The Yin and Yang of Short Film Storytelling

Professor Richard Raskin, born in the US but affiliated with the Danish University of Arhus since 1983, has been researching the uniqueness of short film for more than 50 years. His latest book, The Yin and Yang of Short Film Storytelling, confirms him as the leading contemporary researcher in short film theory, technique and strategies. In his book, he applies his paradigm to ten short films, five of which are shown in full in this programme, each time accompanied by a pre-recorded commentary by Prof Raskin. A wildly fascinating exploration of short film theory.

The book The Yin and Yang of Short Film Storytelling can be purchased at the festival desk.

Programme 1h04 — Screenings: Screenings: Sun. 4/12 (13h), Sat. 10/12 (17h) in Auditorium

Urząd

(The Office)

Krzysztof Kieślowski • Poland • 1966 • 6 min. People queue in front of a counter to arrange their pensions applications. There seems to be something wrong with almost every application. The counter clerks stamp, deny, give instructions, file and take a break. The annoyance is tangible.

DOP: Lechoslaw Trzesowski • Script: Krzysztof Kieślowski • Editing: Janina Grosicka • Contact: michal@studioindeks.pl

Andy Warhol Eating a Hamburger

Jorgen Leth • Denmark • 1982 • 4 min. 1981. Andy Warhol, the biggest name in the American art world of the 1960s and 1970s, eats a hamburger. One of 66 visual postcards from the film, 66 Scenes from America.

DOP: Dan Holmberg • Script: Ole John • Contact: ole@olejohn.dk

Avsporing (Derailment)

Unni Straume • Norway, France • 1993 • 7 min. A woman enters the subway. She takes a seat in the train opposite a sleeping man and closes her eyes. In a dreamlike sequence, the woman and the man meet. As the train stops, they both wake up…

Production: Unni Straume Filmproduksjon as • DOP: Harald Gunnar Paalgard • Script: Unni Straume • Editing: Unni Straume • Music: Rolf Wallin • Cast: Anne-Lise Berntsen, Tom Remlov • Contact: toril.simonsen@nfi.no

Under bæltestedet

(Below the Belt)

Alexander Kolpin • Denmark • 2006 • 10 min. Two men meet at a restaurant. One is assertive and confident, the other quickly intimidated, especially when he learns that his friend has met an incredible woman. Coincidentally, that very woman steps into the restaurant.

Production: Fridthjof Film • DOP: Mads Thomsen • Script: Alexander Kolpin • Editing: My Thordal • Music: Jesper Mechlenburg • Cast: Lars Brygmann, Trine Dyrholm, Troels Lyby • Contact: mail@f-film.com

On Suffocation

Jenifer Malmqvist • Sweden • 2013 • 7 min. In a prison, a convict will be executed. A conviction that came about because the system became more important than human life.

Production: China Åhlander • DOP: Ita Zbroniec-Zajt • Contact: china@chinema.se