Finally we can share the complete festival program for the 47th Norwegian Short Film Festival with you! You can read all about what’s happening outside of the competition programs, and find out where and when everything is taking place so you can plan your own festival schedule. Below are a few of this year’s festival highlights.
INDUSTRY PROGRAM
These are some of the English-language industry events taking place this year:
- Masterclass with Melanie Miller, Oscar®-winning producer of Navalny
- Inside the Romanian New Wave with Răzvan Rădulescu
- Voice & Audience: A Kathleen McInnis Masterclass
- Melissa de Raaf: How to Use Time Editing in Cinematic Storytelling
- Dramatic SOFA med Brwa Vahabpour og Răzvan Rădulescu (in collaboration with the Writers’ Guild of Norway)
- Sales and Distribution in Short Film Circuits with Kathleen McInnis
- Pitching arenas:
- Work in Progress: Short Film Version
- Next Stop – Features (registration required, click link for details)
- Screen Talent Europe Pitching Forum
- Speed Dates
SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAM
These are some of the film screenings and other events that take place outside of our standard program sections:
- Gaza Film Unit: Protecting the Palestinian Narrative
- Workers Leaving the Factory: ISKRA / SLON & Groupe Medvekine
- Hand-picked short film programs from programmers at Sundance, Toronto, and Oslo/Fusion Film Festival
- Romanian Short Films
- European Film Academy presents: European Film Awards 2023/2024
- Screen Talent Europe Film Program – Films that have been produced after having been pitched in Grimstad!
SOCIAL EVENTS
These events are meant to give you some breathing space in between the busy festival schedule, and a chance to connect with fellow festivalgoers. With the beautiful town of Grimstad as a backdrop, these are sure to give you a memorable start to the summer!
- Daily boat trips on board S/S Solrik along the Grimstad coast – legendary and almost mandatory activity at the Norwegian Short Film Festival!
- Guided tour and beer tasting at Nøgne Ø Brewery
- Daily morning ocean swim
- Film Quiz with The Norwegian Federation of Film Societies – prizes to be won! All questions will be asked in both Norwegian and English.
- Meet & Greets / Garden Parties:
COMPETITION PROGRAM
Click here to read more about this year’s competition program, consisting of Norwegian and international short films & short documentaries, and Norwegian music videos. The films in these programs are competing for 10 festival awards in total, and the 3 winners of the Golden Chair for Best Norwegian Short Film, Best Short Documentary, and Best International Short Film will qualify for Oscar® consideration.
DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL
Our entire competition program is available on our digital film festival platform! This will be available from the first day of the festival (June 12) and through the whole following week, ending on Sunday June 23! If you are in Norway but unable to attend the festival in Grimstad, or your film is screened at the festival and you want to share «your» program with friends and family elsewhere in Norway – this is the solution!
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We look forward to seeing everyone in Grimstad in June!
