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Short film Traces
(Sportegn)

Selma is jealous of her little brother, because he is getting more attention from Mother. In the forest behind the house, there are wild animals. Selma witnesses her brother’s growing fascination for the forest, at the same time as she is yearning to get rid of him. One evening she deliberately feeds his fascination...

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2019
Production country:
Norway
Release date (international):
2019-03-23
Production company:
Antipode Films
Co production company:
Storyline Studios
Financing company:
Viken Filmsenter
Executive producer:
Janne Hjeltnes
Producer:
Fabien Greenberg

Director

  • Ingvild Søderlind

    Ingvild Søderlind (b. 1975) is a prizewinning director and scriptwriter from Norway. Her breakthrough short film Jenny premiered at the Berlinale in 2011, and her debut feature All Foreigners Keep their Curtains Closed (2020) is a humorous and poetic depiction of a young girl’s first experience with love, filmed in the suburbs surrounding Oslo, where the director herself grew up.   

    Søderlind has directed films with young, strong female leads, often challenging in the depiction of female sexuality and defying stereotypical conceptions. Søderlind has also made short films with her children as actors, depicting complex love between siblings with a dark undertone. Søderlind directs with awareness of social status and living conditions but portrayed with beauty and tenderness, often dreamy and subjective in its point of view.  

    Ingvild Søderlind

Cast

Selma Greenberg-Søderlind
Elliot Greenberg-Søderlind
Mother:
Tiril Ilsaas Pharo

Awards

2019:
Kristiansand International Children and Youth Film Festival
Best Short Film
2020:
Minimalen Short Film Festival
Best Prerunner

Festivals

2019:
BUFF International Children and Young People's Film Festival
2019:
Kristiansand International Children and Youth Film Festival
2019:
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
2019:
The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
2019:
Nordisk Panorama
2019:
cph:pix - BUSTER
2019:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2020:
TIFF - Tromsø International Film Festival
2020:
Minimalen Short Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Ingvild Søderlind
Screenplay:
Ingvild Søderlind
Cinematographer:
Trond Høines
Editor:
Karsten Meinich
Composer:
Kate Havnevik
Sound Design:
Yvonne Stenberg
Sound Recording:
Haavard Halden Sethre
First assistant director:
Nicolai Darre

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Children
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
1:2,35
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Stereo 5.1
Length in min's:
10'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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