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NOR: NORDIC COMPETITION

The selection committees have made this selection of 40 films (17 from Norway and 23 from Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden). These films are screened in the NOR section, spanning 6 programs of Nordic and Norwegian films in competition. The directors are presented at the beginning of each program, and later in the evening they talk about their film in Meet the filmmakers. The Award Ceremony is due Sunday.

AWARDS

Films awarded by the NOR Award Jury:
Best Nordic Film incl. The Minimalen Trophy, and EUR 1 000 given by NTNU – Faculty of Humanities
Best Nordic Fiction*, Documentary*, Animation or Art Film*
(* Note: There is no category award for the category of which the Best Nordic Film belongs to)
Best Norwegian Film incl. The Minimalen Trophy, and NOK 5 000 given by Minimalen. Qualified to the national Amanda Award (provided that the film comply with the Amanda committee rules).

Trondheim kino will select one film, approx. 5 min.:
Best Norwegian Prerunner to be screened before a feature film at Trondheim
kino for one month. Regional productions will be preferred.

The Raskin Spirit Festival Award The trophy is awarded to a compact, poetic short film that makes use of its visual and auditory possibilities in an imaginative way, and have its own optimal form. Selected from INT or NOR by the festival.

 

THE JURY FOR NORDIC COMPETITION:

LAURENCE REYMOND
(FRA) - producer, programmer. Has worked for the French film distributors Ad Vitam and Le Pacte. For seven years she was in charge of the short films at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. She has been a programmer and selection committee member for several festivals: Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montréal, ENTREVUES – Belfort international film festival, Champs Elysées film festival, Québec city film festival. In 2017, she became associate producer in the French company Providences.

LAIMA GRAŽDANOVIČA
(LVA) - curator, programmer. Divides her work between theory and practice. Since 2019 she is programme director at Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS and has been a curator of short films since 2013. She has graduated from theater and film theory studies in Latvian Academy of Culture, and now is studying MA in Visual Communication at Latvian Academy of Arts. Her work focus is researching personal and collective histories through interconnectivity.

VIDAR DAHL
(NOR) - scriptwriter and director. Since the mid-1990s, he has written and directed a number of short films, several of which are screened at festivals worldwide, as well as being purchased by NRK a.o. He has also worked freelance on a large number of productions with lighting, grip, scenography and as a production coordinator. In 2020-2021 he held a position in the committee for shorts and documentaries in The Audio and Visual Fund of Arts Council Norway.

 

Categories: Ani = Animation, Doc = Documentary, Exp = Experimental, Fic = Fiction, Mus = Music

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NOR 1 (Total: 97 min.)
NOVA 2 - ONS | WED 17:00
CINE - TOR | THUR 21:00

DNK 2021 | Fic. | 12 min.
Director: Hilke Rönnfeldt (DEU)

FENCE (HEGN)

Villsvin vil være med gårdsgriser. En elsker vil være med sin elskede. En film om det som kan komme imellom.

Wild boars want to be with farm pigs. A lover wants to be with her love. A film about what can come in-between.

Script: Hilke Rönnfeldt | Camera: Roxana Kore Reiss | Editing: Matilda Henningsson | Cast: Lisa Carlehed, Emilie Claudius Kruse

Production: Asta Stuhr
Contact: Hilke Roennfeldt, e: hilkeroenn@gmail.com

NOR 2021 | Ani.Doc. | 18 min.
Director: Even G. Benestad, Emrik H. Benestad

THE EARTH IS A CHILI (JORDEN ER EN CHILI)

En fantasifull og delvis animert historie fortalt fra perspektivet til en åtte år gammel gutt. Publikum tas med på eventyr sammen med gutten, hans lillebror og nabojenta, i en miks av drømmer, mareritt og fantasier. Filmen utforsker hvordan barn selv ønsker å formidle og visualisere sitt eget univers.

An imaginative and partly animated story told from an eight year old boy's perspective. The audience is taken on an adventure with the boy, his little brother and the girl next door, in a mix of dreams, nightmares and fantasies. The film explores how children themselves wish to convey and visualise their own universe.

