Graduation film: Groupies
The Norwegian Film School - University of Inland Norway
Pusher meets Pretty Woman in this raw, hardcore coming-of-age story about freedom, happiness, and finding love — for yourself and others. Set in Helsingborg, Helsingør, and Copenhagen, and on the ferries moving between them, Agnes and Amina navigate the sexselling-industry while searching for belonging in a chaotic and deeply delusional world.
Pitched by: Clara Vida
Graduation film: Groupies
The Norwegian Film School - University of Inland Norway
Memorial is a personal documentary animation film about my own story with pregnancy and miscarriage. In the film, I will describe my difficult short pregnancy journey, which was riddled with sickness and nausea. I will also interview four other women about their different experiences of pregnancy. With this film I want to normalise the topic of miscarriage and abortion.
Pitched by: Lova Nygren
Graduation film: TJ28
Aalto ELO
Amani Lillak (19) is a Finnish-Palestinian woman completing her voluntary military service in the Finnish Defence Forces. While Lillak’s father’s family lives in Palestine amid a violent crisis, she is in the Finnish army, training to kill. Lillak wants to escape the burden of her background by blending in.
Pitched by: Yasmin Najjar
Graduation film: Harmless
The Norwegian Film School - University of Inland Norway
Daniel is convicted of repeated violence. His whole life he has survived by threatening to harm people. Now he must convince the court he is harmless. Malin is a well-respected prison officer who knows how to handle challenging inmates. She bends the rules with good intentions. But where do you draw the line between harmless and irresponsible?
Pitched by: Kristin Heien, Jakob Skjerning Linneberg
Graduation film: In Between
The Norwegian Film School - University of Inland Norway
In In Between we meet 16-year-olds Billie, Angelo and Erik as they find themselves in between childhood and adulthood. The film explores how they come to understand themselves through the small moments in which life happens, before they are fully able to put it into words. In Between is a portrait of youth - a film about intimacy, friendship, and all that makes adolescence ...
Pitched by: Jakob Hardeberg
Graduation film: Things We Don't Say
Iceland University of Arts
Be Better is a six-episode dramedy about Alfreð, a middle-aged man who recently left his successful career at a law firm to coach a high school trivia team. His goal is to finally become the winner of the broadcast trivia competition Gettu betur, a title he narrowly missed three times in a row during his own high school years.
Pitched by: Hanna Hulda Hafþórsdóttir, Álfheiður Richter
Graduation film: Between Tides
The Norwegian Film School - University of Inland Norway
After graduating from high school, August, a young man with a disability, feels increasingly left behind in his hometown. That summer he meets Johanne, and for the first time experiences intimacy and love. But as the summer comes to an end, he is forced to confront his fear of being a burden, and unworthy of love.
Pitched by: Erik Lysåker
Graduation film: Memorabilia
Aalto ELO
Exchange is a coming-of-rage story about Aura, an 18 year old roller derby player, who goes to Spain as an exchange student. While Aura struggles to adapt abroad, Ana – a charismatic Spanish girl her age – begins to take over Aura's place in Finland. Gradually Aura's fear of being replaced grows into an obsession that erodes her identity and leads to irreversible change.
Pitched by: Roosa Vuokkola
Graduation film: The Smith
HDK-Valand, Göteborg
This is the sacred story of Maria, a 47-year-old subway ticket controller who discovers she is pregnant. Although she is a virgin. When ex-addict Viktor suggests that the thing in her belly is the Messiah, they set on a journey towards salvation together. Will they finally be of use? Maria is a body miracle film about finding purpose in everyday life.
Pitched by: Nadja Josephson
Graduation film: Sorry Season
The Norwegian Film School - University of Inland Norway
Ågot wants to live in harmony with nature, far away from other people. But when nature impregnates her against her will, she is forced to confront her own human nature.
Pitched by: Helga Springgard