Film fra Nord / Films from the North

Films From The North

SHORT AND DOCUMENTARY FILMS FROM THE BARENTS REGION AND OTHER POLAR AREAS

Film fra Nord presenterer de beste nye kort- og dokumentarfilmene fra det nordlige Norge, Sverige, Finland, Russland og Canada. Slik vi i de andre programmene viser perler fra hele verden, viser vi her det beste fra var egen utvidede nærregion. Tromsøpalmen gis til beste film i konkurranse.

Films from the North presents the best of new shorts and documentaries made in the Barents region and other polar areas. In our other sidebars we present highlights from all parts of the world; this sidebar showcases the best of the High North. The Tromsø Palm is awarded the best film in competition.

2015 PROGRAM:

Opening Night Shorts in Competition Documentaries in Competition Songs from the Tundra Overdrive Young directors / Student films Sami Stories NN+ / Music Videos

Opening Night

FILMS FORM THE NORTH

The opening ceremonies will be followed by the premiere of three short films:

↑ Director Marte Vold

↑ Director: Maria Loyter

↑ Director: Truls Krane Meby

TOTEM

DIR: Marte Vold / Filmmart / Norway 2015 / 20m

Through five mundane scenes from the life of a thirty-something hipster couple in the suburbs of Oslo, totem explores the vulnerabilities and relentless discomforts of togetherness.

ICE FLOE

DIR: Maria Loyter / London Film School & SZKH Films / Russia 2015 / 22m

Alya, a shy teenage girl lives in a Russian orphanage. She secretly admires her music teacher Svetlana, the only person who is nice to her at school.

VERDENSVEVDE KROPPER WORLD WIDE WOVEN BODIES

DIR: Truls Krane Meby / Nordnorsk Filmproduksjon / Norway 2015 / 16m

At the end of the 1990s the Internet comes to Northern Norway and coincides with the sexual awakening of young Mads (12).

FFN – Shorts 1

SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION

AURORA BOREALIS

DIR: Dino Murselovic / 4 1/2 Fiksjon AS / Norway 2014 / 14m CAST: Sara Vejzovic, Almin Bavric, Sadja Setic, Zlatko Buric, Aubry Klaus Nyiligira CONTACT: Malene Sandgrav: malene@fourandahalf.no

aurora borealis is a story about Emina, a nine-year-old refugee from Bosnia who ends up in Troms together with her mother and a little brother. Her main goal is to find her father who has gone missing in Bosnia. After a meeting with Abdi, a fourteen-year-old refugee from Somalia, she thinks she has become a drug addict; she sees things in the sky. aurora borealis is a charming and humorous story with a politically difficult backdrop.

TOUCH

DIR: Rasmus Even Hol Skjegstad / Nordland Kunst- og Filmfagskole / Norway 2014 / 14m CAST: Even Grimsgaard, Kjersti Aas Stenby CONTACT: Samir Zedan: samir.zedan@nfk.no

The sense of touch is a very intimate sense among humans. Sometimes almost too intimate, even to the point when it causes distress.

I GRENSELAND BORDERLAND

DIR: Aleksander Olai Korsnes / Rein Film AS / Norway 2015 / 15m CAST: Jeppe Beck Laursen, Stig-Henrik Hoff, Stig-Frode Henriksen CONTACT: Mathis Ståle Mathisen: mathis@reinfilm.no

1985: By the river that runs along the border between Norway and the Soviet Union, Bjørnar seeks recognition by catching a big salmon. What starts out as an adventure about Bjørnar and the fish, becomes a cold war story, too incredible to be true, yet completely credible within its own universe.

MINI

DIR: Milad Alami / Garagefilm International/Windelov Lassen / Sweden/ Denmark 2014 / 28m CONTACT: Theo Tsappos: theo.tsappos@sfi.se

Simon lives with his mother somewhere in Northern Sweden. She is a body builder and is training hard ahead of her next contest. Simon sacrifices everything to help her, but at the same time he realises that her body will not hold much longer. Simon finds himself in an untenable position and has to make a very difficult decision: leave his mother, even if he knows she can't cope by herself, or give up his own dreams and stay.

FFN – Shorts 2

SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION

UTEN DEG WITHOUT YOU

DIR: Marius Myrmel / Elverhøi Films / Norway 2014 / 12m CAST: Victor Johansen, Kim Robin Stubrud CONTACT: Marius Myrmel: mariusmyrmel@live.no

uten deg explores and portrays two young brothers in their home. Honest and brutal, the film depicts parental neglect, abuse and brotherly love.

