Here are the last Amandus films of the year. Together with the previously announced Amandus JUNIOR, YOUTH and STUDENT films, the festival will screen 101 short films made by young filmmakers, submitted to our competitions.
Amandus OPEN
Amandus OPEN is the festival’s newest category, where young filmmakers from all over the world are invited to send in their films. The only criteria is that the films has to be made by unestablished filmmakers under the age of 26. We are proud to present a very exciting list of 14 films, from seven different countries.
- A Bully directed by Fredrik Holmen Lillegraven ()
- Apples directed by Milda Baginskaite (United Kingdom)
- Be prepared directed by Malthe Elgaard ()
- Bird Song directed by Yannis Skouras, Dimitris Gazis ()
- EROSION directed by Christoffer Glans ()
- Friday the 24th directed by Daniel Niklasson ()
- Förebilder directed by Elin Övergaard ()
- Out of Breath directed by Arnaud Siad ()
- OverLove directed by Lucas Helth ()
- SOFT AWARENESS directed by Cecilie Flyger Hansen ()
- Something Finally Happens directed by Henrik Dahlbring ()
- The Boy in the Ocean directed by Friedrich Tiedtke ()
- The First Feather directed by Sine Juhl ()
- Warp directed by Elif Buse Günay ()
*Förebilder was automaticly nominated after winning the Amandus Price during the November festival in Sweden last fall.
Runner-ups
This year we will also screen a number of films in the category called Runner-ups. These are films that are not competing in any competition, but is screened at the cinema during the festival. The 27 films in the category consists of films submitted in the other categories.
- directed by Anna Äärela ()
- directed by Sunny P. Sharma og Ulfur K. Eyjolfsson (Elvebakken VGS, Oslo)
- directed by Amalie Marie Holt (Danvik Folkehøgskole, Buskerud)
- directed by Sondre Masvie (Elvebakken VGS, Akershus)
- directed by Sondre Masvie (Elvebakken VGS, )
- directed by Eric Dirnes og Amund Teien-Lund (Rosenvilde vgs, Akershus)
- directed by Anders Honningdal (Danvik Folkehøgskole, )
- (Troms)
- directed by Veronika Høyer-Stenersen (Akademiet VGS Fredrikstad, Østfold)
- directed by Olve Aslaksen ()
- directed by Philip Geertsen ()
- (Gol vidregående skole, Buskerud)
- directed by Mone Frogg Christiansen (Oslo)
- directed by Rikke Lydersen Simonsen (Danvik Folkehøyskole, Buskerud)
- directed by Anders Hannigan (Elvebakken VGS, Oslo)
- directed by Christian Voldborg Andersen ()
- Beyond the Rain directed by Sara Gjesdal ()
- Captain Mohawk & Tryggvi the Journalist directed by Daði Einarsson ()
- Compass directed by Bergur Árnason ()
- Replay directed by Emily Louisa Millan Eide ()
- Rose Garden directed by Hannu-Pekka Peltoma ()
- Select Welcome directed by Siri Nerbø ()
- September directed by Lisa Jespersen ()
- Straitjacket directed by Charlotte Randeris ()
- The small pleasures directed by Kristina Chap ()
- Wild Beasts directed by Sverre Kvamme ()
- Your Height, Your Stance directed by Sverre Matias Glenne ()
Technical inforamtion about screening copy can be found here.