best international film
The international jury was composed of: Sebastiaan Mulder, Hanna Suni and Jasmijn Kooijman
So We Live
Drama | Belgium | 2020 | 15:00
Director: Rand Abou Fakher
Producer: Hans Brunch Jr
A dice, a candle, a covered window. A living room of a family stuck in time.
The jury was impressed by the minimalistic cinematic language, in which the camera continuously moves in circles. A movement that both creates tension and becomes a metaphor for the state of mind of the characters and ultimately the viewer.
In this film the acting, camerawork and scenography go together seamlessly. Even though every action is carefully planned, the film manages to give a documentary-like feeling. With a great sense of respect for her subject matter, the filmmaker shows us what life can look like in times of war.
honourable mention - international competition
Tiger Is Strolling Around
Animation | Ukraine | 2021 | 12:11
Director, Writer: Anastasiia Falileieva
Producers: Michael Margulis, Marcin J. Sobczak
Cast: Keita Jo, Kiki Sugino
We would like to highlight a film that experiments with different techniques, while portraying a personal story. We were captivated by all the details that show how much time and passion was put into making this unique animation. The filmmaker shows the ability to touch upon a dark subject in a playful and creative way. We can’t wait to see what she does next!
best nordic film
The Nordic jury was composed of: Mai-Lis Eira, Nanna Agersborg Moan and Sanjey Sureshkumar
Pool Rule
Drama | Sweden | 2022 | 08:52
Director: Alva Winbladh
Writers: Alva Winbladh, Linda Barnett
Producer: Simona Soukalová
Editor: Anagha Anand
DoP: Nadia Farghaly
First the jury wants to congratulate all the filmmakers and their contributors with all the films. This year`s Nordic Films at NUFF 2022 has shown a big diversity in both themes and storytelling, with high-quality films with relevance from our daily lives and our daily surroundings.
This year's winner approached a topic that is relevant to all of us, where an individual act becomes a great deal to everyone involved when coming into a social space. The filmmaker brings the viewer into a social-anthropological study, which will spark a lot of debate and reactions. The film`s characters are probably sitting in this room, perhaps seated next to you. The use of humor dismantles the confronting nature of the scenario, and we in the jury were all impressed by the finesse with which the filmmaker accomplished this. We sincerely apologize to everyone who was offended by all the topless human beings in the swimming pool, but the best Nordic film goes to Pool Rule!
honourable mention - nordic competition
The Harbourmaster
Havnesjefen
Animation | Norway | 2022 | 07:17
Directors: Mia Ludvigsen Henriksen, Konrad Hjemli
Cast: Håvard Nyhagen Henriksen, Frida Gabrielli, Ann Helen Hjemli
Original Score: Ann Helen Hjemli, Atle Rakvåg
This year’s honorable mention puts an emphasis on how animation can creatively open several doors in this film’s narrative. In a rural town we find a local and heavily debated story transforming, as the filmmaker decides to give an animal human traits and characteristics. By doing so, the film allows the audience to decide if this story turns out to be a tragedy, comedy, or both. The refreshing cross-over between documentary and animation drew the jury to the conclusion that this year’s honorable mention is “The Harbourmaster / Havnesjefen”.
audience award
Pool Rule
Drama | Sweden | 2022 | 08:52
Director: Alva Winbladh
Writers: Alva Winbladh, Linda Barnett
Producer: Simona Soukalová
Editor: Anagha Anand
DoP: Nadia Farghaly
amandus@nuff award
Boredom
Action | Denmark | 2021 | 08:39
Director: Viktor Gelbek
Script: Viktor Gelbek
Cast: Mathias Kehler, Viktor Gelbek
The Amandus@NUFF award goes to a film that humorously conveys what we are capable of doing when we are not stimulated by other impulses at all times. It portrays a feeling that many may have experienced during the pandemic... in a very fantastical and action-packed way. What actually happens when we get bored, and what kind of creativity can arise? Who hasn't fantasized themselves as a wizard, a superhero or an action hero in massive, spectacular scenes from time to time? The filmmakers takes this idea and bring it into an impressively made action spectacle, and it shows that they really have had a lot of fun with exploring this genre. The winning film is Boredom, by Viktor Gelbek.
best pitch
The winner of the first ever NUFF pitch is Thale Frobenius Stana. Her film idea, which explores the dynamics of mother and daughter relationship was awarded with 10 000 NOK cash prize and professional mentorship from the regional filmsenter Nordnorsk Filmsenter.
