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Loose Ends
Original title Loose Ends
Type Shorts
Genre Comedy
Director Stig Svendsen
Short summary Two buddies have been to the movies and watched STAR WARS. They start discussing details of the film and gradually begin to quarrel. LOOSE ENDS is an absurd comedy about two friends in the process of growing apart. On the outer level this is an intricate discussion of details in the STAR WARS universe, but underneath we find deeper disagreements.
Cast Kristoffer Joner
Trond Fausa Aurvåg
Eivind Sander
Bjørn Sundquist
Helge Jordal
Screenplay Stig Svendsen
D.O.P Gaute Gunnari
Editor Thomas Løvig
Composer Bjørnar Johnsen, «Loose Ends» by The Book House Boys
Sound Morten Solum, Håkon Lammetun
Producer Turid Øversveen
Production company 4 1/2
Country of origin Norway
Release date (national) 2003-06-12
Technical information
Format 35mm
Screen ratio 1:1,85
Colour Colour
Sound System Dolby SRD
Length in min's 9
No. of reels 1
Festival participation 2003 Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad
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2003 Uppsala International Short Film Festival
Foyle Film Festival
Tromsø International Film Festival 2004
Aspen International Short Film Festival
World Wide Short Film Festival Toronto 2004
Melbourne International Film Festival
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck
2005 Worldfest Houston - Norway Special
2005 Comedia, the Just For Laughs Festival’s Film Event, Montreal

 


 
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Director biography:
Stig Svendsen (b. 1975) was educated at The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon & Graphic Art Inc., New Jersey, USA. He later studied directing at the Oslo Film & TV Academy. In addition to various school productions he has worked as a storyboard artist and a director assistant. LOOSE ENDS is Svendsen’s first short.

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