Nordic Shorts

Otto Suuronen (all introductions)

Morgane Dziurla-Petit
Grab Them
Sixty-year-old Sally lived peacefully, yearning for happiness, when Donald Trump was elected President. Sally’s life is turned upside down because of her resemblance to him. Taken for Trump by some, she leads a complicated daily life: her search for love seems very compromised, barring an unexpected meeting…

Sweden 2020
In Swedish, with English subtitles
11 min

Copy: Svenska Filminstitutet

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Jonatan Etzler
Swimmer (Badaren)
Two policemen try to arrest a man in a swimming pool. He has been a reckless driver, and someone has spotted his car outside the bathhouse. When they try to arrest him, he refuses to get out, and the dramatic arrest becomes an anticlimactic locked situation. The policemen are not allowed to jump into the pool and the swimmer does not want to come out. Not facing reality is sometimes the easiest way of feeling free.
Sweden 2020
In Swedish, with English subtitles
13 min

Copy: Interfilm Berlin
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Hampus Hallberg & Emil Brulin
Magnus is a Sexist (Magnus är Sexist)
Johan is the newly appointed chairman of the gender equality group at the theater. In his first meeting with the actor ensemble, he acknowledges his racist and sexist prejudices in order to create a starting point for discussion in the group. It starts a chain reaction that cannot be stopped. A film about #metoo, gender equality and racism, that takes every misstep along the way, but ultimately opens up the room for discussion that Johan tries so unsuccessfully and awkwardly to create.
Sweden 2020
In Swedish, with English subtitles
12 min

Copy: Svenska Filminstitutet

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Gísli Darri Halldórsson
Yes-People (Já-Fólkið)
One morning an eclectic mix of people face the everyday battle – such as work, school and dish-washing. As the day progresses, their relationships are tested and ultimately their capacity to cope. Yes-People (2020) was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Animated Short Film category this year.
Iceland 2020
In Icelandic, with English subtitles
9 min

Copy: Kvikmyndamiðstöð Íslands
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Rikke Gregersen
The Affected (De berørte)
Minutes before take-off a situation occurs preventing an airplane from leaving. A passenger refuses to sit down in an attempt to prevent the deportation of a man inside the plane. The pilot suddenly finds himself in a position where he has to take a political stand he has no interest in taking. Widely screened at international film festivals, the film won the best Nordic short film award at the Nordisk Panorama festival in autumn 2020.
Norway 2020
In Norwegian, with English subtitles
13 min

Copy: Them Girls Film
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Aleksi Salmenperä
The Bouncer (Poke)
A nightclub bouncer gets disgusted by all the violence and repression of the weak he is seeing. He has to act to protect the victims. Deadpan short comedy by award-winning Aleksi Salmenperä.
Finland 2020
In Finnish
11 min

Copy: Mjölk Movies

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Pia Andell
Reconstruction (Rekonstruktio)
Reconstruction is a story about a certain night in 1982, reconstructed in 2020 by the people who lived through it together. The film combines dance, drama and documentary, but most of all it is a story of a friendship between a boy and a girl, and how jolly situations can turn sour, and how even close friends do not share the same experiences – which can have an effect on their friendship.
Finland 2021
No dialogue
18 min

Copy: Pia Andell
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