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The festival jury will on behalf of NUFF select the best films in the competition program. One winner is selected in each age category: 15 to 17 years, 18 to 20 and 21 to 25 years. In addition to honour and glory, all the prize winners will receive a statuette made by Blåst Glasshytta, and a partout-card for Tromsø International Film Festival. The audience can also vote forward their own favourite film. Also this year we have the Dvoted award for best original film score. The award is sponsored by the Nordic net project "Dvoted" which will be presented by the project leader Cecilie Stranger-Thorsen. The prize is 3000,- NOK. Best film age group 15 -17: Best film age group 18 - 20: Best film age group 21 - 25: Best original film music award:  Erling Falch
From Tromsø/Norway Erling Falch, produsent for Filmfalken
as.
 Ingeborg Solvang
From Tromsø/Norway Ingeborg Solvang har sin utdanning fra visuell antropologi ved universitetet
i Tromsø, hvor hun blei ferdig med hovedfag i våren 2001. Hennes
eksamensfilm "I går jente - i morgen kvinne" fra en familie
i Riberalta, Bolivia, har fått internasjonale filmpriser og vært
vist på en rekke internasjonale festivaler og tilstelninger. I tillegg
er filmen blitt vist på NRK fjernsyn. Solvang mottok i 2002 Statens
filmrekrutteringsstipend og var regiassistent og script på den norske
spillefilmen "Folk flest bor i Kina". I tillegg har Solvang arbeidet
med den samiske spillefilmen Bázo og den kurdisk/norske novellefilmen
"Vinterland". Solvang avslutter for tiden dokumentaren "Den
frosne smeltedigel" - om fremmedspråklige i fiskeindustrien i Nord
og er medregissør på filmen om Adjagas.  Lars-Erik Larsson
From Luleå/Sverige Head of Film and Media Education at Filmpool Nord.
back  Rashid Masharawi
from Gaza, Palestine Rashid Masharawi was born and raised in Shati refugee camp, Gaza Strip. He is a self-taught filmmaker, at eighteen beginning to work in the cinema industry and acquiring skills on over twenty films before starting himself to write and direct his own. Masharawi's films portray his knowledge of living under the Israeli Occupation in refugee camps, the new space of the intifada, as well as his constant reflection on cinema narrative: "What I have been trying to do is make out of the Palestinian situation a cinema. I have something like fifteen films, between features, shorts, and documentaries, and together I feel they can offer a mirror and document of the Palestinian life in the last twenty years, in the same time to try to make cinema." After a decade of work and establishing a name as a filmmaker, Masharawi founded
in 1996 the Cinema
Production and Distribution Center (CPC) in Ramallah, as a way for Palestinians
to have the opportunity to acquire knowledge of the field of cinema by working
in actual productions. The CPC also initiated the Mobile Cinema, which brings
screenings to refugee camps in the form of an annual "Kids Film Festival."  Søren Hyldgaard
From Copenhagen/Denmark Hyldgaard (b. 1962) is a composer from Copenhagen. His film scoring career launched with "Eye Of The Eagle" in 1997, and he is quickly becoming one of Europe's sought-after screen composers. He has received numerous music awards, including the Danish Film Academy's Robert Award for "The One and Only" (1999). The short film "When Life Departs" gained an Oscar-nomination in 1998. Recent credits include music for Nicole Kidman in "Dogville Confessions" (2003) and "The Fakir" (2004).
Sweden 2005 Comedy 7'30 A man wakes up and goes through his regular morning routine not knowing that he's on the brink of serious injury the whole morning. How many experiences, good or bad, do we dodge daily without even knowing? Martin Jernberg and Robin Andersson has been the creative force behind the group "Forks In Toasters" and have been making shortfilms together for a couple of years.
Finland 2004 Doc 24'00 Rewarded film about young and vital woman who voluntary amputated her feet few years ago, after being several years suffering from arthritis. Kaisa wants to show her new prostheses openly and discuss what is it like to be handicapped woman in this society. Marika has graduated from Kemi-Tornio polytechnic 2004. Koko nainen - Whole woman is my graduation work from there. It was rewarded in one of the biggest short film festival in Finland as best student documentary film. At the moment I'm studying in open university Film- and television studies.
Føroyar 2005 fiction 4'34 An euphoric extraordinary travel into the mind of a lost soul. Janus and Rene will be at NUFF presenting their film and participating at the film camp.
