Award winners at The Norwegian Short Film Festival 2011

From Music in the Blood by Alexandru Mavrodineanu

The 34th Short Film Festival in Grimstad came to an end Sunday June 20th. The Golden Chair for best international short film, and 50 000 NOK given by Zentropa International Norway, went to the Rumanian film Music in the Blood by Alexandru Mavrodineanu. The Golden Chair for best Norwegian short film, and NOK 50 000 given by The Norwegian Film Institute went to No Sex Just Understand by Mariken Halle. This film also received the Hour Glass award for best script. The Golden Chair for best Norwegian documentary, and NOK 50 000 given by The Norwegian Broadcasting, went to The Doctors' War by Elsa Kvamme. Mavrodineanu. In total 132 films competed for the ten awards that were presented during the ceremony in Grimstad Kulturhus.
 

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NORWEGIAN SHORT FILM NORSK KORTFILM
THE GOLDEN CHAIR for best Norwegian Short Film went to No Sex Just Understand, director Mariken Halle. The award is 50 000 NOK and presented by the Norwegian Film Institute. Mariken Halle (b. 1982) has studied at Filmhögskolan in Gothenberg, where she made the feature film Kanskje i morgen (2010). She runs the production company Vapen og Dramatik together with Clara Bodén and Ronja Svenning Berge. Mariken Halle believes in the impossible.
No Sex Just Understand is about three people who end up sitting around the same table in a bar. They talk about Thailand, children and the latin name of different types of fish.
The jury had the following statement about this year’s winner: We were carried away by the character and the dialog was surprising, entertaining and also very familiar. In its documentary form and spontaneous content it represents something human which stretches far beyond its own universe.
 

THE TERJE VIGEN AWARD went to the film Jenny, director Ingvild Søderlind. The award of 10 000 NOK and a bronze statute made by the artist Harald Oredam is presented by Grimstad city council. Ingvild Søderlind (b. 1975) has trained at The Scottish Film School i Edinburgh. She has directed a number of short films and documantaries. Amongst others is Wish (2001), Cage (2002), En tannstikker til Kina (2006) and Siste runde (2009).
 

This year’s award for BEST MUSIC VIDEO went to Baskerville – Reloaded by Marieke Maria Verbiesen. The music video award of 15 000 NOK is presented by the music industry’s interest organisations IFPI and FONO. Marieke Maria Verbiesen is a Dutch artist based in Norway where she works on projects within electronic art and interactive design. Verbiesen has directed several music videos and short animations for MTV, Onedotzero and Portland Animation Festival.
 

Honorary mentions went to: Everything Will Be OK by Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen, 1994 by Kaveh Tehrani and the music video Torgny - Big Day by Emil Trier.
 

The jury for Norwegian short film was: Thomas Seeberg Torjussen (Norway), Johanna Wagner (Sweden), Bent Hamer (Norway), Jörgen Bergmark (Sweden) amd Ali Parandian (Norway).
 

NORWEGIAN DOCUMENTARY
THE GOLDEN CHAIR for best Norwegian documentary went to The Doctors' War, director Elsa Kvamme. The award for 50 000 NOK is presented by NRK. Elsa Kvamme (b. 1954) has her background from experimental theatre as a cabaret artist. After attending film school in New York she has directed amongst others the documentaries Tysklandsstudenter (1997), En dame med hatt (1999), Konger av Oslo (2010) and the feature film Fia og klovnene (2003) which received nine international awards.
Legenes krig is a travel back in time in Elsa Kvamme’s father’s life. At the age of 22 he was arrested and sent to KZ Buchenwald. In the film he talks about how he experienced being there as a young “Arian” medical student.
The jury has the following statement about this year’s winner: This film takes us on a journey back in time; it is important and meaningful and gives the audience grounds for reflection and afterthought. The documentary has many good visual elements to it; it is simple and well told.

Honorary mentions went to: There Will Be Oil by Frode Myhra Skog, Metamorphosis of the Rorbu – a Living Museum Catalogue by Karin Pennanen and Homo Ludens by Sondre H. Bjørgum.
 

The jury for Norwegian documentary has been: Odd Isungset (Norway), Anna Juhlin (Sweden) and Øystein Rakkenes (Norway).

 

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
THE GOLDEN CHAIR for best international short film went to the Rumanian film Music in the blood (org. title Muzica in Sange), director Alexandru Mavrodineanu. The jury has the following statement about the winner: Not many films say something positive about human nature. The winner of the Golden Chair does it in its purest form. It’s touching, but not sentimental in portraying the relationship between a father and a son.
The award of 50 000 NOK is presented by Zentropa International Norway.
 

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2011 was awarded to the Spanish film The Great Race (org. title La Gran Carrera), director Kote Camacho. The film will be participating in the competition for The European Film Academy Short Film Award 2011 in Berlin this December.
 

Honorary mention goes to Promise by Morten BH, Kirsten Dehlholm, Henning Carlsen and Shift by Anu Aun.
 

The International jury has been: Katarzyna Klimkiewicz (Poland), Lassad Jamoussi (Tunisia), Kjetil Lismoen (Norway), Sari Volanen (Finland) and Anja Breien (Norway).

 

OTHER AWARDS
The script writers association award THE HOUR GLASS for 10 000 NOK for best script went to No Sex Just Understand, director Mariken Halle.
Honorary mentions went to Baldguy by Maria Bock and Cold by Jørn Kurt Bergo.
Jury: Ragnhild Tronvoll and Ulf Breistrand.
 

NORWEGIAN FILM ASSOCIATIONS AWARD for 10 000 NOK went to Svenn Jakobsen for sound design in the short film Jenny.
Jury: Gunhild Asting (director), Line Hatland (director) and Jostein Brå Oksarik (stage design).
 

FILM CRITIC AWARD for best Norwegian short film in competition went to Everything will be OK by Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen. Honorary mentions went to Asylum by Joern Utkilen
Jury: Roger Grosvold, Maria Moseng and Tord Olander Pedersen.
 

NORWEGIAN RADIO FILM POLICE SHORT FILM AWARD for 10 000 NOK went to Parrot by Marius Loftum.
The winner is voted on by the audience via NRK P3’s website.
See the winner film here: http://nrkp3.no/filmpolitiet/2011/05/papegoeye/

 

AUST-AGDERS FYLKESKOMMUNES UNGDOMSPRIS  went to the French film Child of Yak (org. title: Enfant de yak), director Christophe Boula.

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