FFN - Young Directors / Student Films

Norway, 1
Regi: Astrid Ardagh

An experimental short film that takes you on a sensory journey through the Arctic winter. The poetic, tableau-like images of an almost abstract island landscape explore the fluid boundaries between light and darkness, humans, and nature.

Norway, 2023
Regi: Mads Toft Hansen

A story of friendship in the beginning of the Polar Night, when the sun doesn't rise above the horizon. Set in an empty film studio, the darkness creates the perfect setting for their miserable lives. We follow them during a day, as they both fail at work and have to take care of each other.

Norway, 2024
Regi: Kevin Berro

Queers in the Middle East often face a combination of religion, strong beliefs, and a society condemning them for who they are. Scenes with Hani Assaf, known under the drag name Frida Marida, are set in dialogue with excerpts of a phone conversation the filmmaker has with a friend.

Norway, 2023
Regi: Mihkkal Hætta, Ándaras Leonardsen

This Sámi short explores an alternative universe in Sápmi where they managed to remove the primordial knowledge from the colonists. The film is composed of open, meditative, persistent images from different landscapes in Sápmi, and is a journey to and from these lands.

Sweden, 2023
Regi: Viggo Zingmark Lien

In a small town in northern Sweden, two best friends prepare to part ways after their high school graduation - this crucial point in life where childhood nostalgia crosses the anticipation of independence. Suppressed feelings complicate their inevitable goodbye.

Finland, 2023
Regi: Hannu-Pekka Peltomaa

There is a first time for everything, and for young Aliisa and Vili, that time is today on their three-month anniversary. How far is one willing to go just to avoid saying "no" to their loved one?