Student Film Screening at Salt

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One of the most important Norwegian animation schools is in Volda. Every year, new hopeful and talented animators graduate from Volda University College. It has become tradition to hold a screening of the latest films from Volda the week of the festival, and 2024 is no exception. And this year the program is expanding to include the newest of films for Sörängens Folkhögskola in Sweden.
 
The event is free and is held at Salt Art and Music in Oslo on Wednesday 23 Oct at 18:00.
Check out the Facebook event for more details.
 
The screening will be followed by a panel conversation with the filmmakers. The screening is a collaboration between SALT, Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Volda University College, and the Swedish school Sörängens Folkhögskola.
 
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FILM PROGRAM FROM SÖRÄNGENS FOLKHÖGSKOLA

 

Busstanterna

Director: Sonja Larsson
Film length: 04:54 min
Logline or Short Synopsis - A young woman tells the story about three different old ladies she met while traveling by bus. Although brief, the meetings have left a lifelong effect on the woman.
 

Cirque de Mortel

Director: Nathalie Karlsson
Film length: 05:34 min
Short Synopsis- At Cirque de Mortel, the circus artists perform thrilling acts where their lives are constantly put on the line. One day, Death arrives to finally bring them all down to the Underworld. However, he is met by the clown Mortel, who brings him inside the circus and shows him the performance of a lifetime.
 

Free Surfing

Director: Raman Koshaleu
Film length: 01:36
Logline or Short Synopsis - A thirsty surfer who gets a taste of karma after refusing to buy a refreshing glass of water
 
Light A Fire In Me
Director: Fenton Karlsson
Film length: 11:28 min
Logline or Short Synopsis - A young man aimlessly wanders a snowy landscape day by day longing for his life to return to what it once was, but when he comes face to face with the shadow of his childhood he must reconcile with his grief and move on.
 

Melding Melody Trailer

Director: Madeleine Ljungberg
Film length: 01:31 min
Logline or Short Synopsis - We see glimpses of what happens in a universe where humans and mutants live together, in peace and in conflict.
 

No hay Eco en el Eco

Director: Yoel Browaldh and “Pesimo Servicio”
Film length: 02:11 min
Logline or Short Synopsis - a visual interpretation of the poem "the girl / the scream" by Mahmud Darwish
 

Telltale Tellus

Director: Zeferis Nikolopoulos Knutas
Film length: 07:56 min
Logline or Short Synopsis - A glimpse of the ideas held by the inhabitants of a town is being recorded.
The town is looking to expand its borders by clearing off the nearby forest. The witch of the woods responds to the threat and the town is changed forever.
 

Vera in Dorni Valley

Director: Noah A. Hall
Film length: 14:15 min
Logline or Short Synopsis - Vera goes to visit her dad in Dorni Valley. Here, they will soon find out that his house is in danger. Vera realizes that she must take things into her own hands and save the house.
 

I Insist

Directors: Livia Karlsson, Kasper Magnusson, Zhenia Shastina
Film length: 05:19 min
Logline or Short Synopsis - A young village girl meets her tragic end at the hands of her own people, being subsequently thrust into a new world, ruled by the god they all worship. Her sacrifice is honored as she, unwillingly, becomes this god's new companion. But how will her story truly end? Do good intentions justify the consequences that follow?
 
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FILM PROGRAM FROM HØGSKOLEN I VOLDA

Master Production:

Bitches

Director: Laure Ménard
Runtime: 04:41
A girls’ night. Under the city lights, fangs out, bitches will bite.
 

Bachelor Productions:

The Predation Game

Director: Ragnhild Johnsrud
Runtime: 05:11 (without credits), 06:13 (with credits)
Nera and 10 other players are trapped in an advanced virtual reality video game, then start to have their memories switched around as one player mysteriously dies.
 

Hikari in Limbo

Director: Jazmin Martinez
Runtime: 00.50
Music Video project – An awakening of self-love through comforting inner evil.
 

Human Nature

Director: Olea Mork Helland
Runtime: 17 minutes
A mysterious extinction event suddenly puts human beings on the critically endangered
species list. Aliens try their best to help out.
 

The Ealderbrink

Director: Rasmus Øien
A teaser trailer – Two opposing expeditions to discover new lands in the North, passed the
‘Ealderbrink’ – the edge of the known world. 19 th century industrialism meets classical fantasy.
 

Askeladden and the Princess

Director: Johanne Sjørengen
Runtime: 07:30
While the father tells his daughter a fairytale, she interrupts and alters the story, leading to unexpected twists.
 

Tint of Gold

Director: Alina Petunova
Runtime: 04:46
 

Little Harbour

Directors: Ebba Risøy, Ana Sefer, Kari Flaa Sæterstad
Runtime: 04:02
You move to a small town and get to know yourself through getting to know the people there.
 

Tender is the Knight

Directors: Martine Samdal & Daniela Pardiñas
Runtime: 05:17
Angus er en ensom ridder som leter etter kjærlighet på datingappen «Tender»
 

Stargazer

Director: Juan Sebastian Rodriguez Diaz
Film length: 04:06
‘And I believe that a lost ship, steered by tired, seasick sailors can still be guided home to port’ - Assata Shakur
 
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