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| Amor |
| Original title |
Amor |
| Type |
Shorts |
| Genre |
Drama |
| Director |
Thomas Wangsmo |
| Short summary |
He takes their money in exhange for his services... and his contempt. |
| Summary |
Thomas makes a most untraditional living. Taking money from the people he despices the most, he gives them his service only he is willing to provide. And loathes himself for doing it. |
| Cast |
Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, Ida Elise Broch, Mattis Herman Nyquist, Jenny Skavlan, Anders Rummelhoff |
| Screenplay |
Thomas Wangsmo |
| D.O.P |
Benjamin Loeb |
| Editor |
Thomas Wangsmo, Benjamin Loeb |
| Sound |
Sindre Skollevoll, Thomas Wangsmo |
| Scenography |
Thomas Wangsmo |
| Producer |
Daniel Henriksbø |
| Production company |
Vidvinkel Film | daniel (at) vidvinkelfilm.no |
| Country of origin |
Norway |
| Release date (national) |
2009-04 |
| Technical information |
| Format |
35mm |
| Screen ratio |
1:2,35 |
| Colour |
Colour |
| Sound System |
Dolby SRD |
| Length in min's |
14' 10'' |
| Length in meters |
410 |
| No. of reels |
1 |
| Festival participation |
2009 Calgary International Film Festival, Canada
2009 Flanders International Film Festival Ghent, Belgium
2009 Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain
2009 Interfilm - International Short Film Festival Berlin
2009 Leeds International Film Festival, UK
2009 Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany
2009 Leuven Int. Short Film Festival, Belgium
2010 Scandinavian Film Festival, LA
2010 European Film Festival of Lille, France
2010 Go Short!, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2010 Kinofilm Short Film Festival, Manchester, UK
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| Prizes received |
2009 Flanders International Film Festival Ghent, Belgium: Prix EFA Ghent
2010 European Film Festival, Lille, France: Honorary Mention
2010: Nominated for the European Film Academy's Award for Best Short Film 2010
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| URL |
http://www.vidvinkelfilm.no |
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Director biography:
 Thomas Wangsmo (b. October 18, 1980 in Asker, Norway) graduated with a BA (Hons) in Film Production from the Arts Institute at Bournemouth, England in 2005. His short films have been screened in film festivals around the world. Thomas is currently finishing an MFA in Film Production at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and is preparing his first feature film project.
Filmography (selected titles):
2009: Amor (Cupid)
2009: Gjenmøte (Reunion)
2009: Hemmeligheten (The Secret)
2008: Vektløs (Weightless)
2007: Elegy
2007: På hvelvet (On The Bottom)
2006: Reflektor
2005: Flight
2004: Last Goodbye
2003: Thunderstruck
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