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NUFF 2004 WINNERS: Best film group 15 - 17: Best film group 18 - 20: Best film group 21 - 25: Audiens award winner:
drama; Denmark; 2003; 12'00'' A young woman remembers things from her past while visiting her aunt. Idyllic summertime becomes a true nightmare.
drama; Denmark; 2003; 11'00'' A funny and bitter dramatization of life as love happens to a group of people in an old building. A sudden twist of faith sets off a chain reaction that changes everything.
dokumentar; Denmark; 2004; 15'00'' Three anonymous Parisian men tell their own touching story of how they found and lost love in Paris. The men have different age, ethnic and social background, but all have the story of `the Parisian woman´ in common.
drama; Denmark; 2003; 12'00'' A middle-aged father comes home to his wife and three children, and tries unsuccessfully to tell them about the highlight of his day. A movie about a family that apparently doesn’t know the meaning of the term `quality time´.
drama; Denmark; 2003; 12'00'' Twelve year old Thomas lives a routine-filled life with his mother, but one day he suddenly finds the interest for classical music and piano lessons. A movie about our first love.
drama; Norge; 2004; 8'00'' A mildly neurotic old woman has to go to the store for groceries. She didn’t know what she was going to carry...
drama; Finland/USA; 2003; 11'00'' Kathy seems to have the perfect life. Lovely kids and a loving husband who sends her flowers at the office. Julia starts working at the same department and wants to get acquainted, but for some reason Kathy is avoiding her. H drama; Sweden ; 2003; 13'00'' An Iranian mother and daughter are on their way to the airport, they are in a hurry to leave the country. Through careful hints we start to imagine their story. A poetic short film that trusts the viewer’s own ability to put the pieces together.
comedy; Iceland; 2004; 6'00'' What comes around goes around. John is just an ordinary guy with nothing bad on his mind. But when he stumbles across a lost wallet, the nice fellow cannot help himself. But what happens when John sees the owner return to find the empty wallet?
drama; Finland; 2003; 16'00'' To young guys and a girl come together in a desolate cabin. When the frost sets in nothing is like it used to be. Life goes on, but the wish is always there: What if summer would never end?
drama; Denmark; 2004; 6'00'' Haven’t we all felt the fear that grips us, on the very edge of the diving board, the terrifying water far below. Add the worst old-school swimming teacher, and your nightmare is complete.
animation; Sweden; 2003; 6'12'' Being a student means having a tough time. Days are characterised by stress and struggle for high grades. The three years in high school sometimes feel like one long marathon race that never ends.
documentary; Sweden; 2003; 6'00'' The people in Steglitsvãgen 9 live completely separate lives. Still, both young and old have many thoughts about their stranger neighbours. A documentary about a random block in Sweden, but with a universal problem: Are all the walls around us physical?
fiction-documentary; Norway; 2004; 5'00'' Kirsti and Tina love to make movies, but are told by the producer that fiction doesn’t sell. Now, the girls only have seven days to complete a documentary about Norwegian entertainment industry. A playful fake-documentary about making a documentary – at least kind of.
drama/comedy; Finland; 2002; 9'45'' Lisa Long is a big fan of beauty pageants, and one day decides to take part in a local pageant. But can she be accepted as she is?
comedy; Finland; 2002; 3'20'' A teenage girl is head over heels in love with a classmate. Happiness is to write his name many times the diary and circle in his face on the class photography. But as we know, love often is a fleeting emotion.
action/drama; Sweden; 2004; 12'00'' Restaurant owner Joshuas owes a lot of money and loan sharks are threatening his life. They give him 24 hours to pay his debt. Then, an old man shows up with a violin as company. A very special violin.
drama; Norway ; 2004; 2'00'' Atle is in love with somebody he thinks he never can get. But things aren’t always like they seem.
comedy; Norway; 2004; 2'00'' A lonely old man falls victim to a woman’s trivial attempt to converse at a bus stop.
comedy; Norway; 2004; 2'00'' A young lawyer has just cleaned his desk, and after initiative from the board is about to leave the company forever. He has a last plea to his colleagues.
documentary; Norway; 2003; 27'00'' A documentary and philosophic pondering about what it means to be young and Norwegian today, and what it takes to be “accepted” by the national society. The movie is made by youths in Tromsø with international and multicultural background.
drama; Denmark; 2004; 10'00'' Sara takes responsibility. That’s something she has learned from home and she wants her employer to know. But is she showing her real side?
experimental; Norway; 2004; 7'00'' Emilio Sanhueza has received a task in his media class. The task frames are not wide enough.
drama; Norway ; 2004; 1'00'' Love is filled with disloyalty and deceit.
drama; Finland; 2003; 15'00'' I Am not a Machine is a story about an android, Kivi, who believes to be a real man. The story takes place in a world which is nearly like ours. It is ruled by a central bureau, and Kivi works as an officer in the bureau. One day Kivi starts to realize the truth, and everybody seem to turn against him. ”Surprise Film Night” is a new happing at NUFF this year. Because of time and screening limitations, several films that the pre-festival jury liked didn’t make it to the competition program. However, the criteria for being shown at ”Surprise Film Night” are a little different. In the first screening we show the films that were closest to making the competition program. In the second we have picked out films almost solely based on originality. With other words, these are the films that really stand out in a crowd.
documentary; Norway; 2003; 15'00'' A documentary about graffiti and the removal of it. Graffiti makers see themselves as artists and spend both time and money to exhibit their work on the street gallery.
animation; Sweden; 2003; 2'00'' A film about violence, its roots and its consequences.
animation; Sweden; 2004; 6'00'' A film based on Amnesty´s report on violations of the United Nations´Human rights following the second attac on world trade center 2001.
