The selection committees have made this selection of 45 films (24 from Norway and 21 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* and 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:
LÉO SOESANTO (FRA), film journalist and programmer. Head curator for shorts at Riga Intl. Film Festival, with a decade of work for Cannes Critics’ Week, Rotterdam and Bordeaux. A graduate of Paris Institute of Political Studies, his writing has appeared in Libération, Vogue and the French Cinematheque catalogue. He has served as a jury member in festivals such as Cannes, Toronto, Locarno, Uppsala, Vila Do Conde and Winterthur.
DOUWE DIJKSTRA (NED), filmmaker and visual artist. He studied Illustration Design at the ArtEZ University of the Arts. His work is a mixture of video, animation and VFX, and can be described as both humorous and socially engaged. His projects range from short films and documentaries to video installations and theatre performances.
ALICE SHONE (GBR), film programmer. Shorts pre-selector for Encounters Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and Tribeca Festival. Since 2018 Alice has watched thousands of shorts for Tribeca alone, and was promoted to Senior Associate Shorts Programmer in 2021 where she now also represents Tribeca at festivals worldwide. She also works as a freelancer in animation production.
Categories: Ani = Animation, Doc = Documentary, Exp = Experimental, Fic = Fiction, Mus = Music
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NOR 1 (Total: 97 min.) NOVA 4 - ONS | WED 17:00
CINE - LØR | SAT 15:00
NOR 2021 | Doc.Exp. | 7 min.
Director: Jan Otto Ertesvåg
BUSY (Bergtatt)
Strandsnegler kan framstå som å ha lite til felles med mennesker, men går man dem nærmere inn på livet er det lite som skiller.
Beach snails may appear to have little in common with humans, but if you take a closer look at their lives, there is little difference.
Script, Editing: Jan Otto Ertesvåg | Camera: Janne K. Hansen
Production: Hammerhai AS - Jan Otto Ertesvåg
Contact: Vanja Andrijevic, e: vanja@bonobostudio.hr
NOR 2022 | Doc.Exp. | 25 min.
Director: C. S. Nicholson
THE DISCOVERER OF THE DISCOVERERS
En familie i Vest-Afrika forteller historien om hvordan deres forfar oppdaget de europeiske oppdagelsesreisende - til et europeisk filmteam. Men tåler alle påstandene om hendelsen nærmere undersøkelse?
A family in West Africa tells the story of how their ancestor discovered the European explorers — to a European film crew. But do all the claims about the incident stand up to closer scrutiny?
Camera, Editing: Peder Bratterud
Production: C. S. Nicholson
Contact: Christopher Slind-Nicholson, e: nicholson.christopher@gmail.com
SWE 2022 | Fic. | 8 min.
Director: Lars Vega
A DAY AFTER WORK
En mann kommer hjem etter jobb. Både kona og papegøyen hater ham.
A man comes home after work. His wife and bird hate him.
Script: Lars Vega | Camera: Erik Vallsten | Cast: Lennart Jähkel, Ia Langhammar
Å slå opp med noen du har elsket kan være en av de vanskeligste tingene å gjøre.
Breaking up with someone you have loved can be one of the hardest things to do.
Script: Kerren Lumer-Klabbers, Oda Kruse | Camera: David Bauer | Editing: Januar Omdahl, Linn Heidi Slåttøy | Cast: Sara Moland, Fredik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen
Production: Kruse Films - Oda Kruse
Contact: Anaïs Colpin, e: festivals@manifest.pictures
NOR 2022 | Ani.Exp. | 11 min.
Director: Lars Joar Hegdal, Ole Kristian Øye
THE DEVILS TUNE (Fanitullen)
Den lokale spelemannen Ragnar er hodestups forelska i Synnøve, som dessverre skal gifte seg med bygdas storkar. Men når fiolinen hans utsettes for mørke krefter kommer ting snart ut av kontroll.
