Pitched by: Camilla Pavlikova Sandland & Oline Nordentoft
School: The Norwegian Film School, Norway
Strangers Everywhere
14-year old Katka is forced to navigate family conflicts and cultural identity ahead of her confirmation, and must choose between her Norwegian father and Slovakian mother as she seeks to define herself.
Fiction
Whatever City
Graduation Film, Fiction, 28 min.
Through a series of human encounters, we get to know the impulsive, socially conscious and confirmation-seeking Ida Vesaas Palme (27), who by testing different but specific passions, tries to find a meaning and a goal in life, but gives up immediately she meets the slightest resistance. In the confrontation about her lack of an obvious talent, Ida finally goes in to eradicate encounters with external resistance, and has to orient herself to reality on her own, and take a stand on the feelings this entails.
Director: Tobias Smith
Producer: Kine Storflor Grøtt
Scriptwriter: Camilla Pavlikova Sandland
Cinematographer: Mikkel Lyng-Jørgensen
Editor: Mariel Melø Hansen
Sounddesigner: Sebastian Raft
Pitched by: Arnar Gústafsson
School: HDK-Valand, Sweden
The Hidden People
A mystical absurd-realist comedy of three crew members confronting a Viking series director's naivety at a wrap party, leading to a drunken reenactment where their mythical identities are revealed, seducing him into a erotically visceral trance-like state.
Fiction
We Need to Talk
Graduation Film, Fiction, 22 min.
Arnar, an anti-car-use urban planner who secretly love cars, travels to buy his dream car: A '93 Mazda 323F which watches the negotiation dance between desire and emotional attachment. Arnar lives out his idealized fantasy with the Mazda, when it finally breaks down, and initiates an open dialogue about the state of their relationship.
Through autobiographical fiction, filmmaker Arnar Gústafsson explores the complex relationships of the West with the ideals of Modernity, romantic relationships, and cars.
Director: Arnar Gústafsson
Producer: Arnar Gústafsson
Scriptwriter: Arnar Gústafsson
Cinematographer: Alex Hatfield, Birnir Jón Sigurðsson, Arnar Gústafsson
Editor: Arnar Gústafsson
Sounddesigner: BlueFox studio (no sound-mix on work in progress)
Actors: Arnar Gústafsson, Guðjón Birgir Jóhannsson, Urður Bergsdóttir
Pitched by: Juno Sandbæk-Jensen
School: The Norwegian Film School, Norway
The Final Ride
The Final Ride is a poetic road trip documentary following a woman in her mid-thirties driving from Norway to Italy in an old, bright orange Fiat. One final adventure before accepting adulthood, confronting the life-changing question: whether to have children.
Documentary
Doe Dream
Graduation Film, Documentary, 20 min.
Doe Dream is an experimental poetic documentary that explores repressed anger through a kaleidoscopic feminine lens of visual poetry and evocative soundscapes. Reflecting on life’s cyclical nature, the film challenges the concept of human superiority over nature and guides the viewer on the path from trauma to healing.
Director: Juno Jensen
Producer: Juno Sandbæk-Jensen
Scriptwriter: Juno Sandbæk-Jensen
Cinematographer: Juno Sandbæk-Jensen
Editor: Juno Sandbæk-Jensen
Sounddesigner: Ylva Gulpinar
Sound Mix: Gunn Tove Grønsberg
Pitched by: Riikka Koskinen
School: ELO, Department of Film, Finland
Haye
Haye is a series about a teenage boys' football team. In the middle of the season, struggling FC East is joined by a mid-level player who turns out to be the team's last hope.
Fiction
Special Kinda Bad Feeling
Graduation Film, Fiction, 20 min.
Rebekka and Aatos, stuck in the past, meet for the first time since their painful breakup at their treasured poetry slam. It’s easier to sing about longing than to talk about it.
Director: Reeta Varpama
Producer: Riikka Koskinen & Johan-Sebastian Rintala
Scriptwriter: Emmi-Liia Sjöholm
Cinematographer: León Torres
Editor: Hilla Tykkyläinen
Sounddesigner: Patrik Koski
Composer: Antti Pouta
Set Designer: Freda Purik
Costume Designer: Santtu Laitila
Make-up designer: Anu Reijonen
Choreographer: Leo Terävä
Pitched by: Tobias Klemeyer Smith
School: The Norwegian Film School, Norway
Kind, or: Together is a Beautiful Place
An empathetic doctor grapples with guilt after a slip-up leaves his patient in a coma. Seeking redemption, he becomes involved in an art project by the patient's daughter. In gradually more surreal ways, he's made to mimic her father's life.
Fiction
Whatever City
Graduation Film, Fiction, 28 min.
Ida bumps into her old music teacher from elementary school. The unexpected meeting sets off a journey through the city, introducing us to a couple of peculiar characters. The day's curious events inspire Ida to envision a film.
Director: Tobias Klemeyer Smith
Producer: Kine Storflor Grøtt
Scriptwriter: Camilla Pavlikova Sandland
Cinematographer: Mikkel Lyng-Jørgensen
Editor: Mariel Melø Hansen
Sounddesigner: Sebastian Raft
Production designer: Rikke Seim