FFN SHORTS 3: Pushing the margins

Norway, 2026
Regi: Torfinn Iversen

The Corkscrew is a visually powerful coming-of-age story set in a winter landscape, in the iconic toboggan run "Korketrekkeren". 12-year-old Lucas finds himself in a moral trilemma: He risks losing his friendship, betraying an adult he trusts, or revealing family secrets he has long tried to keep hidden. Whichever choice he makes, it will have major consequences. 

Iceland, 2025
Regi: Karin Rós Wiium

An understated, unsettling short film that explores the complexities of giving and taking, revealing that these actions are rarely as innocent as they may seem. With its minimalist tone and lyrical approach, the film offers a subtle, yet effective, meditation on human relationships and moral consequence. Won Best Icelandic Student Short at Reykjavik IFF in 2025.

Norway, 2026
Regi: Trond Kvig Andreassen

The poet-priest Petter Dass is more myth than man now. The boundaries between fairy tale and reality are blurred when a new monument to Dass is being built far out in the ocean. This astonishing, moving and intellectually engaging documentary offers a fresh and thought-provoking perspective on one of Northern Norway’s most mythologized figures, and raises important questions about cultural memory and moral legacy.

Finland, 2025
Regi: Silja Tuovinen

Set in a future where snowy winters are gone, Avalanche explores the deep emotional impact of climate collapse. This experimental film looks at how loss of nature and climate grief affect our sense of the world. With fragile characters and snow as a comforting yet haunting illusion, it becomes both a warning and a way to mourn the landscapes we have already lost.

Norway, Sweden, Finland, 2026
Regi: Johannes Vang

A Norwegian customs officer (Øystein Martinsen), a Finnish poacher (Sverre Porsanger), and a mysterious Swedish woman (Ayla Nutti) meet at the three-country border. When their differences — spanning laws, language, and prejudices — spark an escalating conflict, they must devise an unconventional solution to resolve their unexpected connection.

Sweden, Norway, 2025
Regi: Jakob Arevärn

Josefine installs the world's fattest bass box in her car before her evening date with Billy. Young love fills the night air, but the loud music does not impress everyone. Soon, the date turns into a horrific battle for life and death, somewhere in the dark forests of Northern Sweden.