Script: Even G. Benestad | Camera: Lars Erland Tubaas Øymo, Even G. Benestad | Editing: Fredik S. Hana | Cast: Emrik H. Benestad, Wilmer H. Benestad, Mia Helene Glomsvoll, Even G. Benestad

Production: Indie Film AS - Karianne Berge, August Baugstø Hanssen
Contact: August Baugstø Hanssen, e: august@indiefilm.no

SWE 2021 | Fic. | 11 min.
Director: Inga Kempe, Elina Sahlin

YELLOW CROSS MY HEART (FLAGGAN)

Den livlige tolvåringen Siri og hennes strenge bestemor drar på oppdrag for å få tilbake en stjålen bil, men blir involvert i en bevegelse som ingen av dem forstår. Kan det svenske flagget bety bare patriotisme og tradisjon, eller er det mer et symbol for nasjonalisme og rasisme?

The spirited 12 year old Siri and her strict grandmother head on a mission to get their stolen car back, but get involved with a movement that neither of them understand. Can the Swedish flag simply mean patriotism and tradition, or is it more of a symbol for nationalism and racism?

Script: Inga Kempe, Elina Sahlin | Camera: Xoaher Musavvir | Editing: Magnus Häll | Cast: Vanja Walfridsson, Gunnar Lundahl, Gisela Nilsson

Production: Makeriet - Christian Kielberg
Contact: Marta Salvador Tato, e: info@distributionwithglasses.com

FIN 2021 | Exp. | 14 min.
Director: Mika Taanila

FAILED EMPTINESS. TIME

Plutselig er det en enorm mengde tid. Først er alt mulig. Alt kan skje. Gradvis blir det mulige umulig.

Suddenly there is an enormous amount of time. At first everything is possible. Anything might happen. Gradually the possible becomes impossible.

Script: Harry Salmenniemi

Production: Testifilmi Oy - Mika Taanila, Jussi Eerola
Contact: Programme AV-arkki, e: programme@av-arkki.fi

SWE 2020 | Doc. | 12 min.
Director: Daniel Aguirre

PINK RIDER

En intim og personlig refleksjon rundt arbeidsforholdene i det 21. århundre sett gjennom øynene til et sykkelbud, med svensk punkmusikk i bakgrunnen.

An intimate and personal reflection on the conditions of work in the 21st century seen through the eyes of a bike delivery person, with Swedish punk music running in the background.

Camera, Editing: Daniel Aguirre

Production: Roozbeh Behtaji
Contact: Daniel Aguirre, e: damm0014@msn.com

FRA 2021 | Exp.Fic. | 30 min.
Director: Aleksandra Niemczyk (NOR, POL)

THE SIREN'S SCREAM

En jente med en funksjonshemming, eller heller en superkraft som gjør henne farlig for seg selv og andre, blir forlatt av sin biologiske mor og snart adoptert av den onde dronningen av et samfunn som utnytter kvinner og forbryter seg mot deres reproduktive rettigheter.

A girl with a disability, or rather a super power that makes her dangerous to herself and others, is left by her biological mother and soon adopted by the vicious queen of a society that exploits females and violates their reproductive rights.

Script: Graeme Cole | Camera: Lukasz Zamaro | Editing: Kostas Makrinos | Cast: Andrea Resner

Production: Aleksandra Niemczyk
Contact: Aleksandra Niemczyk, e: niemczyk.aleks@gmail.com

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NOR 2 (Total: 98 min.)
NOVA 2 - ONS | WED 19:00
CINE - FRE | FRI 21:00

NOR 2020 | Fic. | 15 min.
Director: Gunhild Enger

PLAY SCHENGEN

Et spillselskap lager et videospill om EU for barn og unge. Vi følger to spilldesignere mens de forvandler den europeiske union til nasjonalfugler og pikselgrafikk, i et forsøk på å gjøre Schengen fengende for unge mennesker. Spørsmålet er om det er mulig?

A gaming company is making a videogame for kids about the EU. We follow two game designers as they transform the European Union into national birds and pixel graphics, in an effort to make Schengen catchy for young people. The question is whether it is possible?

