Nils has turned fifty and leads a repetitive life by driving with his snow plough across Norwegian roads. He has always perfectly behaved like a model citizen even to the degree that he got elected as Citizen of the Year. But the night before the ceremony, Nils finds out that his only son died of… Continue reading IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE
Country: Sweden
Alexander Bronsted
Antonio Tublen
Director, screenwriter, and composer Antonio Tublén made a series of short films before shooting ORIGINAL, his first feature film. The film, previewed at the Tribeca Film Festival, won the Golden Goblet for Best Film at the 2009 Shanghai International Film Festival. His second film, LFO, was screened at the BIFFF in 2014 and won the… Continue reading Antonio Tublen
BEYOND BEYOND
This is the story of Johan, a young rabbit who had the perfect life: his parents loved each other and they had a beautiful house full of carrots, surrounded by nature. But everything turned upside down one evening, when the King of Feathers, a boogeyman for rabbits, abducted his mother. Since this tragic event, young… Continue reading BEYOND BEYOND
RAGNAROK
Norwegian archeologist Sigurd Svendsen is a young widower with two kids. His life work is the deciphering of the runes found on the famous Viking ship of Oseberg. He believes they contain the key to understanding the myth of Ragnarok, that giant serpent that devours itself and which symbolizes the end of the world. After… Continue reading RAGNAROK
THE HOUR OF THE LYNX
A young man is admitted to an asylum after killing an elderly married couple. No one knows his motives and he refuses to reveal them. Lisbeth, a researcher, runs an experiment in the asylum. Disturbed, violent inmates are given pets as a means of re-humanising them. The disturbed young man is assigned a cat. At… Continue reading THE HOUR OF THE LYNX
LFO
Robert Nord looks like a disheveled, neglected office slave, but has a devious and quite brilliant mind. His basement is stuffed with analog sound equipment. Robert suffers from “sound allergy” and is looking for a remedy to cure his affliction. He thinks he has made a breakthrough when he discovers a frequency that could manipulate… Continue reading LFO
RARE EXPORTS : A CHRISTMAS TALE
In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 metres deep, lies Christmas’s most closely- guarded secret ever. But the time has come to dig it up! Way up north in Finland, right on the border with Russia, lies one of Santa Claus’s supposed homes. For the last couple of months, an international team of “archaeologists,”… Continue reading RARE EXPORTS : A CHRISTMAS TALE
THE TEMPTATION OF ST TONY
Tony is completely stuck in a mid-life existential crisis since his father died. He watches the world around him and notices a slight smell of the apocalypse. His fellow men seem to be bored stiff and pass the time by organizing nihilistic orgies or by metaphysically giving the same importance to questions like e.g.“Give me… Continue reading THE TEMPTATION OF ST TONY
METROPIA
Manipulating crowds with an anti-dandruff shampoo which transforms hair into transmitters ; L’Oréal could never have come up with that one ! Yet, that’s what Roger, a little insignificant functionary, is going to learn at his expense. Let’s set the scene. It’s 2024, the Middle Eeast’s oil wells are dry well and the cities of… Continue reading METROPIA