The 2020 & 2021 double edtion in collaboration with Endavo took place on March 2022 and showcased the selected films of both the 2020 & 2021 Editions.
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AWARD WINNERS 2021
SCREENING SELECTION
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Hysteria
Dir. Anssi Määttä
Finland • 7'
A dark horror-comedy about people and behaviour in the middle of a national panic. Hannele is going out for a walk with her friend when suddenly a dense and dangerous fog rises. Hannele locks herself into her car, but her friend is stuck outside. Is there anything left to do?
MILK ME (MELK MEG)
Dir. Jørgen Jensås Sivertsen
Norway • 23'
In a remote Norwegian valley, the young farmer Per lives his lonely life. He shares the farm with “Vigdis,” his only cow. Their peaceful days will shortly end when Per discovers techno music. He falls in love with the techno, and Vigdis and the farm becomes a second priority.
Do.Solo.Pin
Dir. Javad Atefeh
Iran • 11'
A young single mother, Shahla, is the caregiver to an elderly who is suffering from chronic depression. The old man's daughter lives overseas and Shahla video calls with her everyday to give her an update about her father's health. Shahla makes a difficult decision and will have to face the consequences.
Sticker
Dir. Georgi M. Unkovski
North Macedonia • 19'
After an unsuccessful attempt to renew his car registration, Dejan falls in a bureaucratic trap that tests his determination to be a responsible father.
It's So Charming
Dir. Svend Colding
Denmark • 27'
Silvia, who is pregnant, is at her parents in-law wedding anniversary, and she has been looking forward to it because its the first time she is meeting her boyfriend’s, Christian, side of the family. Though she quickly realises, that Christian has a horrible relationship with his father, Thorsten. Silvia and Christian had planned to announce the pregnancy, but can’t seem to find an appropriate time for it, due to the dysfunctional father-son relationship. Therefore Silvia decides to reconcile the 2 men, though this Is proving easier said than done. “It is so Lovely” is a comedy-drama, which the main theme is being able to set boundaries, even though there may not be an appropriate time for doing this.
SHORT DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Priest. Punk. Anarchist.
Dir. Olli Laine
Finland • 27'
Documentary film Priest. Punk. Anarchist. opens up a new perspectives on religion and anarchism. The protagonist Nuusa is not only a young female pastor, she is also a punk and a devoted anarchist. She sings loud hard core punk. Nuusa wants to change the church. She wants that the church will return to its anarchist roots.
Silence (Hiljaisuus)
Dir. Saara Hakkarainen
Finland • 15'
How does it feel like when you come to understand that you are a pedophile? This theme touches upon many, yet it remains unspoken.
A House
Dir. Fanny Rosell
Sweden • 21'
Sweden’s largest and oldest co-living house lies on the outskirts of Stockholm. It has 300 residents, all of them women. As of lately, a new generation of younger women have started to move in. A seemingly minor change, but one that could distort – or revive – the house’s original purpose.
Shadows on the Rails
Dir. Elias Kahla
Finland • 21'
Shadows on the Rails is a documentary film about surviving traumatic fatal accidents taken place in railways. The film is following four locomotive drivers, Kake, Markku, Ismo ja Kari who are gathering in summer cottage to discuss their experiences and ways of surviving trauma of someone committing a suicide on the railways. One of the drivers is still holding repressed feelings on his own experience. Through talking a peer support he can release pain and continue his life. The film is showing how peer support and talking is important while surviving something grave and serious.
AWARD NOMINATIONS
2021