Best pitch winner Thale Frobenius Stana with jury members Marion Bouvier and Lisa Hoen
The best pitch award goes to an idea that is original, complex, interesting and coherent, and that shows high potential to be made into a quality film.
2021 WINNERS
Best International Film
The Last Ferry from Grass Island
Drama | United States | 2020 | 13:46
Director, Writer: Linhan Zhang
Producer: Clifford Miu
DoP: Giorgos Valsamis
Special mention - International Competition
Insular Sights
Visões Insulares
Drama | Portugal | 2021 | 15:50
Director, Writer, Editor: João Garcia Neto
Cast: Alice Jesus, Beatriz Pires, Dina de Jesus, Eduarda Pereira
Best nordic film
It Blooms at Night
NATTLJUS
Drama | Sweden | 2021 | 14:00
Director: Jasmijn Kooijman
Cast: Maria Fahl Vikander, Amina Avdic
special mention - Nordic competition
Boazovázzi
Documentary | Finland | 2021 | 13:30
Directors: Joonas Mattila & Jeffrey Roekens
Writer: Jeffrey Roekens
Cast: Ellen-Maaret Juuso
audience award
Pink Pleasure Doome
Stop Motion | Norway | 2021 | 12:03
Director: Maja Kjellstad Aanonsen
Script: Maja Kjellstad Aanonsen, Mali Evjen
2020 winners
Baby Dyke - Baby Lebbe - Best Nordic film
Best Nordic film age group under 18
Escape
by Laura Hadsund Baarstrøm (Denmark)
Best Nordic film age group 19 - 21
Between doves - Flugt
by Anne-Marie Bjerre Koch (Denmark)
Best Nordic film age group 22 - 26 (honorable mention)
Our Land - Utan Er
by Jean-Luc Mwepu (Sweden)
Best Nordic film age group 22 - 26
Dear Father... - Kjære Far...
by Maren Klakegg (Norway)
Best Nordic film
Baby Dyke - Baby Lebbe
by Tone Ottilie Fredriksen (Denmark)
Best international film
The Golden Buttons
by Alex Evstignev (Russia)
International Jury
Ivana Kvesic (Switzerland) - Director of Schweizer Jugendfilmtage in Zurich
Lisa Hoen (Norway) - Director of Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF)
Toni Nordli (UK/Norway) - Norwegian filmworker based in London
Nordic jury
Zuzana Drazilova(Czech Republic) - Director of Prague Teenfilmfest
Sveinung Wålengen (Norway) Director of Verdensteatret Cinemateket in Tromsø
Marte B. Aasen (Norway) - Film editor in Tromsø
Bonobo - Best international film
2019
Best Nordic film age group under 18
12
directed by Hanna Davidsen (Faroe Islands)
Best Nordic film age group 19 - 21
Dol. Mol.
directed by Jack Elliot (Norway)
Best Nordic film age group 22 - 26
Slowdance
directed by Christian Zetterberg (Sweden)
Best Nordic film
Field Trip
directed by Marthe Kalbakk Elgaard.
