglere gjennom Syria og Tyrkia inn i Hellas. Som så mange andre emigranter lette de etter en vei inn i Europa, men endte opp fanget i et land som var i ferd med å gjennomgå en økonomisk, politisk og sosial kollaps.

In 2010, Abu Eyad and other young Palestinian men from the Ain el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon travelled with smugglers through Syria and Turkey into Greece. Like so many other migrants, they came looking for a way into Europe but found themselves trapped in a country undergoing economic, political, and social collapse.

Sound: Gunnar Oskarsson | Editing: Michael Aaglund

Production, contact: Patrick Campbell - Nakba FilmWorks t: +44 7852840462, e: patrick@nakbafilmworks.com

ISL, GBR 2014 | Fic. | 16 min
Director: Thora Hilmarsdottir

SUB ROSA

Tilda er en åtte år gammel jente som bor sammen med bestemoren som driver en blomsterbutikk. Hun flakker fritt omkring og oppdager en verden full av uanstendige aktiviteter bak veggene i blomsterbutikken, mens hennes eget selvbilde former seg i en voldsom fart.

Tilda, an eight year old girl, lives with her grandmother who runs a flower shop. She roams around freely and discovers a world of indecent activities lurking behind the flower shop walls while her self-image forms at a tremendous speed.

Script: Snjolaug Ludviksdottir | Camera: August Jakobsson | Editing: Thora Hilmarsdottir, Valdís Óskarsdóttir

Production: Sophie Brooks
Contact: Thora Hilmarsdottir t: +35 48212402, e: thorahilmars@gmail.com

FIN, GBR 2013 | Fic. | 9 min
Directors: Cecilia Stenbom

THE CASE

Et innblikk i hvordan kriminalfiksjon utnytter og sprer redsel, samtidig som den er underholdning. Dialogen og voiceoveren i filmen er rekonstruksjoner av en rekke opptak av publikum som snakker om sin oppfatning av kriminalitet.

A look at how crime fiction prey and perpetuate anxieties whilst being a source of entertainment. The dialogue and voice over segments in the film are reenactments from a series of transcribed recordings with the general public about perception of crime.

Production: Cecilia Stenbom
Contact: Hanna Joensuu − AV-arkki, t: +35 8504356092,
e: programme@av-arkki.fi

DNK 2014 | Ani. | 3 min
Directors: Uri Kranot, Michelle Kranot

BLACK TAPE

I en sammenvevd tango danser overgriperen og offeret, de okkuperer lerretet og rommet mellom penselstrøkene.

In an entangled tango, the victim and victimizer dance, occupying the frame and the space between brushstrokes.

Animation: Michelle Kranot | Music: Uri Kranot | Editing: Uri Kranot

Production: Michelle Kranot
Contact: Uri Kranot, t: +45 87554913, e: bezanim@gmail.com

DNK, SWE 2013 | Doc. | 30 min
Director: Maria Bäck

MOTHER IS GOD (MAMMA ÄR GUD)

En fragmentert og personlig film om forskjellige opp - fatn inger av virkeligheten, basert på samtaler mellom meg (regissøren) og Gud (min psykotiske mor).

A fragmented and personal film on different visions of reality, built on Skype conversations between me (the director) and God (my psychotic mother).

Camera: Maria von Hausswolff | Sound: Anne Gry Friis Kristensen | Music: Jacob Kirkegaard | Editing: Julius Krebs Damsbo

Production: Julie Rix, Maria Bäck - The National Film School of Denmark
Contact: Maria Bäck, t: +45 23417117, e: maria.ingrid.back@gmail.com

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Del 4 Lørdag/Saturday 13:00

ISL, DNK 2014 | Fic. | 21 min
Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

ÁRTÚN

En gutt fra et lite tettsted har aldri kysset en jente. For ham virker det som at han heller aldri kommer til å gjøre det.

A small-town boy never kissed a girl and it seems to him he never will.