REEL

DIR: Jens Choong / Lampray / Sweden 2013 / 13m CAST: Fanny Ketter, Toft Hervén CONTACT: Theo Tsappos: theo.tsappos@sfi.se

Robert and Victor are fifteen years old and best friends. Tomorrow, Victor will move out of town. The two friends hang around and do antics. Slowly, we understand that there is something more than friendship between them. Evocative, and with fine acting, this film explores emotional and sexual boundaries.

JUST LIKE KIDS COMME DES ENFANTS

DIR: Torfinn Iversen / Nordnorsk Filmproduksjon AS / Norway/France 2015 / 15m CAST: Gaspard Legendre, Marie-Stéphane Cattaneo, Simon Larvaron, Georges Vauraz CONTACT: Torfinn Iversen: torfinniversen@gmail.com

Nineteen-year-old Ludovic spends his vacation in southern France with his older brother and cousin, but his lack of confidence makes it difficult for him to feel comfortable around them. Things get even worse and Ludovic’s confusion increases dramatically with the arrival of the ten year older and zesty Juliette.

ALLE ER TIL STEDE EVERYONE IS PRESENT

DIR: Truls Krane Meby / Krane Meby Film / Norway 2015 / 10m CAST: Israel Jesús Peña Corral, Tuva Kathinka-Dorothea Owren Hennum CONTACT: Truls Krane Meby: tkmeby@gmail.com

We witness a young couple trying to cope with a longdistance relationship through the wonders of modern technology.

PARADISET EUTOPIA

DIR: Amanda Kernell / Salmonfox AB / Sweden 2014 / 19m CAST: Anosha Mohammed Mosa, Sorush Badruddin CONTACT: Johan Norström: johan@salmonfox.com

Adira and Farid are not allowed to play with other children. They live in a small village in Northern Sweden and have to stay inside and hide. The fear of being discovered has made Farid passive and quiet, while Adira has turned into a warrior – a ninja.

VERDENSVEVDE KROPPER WORLD WIDE WOVEN BODIES

DIR: Truls Krane Meby / Nordnorsk Filmproduksjon / Norway 2015 / 16m CAST: Heine Dybvik, Anders T. Andersen, Nina Bendiksen CONTACT: Truls Krane Meby: tkmeby@gmail.com

At the end of the 1990s the Internet comes to Northern Norway and coincides with the sexual awakening of young Mads (12). The introduction of pornographic images into his life complicates his relationship to his parents, and their house becomes a minefield filled with uncomfortable interactions. The film is a thematic sequel to Krane Meby’s last short god maskingeværlyd which screened at tiff 2013.

FFN – Shorts 3

SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION

RADIOAMATÖREN THE RADIO AMATEUR

DIR: Lars Persson / Blåfilm Blue Creative AB / Sweden 2015 / 19m CAST: Sten Ljunggren, Jimmy Lindström CONTACT: Johan Sundkvist: johan@blafilm.com

radioamatören is a short film about a blind man, Tage, who lives in a little village in the north of Sweden. He has a keen interest in amateur radio, and often spends his days in solitude. One summer night Tage gets an unexpected visitor, the burglar Jonas, whom Tage mistakes for his long lost son Tommy.

FALL GLIDE

DIR: Isak Gjertsen / Isak Gjertsen Animation / Norway 2015 / 4m CONTACT: Isak Gjertsen: mail@isakgjertsen.com

The near-death experience of a bear.

ICE FLOE

DIR: Maria Loyter / London Film School & SZKH Films / Russia 2014 / 22m CAST: Anna Potebnya, Natalia Latukhina CONTACT: Maria Loyter: maria.loyter@lfs-students.org.uk

Alya, a shy teenage girl lives in a Russian orphanage. She secretly admires her music teacher Svetlana, the only person who is nice to her at school. Alya and Svetlana establish a connection during the singing classes. The moment when Svetlana stands up for Alya in front the principle leads to a surprising event: Alya kisses Svetlana on the lips, causing a radical change in their relationship.

FALLET THE FALL

DIR: Andreas Thaulow / Spætt Film AS / Norway 2014 / 15m CAST: Lisa Carlehed, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Johanne Fossheim, Sture Wisth CONTACT: Håvard Gossé Bergseth: havard@spaett.no

On a mountainside in Northern Norway, Agnes’ and Ragnar’s rock climbing expedition takes a potentially deadly turn when Agnes discovers a disturbing secret.