Denmark 2005 Gys/komedie 5'55 A young couple (Martin and Sofie) are camping in the woods. Everything is very romantic, but Martin keeps telling Sofie scary stories about horrible occurrences from these woods. Sofie snuggles closer and closer up to him as strange noises are heard outside the tent.
Denmark 2005 Drama 8'40 Life is bleak for Oliver after the death of his Grandpa. His grief turns into aggression which is a strain on the relationship between Oliver and his mother. His mother is frustrated and thinks that Oliver is unfeeling. At the funeral a girl helps Oliver to cope with his grief. She tells him that his Grandpa is an angel now.
Sweden 2005 drama 6'30 A girl that fantasize about the reality and the newspaper guy... My first short film that i send to a movie contest.
Finland 2004 Doc 11'00 Skydiving Course is preparing for the first jump of their lives. A documentary film about facing your fears and the longing for happiness. Flight is Iris Olssons first film.
Norway 2006 Thriller 12'00 A disturbed old man struggles to forget his past. It develops into a internal struggle inside his head as he fights for his survival. The filmmakers participate at the video group "Ragnarock Video".
They are producing shortfilms in different genres since three years. They
won three awards at the film festival Laterna Magica.
Sweden 2004 Comedy 1'21 The day of reckoning of a mafia gang which doesn't realy work out... Victor Danell is making film since he is was a little boy...
Russia 2006 Home video 7'00 "A student's breakfast" is a usual morning episode of a Russian student. A girl named Svetlana, who is young, kind and knows how to cook breakfast. Andrew Trefilov. Graduate from management department, an active initiator of many youth projects.
Took part in NUFF 2005.
Denmark 2005 fiction 5'11 The couple Carsten and Louise are sitting at a restaurant and eating fish. Suddenly Carsten chokes on a fish bone.
Norway 2006 fiksjon 7'12 A poetic tragedy about a father, a daughter and a goldfish. Gabriel Kvenseth (born 20.11.84 at Karløy in Troms) is a 2. year film student at Nordland Kunst- og Filmskole and lives in Lofoten. His films are placed in the quite landscape between abstraction and reality. Besides fiction film he is worksing with video art, super8 and animation.
Finland 2004 drama/comedy 9'38 KUB is a surrealistic film about a couple, who`s long awaited baby is born into
a wrong dimension. The midwife faints at the delivery and the recearchers are
upset. The nightmarish situation forces the parents to make a choice that cuould
change the rest of their lives. Anastasia Lobkovski studies film directing at Tampere Polytechinic of Art and Media.
Sweden/Poland 2005 drama 9'00 A teenage girl, a middleaged neighbor a grandma and an old mercedes. How far would you go if you were fifteen and a half? Diana Voxerbrant has studied film/video at Katrinebergs Folkhögskola and training in
directing at The Polish National Filmschool in Lodz.
Sweden 2005 Comedy 17'52 Joe Anderson moves to Sweden to start his life all over. But his past haunts him more than he expected. I made film all through school and is currently working as a teacher while doing shortfilms on the side.
Sweden 2005 Action, Comedy 6'05 The movie is about three men and their housewife. One day their housewife been kidnapped by a dragon. The Macho Men has to save her! VWe started to make movies a couple of years ago and sience then we have produced a lot of movies.
We make movies all the time. Here is two example of our movies. "De Manliga Männen"
with this movie we was selected by the jury in a region festival called FRAME and then we came to a
bigger festival called the novemberfestival. And "Fågelinfluensan" (birdflue). This film Hugo made by himself. It won a big festival in Stockholm were over 400 films competed.
Finland 2005 Fiction 9'00 A minimalistic story about society and routines. Every person is essential and their own place is clear for everyone. All kind of activity, even that which seems to be the most unnecessary, has been planned beforehand. Jussi Jokihaara was born in Tampere, Finland 1982. He has been writing whole his life and now he is studying film making at Tampere School of Art and Media. This was his seconds short film screenplay and the first direction.
Sweden 2005 Thriller/Mystery 13'00 One morning, Christina finds a mysterious job advertisement in the newspaper. It seems very odd and disturbing, but what makes it compelling is the very high salary. But what exactly is she working with? An dare she oppose the employer? This is a movie with many things to say. Started out making short movies at 15, but didn't start seriously until 2003
with the movie "369". Won the 2004 nOO festival final. Worked in theatre and
movies as photographer/videophotographer, together with directors like Björn
Melander, Fredrik Hiller, Magnus Bergqvist and actor/director Hassan
Brijany. Participated in UFF (Ung Film Framåt) 2004-2005 and made a few
dancemovies with choreographer Pavel Kassius. For my movie "369" I got a culture scholarship of 20 000 SEK. Right now
working on a feature film screenplay and four short movies.