The local fiddler Ragnar is head-over-heels in love with Synnøve, who unfortunately is to marry the big man of the village. But when his violin is exposed to dark forces, things soon spiral out of control.
Script: Ole Kristian Øye, Lars Joar Hegdal | Camera, Editing: Mathias Jensen | Animation: Lars Hegdal, Ida Thronæs Rotli, Luis Manuel Villarreal | Cast: Erik Sand Angelsen, Hege Okstad, Jøran Wærdahl
NOR 2021 | Ani. | 11 min.
Director: Margrethe Danielsen
BEAR HUG
En ivrig liten bjørn venter på at bursdagsgjestene skal komme. Sakte skjønner han at ingen kommer. Men viljen til å feire bursdagen sin er fortsatt sterk, og fri som fuglen begynner jakten på selskap.
An eager little bear is waiting for his birthday guests to arrive. Slowly he realizes that no one is coming. But the determination to celebrate his birthday is still strong, and, free as a bird, his hunt for company begins.
Script: Margrethe Danielsen | Camera: Simon Filliot | Editing: Jean-Marie Le Rest
Production: JPL Films & Mikrofilm - Camille Raulo, Jean-Francois Bigot, Tonje Skar Reiersen, Lise Fearnley
Contact: Lise Fearnley, e: lise@mikrofilm.no
NOR 2022 | Fic. | 5 min.
Director: Rune Denstad Langlo
DRUNK (Foill)
En tenåringsjente sniker seg ut av soveromsvinduet for å drikke seg full. Hun må bruke alle sine krefter på å komme seg trygt hjem igjen.
A teenage girl sneaks out of the bedroom window to get drunk, and has to use all her strength to get home safely.
DNK 2022 | Doc.Exp. | 14 min.
Director: Jeppe Lange
ABYSS
En kjede med 10.000 bilder funnet med Googles reverserte bildesøk. Den visuelle utviklingen er basert på misforståelsene som skjer i den kunstige intelligensens tolking av bildematerialet.
A chain of 10,000 images found with Google’s reverse image search. The visual development is based on the misunderstandings that occur in the artificial intelligence's interpretation of the image material.
Script: Jeppe Lange, Google's Image Recognition AI
Production: Jeppe Lange
Contact: Square Eyes, e: info@squareeyesfilm.com
NOR 2022 | Fic. | 18 min.
Director: Camilla Figenschou
NOW, I ALSO, AM HERE
(Nå er jeg her, jeg også)
Jeg ser en kvinne si det er fantastisk når hun gir seg hen. Jeg ser havet, og barna på svaberget. I kaninskogen uler ulveungen, de løper etter henne. Jeg ser store grove hender i jorden.
I see a woman say it’s fantastic when she lets go of control. I see the sea, and the children on the rocks. In the rabbit forest the wolf child howls, they run after her. I see big rough hands in the soil.
Script: Camilla Figenschou | Camera: Andrea White Hveding | Editing: Camilla Figenschou, Astrid Skumsrud Johansen | Cast: Marja Skotheim Folde, Alexander Septulescu, Lowri Rees
FIN 2021 | Ani.Exp. | 3 min.
Director: Leena Lehti
TAIGA
Elegi til den boreale skogen. Med det varmere klimaet flytter leveområdenes grenser nordover, og bartrær slik vi kjenner dem endrer seg og forsvinner. Laget på 16 mm film uten kamera, med håndskrapet animasjon og bittesmå planter og mose fra den finske subarktiske regionen.
Elegy to the Boreal Forest. With the warmer climate, the boundaries of the habitats are moving north, and conifers as we know them are changing and disappearing. Made on 16mm film without a camera, with hand-scratched animation and tiny plants and moss from the Finnish subarctic region.
Script, Camera, Editing: Leena Lehti
Production: Leena Lehti
Contact: Programme AV-arkki, e: programme@av-arkki.fi
SWE 2021 | Doc.Exp. | 20 min.