Best international film
Bonobo
Directed by Zoel Aeschbacher (Switzerland)
Nordic Jury
Liisa Haapanen (Finland), producer, journalist & director
Arne Papenhagen (Germany), festival-producer at FiSH - Filmfestival Rostock
Eilif Bremer Landsend (Norway), filmmaker
International Jury
Noel Goodwin (UK), festival director for Future Film Festival at BFI in London
Marija Ratković Vidaković (Sweden/Croatia), documentary filmmaker & representative of Youth Cinema Network
Mathilde Sofie Henriksen (Norway), actress & film consultant at Filmveksthuset TVIBIT
Waltzing Tilda - Best Nordic film age group 22-26
2018
Best Nordic film age group <18
Milky Way
By Adam Onishi (Sweden)
Best Nordic film age group 19-21:
Soaring Soldiers
by Cecilie Elmholt Skou (Denmark)
Best Nordic film age group 22 – 26:
Waltzing Tilda
by Jonathan Wilhelmsson (Sweden)
Best Nordic film
When we meet again
by William Sehested Høeg (Denmark)
Best international film
The Big Show
by Julien Jennequin (France)
Audience Award
When we meet again
by William Sehested Høeg (Denmark)
Nordic Jury:
Leif Holst Jensen (Foreningen Norden)
Thomas Skogstad (Tromsø Film Klubb)
John-Kristian Dalseth (Tromsø Internasjonale Filmfestival)
International jury:
Lasse Gjertsen (filmmaker Norge)
Mohamed Jabaly (Filmmaker Gaza/Tromsø)
Alessandro Belelli (TVIBIT)
Mam's Hair - Best Nordic Film 2017
2017
Best Nordic Film <18
Kid Inside (Legebarn)
by Lasse Hvidt Freiesleben Laursen (Denmark)
Special Mention Nordic Film 19-21 :
I Think about it in the Shower (I duschen tanker jag på det som mest)
by Robin Nicolina Gustafsson (Sweden)
Best Nordic Film 19-21
The Conversation (Samtalen)
by Agnete Gradek (Norway)
Special Mention Nordic Film 22-26 :
Skitzosatan – Lonely Wizard (Skizosatan – Ensom Trollmann)
by Andrea Conradsen (Norway)
Best Nordic Film 22-26
My Gay Sister (Min homosyster)
by Lia Hietala ( Sweden/Norway)
Best Nordic Film
Mum´s Hair (Mammas Hår)
by Maja Arnekleiv
Best International Film
A Girl Goes For Dinner
by Jack Ethan Perry (UK)
Audience Award
Ask No Questions
by Hanna Suni & Iver Jensen (Norway)
International Jury NUFF 2017
Jianhua Gao (China)
Tonje Ness Meinhardt (Norway)
Terje A. Nymark (Norway)
NORDIC JURY NUFF 2017
Christine Cynn (Norway/USA)
Leif Holst Jensen (Norway)
Jana Cernik (Germany)
Alpajeevi - Best International Film 2016
2016
Best Nordic Film <18
White Lies
by Tiril Celine Leggett, Norway
Best Nordic Film 19-21
Driving To Thule
by Tommy Flavin & Hanna Sunni, Faroe Islands/Norway
Best Nordic Film 22-26
The One Who Remember More
by Lauri Autere & Minna Valjanen, Finland
Best Nordic Film
Bestevenner / Best Friends
by Alexander Armas Kereklidis Turpin, Norway
Special Mention Nordic
Det kommer båter / There Will Be Boats
by Emilie K Beck, Norway
Best International Film
Alpajeevi / Short - Lived
by Naomi Shah, India
Special Mention International
In the Parking Lot
by Juliana Orea, Mexico
Audience Award
In the Parking Lot
by Juliana Orea, Mexico
Nordic Jury NUFF 2016
Arne Sommer (Germany)
Sarah Schipschack (Norway/Germany)
Dane Dodds (South Africa)
International Jury NUFF 2016
Ismet Bachtiar (Norway)
Dan Thomas (Wales)
Isra Odeh (Palestina)
Outro - Best Nordic Film 2015
2015
Best Nordic Film <18
The Jolly adventure of the men who travelled in time
by Iver Jensen (Norway)
Best Nordic Film 19-21
Gryning / Stockholm Daybreak
by Elin Övergaard (Sweden)
Best Nordic Film 22-26
Bland Bröder - Brothers between
by Samori Tovatt (Sweden)
Best Nordic Film
Outro
by Marcus Storm (Sweden)
Special Mention Nordic
Bestefar / Grandpa
