"NUFF is THE most well organized film workshop I have ever been a part of. It's no miracle that everyone has been able to produce such great films in the time we have had; it's all due to great organizing, planning and recourses here at NUFF. I love every part of the experience." (Participant 2016)
The workshop leaders for NUFF 2017
The mentors for the NUFF film workshops are ready to go. Four professional filmmakers with different approaches and experience will be at NUFF 2017 to coach, mentor and have fun with the young filmmakers coming from all over the world to NUFF. Check out who is coming here... and submit for participation here...
Workshops at NUFF 2017
This year NUFF is offering 3 different kind of workshops. You can participate at the film-workshops, VR/360 film workshop and Special effects/green-screen workshop. For more info just check here...
Call for entry
Now you can submit your films to three different film competitions at NUFF 2017! The entry-forms will be open until March 1st!
The Nordic film Competition
Films made by young filmmakers (26 and younger) who live or work in the Nordic countries (Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway & Finland). The films must be not longer then 20 minutes and produced after January 2015. The competition has four awards: best film in each age group (<18, 19-21, 22-26) and the best Nordic film (all ages).
The International film competition
For films produced outside the Nordic countries, which are not longer then 20 minutes, produced in the last two years and the filmmakers are 26 years old and younger. The competition has one award: the best international film at NUFF 2017.
VR/360 film competition
For VR/360 degrees produced films from all over the world, which er not longer then 10 minutes and produces after June 1st 2015. The filmmakers are 26 old and Younger.
Find the entry forms here...
NUFF 2016 - The Winners
NUFF 2016 had 301 film entries. At the end there was a film program with 45 films in 2 competition programs, a special program with 1 professional film (Ambulance), 1 extra short film program on the topic of refugees in Europe, 1 opening film, 1 closing film, and the screening of 6 workshop films. Altogether, there was shown 52 films in 11 programs with 445 spectators during this year's festival. Screening location was the Verdensteatret Kino in Tromsø.
Nordic Youth Film Competition
The Nordic competition was announced in January during Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF) and aimed at young filmmakers under 26 from all the Nordic countries, which made a film during the last 2 years. The film should not last longer than 20 minutes. The announcement was promoted through NUFF's e-mail lists, Facebook, Twitter, websites, Tvibit, Film Port, various online film festival sites and the media.
124 films were submitted. All were seen by the selection jury which consisted of Marte B. Aasen and Hermann Greuel.
26 films were nominated for the screenings. 2 of them were already nominated as the NUFF-award winners at Novemberfestivalen in Trollhättan, Sweden. The 24 other films came from Norway, Finland, Faroe Islands, Denmark and Sweden.
The films were divided into three age groups: <18 (4 films), 19-21 (5 films) and 22-26 (17 films).
The jury for the Nordic Youth Film Competition was Arne Sommer (Germany) leader of the film workshop Kiel and head of the Filmförderung Schleswig-Holstein, Sarah Schipschack Norway / Germany), artist and experimental filmskaper and Dane Dodds (South Africa), an artist, designer and filmmaker. The jury got the films before the festival, and took the decision at a jury meeting under NUFF.
The main award - The Best Nordic youth - was worth with 10 000,- donated by Foreningen Norden. Other prizes were given for the best film in its age group.
Best nordic film in age group under 18
White Lies
by Tiril Celine Leggett, Norway
Jury substantiation: “This short one-take film shines a light on a commonly practiced social paradigm, lying. The coping mechanism we so easily resort to. We applaud this film as it was able to achieve such a climax so quickly and not feel rushed. That is the truth.”
Best nordic film in age group 19 - 21
Driving To Thule
by Tommy Flavin & Hanna Sunni, Faroe Islands, Irland, Norway
Jury substantiation: “Driving is not always about where you are going. This slow paced film captures a unique, yet somehow relatable thought pattern and allows space for the mind to wonder and adapt the film to mean something to each one watching it.”
Best nordic film in age group 22 - 26
The One Who Remember More
by Lauri Autere & Minna Valjanen, Finland
Jury substantiation: “’The one who remember more’ shows both the extreme beauty and brutality of the human existence. We see a wild and beautiful landscape with an brutal change for the land and the people. The narrator is an excellent storyteller who shares his history of the changing land for an industrial progress. The film is highly memorable and addresses important issues of life in our century.”