Iceland 2005 drama 27'00 A couple is home on the day of the apocalypse. The woman asks the man for a
favour that challenges him morally. Elvar is a long time videostore clerk that went on to make movies. Studied in the icelandic film school for two years and won grand prix for his final school project Fræ. He won best new comer for his ither school project; Hið Ljúfa líf at the last Edda awards. He is a father of 2 and a big film buff.
Norway 2006 one minute 1'00 A vicar tries to sneeze three times. The congregation prays to the lord that the priest must be able to sneeze. At the end the he succeeds and the they all end up in a happy gospelsong.
Denmark 2005 drama 11'00 A day in Allans dull life. With his ex and mortgage repayments haunting him, he discovers a black hole in his floor where he can get rid of all disturbing elements. The directors debutfilm.
Norway 2006 music video 4'05 Guardian angel's prayer..
Sweden 2005 Drama 9'00 Torsten is an unusual guy who wants nothing more than to be normal. Exept ofcourse to Beatrice Melin. Stockholm film school 2004 - 2005; Fridhems filmschool 2005 - 2006
Finland 2006 Fiction 5'00 A young girl is sitting in a room. While she walks on the floor to ask
who wants to play with her. She recognizes only old people hanging around
some tables. When suddenly a man arrives and calls her "mother".
Finland 2005 experimental 14'00 'L'Unité' consists of 4 parts that are connected to each other through transitions. The work explores the visualisation of feelings by means of thermal radiation. The most white areas depict the intense feeling of the moment, where as the deepest blue/black can be seen as the most cold parts, symbolising the death. Born in Tampere, Finland on the 8.1.1982. As exchange student 2005-2006 in the media art section in the University of Art and Media in Cologne, Germany. Studying at the Polytechnic University of Art and Media in Tampere, Finland 2003-2007. Screenings in Finland at the Blue Sea Film festival in Rauma, at 'Valosta'-happening in Tampere and in Helsinki. Various group exhibitions in Tampere and Turku,Finland, in Cologne, Germany and in St. Petersburg, Russia. Has been focusing on photography, light, and installation in the beginning of studies and has moved direction to Film, where experimental forms of telling are essential elements.
Finland 2005 Poem short film 2'00 A man loves photographying too much to let go, no matter what. I started to make videos at school in 2003. I haven't made any actual feature shortfilms. I've made few music videos and some commercial films. You may want to call me a rookie ;) "What if youths from Tromsø went to Palestine? That's one of the results I hope that in the
long run this festival can contribute to. In this festival you can get to know Tromsø's
companionship city Gaza and catch a glimpse of how it's like to live in the midst of the
world politics cauldron.
Palestina 2006 doc 15'00 Mohammed is a young Palestinian boy ,who lives in Der-El-Balah Camp in Gaza and works as a fisherman(boy). The film talks about one day of Mohammed's life. We film one day of Mohammed's life from the early morning until the end of the day. Mohammed is a yound boy who works as a fisherman(boy) in the morning then he goes to the school and continue his daily life.The film talks about the details of his life and the problems that face him in the Camp. Ahmed Al-Mashharawi is a Palestinian fimmaker. He did a lot of documentaries
for Arabic & Western channels e.g. - (Mashel ala Tareq El-Quds ) It's about
eventes in El-Aqusa Revolt. - (Invasion) It's a documentary. - (Gun Men)& (Tunnels)
They are two documentaries for (BBC4).