by Åshild Samseth (Norway)
Best International
Disfavor / Unten Durch
by Friedrich Tiedtke (Germany)
Special Mention International
Warm Snow
by Ira Eishansky (Israel)
Nordic Jury NUFF 2015
Astrid Aure (Norway)
Leif Holst Jensen (Norway)
Kjetil Karolius (Norway)
International Jury NUFF 2015
Eilif Bremer Landsend (Norway)
Mohamed Jabaly (Palestine)
Espen Nomedal (Norway)
Infringe - best Nordic film
2014
Best Nordic Film <18
Flush
by William Dinesen (Denmark)
Best Nordic Film 19-21
Uten deg (Without You)
by Marius Myrmel (Norway)
Special Mention (18-21)
Jupiters bane (The End of Jupiter)
by Jørgen Egner Granerud (Norway)
Best Nordic Film 22-26
60-talet ringde (The 60’s Called)
by Paolo Nobis Sandén (Sverige)
Best Nordic Film
Infringe
by Martin Åhlin (Sweden)
Best International
Arefi, der Hirte (Arefi, the Sheperd)
by Daniel Asadi Faezi (Iran/Tyskland)
Special Mention International
O Vacanta la Mare (Holliday At The Seaside)
By Cristina Grosan (Hungary)
International Jury NUFF 2014
Olena Maksymenko (festival director til New Vison International Short Film Festival Kiev)
Øyvind Opshaug (film producer, Tromsø)
Martin Åhlin (film director, Sweden)
Nordic Jury NUFF 2014
Endre Lund Eriksen (script writer, Norway)
Elisa Fernanda Ruiz Pirir (film student)
David Moen (Aurora Kino Tromsø)
Waste of Live - best Nordic film 2013
2013
Best Nordic Film <18
Latter-Day Saints
Dir: Andy DeShaun, Danmark
Best Nordic Film 19-21
Att kunna se (To See)
Dir: Marcus Thernström Florin, Mattias Thernström Florin, Jenny Larsson, Sverige
Best Nordic Film 22-26
Se Lastaan Vihaa (Waste of a life)
Dir: Marko Pekkanen, Finland
Best Nordic Film
Se Lastaan Vihaa (Waste of a life)
Dir: Marko Pekkanen, Finland
Best International
Khara Karodpati (The RealMillionaire)
Dir: Piyush Thakur, India
International Jury NUFF 2013
Martha Otte (festival director TIFF, Norway)
Lasse Jangås (journalist, Norway)
Mikal Jacob Hole (UN-student, Norway)
Nordic Jury NUFF 2013
Jesper Bergom-Larsson (film consultant at Nordnorsk Filmsenter (NNFS) Sweden)
John Arvid Berger (film producer Norway)
Gry Elisabeth Mortensen (documentary filmmaker Norway)
Fzzzt! - Best Nordic Film 19-20
2012
Best Nordic Film <18
I en kokosnøddeskal / In a coconut shell
Dir: Ida Åkerstrøm Knudsen, Norway
Best Nordic Film 19-20
FZZZt!
Prod: Filmverkstedet, Samsen kulturhus, Norway
Best Nordic Film 21-25
Stige mot lyset / Towards The Light
Dir: Tor Edvin Eliassen, Norway
Special mention Best Nordic Film 21-25
Peto
Dir: Joonas Makkonen, Finland
Best Nordic Film (kr 8 000,- stiftet av Foreningen Norden lokallag Tromsø)
Banga Inte / Unruly
Dir: Fanni Metelius, Sverige
Best International Film
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Dir Bartosz Kruhlik, Poland
International Jury NUFF 2012
Susanne Wad (Station Next, Copenhagen)
Natalia Kolesnik (director Youth Film Festival 0.1 Megapixel, Murmansk)
Terje A. Nymark (film director & script writer, Tromsø)
Tim Dassler (UN-student, Tromsø)
Nordic Jury NUFF 2012
Tor Vadseth (director Northern-Norwegian Film Center - NNFS, Tromsø)
Vera Schöpfer (Filmmaker, Tyskland)
Bror Hartviksen (manager Film Centre TVIBIT, Tromsø)
Then Theory Of Colour - Best nordic film 18-20
2011
Best Nordic Film <18
OCEAN OF OPPORTUNITIES
Dir: Andreas Augdahl & Håkon Anton Olavsen, Norway
Best Nordic Film 18-20
The Theory of Colour / FARGELÆRE
Dir: Emilie Blichfeldt, Norway
Best Nordic Film 21-26:
IT’S ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE
Dir: Marte Berntsen Aasen, Norway
Best Nordic Film
WHERE WERE YOU?