Director: Knutte Wester
YOU CAN'T SHOW MY FACE
Lyden av gatene i Teheran forvandles til forbudte beats, folk synger og unge kvinner og menn bidrar med sine indre følelser. Hemmelige opptak fra det virkelige gatelivet i Teheran.
The sounds of the streets of Teheran are transformed into forbidden beats, people sing and young women and men rhyme their inner feelings. Clandestine recordings from the real street life of Tehran.
NOR 3 (Total: 98 min.) NOVA 4 - TOR | THUR 15:00
CINE - LØR | SAT 19:00
NOR 2022 | Ani. | 15 min
Director: Ida H. Eldøen
THIS IS KATHARINE (Hvem er Katharina)
Katharina vokste opp med å lete etter sin seksuelle identitet gjennom filmer og tv-serier, og endte opp med å miste seg selv.
Katharine grew up trying to find her sexual identity by watching films and TV-series, and ended up loosing herself.
Script: Ida H. Eldøen | Camera: Kim-Marius H. Olsen | Editing: Ida H. Eldøen, Kim-Marius H. Olsen | Animation: Ida H. Eldøen, Trine V. Håbjørg, Øyvind Tangseth | Cast (voice): Ida H. Eldøen
Production: Tagline – Ida H. Eldøen
Contact: Ida H. Eldøen, e: ida@tagline.no
FIN 2021 | Doc.Exp. | 17 min.
Director: Minna Långström
PHOTOSPHERE
Om forbindelsen mellom et filmlaboratorium i Hollywood-studio og et solobservatorium i epoken hvor film betød celluloid. Filmen portretterer solastronomen Sara Martin som brukte film som forskningsmateriale frem til slutten av 1990-tallet.
On the connection between a Hollywood studio film laboratory and a solar observatory during the era of celluloid filmmaking. It portrays Sara Martin, a solar astronomer using film as research material up until the end of the 1990s.
Script, Camera, Editing: Minna Långström | Cast: Sara Martin
Production: Minna Långström
Contact: Programme AV-arkki, e: programme@av-arkki.fi
NOR 2022 | Fic. | 15 min.
Director: Lisa Enes
PORTER (Portør)
Mai Linn jobber som portør på et av Oslos største sykehus. Hennes kollegaer tar henne for gitt, og legger nesten ikke merke til henne. Mai Linn føler at hun har grodd fast og står stille, litt som mose.
Mai Linn works as a porter at one of the biggest hospitals in Oslo, Norway. Due to extreme shyness, her colleagues hardly notice her and take her for granted. She feels that she is standing still, a bit like moss.
Script, Editing: Lisa Enes | Camera: Alvilde Horjen Naterstad | Cast: Marit Synnøve Berg, Hallgeir Omarhus, Deniz Gunduz, Francisco Briceno, Tove Finnes Lavelle, Pedro Perez
Production: Helland Produksjon - Lisa Enes
Contact: Lisa Enes, e: lisa.enes.helland@gmail.com
FIN 2022 | Exp. | 9 min.
Director: Jussi Eerola
GRASSHOPPER
Hva lyser opp de mørkeste nattetimene?
What lights up the darkest hours of night?
Script, Camera, Editing: Jussi Eerola | Music: Stiletti-Ana
Production: Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi - Jussi Eerola
Contact: Otto Suuronen, e: otto.suuronen@ses.fi
DEU 2022 | Fic. | 13 min.
Director: Mira-Belle Rose Bryld (DNK)
I ONLY APPEAR DEAD (Ich bin nur Scheintot)
Den mislykkede skuespilleren Franz er opprømt når han endelig har utsikt til en teaterjobb igjen. Men under auditionen får han beskjed om å ta over hovedrollen som HC Andersen allerede samme kveld. Og HC Andersens store frykt var å bli begravet levende.
Struggling actor Franz is delighted with the prospect of landing a job at the theatre again. But during the audition, he is told to take over the lead role of HC Andersen already that same evening. And HC Andersen's great fear was to be buried alive.
