Short Film Selection/ Norway, 2020, 13’

Details

• Director: Rikke Gregersen
• Screenplay: Rikke Gregersen, Trond Arntzen
• Editing: Espen Skjong Knutsen
• Yönetmeni Cinematography: Torjus Thesen
• Producer: Stine Blichfeldt
• Production: Them Girls Film
• Cast: Anders T. Andersen, Alexander De Senger, Renate Reinsve, Marit Andreassen
• 2021 Philadelphia Film Festival Best Narrative Short Film Honorable Mention
• 2020 Norwegian Short Film Festival Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography Honorable Mention

Recap

Minutes before take-off, a situation occurs preventing a commercial flight to Istanbul, from leaving. A passenger refuses to sit down in an attempt to prevent the deportation of a man inside the plane. The pilot suddenly finds himself in a position where he has to take a political stand he has no interest in taking.

Director

Rikke Gregersen

Born 1994 in Norway. She has experience from both theatre and literature studies, before she started her BA degree in film directing at Westerdals University in 2015. In her filmmaking she works with the combination of humor and tragedy, as she explores human behaviour and relations.

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