Script: Gunhild Enger | Camera: Øystein Mamen | Editing: Geir Ørnholt | Cast: Falk Falk, Daniel Vatsvåg, Endre Jensen Haukland, Lisa Charlotte Baudoin Lie, Eva Bandor, Patrice Demoniere

Production: Ingvild Evjemo
Contact: Ingvild Evjemo, e: ingvild@fourandahalf.no

FIN 2021 | Exp. | 7 min.
Director: Matti Harju

EL CENTRO

Unge Anon oppdager den digitale, binære roten til alt under en skoletur til New York, og kommer fram til en overraskende konklusjon.

Young Anon discovers the digital, binary root of everything during a school trip to New York, and comes to a surprising conclusion.

Script: Matti Harju

Production: Matti Harju
Contact: Matti Harju, e: mattiharju@hotmail.com

NOR 2021 | Doc. | 26 min.
Director: Teresia Fant (FIN)

STORIES FROM THE SHOWER
(FORTELLINGER FRA DUSJEN)

Svettelukt, håndklepisking og hårspray: skoledusjen og garderoben er et uunngåelig kapittel i alle ungdommers liv. Det er et episenter for forlegenhet og lykke, ensomhet og samhold, i en tid med mange endringer. Et innblikk i ungdommers opplevelser og refleksjoner fra skolegarderoben.

Sweat, towel snapping and hair spray: school showers and locker rooms are an unavoidable chapter in the lives of teenagers. They are epicenters for awkwardness and happiness, loneliness and solidarity, in a time of many changes. A snapshot of teenagers’ experiences and reflections from the locker room.

Camera: Teresia Fant | Editing: Geir Fjermestad Rolandsen

Production: Sarah Winge-Sørensen
Contact: Sarah Winge-Sørensen, e: sarah@straydogs.no

SWE 2021 | Fic. | 16 min.
Director: Victor Nyåker

CIRCLE OF TRUST (EN CIRKEL PÅ TVÅ)

En kvinne og en mann i førtiårene møtes for første gang IRL i en kommunal gymsal med mål om å skape et rom for tillit mellom seg. Et “rom” der de trygt kan utforske sider av seg selv som de undertrykker i hverdagen.

A woman and a man in their forties meet up for the first time IRL in a municipal gymnasium with the intention of creating a space of trust between themselves. A ”room” where they safely can explore sides of themselves that they suppress in their everyday lives.

Script: Victor Nyåker, Hanna Holmqvist, Peter Lorentzon | Cast: Hanna Holmqvist, Peter Lorentzon

Production: Hanna Holmqvist, Victor Nyåker
Contact: Victor Nyåker, e: victor.nyaker@gmail.com

DNK 2021 | Ani. | 4 min.
Director: Erika Grace Strada (ITA)

WHEN THE MOON WAS GIBBOUS

Livet til en fargerik samling av beist blir brått forstyrret av ankomsten til en liten gruppe mennesker som er fast bestemt på å knekke en av dem.

The life of a colorful ensemble of beasts is abruptly interrupted by the arrival of a small group of humans that are determined to subdue one of them.

Script: Erika Grace Strada

Production: Michelle Nardone, Anja Perl
Contact: Luce Grosjean, e: festival@miyu.fr

NOR 2021 | Fic. | 13 min.
Director: Jon Vatne

HEADWIND (MOTVIND)

På en forblåst bergknaus kjemper Birgit (54) en kamp mot vindmøller og for ekteskapet med politimannen Trond, som har kommet for å fjerne henne. Med strikketøy, sjokoladekake og en vilje av stål utfordrer hun ektemannen til en uventet duell.

On a windswept cliff, Birgit (54) fights a battle against wind turbines and for her marriage with the policeman Trond, who has come to remove her. With knitting, chocolate cake and a will of steel, she challenges her husband to an unexpected duel.

Script: Anna Lian | Camera: Øystein Moe | Editing: Jon Vatne | Cast: Elisabeth Matheson, Trond-Ove Skrødal

Production: Bente Maalen, Vegard Dahle
Contact: Bente Maalen, e: bente@blaanefilm.no

FIN 2020 | Fic. | 17 min.
Director: Lauri-Matti Parppei

THE LAST DAY (VIIMEINEN PÄIVÄ)

En musikal om et par som bor i to forskjellige land og deres siste dag sammen. Laura besøker Niklas, hennes framtidige ekskjæreste, og de prøver å få dagen til å vare så lenge som de kan.

