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Short film Burger

It's late at night in a burger bar.

Gay and straight, male and female, couples, singles and friends are beautifully observed by Norwegian filmmaker Magnus Mork in this short drama filmed on location in a Cardiff burger bar. Burger is the fourth short film to be produced by the Iris Prize, the world's largest lesbian and gay short film prize valued at 25,000

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2013
Production country:
UK
Co production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2013-10-08
Release date (international):
2013-05-16
Production company:
The Festivals Company
Executive producer:
Berwyn Rowlands
Producer:
Grant Vidgen
Co producer:
Magnus Mork
Sales agent:
The Festivals Company

Director

  • Magnus Mork

    Magnus Mork (b. 1978) graduated from the Gothenburg Film School with Flatmates (2007) and has since made  several shorts, all screened extensively at festivals across the globe. His  films have been awarded at Sundance, the Iris Prize, the Golden Chair and   Amanda among others. In 2017 he founded Alternativet with fellow filmmakers   Mariken Halle, Guro Bruusgaard and Katja Eyde Jacobsen. Read more at: www.alternativetproduksjon.no     


    Magnus Mork

Cast

Matthew:
Matthew Ashford
Staff:
Akram Akbari
Sam:
Sam Thorne
Kieran:
Kieran Thomas
Gareth:
Gareth Wilson
Kiel:
Kiel Lillie
Cherie:
Cherie Harewood
Ian:
David Ian Sterl
Neal:
Neal McWilliams
Charlotte:
Charlotte Brimble
Emily:
Emily Barber
Barry:
Barry Francis
Mathew:
Mathew David
Staff:
Zaman Ahmadi

Awards

2014:
Sundance Film Festival
Short Film Special Jury Award for Direction and Ensemble Acting

Festivals

2013:
Seattle International Film Festival
2013:
Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival
2013:
Gaze Dublin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
2013:
Oslo Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
2013:
MIX Copenhagen
2013:
Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival
2013:
Hamburg International Queer Film Festival
2014:
Sundance Film Festival
2014:
Roze Filmdagen
2014:
Nashville Film Festival
2014:
Sundance London
2014:
Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival
2014:
Big Sur International Short Film Screening Series
2014:
Palm Springs International ShortFest
2014:
Frameline - San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
2014:
ArtFilmFest International Film Festival
2014:
Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival
2014:
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival
2014:
Love & Anarchy - Helsinki International Film Festival
2014:
Reeling - Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
2014:
Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
2014:
Milwaukee LGBT Film Festival
2014:
BH International Film Festival
2014:
Gender Bender International Festival
2014:
Queersicht
2014:
Mix Brazil Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
2015:
Zinegoak - Bilbao International GLT Film and Performing Arts Festival
2019:
Bergen Pride

Crew

Director:
Magnus Mork
Screenplay:
Magnus Mork
Cinematographer:
Øystein Mamen
Editor:
Ida Kolstø
Composer:
Christian Engebretsen
Indianarane
Arvid Falch
ProductionDesigner:
Anne Aarrestad
Costume Designer:
Anne Aarrestad
Makeup artist:
Zoë Howerska
Sound Design:
Gunn Tove Grønsberg
Sound engineer:
Matt Brown
Sound Recording:
Victoria Ashfield
First assistant director:
Dan Cripps
Script:
Richard Pask
Casting:
Magnus Mork
Olivier Namet
Still photographer:
Jon Pountney

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
16:9
Colour:
Colour
Length in min's:
11'
Language:
English

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