Norge/Palestina 2006 doc 17'00 Mohajaba; (arabic slang) veiled, covered, screened, sheltered, hidden, concealed, obscured, cloaked, mantled, masked. Anniken Hoel is young filmaker from Tromsø. Allready at NUFF 2003 she opened the
festival with her film "American Dreams", a personal documentary about the last days
in Bagdad before the war broke out in 2003. Anniken is working as a freelance documentary
filmmaker. Palestina 1998 Documentary 26'00 Tension conveys the palpable sense of tension below the surface of daily life that harbors within a Palestinian population in 1998, which Masharawi felt building up during this period of the ‘peace process’. Thus the film is situated in the meaning of the space between the many proclamations and statements. It focuses on the act of observation by literally eschewing spoken dialog for a narrative produced by editing imagery, music, and incidental soundtrack. Tension investigates an interminable duration, which on occasion gets measured by sudden punctuations releasing and recoiling around unforseen, perhaps even unimportant scenarios. Tension provides a frame for this worldview by opening and concluding with the natural cycle of sunrise and sunset, restated in terms of another ‘natural’ workcycle – the many waves of Palestinian dayworkers moving through gates and checkpoints to work in Israel and return in the evening.
The Heart is a Piece of Meat Slovenia 2003 fiction 15'00 The search for love of an extremely shy and lonely butcher whose life is disturbed by a beautiful girl whom he notices one day on a bus. A sensitive personal drama with a minimalist form and without words.
Finland 2006 doc 16'00 A school day ends and the scruffy fatique of the last school weeks of spring is unleashed by restless wandering in the woods , stump lands ans shopping malls of the suburbs. Young boys are full of anarchy and frenzy. They walk like termites in the scenery divided by ring roads taking with them everything they can. The film stars of 12-13 -year-old boys and a few same-aged girls who like in a Northern Helsinki suburb. The film depicts the basic state of childhood of our time: restlessness.
Finland 2006 doc 6'00 A group of young suburban boys has gathered to play airsoft. Their equipment resembles that of real infantry men down to the smallest detail. Their camouflage outfirs blend in with the Finnish suburban forest. Machine guns shoot sustained fire and when a magazine is empty a new one is loaded professionally. The entertainment industry produces equipment for games in which children emulate the adult world ever more authentically using toys.
Sweden 2006 fiction 15'00 One day a girl visits her daddy in a hospital.
Norge 2005 doc excerpt ca. 15'00 In the Corridors of power at Stortinget (the Norwegian Parlament), we meet Jens Stoltenberg.
He has a great mission he would like to carry out: To rebuild the Labour Party after its
disastrous election defeat in 2001, and return as the country`s next Prime Minister.
Denmark 2002 dok excerpt ca. 15'00 In this film he speaks about his life and share some of his views on criticism, lecturing,
Bournonville, great performers and the joy of being a lover of dance.
Filmmusic seminar Danish composer Søren Hyldgaard [www.screenmusic.dk] has written music
for many Danish and international feature films, TV dramas and documentaries.
Also an experienced lecturer on both film- and film music history, Søren
will relate music in some of the NUFF films to music from films ranging from
his own credits to the classics of film scoring. OPEN FORUM YOUTH CINEMA – What, Why, How? Is it possible to talk about YOUTH CINEMA as an independent genre, a category
of its own, a particular type of film? According to NUFF, the answer is a
clear YES, but we recognise the need to probe the concept, and to test its
strengths and weaknesses. Is there a particular artistic quality connected
to films made by young people? NYFF thinks so, but we recognise the need to
describe what this quality is. Net based broadcasting between youth festivals The project represents a unique cooperation between main culture arrangements in Troms County which at its
place involves public, business, research and schools. Youth in Troms get to work with workshop based TV
reportage together with professional TV journalists. They will learn to use broadband technology as a medium.
The project shall develop the skills of media interested youth between 16 and 20 years old. |
God Morgon (Good Morning)
Koko nainen (Whole woman)
Skitna Onkið (The Dirty Nothing)
Bare rolig... (Don't Worry...)
Asfaltenglen (Asphalt Angel)
Sofia Continue
Lento (Flight)
Arr i Sjelen (Soul of Scars)
The Exchange
A student's breakfast
Fisk (Fish)
Sirkel (Circle)
KUB
Nie daleko (Not far away)
Hard Joe
De manliga männen (The
Macho Men)
Kaikille Paikkoja On (Room
For Everyone)
Ströjobb (Odd Jobs)
Fræ
Praise the Lord
Det Sorte Hul (The Black Hole)
Suicide
Hej Torsten (Hello Torsten)
Tyttönen (Young girl)
L'Unité (Unity)
Jos kuolen olen sinun (If I
die I'll be yours)
The Young Boy and the Sea
Mohajaba
Tension
Kevat (Spring)
Sota (War)
Scratch
Oljeberget (The Rich Country)
Doctor Dance - a portrait of Erik
Aschengreen