Norsk filminstitutt

Short film Farce
(Farse)


A man, a woman and a meat grinder. Love is messy.

A Sami man ends up in greedy and decadent claws as he tries to save both his reindeer herd and the woman he desires. An awful fable about fatal passion. 

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2019
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2019-06-14
Production company:
Mikrofilm AS
Producer:
Tonje Skar Reiersen
Lise Fearnley

Director

  • Robin Jensen

    Robin Jensen (b. 1978) studied animation and documentary filmmaking at Volda University College, graduating in 2001, and Visual Communication at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, graduating in 2006. He works as an illustrator, graphic designer, writer and director, and has has directed several short films, documentaries and animation films since finishing his education.

    Robin Jensen

Awards

2019:
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
Terje Vigen Award
The Norwegian Film Worker's Association’s Technical Award, to Johannes Dekko for sound design
2019:
Fantastic Fest
Best Director - Shorts With Legs section
2019:
Animatou - International Animation Film Festival Geneva
Jury Special Mention
2019:
Fredrikstad Animation Festival
Golden Gunnar: Best Nordic-Baltic Short Film
2021:
Encounters Film Festival
Animated Encounters Grand Prix

Festivals

2019:
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
2019:
Anima Mundi - International Animation Festival of Brazil
2019:
Guanajuato International Film Festival
2019:
Turku Animated Film Festival
2019:
Fantastic Fest
2019:
Nordisk Panorama
2019:
Anim'est International Animation Film Festival
2019:
Animatou - International Animation Film Festival Geneva
2019:
Telluride Horror Show
2019:
Fredrikstad Animation Festival
2019:
Denver Film Festival
2019:
Kaboom Animation Festival
2019:
Soria International Film Festival
2019:
Animateka International Animation Film Festival
2020:
Film Maudit 2.0
2020:
TIFF - Tromsø International Film Festival
2020:
Minimalen Short Film Festival
2020:
Sundance Film Festival
2020:
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
2020:
Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
2020:
Stoker Con
2020:
Oslo Pix
2020:
Annecy International Animation Film Festival
2020:
Defy Film Festival
2020:
Concorto Film Festival
2020:
Monstra - Lisboa Animation Film Festival
2020:
IndieLisboa International Film Festival
2020:
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival
2020:
Pacific Meridian International Film festival
2020:
The Loudoun Art Film Festival
2020:
BLON Animation and Games Film Festival
2020:
Sydney Underground Film Festival
2020:
Love & Anarchy - Helsinki International Film Festival
2020:
Les Rencontres Audiovisuelle
2020:
Ottawa International Animation Film Festival
2020:
Mile High Horror Film Festival
2020:
Portland International Film Festival
2020:
The Overlook Film Festival
2020:
Deep Focus Film Festival
2020:
Mayhem Film Festival
2020:
Kaohsiung Film Festival
2020:
Fredrikstad Animation Festival
2020:
Galician Freaky Film Festival
2020:
San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival
2020:
Aesthetica Short Film Festival
2020:
Cinanima - International Animated Film Festival Espinho
2020:
Bit Bang International Short Film Festival
2020:
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
2020:
London International Animation Film Festival
2021:
Krakow Film Festival
2021:
Encounters Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Robin Jensen
Screenplay:
Robin Jensen
Cinematographer:
Janne K. Hansen
Robin Jensen
Editor:
Robin Jensen
Anders Bergland
Composer:
Martin Horntveth
Other Music:
Johannes Dekko
Animator:
Robin Jensen
Voices:
John Brungot
Henriette Steenstrup

Technical information

Genre:
Animation
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
1:1,85
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Stereo 7.1
Length in min's:
11'

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