Best nordic film 2016 (main prize)
Bestevenner / Best Friends
by Alexander Armas Kereklidis Turpin, Norway
Jury substantiation: “One girl, one boy, one question: friends or lovers? ”Bestevenner” goes a long way with this simple set-up. Love to detail, superb acting, clever writing, breath taking photography and a bucket full ideas build this into something great and complex out of that simple proposal. Watch it – on the big screen!”
Best Nordic film <special mention>
Det kommer båter / There Will Be Boats
by Emilie K Beck, Norway
Jury substantiation: “Beautiful young people in a Mediterranean paradise. Cleaning up the hellish remains of war and world politics. ”Det kommer båter” leaves the comfort zone and goes to where Europe is hurting, where people are dying. It is hard to forget some of these scenes, and that is that how it should be. We need this!"
International Youth Film Competition
The international competition was announced in January at TIFF and aimed at young filmmakers from all countries except the Nordic countries, which were under 26 years old and made their film during the last 2 years. The film should have a maximum length of 20 minutes. The announcement was promoted through NUFF's e-mail lists, Facebook, Twitter and the NUFF website, Tvibit and Filmport.no, Youth Cinema Network and various International Film Festival portals festivalfocus.org, click.com etc.
177 films were submitted from 45 different countries from all continents. Marte B Aasen and Hermann Greuel so all films and nominated 19 films.
The final nominated films came from 16 countries: Germany, Egypt, Belarus, Syria, Mexico, India, Palestine, Latvia, Switzerland, Iran, Iraq, USA, Portugal, UK, Indonesia and Israel.
The films were shown together with the Nordic films in seven sections on Verdensteatret Cinema.
This year's international jury were: Ismet Bachtiar (Norway) filmmaker and game developer, Dan Thomas (Wales) film distributer and Isra Odeh (Palestine) filmmaker.
The jury got the films before the festival, and took the decision at a jury meeting under NUFF. They selected one award for the best international youth film 2016 and one special mention.
Best international film NUFF 2016
Alpajeevi / Short - Lived
by Naomi Shah, India
Jury substantiation: “Short-Lived has all the hallmarks of a great documentary film - uncovering a hidden story that would have otherwise been lost and combining its narrative with beautiful imagery and well-paced observations. Moreover, there is sense of deep empathy between the filmmaker and the subjects of the film, resulting in a story that is insightful and fascinating for audiences to watch. The filmmaker also embodies the spirit of what it is to be a young filmmaker - indomitable in overcoming the odds in pursuit of a good story and building an expectation for more good things to come from her craft.”
Best international film at NUFF 2016 <special mention>
In the Parking Lot
by Juliana Orea, Mexico
The audience award
After many years abstinence NUFF had this year left a public price.
The winner of the audience award was
In the Parking Lot
by Juliana Orea, Mexico
NUFF@TIFF screenings 2017
NUFF@TIFF screenings will show the winner films of NUFF 2016, the result of the Filmveksthuset Tvibit project Dokfilmfangst and the results of the NUFF@TIFF filmworkshop Young Nordic Filmmakers Exchange.
Check the program at http://tiff.no/program#taxonomy-term-120
NUFF & AMANDUS reception at TIFF 2017
Amandus Lillehammer Internasjonale Studentfilmfestival & NUFF - Nordic Youth Film Festival are inviting to their reception during the Tromsø Internasjonale Filmfestival at Tvibit. Both festivals will present their upcoming events. Mingling, food and refeshments!
Meet the future of film!
NUFF awards Novemberfestivalen 2016
As every year was nominated two new Swedish films from the annual Novemberfestivalen in Trollhättan, Sweden.
The winners are
I DUSCHEN TÄNKER JAG PÅ DET SOM MEST by Robin Nicolina Gustafsson
An important story which presents reality in a very touching way.
WOLFIE’S TWO MAGIC WORDS by Mikael Ohlson
The film expresses in an intelligent and visual way how important it is to follow your dreams and that the way requests persistence and stand at will.
This year NUFF festival coordinator Sigurd Kornelius Lakseide presented the awards at Novemberfestivalen.
The films are nominated to the Nordic competition at NUFF 2017!
NUFF@TIFF 2017
Tromsø International Film Festival - TIFF will be a plattform for NUFF. We'll be screening the winner films of NUFF 2016 and present the up coming festival NUFF 2017.
Young Nordic Filmmakers Exchange
The Young Nordic Filmmakers are just back from Nordische Filmtage Lübeck. Looking forward to meet again at Tromsø Internasjonale Filmfestival and Tvibit in Tromsø.
Check out their films made at the workshop: https://vimeopro.com/nuff/young-nordic-filmmakers-2016