Norsk filminstitutt

Short film Premature
(Prematur)

Premature tells the story of Norwegian Martin and his pregnant Spanish girlfriend, Lucia. We follow the pair during their first 15 minutes on Norwegian soil, observing Lucia's first encounter with this new culture and her in-laws. The film depicts a car trip full of social tensions, expectations and misunderstandings.

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2012
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2012-03-16
Production company:
Motlys A/S
Producer:
Gudrun Austli
Sales agent:
New Europe Film Sales

Director

  • Gunhild Enger

    Director Gunhild   Enger is a graduate of the Edinburgh College of Art, and has a Master of Film  Directing degree from the School of Film Directing in Gothenburg. She received a BAFTA nomination for her graduation film BARGAIN (2005), and has since screened her films and received awards at festivals all over the world. Her films PREMATURE (2012) and A SIMPLER LIFE  (2013) were both nominated for Norwegian Amanda awards. In 2016 she co-directed the short film THE COMMITTEE, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and in 2020 her short film PLAY SCHENGEN was nominated for 5 international festival awards including Chicago, Locarno, Valladolid, El Gouna and Bergen. She also worked with casting on Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or-winning film The Square (2017). TWO BUDDIES AND A BADGER – THE GREAT BIG BEAST (2020) is Gunhild’s first feature film as director, alongside Rune Spaans.       

    Gunhild Enger

Cast

Lucia:
Aina Huguet Estrada
Martin:
Eilif Hartwig
Anne Lise:
Christine Stoesen
Trygve:
Martin Bøhmer

Awards

2012:
Minimalen Short Film Festival
Best Film
2012:
Encounters Film Festival
Brief Encounters Grand Prix
2012:
Uppsala International Short Film Festival
Special Mention
2012:
Cork International Film Festival
Special Mention
2012:
Brest European Short Film Festival
Prix des Passeurs de Courts
Regional Council of Brittany European Film Award
Prix Format Court
2012:
Kort
Gullblikket for Best Norwegian Short Film
2012:
Leuven International Short Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Short Film
2013:
Open Space Film Festival
Special Prize of the Organising Committee
2013:
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
Inntravel Award for Best Short Film
2013:
Ozu Film Festival
Maneki Neko Tatami Shot

Festivals

2012:
Minimalen Short Film Festival
2012:
International Short Film Festival Hamburg
2012:
Vilnius Film Shorts
2012:
Encounters Film Festival
2012:
Nordisk Panorama - 5 Cities Festival, Oulu
2012:
Uppsala International Short Film Festival
2012:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2012:
Cork International Film Festival
2012:
International Short Film Festival Winterthur
2012:
Aarhus Film Festival
2012:
Brest European Short Film Festival
2012:
Zinebi - Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films
2012:
Festival Tous Courts - Aix-en-Provence International Film Festival
2012:
Kort
2012:
Leuven International Short Film Festival
2013:
Göteborg International Film Festival
2013:
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
2013:
Portland International Film Festival
2013:
Glasgow Short Film Festival
2013:
Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
2013:
FEC European Short Film Festival
2013:
Muestra Joven ICAIC
2013:
Mecal International Short Film Festival of Barcelona
2013:
Brussels Short Film Festival
2013:
Seattle International Film Festival
2013:
Huesca International Film Festival
2013:
Tabor International Film Festival
2013:
Lviv Short Film festival Wiz-Art
2013:
Open Space Film Festival
2013:
Tumbleweed Film Festival
2013:
DokuFest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival Kosovo
2013:
Concorto Film Festival
2013:
OFF - Odense International Film Festival
2013:
Tenerife Shorts
2013:
Festival No.6
2013:
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
2013:
CineMigrante - Festival Internacional de Cine y Formación en Derechos Humanos de las personas migrantes
2013:
International Festival Signes de Nuit
2013:
LIFFe - Ljubljana International Film Festival
2013:
The Northern Film Festival
2013:
FILMETS Badalona Film Festival
2013:
Best of International Short Films Festival La Ciotat
2013:
Ozu Film Festival
2013:
Séquence Short Film Festival
2013:
Leuven International Short Film Festival
2014:
Short Waves Film Festival
2014:
Lago Film Fest - International Festival of Short Films, Documentaries and Screenplays
2014:
EU Shorts - European Shortfilm Festival
2015:
Tampere Film Festival
2015:
Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
2016:
Séquence Short Film Festival
2017:
Glasgow Short Film Festival
2020:
Riga International Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Gunhild Enger
Screenplay:
Gunhild Enger
Cinematographer:
Marte Vold
Editor:
Vårin Andersen
Sound Design:
Rune Baggerud
Sound engineer:
Fanny Wadman

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Format:
DCP 4k
Screen ratio:
16:9
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Stereo 5.1
Length in min's:
17'
Language:
English
Spanish
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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