FFN - Shorts 5

Norway, 2023
Regi: Lorentz Celo

A family of three is preparing for the weekend. Jesper, the dad, plans to stay home alone, while his partner and daughter are going away on a visit. His plans, however, are suddenly interrupted by an unknown caller. Can meaning and hope arise in a conversation with a stranger?

Finland, 2023
Regi: Anna Kekkonen

Four people experience freedom and independence, born through water. Each has some disability or illness. In the water, they experience their body differently. Most importantly, something in the water allows them to test their limits and express themselves outside of it.

Sweden, 2024
Regi: Jakob Arevärn

Joppe and My are torn between breaking up or giving the relationship another try. A situation they have been in so many times before. A struggle between following your heart or letting rationality make such a pivotal life decision.

Iceland, 2023
Regi: Bergur Árnason

A despondent writer stumbles upon a mysterious note in a book that she finds in her neighborhood park. While struggling to bring life to her own characters she starts writing messages back. Slowly, an unusual rapport with the unknown note-writer evolves.

Sweden, 2024
Regi: Jonas Lawes

To retire from a long life of work is a major milestone for most of us. But how does one leave a job when it is not just a job but a calling? In this personal documentary, a son follows his father through his last service.

Sweden, 2023
Regi: Helena Wikström, Peter Stens

Who is that figure roaming through the city, accompanied by the tunes of Harriet Löwenhjelm's poem Hunting Birds? The last find of a living dodo was made by a shipwrecked sailor in 1662. For the first time in history we understood that it was man's fault that a species was forever gone.