A musical about a couple living in two different countries and their last day together. Laura visits Niklas, her soon to be ex-boyfriend, and they try to make the day last as long as they can.

Script: Lauri- Matti Parppei | Cast: Roosa Söderholm, Mikael Syrjälä

Production: Aalto University - Julia Elomäki
Contact: Saara Toivanen, e: saara.toivanen@aalto.fi

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NOR 3 (Total: 99 min.)
NOVA 2 - TOR | THUR 17:00
CINE - LØR | SAT 15:00

SWE 2020 | Doc. | 15 min.
Director: Christer Wahlberg

YOU ARE ALWAYS 20

Regissøren får tak i en gammel, hjemmelaget spillefilm fra 2001, som han og bestevennen laget sammen da de var nitten. Når han ser på den minnes han sin ungdomstid og forstår hvorfor vennskapet deres gikk tapt.

The director gets hold of an old, homemade feature film from 2001, that he and his best friend made when they were nineteen. When he looks at it he remembers his youth and understands why their friendship is lost.

Script: Christer Wahlberg

Production: Christer Wahlberg
Contact: Christer Wahlberg, e: christer@intermundos.se

NOR 2021 | Fic. | 21 min.
Director: Tatiana Delaunay

HAVE A NICE DAY FOREVER

To morsomme og forvirrede unge menn blir venner siden de ikke har noe bedre å gjøre. Dagen deres veksler mellom småprat, eksistensiell krisestemning og tvilsomme manndomsprøver, mens de vandrer i skogen rundt Oslo på jakt etter et bra sted å slå leir - midt på vinteren.

Two witty and confused young men become friends as they don't have anything better to do. Their day oscillates between small talk, existential crisis and dubious male rites of passage, whilst wandering the woods surrounding Oslo, in search of a suitable place to camp - in the middle of winter.

Script: Tatiana Delaunay | Camera: Edward Smyth; Sound: Adam Paroussos | Cast: Frank Beiser, Þórir Freyr Höskuldsson

Production: Tatiana Delaunay, Abel Robsahm
Contact: Abel Robsahm, e: abelrobsahm@hotmail.com

NOR 2021 | Exp. | 4 min.
Director: Mattis Ohana Goksøyr

ARE YOU OK (GÅR DET BRA)

Sara opplever en annen kvinnes orgasme og får et nytt syn på livet.

Sara experiences another woman's orgasm and gets a new view on life.

Script: Mattis Ohana Goksøyr | Camera: Håvard Byrkjeland | Cast: Rebekka Jynge, Elvira Haaland, Simen Bostad, Bhkie Male

Production: Mattis Ohana Goksøyr
Contact: Mattis Ohana Goksøyr, e: mattis.goksoyr@gmail.com

DNK 2021 | Ani. | 14 min.
Director: Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot

THE HANGMAN AT HOME

Hva tenker bøddelen på når han kommer hjem fra jobb om kvelden? Inspirert av Carl Sandburgs ikoniske dikt fra 1922, inviteres tilskueren inn i fem sammenflettede fortellinger om folk fanget i et viktig øyeblikk.

What does the hangman think about when he goes home at night from work? Inspired by the iconic Carl Sandburg poem (1922), the spectator is invited into five interwoven stories featuring people caught in a pivotal moment.

Script, Camera, Editing: Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot | Animation: Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot, Juliette Viger, Mohammad Babakouhi Ashraf, Fabien Corre, Morten Andersen

Production: Lana Tankosa Nikolic, Marc Bertrand, Emmanuel Raynal, Katayoun Dibamehr
Contact: Uri Kranot, e: urikranot@yahoo.com

SWE 2021 | Fic. | 14 min.
Director: Jerry Carlsson

SUCCESSFUL THAWING OF MR. MORO
(LYCKAD UPPTINING AV HERR MORO)

Milo Moro finner ut at hans ekspartner Adrian, som har vært kryopreservert de siste 43 årene, kan tines og vekkes til live igjen. Når de ansatte fra ScandiCryonics kommer for å plukke opp kryokonteineren med Adrians kropp, så forstår Milo at han kanskje ikke er klar for at han kommer tilbake.

