morning networking

på grund av diverse anledningar har jag inte haft möjlighet att deltaga i eller uppleva årets NORDIC PANORAMA 5 CITIES FILM FESTIVAL, som i år äger rum på hemmaplan, i MALMÖ. förra året vann jag ju som bekant NEW NORDIC VOICES AWARD på festivalen, som då ägde rum i OULU, FINLAND. men i morse, någon gång kring 06:15 på söndagsmorgonen, då jag i morgonmörkret var på väg mot CENTRALSTATIONEN efter nattens arbetspass på det civila jobbet, så passerar jag två män utanför H&M på GUSTAV ADOLFS TORG.

- "... så, har du några nya projekt på gång, då?" undrar den ena av männen medan han kramar om sin fina vita NORDIC PANORAMA 2008 folder under armen.

om inte det är en fin bild av vilken betydelse nätverkandet har under NORDIC PANORAMA, så vet jag inte vad. söndag morgon. mörkt. renhållnings-lastbilarna och ett fåtal eftersläntrare från klubbarna som stängde för över en timme sedan är de enda inom räckhåll. enstaka gröna bussar som passerar sina hållplatser. fiskmåsar som landar och flyger iväg. skräp överallt. och så två herrar. med sina fina vita foldrar. utanför H&M. kvart över sex på morgonen. som pratar om sina kommande projekt.

poetry in visual motion.

new nordic voices award till csaba bene perlenberg

"It´s said that creativity grows from confusion. That moment when you don´t know what is coming next, what is waiting for you behind the next turn. - But when you're brave enough and able to follow your intuition it is very rewarding. The filmmaker has created a personal directing method that is challenging the actors and the crew in a creative process full of mutual trust. Taking your attention from the very first moment, keeping us there until the very end. A two kilometer one take masterpiece."

NORDIC PANORAMA FILM FESTIVALs jurys motivering då regissören CSABA BENE PERLENBERG blev den första regissören någonsin att ta emot det helt nyinstiftade NEW NORDIC VOICES AWARD för sin film "VÄSENPUMPEN" / "THE WALK" på kvällen den 25:e september 2007, Oulu, Finland.

schedule for oulu-visit

this is the personal itenerary for director CSABA BENE PERLENBERG during his visit @ the 2007 NORDIC PANORAMA FILM FESTIVAL in OULU, FINLAND, between September 21-24, 2007.

CSABA can be reached @ +46(0)768-653272 or @ csaba@antonbenefilm.se

Friday, September 21st

16:05.
Arrival @ Oulu Airport.

21:00.
"The Walk" is screened in the NNV1-section.

Saturday, September 22nd

10:00-11.30.
Meeting.

17:00
Dvoted.net function.

Sunday, September 23rd

10:00.
"The Walk" is screened in the NNV1-section.

After that:

10:00-14:00.
Nordic Short Film Circle
@ NUKU Big Hall

14.00.
Interview, Neo Arena TV.

Monday, September 24th

15:00
Leaving Oulu

nordic answers

in anticipation of the NORDIC PANORAMA FILM FESTIVAL 2007, where "THE WALK" (Swedish title "VÄSENPUMPEN") has been selected to screen at the newly founded NEW NORDIC VOICES section, a poll has been submitted to all of the participating directors. below are my answers to their questions. if nothing else, it can always fill up some much needed blog space...

1. How do you see the present state of short film in Scandinavia?
I believe the quality to be very cyclical. Periodically, the films are either strong in regard to subject matter, but flawed regarding the form. It is seldom that these two factors are combined flawlessly. But that could of course also be said about the majority of feature length films.

2. How has it changed in the past years?
The so-called "digital revolution" has created an abundance of handheld crap in short films. This, in combination with an overuse of cuts, has shaped the audiences views on short film as something that is not so much an artform, but rather a medium. But, again, the same could be said about the independant feature film scene.

3. In your oppinion, what is the future of short film in Scandinavia?
Short films will always be an intermediary stop on ones way to feature film production. However, there are tendencies that indicates that young directors will be forced to stay in the "short film swamp" much longer than before, having to do short after short before they are entrusted to helm a feature film production. The ledge to feature films have been raised due to fear of failure.

4. Anything else you want to mention about the subject?
Short film production is a messy and complicated affair. There is a concrete lack of profit, and the directors are usually forced to make compromise after compromise. But there´s a point to all of this - if you manage to get through these first, frustrating years, then it is more or less inevitable that you will be able to get to your feature sooner or later - and you will be bloody well equipped for it in regards to experiences and a preferential no-bullshit mentality. Don't give up. If you do, you never deserved to do that feature anyway. Harsch, but true.

the walk at nordic panorama

"VÄSENPUMPEN" ("THE WALK") has been OFFICIALLY SELECTED to participate in THE NORDIC COMPETITION PROGRAMME at the 2007 edition of the nordic film festival NORDIC PANORAMA. it will be shown in the "NP Intr07: New Nordic Voices" section. out of 565 submitted films to the entire festival, a new yearly record, "VÄSENPUMPEN" ("THE WALK") was selected as 1 of 15 in that section (out of approx. 60-70 films accepted to the festival as a whole).

this year, NORDIC PANORAMA takes place in OULU, FINLAND/SUOMI, between September 21-26.