Script: Hanna Heimann | Camera: Aleksandra Dyja | Editing: Sebastian Magee | Cast: Michael von Au
DNK 2022 | Ani. | 5 min.
Director: Anne Sinéad Hodgers
LAMENT
En likvake finner sted i et landlig irsk hjem, en tid for tradisjon og å vise respekt. Når sorgen river et hull i livet ditt, hvordan føles det?
A wake takes place in a rural Irish home, a time for tradition and paying respects. When grief tears a hole in the fabric of your life, how does it feel?
Production: Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
Contact: Andrea Ottmar, e: andrea@oslo-pictures.com
NOR 2022 | Fic. | 20 min.
Director: Christoffer Lossius
OBSERVATION (Observasjon)
Overraskende mange ansatte stiller til foreldresamtale i barnehagen, og foreldrene forstår raskt at barnehagen ikke deler deres syn om at oppførselen til deres fire år gamle sønn er innenfor normalen.
A surprisingly large number of employees attend the parent-teacher conference at the kindergarten, and the parents soon discover that the kindergarten does not share their conception that their four year old son’s behavior is within the normal range.
Script, Editing: Christoffer Lossius | Camera: Espen Gulbrandsen | Cast: Håkon T. Nielsen, Frida Homlung, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Stine Fevik, Malin Landa, Herman Holm
NOR 4 (Total: 94 min.) NOVA 4 - TOR | THUR 19:00
CINE - SØN | SUN 15:00
DEU 2021 | Fic. | 17 min.
Director: Sverre Aune (NOR)
ABLAZE (Gegenlicht)
En blind kvinne bryter seg inn i sin nylig avdøde mors hjem for å konfrontere skyggene fra fortiden.
A blind woman breaks into the house of her newly deceased mother in order to confront the shadows of her past.
Script: Marie Thönnissen | Camera: Elisabeth Börnicke | Editing: Sverre Aune | Cast: Stefanie Wermeling, Niklas Draeger
Production: DFFB - Charlotte Kennel
Contact: Sverre Aune, e: kitsunko@gmail.com
NOR 2022 | Ani. | 8 min.
Director: Julie Engaas
WITHOUT US (Uten oss)
Hva ville skje hvis vi plutselig ble borte - hvis alle mennesker rett og slett forsvant fra jordens overflate? Hvordan ville naturen reagert hvis den ikke måtte håndtere vår konstante påvirkning? Hvordan ville verden sett ut uten oss?
What would happen if we suddenly disappeared - if all human beings simply vanished from the face of the earth? How would nature react if it didn’t have to deal with our constant impact? What would the world look like without us?
Production: Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi - Mika Taanila, Jussi Eerola
Contact: Programme AV-arkki, e: programme@av-arkki.fi
SWE 2022 | Doc. | 15 min.
Director: Lisa Meyer
THE LONGEST WAIT (Den längsta väntan)
Thelma og Sahlina har nylig fått tillatelse til å jakte på egenhånd uten tilsyn av voksne. Helgene de jakter sammen skaper de sitt eget frirom borte fra foreldrene, og det gir dem en smak av det kommende voksenlivet.
Thelma and Sahlina have just been granted permission to hunt on their own without adult supervision. The weekends they hunt together they create their own free space away from parents, giving them a taste of the upcoming adult life.
Script: Lisa Meyer | Camera: Malin Nicander | Editing: Simon Carlgren | Cast: Thelma Ekeblad, Sahlina Lundgren
Production: Sisyfos Film Production AB - Mario Adamson
Contact: Jing Haase, e: jing.haase@sfi.se
NOR 2022 | Fic. | 6 min.
Director: Gabriel Bagnaschi (ITA)
TA-TA
En italiener bosatt i Oslo må mekle mellom sin søster og sin norske kone, etter at en familiemiddag ender i et kulturkrasj. Plutselig må han sjonglere motstridende forventninger til maskulinitet og barneoppdragelse.