Milo Moro finds out that his ex-partner Adrian, who has been cryopreserved for the past 43 years, can be thawed and brought back to life. When the staff from ScandiCryonics arrives to pick up the cryocontainer with Adrian’s body, Milo realizes he might not be ready for Adrian to return.

Script: Jerry Carlsson | Camera: Josua Enblom | Editing: Jerry Carlsson, Amalie Westerlin Tjellesen | Cast: Richard Sseruwagi, Doreen Ndagire, Lisette Pagler, Margaretha Dalhamn

Production: Frida Mårtensson
Contact: Jing Haase, e: jing.haase@sfi.se

FIN 2021 | Doc.Exp. | 8 min.
Director: Azar Saiyar

LAILA'S APPLE (LAILAN OMENA)

Et videoverk om barndom, oppvekst, læring og regler, sammensatt av arkivmateriale og intervjuer.

Composed of archive footage and interviews, this is a video work about childhood, growing up, learning and rules.

Script: Azar Saiyar

Production: Azar Saiyar
Contact: Programme AV-arkki, e: programme@av-arkki.fi

DNK 2021 | Fic. | 23 min.
Director: Kristian Håskjold (NOR, DNK)

YOUNG

Etter å ha oppdaget at det spres et rykte om henne overtales Pernille til å konfrontere jenta som hun tror står bak det på en fest, men situasjonen eksalerer raskt og hun føler seg presset til handlinger som kanskje vil forfølge henne for alltid.

After discovering a rumor has been spread about her, Pernille agrees to confront the girl suspected to be behind it at a party, but the situation quickly escalates and Pernille feels pressured into actions that may haunt her for life.

Script: Malthe Jagd Miehe-Renard | Camera: Jesper Duelund | Editing: Kristian Håskjold | Cast: Frieda Joanna Krøgholt, Mathilde Arcel Fock, Stran Ezgi Benli

Production: Andreas Bak
Contact: Kristian Håskjold, e: khaaskjold@hotmail.com

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NOR 4 (Total: 96 min.)
NOVA 2 - TOR | THUR 19:00
CINE - LØR | SAT 17:00

NOR 2021 | Fic. | 19 min.
Director: Eivind Landsvik

SOFIA, LAST SUMMER (SOFIA, EN SOMMER)

Sofia sliter med å få kontakt med andre mennesker og opplever en sommer i ensomhet etter å ha mistet sin bestevenn. Gjennom møtet med en annen form for utenforskap skimtes sommerlyset på nytt.

Sofia struggles to connect with new people, and in the absence of her best friend she spends a summer alone. Through a meeting with another outsider, she can glimpse the summer light again.

Script, Editing: Eivind Landsvik | Camera: Andreas Bjørseth | Cast: Ines Høysæter Asserson, Fabian Jensen, Benjamin Shandy, Lars Jakob Lundh

Production: Audun Lyngholm Wittenberg
Contact: Eivind Landsvik, e: eivind.la@gmail.com

NED 2021 | Ani.Exp. | 9 min.
Director: Philip Ullman (SWE)

WHAT DYING FEELS LIKE

En mus gjengir barndomsminner i en steril stue. En fremmedgjørende fortid maler et portrett av et menneskeliv. En følelse av tap fyller atmosfæren i det hun er splittet mellom å være menneske og mus, mellom å være levende og å leve i en simulasjon.

A mouse recites childhood memories in a sterile living room. An alienating past paint the portrait of a human life. A sense of loss pervades the atmosphere as she's torn between being human and being mouse, between being alive and being in a simulation.

Script: Philip Ullman

Production: Daan Milius
Contact: Claudia Sánchez Jiménez, e: claudia@sajifilms.com

NOR 2021 | Doc.Exp. | 26 min.
Director: Paul Tunge

PLATTFORM

En meditativ film som utforsker modernistisk arkitektur i Norge, med et spenn fra sent femtitall til tidlig nittitall.

A meditative film that explores modernist architecture in Norway, spanning from the late fifties to the early nineties.

Script: Paul Tunge

Production: Ingvild Evjemo
Contact: paul tunge, e: paultunge@gmail.com

FIN 2021 | Exp. | 5 min.
Director: Risto-Pekka Blom

THE HUMAN TORCH (IHMISSOIHTU)

Skoleeksempel på menneskeheten.