animation; Iceland; 2004; 7'00'' The Animation trip is about multimedia student which is bored of working with computer and starts playng with mud which is beside the computer. And then audience have to beside which it is his dream or his imagination. the mud become alife and the figure is similar to himself. He goes into a litle trip and in this trip he translates into three kinds of animation.
drama/comedy; Norway; 2004; 15'30'' The undertaker Viktor Mørch can predict peoples death. What happens when he one days sees his own?
computer animation; Norway; 2004; 3'00'' The film visualizes the every-day employer's sick fantasies on the Internet.
experimental fiction; Finland; 2003; 9'17'' In Salmiac-Abduction we meet Topi, Marja and Antti – three friends that are spending their afternoon in commune kitchen - talking together about ordinary student stuff like school works, lack of money and tv-series. The funny afternoon is interrupted several times with animation sequences from outer space. Even eating salted liquorice can’t prevent the abduction from happening. Salmiac-Abduction is a film that is based on a true situation. We rebuilt the dialogue for the film with the actors, based on discussions we had before, in this same commune kitchen. Actors are acting themselves in that situation. Salmiac-Abduction is our research to the borders of fiction, documentary and dramaturgy.
comedy; Sweden; 2003; 4'00'' How to make your own hen.
drama; Iceland; 2004; 11'00'' The film is about two guys who are using drugs, the film´s prespective is from one of the guy, who is illusinating.
action; Norway; 2004; 1'00'' James Bond is a wuss.
comedy; Norway; 2003; 7'00'' An old couple in a final struggle of life and death ... and porridge.
musical; Norway; 2004; A beautiful symfony, in the bathroom.
stumfilm; Norway; 2004; 10'00'' A warm friendship is challenged by a cold test.
splatter; Norway; 2004; 1'00'' A small film about Jesus.
animation; Norway; 2003; 1'00'' A small film about boobs.
Seminar Film is a universal medium that can bring
together and include all youths, independent of their background. But
is this necessarily the case? Nordic Youth Film Festival wants to discuss
the matter in a special ”Foreign Voices” seminar. How easy is
it for youths with foreign background to get into already established
film groups? How are they received? Should these youths be extra taken
care of?
Drama; Norway; 2002; 5’00’’ Should Jasmin follow her own feelings or do as her brother wants? A story about how hard it can be to grow up in the multicultural city of Oslo.
comedy; Norway; 2004; 1’30’’ How could you check into a hotel if the director decided that you weren’t allowed to speak?
drama; Norway; 2002; 30’00’’ Two rival gangs fight to control drug sales on the East side of Oslo. The gang bosses express they want peace and cooperation, but it’s all an act.
documentary; Russia/Norway; 2004; 15'00'' In May 2004 Norwegian, Russian and Finnish youths met as a part of the project Youth Culture Train. Youths participated with both music and acting, and there was put up a show in both Kirkenes and Murmansk. This doucumentary is a co-production between the youth culture house Tvibit and youths from the tv-channel 36,6 with base in Murmansk.
action; Russia; 2004; 40’00’’ Place: Murmansk, Russia Year: 2204
documentary; Sweden; 2004; 31'00'' A experimental documentary about cultural activities as political resistance. Meet artists from World Social Forum in Mumbai, to the independent theatre group "Teatermaskinen" from Sweden, talking about their struggle for the another possible world.
documentary; Denmark; 2002; 56'00'' Girl Talk portrays life from the perspective of 4 young girls. They meet at a time of their life, with one foot on the treshold of adolesence, as they participate at an international summerschool with girls from all over the world. This summer became a turningpoint for the irish girl Aimee.
comedy; Czech Republic; 2004; 90’00’’
A film about friendship and love and all that goes with it - jealousy, infidelity, rows and a riverboat trip. Two old friends, Maya and Renata, agree to go on a trip to the small town where they were born and raised and where they went to school together. But the journey, intended as a trip down memory lane, turns out differently than they expected. Nothing is as it used to be. The school stands derelict, just like their friendships and relationships They return to Prague, but even the city no longer seems the same. They try to go back to their old lives and relationships, but things aren’t the same - you never step in the same river twice.
documentary; Sweden; 2004; 24’00’’ The Chilean woman Victoria gets her life turned upside down when she finds out that she has a tumor on her right eye and is going to be blind.
comedy; Sweden; 2004; 14’00’’ A little boy has to buy an egg for his old and angry grandfather. It becomes a bigger challenge than one would think. Den lille bedriften comedy; Norway; 2004; 14’00’’
(from ”Folk Flest bor i Kina”) Three sailor girls with engine trouble is helped by an old man in pyjamas.
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Girl
in a closet
A
sad story with a twist about ten people and a dog
Man
in Paris
Datty
Lane
Pianissimo
A
Hidden Threat
An
American Dream
orse
free of shackles
Money
When
the frost falls
Jump!
Marathon
Steglitsvägen
9
"The
Film"
Beauty
Queen 
In
Love
Violin
Play
Monologue
Scream
to nothing I
Scream
to nothing II
Am
I Norwegian?
This
is an emergency
And
then madness took me!
Double
Play
I
am not a machine
Vandalisme
Martin
Response
The Animation Trip
Paraopticus
Mortem
Fishfetish.kåm
Salmiac
Abduction
Two
make a hen
Undir
Nidri
Agent
123
Graut
Tannbørste
i D-dur
Naturen
kaller
Høyt
henger han og sur er han
Bigger
boobies
Little
Norway
It
didn’t say singing
The
Grønlandsmafia - No way out
Youth
Culture Train 2004
Rombezator
2
Grass
root culture
Girl
Talk
Bitter
Coffee
¡VIVA
MAMÁ!
The
Egg