An Italian living in Oslo has to mediate between his sister and his Norwegian wife, after a family dinner ends in a cultural crash. Suddenly, he has to juggle conflicting expectations of masculinity and child rearing.
Script, Editing: Gabriel Bagnaschi | Camera: Torfinn Rønning Sanderud | Cast: Gianluca Iumento, Giulia Hellesdatter Roi, Maria Sand
Production: Linn Sunniva Høglund, Gabriel Bagnaschi
Contact: Gabriel Bagnaschi, e: gabriel_bagnaschi@live.it
En fortelling om søsken som bygger en trehytte sammen i løpet av et år. Vi opplever årstidenes skjønnhet og brutalitet mens vi følger dem gjennom utfordringer og gledesøyeblikk.
A story of siblings building a tree house together over the course of a year. We experience the beauty and brutality of the seasons, as we follow them through their struggles and moments of joy.
Production: Eva Jakobsen, Mikkel Jersin, Katrin Pors, Anton Máni Svansson
Contact: Snowglobe Film, e: koordinator@snowglobefilm.com
NOR 2022 | Fic. | 14 min.
Director: Fredrik S. Hana
FROM.BEYOND
En kaleidoskopisk visjon som skildrer menneskehetens første møte med fremmed liv, fortalt gjennom falske arkivopptak kombinert med praktisk FX, miniatyrer og gammeldagse kamera-knep.
A kaleidoscopic vision portraying mankind’s first meeting with alien life, told through faux archival footage combined with practical FX, miniatures and old school in-camera trickery.
Script: Fredrik S. Hana, Jamie Turville | Camera: Christer B. Runde | Cast: Francisco Lacerda, Nikias Chryssos, Roberts Kulenko, Thomas Aske Berg, Asbjørn Halsten
FIN 2021 | Doc.Exp. | 18 min.
Director: Flis Holland
SUBSEROTIC BULGE
I 2019 ble en jernmeteoritt malt til støv, blandet med ost og matet til 36 personer. Flis’ livmor var full av svulster like etter. Magen hens svulmet opp da en kjøttfull klump presset seg ut i forbløffende hastighet.
In 2019 an iron meteorite was filed to dust, stirred into cream, and fed to 36 people. Flis’s uterus was rife with tumours soon after. Their belly swelled as a fleshy block pushed its way out at astonishing speed.
Script: Flis Holland
Production: Flis Holland
Contact: Programme AV-arkki, e: programme@av-arkki.fi
NOR 2022 | Fic. | 13 min.
Director: Ingrid Liavaag, Linda Gathu
THE DIRECTOR (Regissøren)
En nyutdannet, lovende kvinnelig regissør møter motstand når hun vil sette opp en afrofuturistisk forestilling med sin teatergruppe på Nationaltheatret. Hun forstår raskt at den kunstneriske lederen er mer interessert i hva hun representerer enn hva hun har å si.
A newly graduated female director wants to put on an Afro-futuristic performance with her theater group at the National Theater. She quickly understands that the artistic director is more interested in what she represents then what she has to say.
Script: Ingrid Liavaag, Linda Gathu | Camera: Mattias Pollak | Editing: Brynjar Lien Aune | Cast: Selome Emnetu, Samatha Lawson, Ingri Enger Enger, Per Frisch, a.o.
Production: Ingrid Liavaag, Siri Bråtveit, Nina Barbosa
Contact: Ingrid Liavaag, e: ingrid@peggyhoy.com
NOR 2022 | Fic. | 17 min.
Director: Carl Georg Rødsten
WALAAC
Yousef flytter inn på et sparsomt møblert værelse og prøver å starte livet sitt i Norge på nytt. Når han mister kontakten med familien i Somalia, dukker det opp et merkelig bilde og Yousef mister grepet om virkeligheten. En psykologisk skrekkfilm som utforsker isolasjon og angst.
Yousef moves into a sparsely furnished room, trying to restart his life in Norway. When he loses contact with his family in Somalia, a strange picture appears, and Yousef loses his grip on reality. A psychological horror film exploring isolation and anxiety.