49 SEKUNDER 49 SECONDS

DIR: Liss-Anett Steinskog / Nordland Kunst- og Filmfagskole / Norway 2014 / 10m CAST: Nora G. Svalheim, Jonas S.Rydningen, Tommy Tallaksen, Jane Willassen CONTACT: Samir Zedan: samir.zedan@nfk.no

For sixteen-year-old Mali, life consists mostly of two things: her best friend Eirik and trying to beat the old track record from 1979.

ALLT VI DELAR ALL WE SHARE

DIR: Jerry Carlsson / Tjockishjärta Film / Sweden 2014 / 25m CAST: Siri Hjorton Wagner, Alexander Karim, Eva Melander CONTACT: Theo Tsappos: theo.tsappos@sfi.se

Two arborists, Samir and Sara, are hired to cut down a healthy tree in a family’s backyard. That the family wants the tree removed, seems quite incomprehensible at first, yet the wife is determined, while the husband behaves rather strangely. It’s obvious there’s something they don’t want to talk about. While taking down the tree, Samir observes the backyard and the people he meets.

FFN – SHORT/DOCS

SHORT FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES IN COMPETITION

SIX DEGREES

DIR: Trond Kvig Andreassen / Lillehammer University College / Norway 2014 / 30m CONTACT: Trond Kvig Andreassen: trondkan@gmail.com

Six degrees of separation is the theory that everybody in the world is connected in six steps or less. Where can a journey through the six degrees take you if you let random encounters decide your path? This observing documentary puts the theory to the test, and brings us along on a journey through the United States like you have never experienced it before.

KAMINA

DIR: Arttu Nieminen/Roosa Nevala / Roosa Nevala / Finland 2014 / 5m CONTACT: Arttu Nieminen: hcnieminen@hotmail.com

The sensual poetic rhythm of kamina leads us to a cabin in the wilderness where love turns into a hypnotic shape. The light of the fireplace witnesses the miracle of life, as two become one.

TOTEM

DIR: Marte Vold / Filmmart / Norway 2015 / 20m CAST: Marte Magnusdotter Solem, Ole Giæver CONTACT: Marte Vold: marte.vold@gmail.com

Through five mundane scenes from the life of a thirty-something hipster couple in the suburbs of Oslo, totem explores the vulnerabilities and relentless discomforts of togetherness.

APOPHENIA

DIR: Håvard Fossum / Medieoperatørene TV AS / Norway 2014 / 25m CAST: Sander De Heer CONTACT: Håvard Fossum: haavard.fossum@gmail.com

In an increasingly provocative manner, social debater Geert Smit preaches the downfall of European culture. His dystopian documentary shows Serbian welfare cheats, Austrians lost in perversion and a London left to immigrants, not to speak of the internal threat from jihad. Our perception of reality is challenged in this darkly satirical reflection on how we make representations. Ap·o·phe·nia (noun): the human tendency to seek patterns in random information.

FFN – Doc 1

DOCUMENTARIES IN COMPETITION

HOMESICK (ALTHOUGH I NO LONGER KNOW WHERE HOME IS)

DIR: Alexandra Lind / Dropping Frames / Sweden/Finland 2014 / 58m CONTACT: Alexandra Lind: info@droppingframes.se

Eero Mäntyranta, once an Olympic champion and a Finnish national icon, is now an old, stubborn reindeer keeper, secluded in the dark Finnish forests. His grandson Viktor turns to him for answers. This is a film about being homesick, even when you might no longer know where your home is. It is about longing for something to be real, for something to finally give meaning and substance in a modern life that sometimes feels empty.

SANGEN REDDET MITT LIV SINGING SAVED MY LIFE

DIR: Morten Conradi / News on Request / Norway/Russia 2015 / 58m CONTACT: Solveig Sigmond Ræstad: solveig@newson.no

When film director Morten Conradi's father met Igor Trapitsin, a Russian prisoner of war, for the first time in Brønnøysund in Norway 1945, it was the beginning of a friendship that lasted until Morten’s father died in 1977. Morten always wanted to find Igor and find out how he survived the barbaric conditions in the camps during the Second World War. So in 2009 Morten went to Moscow to meet him. The answer Igor gave was unexpected, he simply said: ”Singing saved my life” .