Dir: Victor Lindgren, Sweden
Best international film
HUMILIATED AND OFFENDED
Dir: Dany Horiuchi & Salvador Palma, Portugal/UK
The nordic jury
Jerome Booysen, Southern Youth Film Festival – SUFF, South Africa
Valerié Gaudissart, filmmaker, France
Mahasen Nasser-Eldin, documentary filmmaker, Palestine
The international jury
Neil Young, film critic, UK
Francisca Prudence Uriri, documentary filmmaker, Zimbabwe/Norway
Tarjei Tvedten, UN-student organisation Tromsø, Norway
Draken - Best Nordic Film
2010
Best Nordic Film <18
SÄLSYNT ÖDE
Dir: Jacob Danell, Sverige
Best Nordic Film 19-21
NAKENLEKAR
Dir: Victor Danell, Sverige
Best Nordic Film 22-26
TÄTT INTILL
Dir: Josèphine Adams, Sverige
Best Nordic Film
DRAKEN / The Kite
Nils Moström, Sverige
Best International Film
LOST CHANCE
Pauline Awuor og Vinnick Kemuma, Kenya
International Jury NUFF 2011
Martha Otte, director Tromsø International Film Festival, Norway
Helena Kaiander, media-student at Breivang VGS, Tromsø
Håvard Mathisen, UN-student organisation in Tromsø
Nordic Jury NUFF 2011
Eilif Bremer Landsend, filmmaker from Tromsø
Patric Schatzmann, director Jugendfilmtage Zürich, Sveits
Zoia Vylka Ravna, producer & filmmaker from Tromsø
Last Stop - Best Nordic film 18-20
2009
Best Nordic Film 15-17
Highway to Heaven
Dir: Martin Åhlin & Petter Larsson, Sweden
Best Nordic Film 18-20
Siste Stopp / Last Stop
Dir: Eilif Bremer Landsend, Norway
Best Nordic Film 21-26
My Room
Dir: Heiðrik á Heygum, Faroe Islands
Best Nordic Film
Everything is Poetry, Baby
Dir: Victor Danell, Sverige
Best International Film
A Day In A Life
Dir: Zune Kwok, Hong Kong
International Jury NUFF 2009
The international jury was assembled exclusively by our cooperation partner in Gaza and consisted of Asaad Al Jabali, Tariq Saad, Saleh Abdulrahem, Lana Hejazi, Hala Al Jabali, Eyad Al Atbash & Nassif Afana
Nordic Jury NUFF 2009
Nomi Szpiro, director Novemberfestivalen, Sweden
Peter Schernhuber, director YOUKI Jugendmedienfestival, Austria
Detlef Fluch, director Berliner Jugendmedienfestival, Germany
Dart - best nordic film
2008
Best Nordic film 15-17
En heldig dag / A Lucky Day
Dir: Magnus Berthelsen, Denmark
Best Nordic 18-20
Klasskamrater / Classmates Drama
Dir: Victor Lindgren, Sweden
Best Nordic film 21-25
Pieniä ilojan / Life Worth Living
Dir: Jyrki Väisänen, Eirik Svensson, Joona Kivirinta
The best Nordic film
Dart
Dir: Måns Wide, Sweden
The jury
Rachel Andersen Gomez, filmmaker, Tromsø
Lasse Gjertsen, filmmaker, Norway
Christer Engberg, film director, Sweden
The Blue Bird - Best film 15-17
2007
Best film 15 -17:
The Blue Bird
Dir: Erik Ek, Sweden
Best film 18 - 20:
Guldfisken - The Goldfish
Dir: Jon Ones & Fredrik Persson, Sweden
Best film 21 - 25:
Thomas Larsson - den store färgsättaren - Thomas Larsson - A Life in Colours
Dir: Robin Woo Söderberg, Sweden
Best Nordic film:
Vi ses! - See You!
