Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival takes place from 30. January to 7. February. Ovary-Acting participates in the International Competition, and Nils Karlsson Pyssling is part of the Young Audience programme. The Co-production Breaking Walls is also in the International Competition.
A harried thirty-something woman is forced to decide whether she wants to be a mother after unexpectedly giving birth to her reproductive organs at her sister’s baby shower.
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Bertil is a little boy living with his parents. He is lonely and bored at home, when his parents go to work. One day, all of a sudden, a little thumb size boy appears under his bed! His name is Nils Karlsson Pussling. The two boys bond right away and Nils shows Bertil a fascinating magical world right inside his bedroom walls. Neither of them will ever be lonely again.
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Journalist and activist Hoi Yi fights against the ever-growing global rise of surveillance and censorship, while suppressing his queer identity from his family. The personal repression he faces is reflected in his commitment to the freedom of others.
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A change in her husband's scent sends Anne spiraling into a late-night existential crisis. With the snoring Ivar by her side, she turns to the camera and shares her frustration with us. Through a stream of thoughts and quick montages, she lists everything that is wrong with him. It leads to a full-scale tirade where nothing is left out.
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In a part of Dublin known as the Liberties - which is also where the Vikings settled 1100 years ago - there is a small tribe of rebel horse owners. And one day a travelling street musician accidentally crashes her van into the wall of one of their urban horse yards - and out comes a horse and a few boys.
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Nora (15) is caught shoplifting, sparking a major argument with her parents about family values. When all blame falls on her, she pressures her younger sister, Amalie (11), to confess to her part in the stealing. But on Christmas Eve, they find out they aren’t the only thieves in the family.
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Animalia is a fable about the relationship between humans and animals. Set in a future where nature has reclaimed the world, cities are overgrown, and humans have turned into animals – except for a few, sealed inside an airtight city. When Alm is sent to rescue newborns from the animal-like humans, she discovers the humanity in animals – and the animal within herself.
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Ada (16) is at a high school party where she gives her first blow job to the coolest boy in school, Omar. As the rumor spreads, she sees her status for the next three years at risk, and she is forced to act quick.
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Molecular gastronomy, pretentious self-realization, and the weird choice of having children are all ingredients in this semi-apocalyptic double date from hell.
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Manager International Relations, Short Films and Drama Series
International Promotion Adviser
Production Adviser
Funding is available for short films with a Norwegian minority co-producer
Sørfond grants top financing for co-production of fiction and documentary films where the main producer is located in a DAC-country.
This scheme is designed to stimulate increased exports of Norwegian films by providing grants for the marketing and distribution of Norwegian films abroad.
You may apply for funding of collective launch events and financing initiatives held in international arenas.