FFN – Doc 2

DOCUMENTARIES IN COMPETITION

ISHAVSHANDA ICE HANDSCAPE

DIR: Are & Sturla Pilskog / Blåst Film AS / Norway 2014 / 11m CONTACT: Are Pilskog: post@blaastfilm.no

Harsh weather, water and ice shape our landscape. A long, lived life shapes our hands. Hunters who go to the Arctic Ocean have experienced heavy work and nature in a way that people waiting at home hardly could imagine. Could their handscape tell us something about the work and the nature they were formed by?

ZIMA

DIR: Cristina Picchi / MiruMir Studio / Russia 2013 / 12m CONTACT: Cristina Picchi: cristina@cristinapicchi.com

A portrait of a season – a journey through Northern Russia and Siberia, through the feelings and thoughts of people who have to cope with one of the world’s harshest climates; a reality where the boundary between life and death is so thin it’s sometimes almost nonexistent. Where civilization constantly both fights and embraces nature and its timeless rules and rites. A reflection on fate, adaptation and the immutable cycles of existence.

I AM KUBA

DIR: Åse Svenheim Drivenes / Sant & Usant / Norway 2014 / 55m CONTACT: Anita Rehoff Larsen: anita@santogusant.no

When the family business goes bankrupt, Kuba’s (12) and Mikołaj’s (8) parents are forced to leave Poland to find work abroad. i am kuba is a coming-of-age film about Kuba who is left to take care of his little brother while his parents are away. Kuba eventually becomes a teenager and rejects the big responsibility placed on his young shoulders. His family is forced to make a life-changing decision.

FFN – SONGS FROM THE TUNDRA

AURORA KEEPS AN EYE ON YOU GUOVSSAHAS OAIDNÁ DU

DIR: Sara Margrethe Oskal / Freedom From Fear AS / Norway 2014 / 11m CAST: Ole Herman Hætta, Inger Märja Eira, Sara Margrethe Oskal CONTACT: Mona J. Hoel: freedomfromfearno@gmail.com

This brutal and beautiful children’s fable succeeds to take us into the world of the tangled up and hurt mind of a big sister, and to show what consequences parental ignorance in a hectic everyday life can have for little brothers.

ÁHPI: WIDE AS OCEANS

DIR: Oskar Östergren / Bautafilm AB / Sweden 2013 / 4m CAST: Sofia Jannok CONTACT: Oskar Östergren: oskar@bautafilm.se

Music video from Sámi artist Sofia Jannok inspired by the fact that the pressure on today’s youth in Sápmi forces many to take their own life.

SÁPMI SESSIONS

DIR: Lisa Marie Kristensen / Sveriges Television / Sweden 2014 / 28m CONTACT: Lisa Marie Kristensen: lisa.kristensen@svt.se

sápmi sessions is a documentary series about how Sápmi’s most celebrated artist and Sweden’s greatest artist came together. Crossing the borders of musical genres, culture and language, this is a once-in-a-lifetime session where they create one new song together. Coming straight from sold-out world tours and packed schedules, they travel hundreds of miles and meet for the first time in Sápmi. Three days of tears, laughter and magic, and hopefully a new song. Three days, two artists, one new song.

THE LOST ONE

DIR: Liselotte Wajstedt / Liselotte Wajstedt / Sweden 2014 / 7m CONTACT: Liselotte Wajstedt: lise@liselottewajstedt.com

The film is a tender narrative about Liselotte Wajstedt’s grandmother. She examines her grandmother’s personal history and discovers connections to her own life. The work also reflects on several profoundly universal questions and ideas about life. The film weaves together family photographs and recent pictures. Liselotte Wajstedt sews a white kolt for her grandmother using the sewing machine she inherited from her. Along the hem she has printed a row of images from the grandmother’s life.

FFN – OVERDRIVE

FILMS FROM THE NORTH GOES EXTREME

EDGES

DIR: Thomas Simonsen Balmbra / Traum Toys / Norway 2014 / 4m CONTACT: Thomas Simonsen Balmbra: axxn@hotmail.com

Under the beak of a dead bird buried in the ditch is a pale white mouth. With its dying breath it spits out a chunk of glass, amazingly clear and magnificent. As light shines through it, horizons open into chaotic and turbulent perspectives. edges is an adaptation of the filmmakers performance The Glass Chunk set to the music of Viktor Pedersen, alias JpgHAD.