Textbook examples of humanity.

Script: Risto-Pekka Blom | Camera: Kerttu Hakkarainen | Editing: Ville Hakonen

Production: Wacky Tie Films - Pasi Hakkio, Niina Virtanen
Contact: Otto Suuronen, e: otto.suuronen@ses.fi

ISL 2020 | Fic. | 17 min.
Director: Ninna Pálmadóttir

ALL DOGS DIE (ALLIR HUNDAR DEYJA)

En tåkefull helg kjemper en gammel gårdbruker og hunden hans med dødelighet.

On a foggy weekend, an aged farmer and his dog duel mortality.

Script: Ninna Pálmadóttir | Camera: Ninna Pálmadóttir, Jason Brownrigg | Editing: Ivor Šonje | Cast: Theódór Júlíusson, Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir

Production: Shao Min Chew Chia, Ninna Pálmadóttir, Oddur Elíasson, Matej Merlić
Contact: Ninna Pálmadóttir, e: ninnapalma@gmail.com

NOR 2021 | Fic. | 6 min.
Director: Anja Petkovic Karlsen, Vanja Maria Kern Vestenfor

THE FARCE (FARSEN)

Det er ledig rom i et kollektiv og en potensiell leieboer blir intervjuet, men reglene for intervjuet bryter sakte men sikkert helt sammen.

There is a vacancy in a collective and a potential tenant is interviewed, but the rules for the interview slowly but surely completely dissolve.

Script: Anja Petkovic Karlsen, Vanja Maria Kern Vestenfor | Camera: Martin Iversen | Editing: Torstein Østberg | Cast: Vanja Maria Kern Vestenfor, Sunniva Du Mond Nordal, Fredrik Stenberg, Michael Ray Vera Cruz Angeles, Kristoffer Egset

Production: Barbosa Film - Nina Barbosa Blad
Contact: Anja Petkovic Karlsen, e: anjapetkar@gmail.com

DNK 2021 | Fic. | 14 min.
Director: Casper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen

IN THE SOIL (DET ER I JORDEN)

Karolines liv snus på hodet når faren hennes, Kjeld, manisk begynner å grave et hull i hagen deres. De neste dagene blir et levende mareritt ettersom hullet blir til en grav - og jorden, som har vært i familien i generasjoner, drar faren lengre og lengre ned i dypet.

Karoline’s life is turned upside down when her father, Kjeld, manically starts digging a pit in their backyard. The following days turn into a living nightmare as the pit becomes a grave - and the land, which has been in the family for generations, pulls the father further and further down into the deep.

Script: Casper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen | Camera: Tobias Scavenius | Editing: Louis Bülov Bertelsen | Cast: Sandra Guldberg Kampp, Thomas Guldberg Madsen

Production: Sofie Odgaard
Contact: Lights On, e: lightsonteam@gmail.com

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NOR 5 (Total: 98 min.)
NOVA 2 - FRE | FRI 17:00
CINE - SØN | SUN 13:00

FIN 2021 | Fic. | 15 min.
Director: Teppo Airaksinen

THE BLANKET (LAKANA)

Tiårige Marja sendes for å hente melk til sin lillebror. På veien er det ting som er enda farligere enn den tynne isen.

Ten-year-old Marja is sent to fetch milk for her baby brother. On the way there are things even more dangerous than the thin ice.

Script: Leo Viirret | Camera: Aarne Tapola | Editing: Jussi Rautaniemi | Cast: Elina Patrakka, Iida-Maria Heinonen, Elina Keinonen

Production: TACK Films - John Lundsten, Melli Maikkula
Contact: Otto Suuronen, e: otto.suuronen@ses.fi

NOR 2021 | Ani.Exp. | 5 min.
Director: Terje Tolleshaug

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Planter og elektronikk.

Plants and electronics.

Script: Terje Tolleshaug

Production: Terje Tolleshaug
Contact: Terje Tolleshaug, e: ttolles@hotmail.com

SWE 2021 | Fic. | 15 min.
Director: Emma Pål Brunzell

PUNANI STEAM

Influenseren Isabell filmer en video der hun promoterer det kontroversielle produktet “Punani Steam”, men det tar en uventet vending.

