United we Stand (De beste går først)

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United we Stand
Original title	De beste går først
Type	Shorts
Genre	Comedy
Director	Hans Petter Moland
Short summary	Eight oldtimers come upon a young woman stuck in a swamp. A short film is inspired by Arbeiderpartiet (the Labour Party).
Summary	This short film is originally part of the feature film Utopia - Nobody is Perfect in the Perfect Country (Folk flest bor i Kina) released in 2002. The project started with an idea from Screenwriters Oslo, a collective comprising some of the most promising young screenwriters in Norway today. They used the political parties as inspiration to create stories about Norway today. The majority of us can identify with one or more parties. All the political parties have a manifesto which gives expression to values, attitudes and mentalities that can easily turn into actions and conflicts. These are the basis of the episodes of Utopia and gave the producers a golden opportunity to make funny and serious statements about the strange little country Norway.
Cast	Ole Jørgen Nilsen, Trond Høvik , Elin Sogn
Screenplay	Erlend Loe
D.O.P	Gaute Gunnari
Editor	Sophie Hesselberg
Composer	John Erik Kaada
Sound	Morten Solum
Scenography	Are Sjaastad
Producer	Ørjan Karlsen, Yngve Sæther
Production company	Motlys as
Country of origin	Norway
Release date (national)	2002-06-12
Release date (international)	2002-11-07
Technical information
Format	35mm
Screen ratio	1:1,85
Colour	Colour
Sound System	Dolby SRD
Length in min's	9' 27''
No. of reels	1
International sales	Norwegian Film Institute
Distributor (Norway only)	SF Norge as
Festival participation	Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2003 Bruxelles International Short Film Festival Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen Krakow International Short Film Festival Almeria en corto World Wide Short Film Festival Toronto InCurt, Spain Taormina International Film Festival Filmtage Tübingen Arcipelago Film Festival, Rome Capalbio International Short Film Festival Just for Laughs, Montreal Puchon International Fantasy Film Festival La Cittadella del Corto 56 Locarno International Film Festival, retrospective Odense International Film Festival SNIFF International Short Film Festival, Slovenia Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival Tinklai International Film Festival, Lithuania Best of Festivals, La Ciotat Palm Springs International Short Film Festival Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece Chicago International Film Festival Festival of European Films, Turkey Marrakech International Film Festival Festival of New Cinema and New Media, Montreal Cork International Film Festival 2003 Uppsala International Short Film Festival Festival of Festivals, Denmark Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland Taipei Golden Horse International Film Festival Aix Int. Short Film Festival, France Leuven Shortfilm festival, Belgium Rio de Janeiro ISFF, Brazil Damascus Int. Film Festival, Syria Flickerfest, Sydney, Australia Solothurn Film Festival Intl. Film Weekend, Wurtzburg, Germany Portland Intl. Film Festival Cinequest Film Festival, San Jose, USA Maremetraggio, Trieste, Italy 2007 St. Paul Int. Film Festival, Minneapolis, USA
Prizes received	Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2003: Grand Prix Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2003: Prix de la Jeunesse Almeria en corto: Segundo premio-TVE al mejor cortometraje internacional InCurt, Spain: Best International Short Film Filmtage Tübingen: 2nd Platz Arcipelago Film Festival, Rome: Best International Short Film Odense International Film Festival: Most Surprising Film Odense International Film Festival: Youth Jury's International Prize SNIFF International Short Film Festival, Slovenia: Audience Award MECAL Int. Short Film Festival: Premio MECAL al mejor cortometraje MECAL Int. Short Film Festival: Premio del público al mejor cortometrage Best of Festivals, La Ciotat: Grand Prix Le Soleil d'Or Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece: Special Prize of the Jury Chicago Int. Filmfestival: Golden Plaque Cinessonne, France: Les Grand Prix du Conseil général de l'Essonne Cork Film Festival, Ireland: Best International Short Film Festival du film de Saint Paul Trois, France: Le Prix Leclerc du meilleur court européen Festival Tous Courts, Aix-en-Provence: Grand Prix Leuven International Short Film Festival, Belgium: Canvas Audience Price Damascus Int. Film Festival, Syria: Silver Award 13th International Flickerfest Short Film Festival Sydney: Fuji Special Jury Prize
URL	http://www.motlys.com

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Director biography:
A film graduate from the USA’s Emerson College, Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland – who adds “four boys and two girls” to his credits as co-producer – won awards for his commercial films at all major festivals, including Cannes, before he had his feature debut in 1993 with The Last Lieutenant. His film Zero Kelvin (1995) won him, among other awards, an Amanda – a Norwegian Oscar – and the Grand Jury Prize at San Sebastian. In 1999 he made Aberdeen. starring Stellan Skarsgård. His most recent feature Beautiful Country, starring a.o. Nick Nolte and Tim Roth, was premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2004.

"United we Stand" is Moland's first short film.