Script: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Camera: Sturla Brandth Grøvlen | Editing: Jacob Schulsinger, Christian Einshøj | Cast: Flóki Haraldsson, Viktór Leó Gíslason, Daniel Óskar Jóhannesson, Jónína Þórdís Karlsdóttir

Production: Fourhands Film, Fræ Films / Join Motion Pictures
Contact: Camille Béatrix − Join Motion Pictures, t: +354 6620356,
e: camille@joinmotionpictures.com

SWE 2015 | Fic. | 20 min
Directors: Timmy Sundin, Anders Köhler, Alexander Moberg

MAKE A WISH (UTI HUNDRADE ÅR)

Alexander går ned hotellkorridoren. Mens han nærmer seg rommet sitt ser han på klokken. Tjuefem over. Tjuefem minutter igjen. Så en time. En time med feiring av den beste bursdagen noensinne.

Alexander walks down the hotel corridors. As he approaches his room he glances at his wristwatch. Thirty-five past. Twenty-five minutes left. Then an hour. An hour for the celebration of the best birthday ever.

Script: Ludwig Thelin | Camera: Joel Sundqvist | Sound: Anton Forsberg | Music: Anton Forsberg | Editing: Anders Köhler, Timmy Sundin, Ludwig Thelin, Joel Sundqvist

Production, contact: Anders Köhler, Timmy Sundin, t: +46 703518604,
e: torpeden@hotmail.com

SWE 2014 | Doc. Ani. | 10 min
Director: Nils Bergendal

GERMAN SHEPHERD

Som jøde som vokste opp i Baltimore lærte han seg å frykte tyskere. Gjennom flere reiser til Berlin har han startet sitt eget forsoningsprosjekt.

As a Jew growing up in Baltimore, he learned to fear the German people. Through recurring travels to Berlin, he now initiated his own reconciliation project.

Animation: Nils Bergendal | Sound, music: Hans Appelqvist

Production, contact: Nils Bergendal, t: +46 707906870,
e: nils.bergendal@gmail.com

SWE 2013 | Doc. Exp. | 13 min
Director: Ida Lindgren

RINGS OF LIFE (ÅRSRINGAR)

Hanna var syv år gammel da hun så sin lillesøster bli syk og dø i løpet av noen få timer.

Hanna was seven years old when she watched her little sister fall ill and die in a few hours.

Camera: Ida Lindgren | Music: Eirik Røland | Editing: Lisa Ekberg

Production, contact: Ida Lindgren − VisionProduktion,
e: ida.lindgren@gmail.com

SWE 2014 | Fic. | 13 min
Director: Carl-Johan Westregård

CAMS

Natten vil snart bre seg over en fredelig strandby. Men hvor er alle menneskene? Og hva er disse vesenene som lusker akkurat utenfor synsvinkelen, hvor de finner seg godt til rette?

Night will soon fall over a peaceful beach town. But where have all the people gone? And what are these creatures lurking just out of sight, seemingly making themselves at home?

Production, contact: Carl-Johan Westregård, e: cj@handbagstudios.com

FIN 2014 | Fic. | 28 min
Director: Hamy Ramezan

KEYS OF HEAVEN (PARATIISIN AVAIMET)

Iran, 1984. De hjemløse brødrene Majid (15) og Adel (12) forsøker å overleve i et land preget av krig. De går på skolen og jobber i fritiden, men livet blir tøffere for hver dag. Iran, 1984.

Homeless brothers Majid (15) and Adel (12) try to survive their daily lives in a war-torn country. They attend school and work in their spare time, but life gets harder day by day.

Script: Ilmari Aho, Hamy Ramezan | Camera: Arsen Sarkisiants | Sound, music: Toni Teivaala | Editing: Hanna Kuirinlahti

Production: Cilla Werning − For Real Productions, t: +358 405000552,
e: cilla@forreal.fi
Contact: Otto Suuronen – FFF, t: +35 896220300, e: otto.suuronen@ses.fi

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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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