DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT
Low Expectations
Directed by
Eivind Landsvik
After years of hard work in the studio, touring, and partying, Maja (29) collapses. The acclaimed artist is forced to put everything on hold. Depressed and broke, she has moved back home with her mother and works part-time at a local high school. Maja tries to distance herself from her chaotic past, observing life from the sidelines rather than participating
Principal cast
Marie Ulven, Tone Mostraum, Embla Berntsen, Anders Danielsen Lie and Snorre Kind Monsson
Written by
Eivind Landsvik
Produced by
Lotte Sandbu and Synnøve Hørsdal for Maipo Film AS, and has received NOK 11 million in production grants from the Norwegian Film Institute
Sales
Salaud Morisset
Production country
Norway
SCREENINGS
TBC
SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
Directed by
Niki Lindroth von Bahr
A dark, poetic tale of death and existence set in a large, international airport. An airplane has serious problems but cannot reach the control tower, the pig employees are engrossed in a reality series. A pushy slug seller in the Tax-Free shop tries to deeply immoral products. A dolphin barista at an exorbitantly expensive Smoothie bar loses his mind. A mysterious figure moves in the periphery, soon ready to get us all.
Principal cast
Alexander Skarsgård
Noomi Rapace
Anna Mouglalis
Denis Lavant
Carl Johan De Geer
Marianne Lindberg De Geer
Tuva Novotny
Arja Saijonmaa
Kevin Rowland
Johannes Bah Kuhnke
Richard Sseruwagi
Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Written by
Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Jen Silverman
Produced by
Kalle Wettre / Clara Marquardt, Damien Mergherbi, Justin Pechberty / Lars Amby, Johan Oettenger (Malade AB, Les Valseurs / Wired Fly with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Axel Petersén)
Sales
New Europe Film Sales
Production countries
Sweden, France
SCREENINGS
TBC
The End
CANNES DOCS / Nordic Showcase
All I Ever Wanted
Directed by Christina Martiny Moltke
Produced by Esther Nissen, Maria Kristensen | Final Cut for Real (Denmark)
Production country Denmark
The Greatest Illusion
Directed by Benjamin Ree
Produced by Ingvil Giske, Medieoperatørene (Norway)
Production countries Norway, Denmark, Estonia
Island Nation
Directed by Nikolai Galitzine
Produced by Dögg Mósesdóttir | Northern Wave Productions (Iceland)
Production countries Iceland, UK
Lonesome Land
Directed by Virpi Suutari
Produced by Virpi Suutari | Euphoria Film (Finland)
Production country Finland
Untitled Timbuktu Documentary
Directed by Simon Klose
Produced by Martin Persson, Elin Kamlert | Anagram (Sweden)
Production country Sweden
LA CINÉF
28 Days Left (TJ28)
Directed by
Yasmin Najjar
A Finnish-Palestinian woman, Amani Lillak, is completing her voluntary military service in the Finnish Army’s medical corps. During a final combat exercise, Lillak learns that the crisis in her father’s homeland has further escalated. At the same time, the intensity of the combat exercise pushes internal tensions within the medical corps to their breaking point. Lillak tries to turn her back on both conflicts and be free for just a moment.
Principal cast
Yasmin Najjar, Okko Alanne, Sherwan Haji, Mohamed El-Waber, Leevi Pellas, Rosa Honkonen
Produced by
Meri-Tuuli Varis
Production countries
Finland, Denmark
SCREENING
TBC
The object of La Cinef, an Official Selection of the Festival de Cannes, is to present and highlight films from film schools, whether fiction or animation, that reveal talent and deserve encouragement.