ANTHONY

DIR: Jonathan van Tulleken / Golden Arrow Pictures Limited / Finland/UK 2013 / 16m CAST: Tim Key, Tom Basden CONTACT: Camille Gatin: camille.gatin@gmail.com

Christmas Eve: An enormous explosion tears through Lapland. Santa and his elf, Anthony, have crash-landed in the middle of nowhere on their busiest night.

LED OSS IKKE INN I FRISTELSE LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION

DIR: Leander Håvik / Nordland Kunst- og Filmfagskole / Norway 2014 / 14m CAST: Rasmus Even Hol Skjegstad, Ingrid Juliane Buskmand, Bengt Nilsen CONTACT: Samir Zedan: samir.zedan@nfk.no

Jacob and his little sister Lotte wander through a barren Arctic landscape, searching for food and water. In lack of the most basic, a man can quickly lose his morals.

ÁIGIN

DIR: Jouni West / Mutant Koala Pictures / Finland/Norway 2014 / 10m CAST: Mikkel Gaup, Sara Marit A. Gaup, Sverre Porsanger, Nils Utsi, Ánne Mággá Wigelius CONTACT: Jukka Vidgren: jukka@mutantkoala.com

Thousand years ago, Sápmi was a target of repeated plunders. Being peace-loving people, the Sámi fled when they realized that they were on the losing side. But then came the day when one of the Sámi started to fight back.

AFTER EVERYTHING KAIKEN JÄLKEEN

DIR: Pekka Sassi / Kristallisilmä Oy / Finland 2014 / 29m CAST: Juho Rantonen, Juuso Timonen, Jorma Uotinen CONTACT: Maria Leskinen: maria.leskinen@ses.fi

An encounter with the unknown in extreme circumstances. kaiken jälkeen shows a world where brutality and inhumanity are commonplace and part of everyday routine. The atmosphere of doom is emphasized by the combination of black and white footage, harsh settings and industrial noise music. The powerful story leads to a situation where brutality is victorious, yet beyond total destruction there is also room for a new beginning.

ALL IN

DIR: Line Klungseth Johansen/Øystein Moe / Helmet / Norway 2015 / 5m CAST: Mats Meistad, Simon Stokke, Kristoffer Toivonen, Andreas Borchgrenvik CONTACT: Line Klungseth Johansen: lineinel@gmail.com

all in is a homage to the 80s’ action films and computer games.

FFN – YOUNG DIRECTORS/STUDENT FILMS

YOU DON’T KNOW JACK

DIR: Kyle Nixon / Ynklude Art Society / Canada 2014 / 9m CONTACT: Jessica Hall: jessica.hall@klondiker.com

What would you do if you couldn’t have a conversation with someone you loved, or even understand what he was thinking? Eighteen-year-old Kyle Nixon, whose younger brother Jack has autism, has been trying to figure that out for most of his life. It turns out that the answers to his puzzle also offer insight into the value and dignity of every one of us.

EFTER JAKTEN AFTER THE HUNT

DIR: Lars Persson / Kalkontelevision / Sweden 2014 / 8m CAST: Rolf Degerlund, Elin Hugosson CONTACT: Lars Persson: kalkontelevision@gmail.com

efter jakten takes place in Northern Sweden. The hunter Leif gets upset on his way home with Maria who joined the elk hunt. A rather sullen hunting is followed by a confrontation.

KYSS MEG PÅ ÅPEN MUNN KISS ME ON MY OPEN MOUTH

DIR: Pia Louise Edvardsen / Nordland Kunst- og Filmfagskole / Norway 2014 / 10m CAST: Rose Rydning, Erlend Peder Kvam, Ingrid Marie Vikhammer Sandvik, Even Grimsgaard CONTACT: Samir Zedan: samir.zedan@nfk.no

kyss meg på åpen munn is a film in three parts. Three couples are about to have or are having sex, but the communication between them fails.

G

DIR: Margareta F. A. Orkan / Margareta F. A. Orkan / Norway 2014 / 14m CAST: Ragnhild Mette Kajander, J.I. Falck, Magnus Bjørnstad, Espen Olaisen CONTACT: Margareta F. A. Orkan: margaretaorkan@outlook.com

The world is a barren wasteland. Nothing can move under the open sky... Except a robot named G.