Dir: Asger Lindgård, Denmark
Special Prize of the Jury:
Awaiting Death
Dir: Andreas Öhman, Sweden
NUFF Online Prize:
Adrian - Civilian Contractor
Dir: Niklas Nannebro, Sweden
NUFF Jury
Maria Ekerhovd, producer, Norway
Pontus Hummelman, film publisher, Sweden
Daniel Alegi, filmmaker, Sweden
The Fridge - first prize at NUFF Global
NUFF Global 2007
First prize: (12000,- NOK)
The Fridge
Dir: Lucie Stamfestova, Czech Republic
Second prize: (10000,- NOK)
From the Camp
Dir: Ahmed Mashharawi, Gaza/Palestine
Third prize: (8000,- NOK)
Faceless
Dir: Tunde Aboderin, Nigeria
NUFF Global Jury
Nina Dessau, fra Oslo, political scientist & writer, Norway
Henning Rosenlund, filmmaker, festival programmer TIFF
Nina Denney Ness, art historic at National Museum Norway
Koko nainen - Best film 21-25
2006
Best film 15 -17:
De manliga männen
Dir: Hugo Anderson, Robin Gustafsson, Mattias Odh, Sweden
Best film 18 - 20:
Hard Joe
Dir: Andreas Öhman, Sweden
Best film 21 - 25:
Koko nainen
Dir: Marika Väisänen, Finland
Best original film music award:
Arr i Sjelen
Dir: Sigurd Steinum, Norway
Jury
Erling Falch, producer, Norway
Ingeborg Solvang, producer, Norway
Lars-Erik Larsson, Head of Film and Media Education at Filmpool Nord, Sweden
Rashid Masharawi, film director, Palestine
Søren Hyldgaard, film composer, Denmark
Trekant - Audience award
2005
Best film 15 -17
Tid for Omtanke
Dir: Sindre Haugland og Lars Ivar Omdal, Norway
Best film 18 -20
What about Löken
Dir: Hannes Paulsson, Sweden
Best film 21 -25
Little Big Love
Dir: Tomas Mankovsky, Sweden
Audience Award
Trekant
Dir: Carl Jonas Smensgård, Sweden
When Frost Falls - best film 21-25
2004
Best film 15 - 17
Jump!
Dir: Julie Butz, Denmark
Best film 18 - 20
And then madness took me!
Dir: Emilio Sanhueza, Norway
Best film 21 - 25
When the frost falls
Dir: Heide Sardonkopi, Finland
Audiens award winner
A sad story with a twist about ten people and a dog
Dir: Kristian Hoeck & Emil Kahr Nilsson, Denmark
Jury
Ole Giæver, filmmaker, Norway
Dino Prohic, journalist, Norway
Anni-Kristiina Juuso, actress, Finland
Le Mime - best film 21-25
2003
Best film 15 -17
Fashion - inside Child, outside adult
Dir: Mari L. Gregersen, Ingvil Kjørholt, Hege Bryn, Maja Holand, Norway
Best film 18 - 20
Fågeln
Dir: Fredrik Olsson, Mats Udd, Daniel Hedman, Sweden
Unplugged
Dir: Ken Are Bongo, Norway
Best film 21 - 25
Le Mime
Dir: Sigurdur Orri Thorhannesson, Iceland
Audiance award
Mommons Temple
Dir: Måns Berthas, Sweden
Jury
Kine Aune, animation filmmaker, Norway
Knut Erik Jensen, film director, Norway
Anne Mette Sætra, culture worker, Norway
Chris Maukeng, student, Norway