Film Synopses:

Suddenly Sami

2009, Ellen-Astri Lundby, 52 minutes, Norway

Suddenly Sami is a personal film about identity. During the director’s childhood and youth in Oslo, her mother never told her about her indigenous Sami background in the Arctic region of Norway. Why didn’t she? How can the director suddenly become Sami in the middle of her life? Does she really want to?

About the Director:

Ellen-Astri Lundby (b. 1959) has worked in film and TV since 1989. She is known for her humorous short films, both fictional and documentary. Lundby has also worked as a freelance reporter for many newspapers and journals.

Film Synopses:

Still Birds

2009, Sara Eliassen, 12 minutes

Still Birds is a dystopic fable that takes place in an enclosed world in which meaning is about to disappear. In a theatrically constructed universe with no specific geography or time, the only remaining people are children who have lost the ability to use language. In the aftermath of a human catastrophe, Still Birds is a fable with a glimmer of utopian hope.

Travelling Fields

2009, Inger Lise Hansen, 9 minutes

Travelling Fields focuses on a particular phenomenon that occurs when the camera’s movements and perspective are altered, redefining a location and its geography. In the film, sections of a landscape are documented upside down, moving the camera one frame at the time along a track. The film moves between different topographies and locations in the Kola Peninsula of northern Russia.

Little Miss Eyeflap

2009, Iram Haq, 9 minutes

A modern retelling of “Little Red Riding Hood,” Little Miss Eyeflap is the story of a Norwegian-Pakistani girl who escapes from an arranged marriage, breaking with her own culture. The ten-minute short film blends live action with digital animation, following the protagonist’s first steps into a world which is both familiar and foreign to her.

Still Birds

2009, Sara Eliassen, 12 minutes

Still Birds is a dystopic fable that takes place in an enclosed world in which meaning is about to disappear. In a theatrically constructed universe with no specific geography or time, the only remaining people are children who have lost the ability to use language. In the aftermath of a human catastrophe, Still Birds is a fable with a glimmer of utopian hope.

Travelling Fields

2009, Inger Lise Hansen, 9 minutes

Travelling Fields focuses on a particular phenomenon that occurs when the camera’s movements and perspective are altered, redefining a location and its geography. In the film, sections of a landscape are documented upside down, moving the camera one frame at the time along a track. The film moves between different topographies and locations in the Kola Peninsula of northern Russia.

Little Miss Eyeflap

2009, Iram Haq, 9 minutes

A modern retelling of “Little Red Riding Hood,” Little Miss Eyeflap is the story of a Norwegian-Pakistani girl who escapes from an arranged marriage, breaking with her own culture. The ten-minute short film blends live action with digital animation, following the protagonist’s first steps into a world which is both familiar and foreign to her.