JONATHAN

DIR: Martin Åhlin / Martin Åhlin / Sweden 2014 / 14m CAST: Alva Pettersson, Harry Friedländer CONTACT: Martin Åhlin: martin.ahlin91@gmail.com

A woman who is in love with an eleven-year-old boy visits a man who offers sexual services.

DET GODE SELSKAP IN GOOD COMPANY

DIR: Brwa Vahabpour / Nordland Kunst- og Filmfagskole / Norway 2014 / 11m CAST: Christian Hermès Gohier, Elias Selhi, Viktor Shehi CONTACT: Brwa Vahabpour: brwa06@hotmail.com

When Christian (15) learns that his younger brother has been bullied, he and a couple of friends go to get revenge.

JENTER SOM IKKE VASKER HENDENE GIRLS WHO DON’T WASH THEIR HANDS

DIR: Sunniva Eir Tangvik Kveum / Nordland Kunst- og Filmfagskole / Norway 2014 / 19m CAST: Minni Katina Mertens, Hjalmar Wide CONTACT: Sunniva Eir Tangvik Kveum: sunniva.e@telia.com

”She wants to know if I love her, that’s all anyone wants from anyone else, not love itself but the knowledge that love is there, like new batteries in the flashlight in the emergency kit in the hall closet.” – Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

SAMI STORIES

A JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF SÁPMI.

the 7 sami stories is a project initiated by The International Sámi Film Center, Kautokeino. It gives voice to contemporary Sami screen storytellers, embodying visions of a new generation Sami filmmakers, made as a collaborate project.

Seven directors and three producers each shot a film, in a span of six weeks, using the same film team, in the village Kautokeino on the vast tundra of Sápmi.

the 7 sami stories cross many borders, telling the stories that have been kept silent.

You will meet dark dancing forces haunting a young reindeer herder, young girls departing on dangerous hitchhike and a man who escapes emotionally from his sick wife. You will hear the healing voice of ancestors and you will be aggravated by a true story of priests burning Sami hats. You will be astonished by impossible love, divided by the forces of nature and finally entertained by a rebellious political comedy about a Sami uprising.

FFN – SÁMI STORIES

EDITH & ALJOSJA

DIR: Ann Holmgren / Julev Film AS / Norway 2015 / 8m CAST: Jonathan Johansson, Inga Elisa Påve CONTACT: Odd Levi Paulsen: odd.levi@gmail.com

A woman and a man; a river keeps them separated. They have to break the laws of nature to come closer to each other. A simple story about love that defies cultural differences.

LONG LIVE SÁPMI ELLOS SÁPMI

DIR: Per Josef Idivuoma / Julev Film AS / Norway 2015 / 15m CAST: Mikkel Gaup, Louise Ryme CONTACT: Odd Levi Paulsen: odd.levi@gmail.com

ellos sápmi is the story of a charismatic womanizer who is deprived of his leadership and betrayed by his own people. Sex and bombs spice up this rebellious comedy about what really happened when the first Sámi Parliament was formed in Norway. ellos sápmi is a modern depiction of a historical event, and loosely based on a real-life story.

SAMI BOY SÁMI BOJA

DIR: Elle Sofe Henriksen / Kautokeino Film AS / Norway 2015 / 9m CAST: Ándte Gaup-Juuso, Juan Dante Murillo CONTACT: Elle Márjá Eira: sahkkonsound@gmail.com

Mikkel is a reindeer herder and holds the entire responsibility for his family’s herd. He has a tough demeanor, just like a Sámi boja should have. But inside him there is chaos.

BURNING SUN IÐITSILBA

DIR: Elle Márjá Eira / Davás film AS/Rein Film AS / Norway 2015 / 13m CAST: Sarakka Gaup, Hans-Erik Dyvik Husby, Åsmund Brede Eike, Kristoffer Gustavsen CONTACT: Ken Are Bongo: kenare@gmail.com

Májjen carries a very special hat. All the women in her reindeer herder community wear one. Its shape resembles that of a horn. The hat is of great value for her, but the men representing the church think that the hat resembles the horn of the devil itself. Thus the hats must be extinguished.

ÁILE AND HER GRANDMOTHER ÁILLE JA ÁHKKU

DIR: Silja Somby / Julev Film AS / Norway 2015 / 12m CAST: Elle Rávdná Näkkäläjärvi, Anne Maria Blind, Sara Margrethe Oskal CONTACT: Odd Levi Paulsen: odd.levi@gmail.com

Áile is a young girl with a special relationship to nature that only her grandmother understands. Áile is taught how to use plants as medicine. But one day she discovers a secret that turns her little world upside down.

