Short Film Day 2025

Winter Solstice falls on 21 December and with the year’s shortest day we want to celebrate some great Nordic short films. (OBS! Films will be available 21 – 25 Dec)

 

The Programme

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O (O)

Directed by: by Rúnar Rúnarsson

A humanistic and poetic story of a fragile man trying to achieve a simple task where his main obstacle is within himself.

Produced by: Compass Films ehf.
Country: Iceland, Sweden

(Please Note! The film is only available online 21 December)

 

Fear Fokol (Fear Fokol)

Directed by: Tuva Björk

 

There are over 550,000 active private security guards in South Africa, far more than the number of police and soldiers combined. The film takes a nightly ride into the fears and anxieties of the city’s prosperous inhabitants, following the work of the private security guards hired to protect them. The illusion of security slowly dissolves as we dig into a fragile climate of inequality, paranoia and masculinity in crisis.

Produced by: Story AB
Country: Sweden

 

I Felt I Had to Be Here (Jeg følte jeg måtte være her)

Directed by: Sara Selmer Moland

 

At the memorial ceremony for Vera we meet her parents, Vibeke and Geir, together with Edson, an artist and Vera’s recent closest friend – and her childhood best friend Selma. The ceremony comes to resemble a cultural festival, rather than a conciliatory gathering for people in grief.

Produced by: The Norwegian Film School
Country: Norway

 

Pay Day (Palkkapäivä)

Directed by: Päivi Hirsiaho

 

The film tells the story of a person with a cinnamon roll in her head, just Puustinen. Puustinen has Matti in her wallet. Matti is a small cat. Puustinen struggles in the whirlwind of everyday life; she is followed by skeletons that peek out from everywhere. Puustinen works in a factory. At the end of a long and hard day’s work, Puustinen receives a few coins as a reward. Puustinen immediately goes on a spree. Matti keeps growing, and Puustinen tries desperately to please Matti.

Produced by: Päivi Hirsiaho
Country: Sweden

 

The Thief (Anngeerdardardor)

Directed by: Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken

 

When Kaali, a young autistic boy, discovers that his dog has been stolen, he goes on an intensive search for the thief through the town of Tasiilaq, East Greenland. During his search, Kaali is confronted with the ways in which he is different to his peers. He finds his dog and wants to steal it back, but is the dog even stolen, and is it worth losing his only friend over a dog?

Produced by: Frau Film, Piteraq Pictures
Country: Denmark, Greenland