Script: Carl Georg Rødsten | Camera: Christer Smital | Editing: Linn Heidi Slåttøy | Cast: Hamza Kader, Dunia Alette Dosh Nelson, Anne Marte Naas
Production: Kai Andre Sunde
Contact: Carl Rødsten, e: carlg.rodsten@gmail.com
FIN 2022 | Ani.Exp. | 4 min.
Director: Pietu Pekka Arvola
SIMMERING (Sytevä)
Et eksperimentelt videoverk med intrikate teksturer.
NOR 2022 | Fic. | 8 min.
Director: Henrik Dyb Zwart
EVERYTHING AT ONCE (Alt på en gang)
Du har hørt det før; et øyeblikk kan forandre alt – som om det er mulig å peke på ett enkelt øyeblikk hvor alt endret seg. For Jakob er det et mylder av minner som tårner seg opp, som om alt skjedde på én gang.
You’ve heard it before; that a moment can change your life. As if it's possible to point to single moment when things changed. For Jakob, there's just a myriad of memories, piled up on top of each other. As if everything happened all at once.
Script, Editing: Henrik Dyb Zwart | Camera: Mario Poljac | Cast: Steinar Klouman Hallert, Elisabeth Aschehoug
Production: Øystein K. Dyb
Contact: Festival Formula, e: submissions@festivalformula.com
ISL 2021 | Fic. | 16 min.
Director: Haukur Björgvinsson
HEARTLESS
Det unge paret Anna og Gunnar er dypt forelsket, men de lever i et samfunn der folk får tildelt en ny ektefelle ved loddtrekning hvert syvende år. Når deres siste dag sammen nærmer seg, sliter de med marerittet om å bli revet i stykker og måtte møte livet med en annen partner.
Young couple Anna and Gunnar are deeply in love but they live in a society where people are assigned a new spouse by lottery every seven years. As their final day together approaches, they grapple with the nightmare of being torn apart and forced to face life with another partner.
FIN 2022 | Exp. | 12 min.
Director: Anssi Kasitonni
LE SABOTEUR
En forhenværende sabotør kommer tilbake igjen, og hvert triks vil bli avslørt! En kort actionfilm om den dugnadsdrevne indie-filmskapingen – med alle spesialeffektene.
An ex-saboteur gets back in the game, and every trick will be exposed! A short action film about the joint adventure of indie filmmaking - with all the special effects.
Script: Ansii Kasitonni | Camera: Ansii Kasitonni, Sami Sänpäkkilä | Cast: Tomi Sinisalo, Tytti Rantanen, Jutta Luhtinen
Production: Ansii Kasitonni
Contact: Andrew Norton, e: info@rainafilms.com
NOR 6 (Total: 79 min.) NOVA 4 - FRE | FRI 19:00
CINE - SØN | SUN 19:00
FIN 2022 | Doc.Exp. | 11 min.
Director: Ewa Górzna (POL), Katarzyna Miron (POL)
SURROUND
Om forholdet mellom menneske og natur og vår sameksistens med andre arter. Ulike soniske historier flettes sammen og gir gjenklang og avslører hendelsene utenfor skjermen rundt de ikke-menneskelige hovedpersonene.
On the relationship between human and nature and our coexistence with other species. Various sonic stories intertwine and resonate revealing the off-screen events happening around the non-human protagonists.
Script: Ewa Górzna, Katarzyna Miron | Camera: Katarzyna Miron | Editing: Ewa Górzna
Production: Ewa Górzna, Katarzyna Miron
Contact: Ewa Górzna, e: ewa.gorzna@gmail.com
NOR 2022 | Doc. | 15 min.
Director: Paul Tunge
COURTESY OF THE RUMOHR ESTATE
Et portrett av den norske, modernistiske, abstrakte maleren Knut Rumohr. Han var en mann av få ord, og filmen forsøker å knytte hans inntrykk av naturen til omgivelsene han vokste opp i.