THE AFFLICTED ANIMAL GIKSAŠUOVVON EALLI

DIR: Egil Pedersen / Rein Film AS / Norway 2015 / 15m CAST: Egil Pedersen, Ingá Márjá Sarre,Tina Elisabeth Susanne Mikalsen CONTACT: Mathis Ståle Mathisen: mathis@reinfilm.no

A young girl seeks help for her afflicted dog, but other family members need more help.

O.M.G (OH MÁIGON GIRL) HILBES BIIGÁ

DIR: Marja Bål Nango / Marja Bål Nango / Norway 2015 / 20m CAST: Elle Martine Eira, Anne Katja Gaup, Ánte Siri, Ivan Aleksander Buljo CONTACT: Marja Bål Nango: marjabalnango@outlook.com

Fifteen-year-old Máigon and her best friend Ánne-Sire are living in a small village in the Arctic tundra. It is summertime and the nights are nightless. The naive Máigon is challenged by the more experienced Ánne-Sire to make her sexual debut. Máigon feels the pressure, but she has her own plan, one that takes them on a fateful trip.

MUSIKKVIDEO FRA NORD: NN+

JOINING MUSIC AND FILM

Som i fjor byr Film fra Nord på rykende fersk musikkvideo fra nordnorske filmskapere. Alle fem filmer i dette programmet er verdenspremierer, der fremadstormende band og artister har fått lage videoer til sine låter, med produsenter og filmskapere som matcher dem.

Videoene er blitt til gjennom prosjektet nn+ –et bredt samarbeid mellom ryk, Innovasjon Norge, Nordnorsk Filmsenter, SpareBank 1 Nord-Norges kulturnæringsstiftelse og Tromsø Internasjonale Filmfestival.

DE FEM UTVALGTE ARTISTENE OG REGISSØRENE ER:

F.A.C.E. med Eilif Bremer Landsend/Redhead Productions Nagel med Anne-Martha Tamnes Hansgård/Mattima Films Cazadores med Carl Christian Lein Størmer/Critical Industries Æ med Thor Brenne/Permafrost Film Jadudah med Maida Hals/Julev Film AS

This sidebar presents five music videos, made in Northern Norway, all world premieres. Starring: Five bands or artists with great potential. Behind the camera: Five filmmakers and producers to match them. These films are born out of nn+, a joint project between ryk, Innovasjon Norge, Nordnorsk Filmsenter, SpareBank 1 Nord-Norges kulturnæringsstiftelse and Tromsø International Film Festival.

FFN – NN+

JADUDAH: RED

DIR: Maida Hals / Julev Film AS / Norway 2015 / 4m CONTACT: Odd Levi Paulsen: odd.levi@gmail.com

A wedding photo captures the love for a short moment, a strange moment that might last an eternity.

F.A.C.E.: ALIVE

DIR: Eilif Bremer Landsend / Redhead productions / Norway 2015 / 4 m CONTACT: Eilif Bremer Landsend: eilifbl@gmail.com

A music video for the band F.A.C.E., shot among the high red sand dunes in the vast and extreme Namib desert in Namibia, and in Kolmanskop, an abandoned diamond town.

NAGEL: THE WEE SMALL HOURS DE SMÅ TIMAN

DIR: Ane-Martha Tamnes Hansgård / Mattima Films DA / Norway 2015 / 3m CONTACT: Øyvind Nyborg Gregersen: oyvind.gregersen@gmail.com

In the song, the town has both gone into deep sleep and been set on fire. In the video, we follow a group of party people and semi-hipsters through the night. It all happens in the shady Sunset Strip in Botown (Bodø).

Æ: DRÖMMAR

DIR: Thor Erling Brenne / EdelZek / Norway 2015 / 5m CONTACT: Martin Edelsteen, Christian Koblizek: martin@edelzek.no

A pack of three girls set out into their own party in town. A lonely man meets them. The day turns into night and nothing will be the same again.

CAZADORES: DAYDREAMER

DIR: Carl Christian Lein Størmer / Lasse Lauritz Pettersen / Norway 2015 / 4m CONTACT: Lasse Lauritz Pettersen: lasselauritz@gmail.com

Music video by Cazadores for the new single daydreamer, featured on their second album Afterglow, out 2015.