The influencer Isabell records a video where she advertises the controversial product 'Punani Steam', but it takes an unexpected turn.

Script, Editing: Emma Pål Brunzell | Camera: Milja Rossi | Cast: Emelia Hansson

Production: Gilda Naumanen
Contact: Jing Haase, e: jing.haase@sfi.se

DNK 2021 | Ani. | 6 min.
Director: Elena Felici (ITA)

BUSLINE35A

En bybuss, tre passasjerer og et baksete-scenario de ikke klarer å ta tak i.

One city bus, three passengers and a back-seat scenario they fail to address.

Script, Editing: Elena Felici

Production: Michelle Nardone, Anja Perl
Contact: Luce Grosjean, e: festival@miyu.fr

NOR 2021 | Fic. | 18 min.
Director: Ellen Ugelstad

THE WONDERS BENEATH THE SEA

En datter har invitert sin mor til en undervannsrestaurant for å feire hennes 70-årsdag. Deres tilsynelatende hverdagslige samtale vekker spørsmål om individ og samfunn, privilegier og plikter, tilhørighet og avvisning.

A daughter has invited her mother to an underwater restaurant to celebrate her 70th birthday. Their seemingly mundane conversation raises questions about individual and society, privileges and responsibilities, belonging and rejection.

Script: Ellen Ugelstad, Einar Sverdrup | Camera: Cecilie Semec | Editing: Jon Endre Mørk | Cast: Anne Marit Jacobsen, Marte Germaine Christensen, Bao Andre Nguyen

Production: Twentyone Pictures AS - Tonje Alice Madsen, Ellen Ugelstad
Contact: Ellen Ugelstad, e: ellen@twentyonepictures.com

SWE 2021 | Fic. | 9 min.
Director: Christian Zetterberg

SHOWER BOYS

Etter en opphetet treningskamp med laget drar tolv år gamle Viggo og Noel hjem for å utfordre hverandres grenser og maskulinitet. En bråstopp i en uskyldig lek setter spørsmålstegn ved hva mannlig vennskap får lov til å være.

After a heated training match with the team, twelve-year-old Viggo and Noel go home to challenge each other's limits and masculinity. A sudden stop to an innocent game questions what a male friendship is allowed to be.

Script: Christian Zetterberg, Albin Abrahamsson | Camera, Editing: Albin Abrahamsson, Jakob Eliasson | Cast: David Ramirez Knezevic, Lucas Andreasson

Production: Liselotte Persson
Contact: Christian Zetterberg, e: Christian@graklippan.se

NOR 2021 | Fic. | 30 min.
Director: Marlene Lyngstad

BED BUGS (VEGGDYR)

Når Emilies kollektiv blir rammet av veggdyr er hun både smittsom og hjemløs. Frykten for å bli avvist står mot behovet for et sted å bo.

When Emilie's collective is affected by bed bugs, she is both contagious and homeless. The fear of being rejected counters the need for a place to live.

Script: Marlene Lyngstad | Camera: Øystein Mamen | Editing: Laura Skiöld Østerud, Espen Skjong Knutsen, Louis Seeberg | Cast: Andrea Berntzen, Gustav Lindh, Andrea Sitara Gran, Kristine Utne Stiberg

Production: Renée Mlodyszewski, Thomas Robsahm
Contact: Julie Johrde, e: julie@oslo-pictures.com

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NOVA 2 - FRE | FRI 19:00
CINE - SØN | SUN 15:00

NOR 2021 | Doc.Exp. | 27 min.
Director: Ane Hjort Guttu

MANIFESTO (MANIFEST)

En liten kunstskole er slått sammen med et stort universitet og er nå ett av mange institutter i et prestisjefylt nybygg. Ansatte og studenter må følge universitetets administrative regler, men i hemmelighet oppretter de en uavhengig skole.

A small art academy is fused into a huge university as one out of many institutes in a prestigious new building. They have to follow all the university's administrative procedures, but secretly the students and staff establish an independent art school.