A portrait of Norwegian modernist abstract painter Knut Rumohr. A man of few words, the film attempts to link his impression of nature to the surroundings he grew up in.
Script, Editing: Paul Tunge | Camera: Paul Tunge, Patrik Säfström
Production: Einar Loftesnes, Cathrine Wespestad
Contact: Paul Tunge, e: paultunge@gmail.com
GBR 2022 | Ani. | 4 min.
Director: Alicia Frøy Johnsen (NOR)
RUNNER
Følg en servitør gjennom et stressende gjennomsnittsskift mens hun venter på ikke så gjennomsnittlige nyheter som kan hjelpe henne vekk fra et liv med skitne bord, skalldyrfat og bråkete gjester.
Follow a runner through a stressfully average shift as she waits for not so average news that could lead her away from a life of dirty tables, shellfish platters and noisy patrons.
Production: UCA Farnham
Contact: Alicia Johnsen, e: aliciafroy@hotmail.com
NOR 2021 | Fic. | 20 min.
Director: Vegard Dahle, Line Klungseth Johansen
PENTHOUSE
Et par klarer ikke bli enige om hvorvidt de drukner eller ikke.
A couple can't agree on whether they're drowning or not.
Script: Vegard Dahle, Inger Sveberg Dietrichs | Camera: Øystein Moe | Editing: Martin Walther | Cast: Eirik Hallert, Vebjørn Enger
Production: Spætt Film - Håvard Wettland Gossé, Helmet Films & Visual Effects - Line Klungseth Johansen
Contact: Håvard Wettland Gossé, e: havard@spaett.no
NOR 2021 | Ani. | 5 min.
Director: Steph Hope (GBR)
NOT DRIFTING OFF
Når hun ligger våken, står Amy ansikt til ansikt med sine innerste tanker i form av utallige sauer og muskuløse dansere med stringtruse.
Lying awake, Amy comes face to face with her innermost thoughts in the form of uncountable sheep and thonged, muscly backing dancers.
Cast (voice): Steph Hope, Kristianne Opsal Marøy, Miles Franklin Hamaker
Production: Michelle Simunovic, Julia Grimm, Henrik Dyb Zwart, Glenn Huth Mæland
Contact: Henrik Zwart, e: ndo@fus.tv
SWE 2021 | Fic. | 10 min.
Director: Pella Kågerman
RECKLESS
Jorden er fullstendig oversvømmet av vann og Stockholm har blitt en by nede i berggrunnen. Her går livet imidlertid mer eller mindre videre som vanlig. Til tross for at samfunnet er knust av økt vanntrykk, gjenstår Nikkis største ønske om å være sammen med eksen.
The earth is completely flooded with water and Stockholm has become a city down in the bedrock. Here, however, life goes on more or less as usual. Despite living in a society on the verge of being crushed by mounting water pressure, Nikki’s highest wish is still to get together with her ex boyfriend again.
Script, Editing: Pella Kågerman | Camera: Josua Enblom | Cast: Elle Kari Bergenrud, Amed Bozan
Production: Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå
Contact: Jing Haase, e: jing.haase@sfi.se
SWE 2021 | Fic. | 14 min.
Director: Vedran Rupic
THE DIAMOND
Stefan er ensom, men med en blendende ambisjon om å få venner. En dag snubler han over en diamant i skogen. Ute av stand til å nå den, presenterer løsningen seg i form av en enda mindre karakter.
Stefan is lonely with a blinding ambition to make friends. One day he stumbles upon a diamond in the woods. Unable to reach it, the solution presents itself in the form of an even smaller character.
Script: Gustav Sundström, Vedran Rupic | Camera: Lionel Cabrera | Editing: Nils Moström | Cast: Erik Sjöström, Rodrigo Pozo Vizcarra
Production: Siamand Masoodian, Christian Kuosmanen
Contact: Festival Formula, e: submissions@festivalformula.com