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Samaritan
Knut is a middle aged, lonely man, in desperate need of company. Mirza is an illegal immigrant, in need of every help he can get… An unequal relation or a possible friendship? A story touching upon the limits between taking care of and taking advantage of, using or being abused.
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A Tale of Harvest
A surreal fairy tale, for grownups, about one man's dream and his struggle, against nature, to make them come true.
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Alien Repair Guy
Alien Repair Guy is a sci-fi story about where we come from, and about whose pawns we are - a film about what goes on above our heads. Earth´s control box gets broken. For the alien caretaker, what seems like just another day at work, ends up something completely different.
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Aquarium
Aquarium is a short film about a deaf and mute girl, Emma. Because of her handicap, she lives a secluded life as an artist. One day, during the burial ceremony of her goldfish, she finds an unconscious young man in her backyard. She brings him to her apartment and treats him there. Emma starts to develop a relationship to the unconscious young man, but when he wakes up, things do not turn out as planned.
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Circus
Circus is a film about Ida (28). One evening she decides to go out on a bar on her own. At the bar, she meets Beli, an older, unknown man from Balkan. She takes him home to her apartment for an after-party. The night becomes a subtle game about sex, ethnicity and class - where Ida apparently seems to have the control.
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Neglect
Neglect is the story of Ellinor and how she deals with the relationship with her father, as she gets the news of him being severly wounded in a hospital in Paris. Using a fragmentary language, different variations of father and daughter cross each other, and portray a complex relationship despite the logic of time.
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Santa Klaus
One day something magical happens when the old bachelor Mr. Klaus walks by Father Christmas in a shopping window. Through a radio program and the darkened mind of Mr. Klaus we are taken on a rich and funny journey, revealing the true nature of our beloved Santa Claus.
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Short of Breath
Short of breath describes a meeting between two people both lost in their own ways.
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Sunshine Kathy
When 5 years old Kathy wirls into a room, everyone can't help but smile. Kathy is a bundle of creative energy who loves to play and explore the world around her.
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The Last Norwegian Troll
In the old days, Norway used to be a safe heaven for Trolls, but not anymore. One day three young goats decide to get rid of an old Troll who lives under a bridge. Little do they know that he is the last survivor of his species, the very last Troll of Norway...
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04.03.2010 - 13.03.2010, Canada
Freeze Frame, Winnipeg
The Ten Lives of Titanic the Cat
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05.03.2010 - 14.03.2010
Miami International Film Festival
Still Birds | Sara Eliassen
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10.03.2010 - 18.03.2010, Prague
One World International Human Rights Film Festival
Russian Lessons | Andrei Nekrasov
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10.03.2010 - 14.03.2010, Stockholm, Sweden
Tempo Documentary Festival
Controll | Hanne Myren
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10.03.2010 - 14.03.2010, Finland
Tampere International Film Festival
The Other Ones | Hisham Zaman Russian Lessons | Andrei Nekrasov
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10.03.2010 - 21.03.2010, France
Nordic Film Festival in Rouen
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11.03.2010 - 21.03.2010, Turkey
Ankara International Film Festival
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11.03.2010 - 14.03.2010, Greece
Athens Animation Festival
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12.03.2010 - 21.03.2010, Mexico
Guadalajara International Film Festival
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12.03.2010 - 21.03.2010, Greece
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
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13.03.2010 - 21.03.2010, Austin, Texas
SXSW
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15.03.2010 - 20.03.2010, France
Festival Intl du Film d'Aubagne
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16.03.2010 - 20.03.2010, Sweden
BUFF Film Festival, Malmø
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17.03.2010 - 24.03.2010, Germany
Regensburger Shot Film Week
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18.03.2010 - 28.03.2010, Montréal, Canada
FIFA - International Festival of Films on Art
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Films and Festivals

A Tale of Balloons
 -2010 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - Children's programme
 -2010 Tromsø International Film Festival

My Superhero
 -2010 Tromsø International Film Festival

Travelling Fields
 -2010 Ann Arbor Film Festival
 -2010 Rotterdam International Film Festival

Ella
 -2010 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
 -2010 Tromsø Film Festival

Daddy's Girl
 -2010 Minmalen Short Film Festival, Trondheim

Fishing With Sam
 -2010 BAM Kids, New York
 -2010 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
 -2010 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - Children's programme

Experiment
 -2010 Minimalen Short Film Festival

Violent Sorrow Seems a Modern Ecstasy no. 2
 -2010 Minimalen Short Film Festival

Pistachio
 -2010 Hong Kong International Film Festival
 -2010 Minimalen Short Film Festival
 -2010 Göteborg International Film Festival

The Other Ones
 -2010 Tampere International Short Film Festival
 -2010 Minimalen Short Film Festival

Scratch
 -2010 Festival Intl du Film d'Aubagne, France
 -2010 London Short Film Festival

A Jar of Olives
 -2010 Göteborg International Film Festival

Little Miss Eyeflap
 -2010 BUFF Children and Youth Film Festival, Malmö
 -2010 Sundance Film Festival
 -2010 Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia

The Fight
 -2010 BUFF Children and Youth Film Festival, Malmö
 -2010 Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival for Kids
 -2010 Sundance Film Festival

Still Birds
 -2010 Intl. Film Festival Breda, The Netherlands
 -2010 Go Short!, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
 -2010 Miami International Film Festival
 -2010 Sundance Film Festival

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