Script: Ane Hjort Guttu | Camera: Patrik Säfström | Editing: Jon Endre Mørk | Cast: Maiken Håvarstein, Fatou Madeleine Åsbakk, Bjørnar Sira, Terje Nicolaisen, Yamile Calderon, Katrine Østergaard, Annabeth Kolstø, Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Ane Hjort Guttu

Production: Ane Hjort Guttu; Aldeles AS - Elisabeth Kleppe
Contact: Jack Film Agency, e: post@jackfilmbyra.no

DNK 2021 | Ani.Exp. | 7 min.
Director: Paul Bush (GBR)

ORGIASTIC HYPER-PLASTIC

En animert ekstravaganza av plastikk samlet fra strender, veikanter, loft og skraphandler. En elegi til et kjærlighetsforhold som har surnet og et kjærlig farvel til det flotte materialet som har gjort planeten til slave - plast.

An animated extravaganza of plastic collected from beaches, roadsides, attics and junk shops. This is an elegy to a love affair that has gone sour, a fond farewell to that most beautiful material that has enslaved our planet – plastic.

Script: Paul Bush | Camera: Paul Bush, Christophe Peladan | Animation: Paul Bush, Christophe Peladan, Philip Piaget, Shinobu Soejima

Production: Lana Tankosa Nikolic, Paul Bush
Contact: Mikhal Bak, e: mikhal.bak@gmail.com

DNK 2021 | Exp.Fic. | 10 min.
Director: Laura Zayan (NOR)

THE END OF ORIGINALITY

Kommer det noen gang en tid når det ikke finnes noen nye ideer å finne opp?

Will there ever come a time when no new ideas are left to invent?

Script: Laura Zayan | | Cast: Hannah Gintberg-Dees

Production: Caroline Worning, Laura Zayan
Contact: Laura Zayan, e: laurazayanfilm@gmail.com

FIN 2020 | Fic. | 23 min.
Director: Max Ovaska

CARRIER (LASTI)

Janika utnytter svangerskapet sitt til å smugle amfetamin fra Tallinn til Helsinki sammen med broren sin. Hun blir hektet på følelsen av å være viktig og bestemmer seg for å smugle en siste gang selv om veene har startet.

Janika takes advantage of her pregnancy by smuggling amphetamine from Tallinn to Helsinki with her brother. Hooked on the feeling of importance, she decides to smuggle one last time despite her contractions having started.

Script: Josefina Rautiainen | Camera: Arttu Liimatta | Editing: Jasmina Hämäläinen | Cast: Saar Kotkaniemi, Joonas Saartamo

Production: Aalto University - Pauliina Maus
Contact: Saara Toivanen, e: saara.toivanen@aalto.fi

NOR 2021 | Doc.Exp.Mus. | 7 min.
Director: Aleksander Johan Andreassen

ADULT WASTELAND (FRIE MINUTTER)

Et portrett av og en hyllest til friminuttet, filmet med timelapse på Valnesfjord skole i Fauske kommune. Bodø-bandet Cold Mailman bidrar med filmens tittellåt.

A portrait of and a homage to playtime, shot with time-lapse photography at Valnesfjord elementary school in Fauske municipality. The band Cold Mailman from Bodø contributes with the film's title song.

Script: Aleksander Johan Andreassen | Camera: Zoë Schmederer | Editing: Aleksander Johan Andreassen, Schmederer | Cast: Valnesfjord Skole

Production: Aleksander Johan Andreassen
Contact: Aleksander Johan Andreassen, e: aleksanderjohanandreassen@gmail.com

SWE 2021 | Fic. | 20 min.
Director: Maria Eriksson-Hecht

HIGH SKY LOW LAND (ALVARET)

Under sommerens høyhimmel, i lavlandet på en øde øy, prøver en ung jente å tvinge faren sin til å ikke gi opp siste rest av familien.

Under the summer high sky, on the low land of a barren island, a young girl tries to force her father not to give up on what’s left of their family.

Script: Pelle Rådström | Camera: Josua Enblom | Editing: Robert Krantz | Cast: Torkel Petersson, Inga Avemo Hådell, Lo Kauppi

Production: Zentropa Sweden - Ronny Fritsche, Engelbrekt Krantz
Contact: Jing Haase, e: jing.haase@sfi.se

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