NUFF Global Film Festival

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Tromso, Norway June 2009, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: April 2009, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: for workshops May 1, 2008
Festival Data:
- Established: 2003
- Genre: General
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 150
- Total Number of Films Screened: 50
- Total Domestic Films Screened: 5
- Total Foreign Films Screened: 45
- # of Shorts Screened: 50
- Competitive
- Retrospective
- Catalog
- Has Panels
- Has Seminars
Festival Website:
http:/ / www.nuff.no
Festival Description:

The Nordic Youth Film Festival – NUFF is an event made by and for young film interested people in the Nordic region. NUFF promotes Youth Cinema by doing film workshops with professional filmmakers, seminars, discussions and screenings. In just a few years, NUFF has evolved far outside the Nordic borders.
NUFF - For young people between 15 and 25 years old.

*Nordic film competition
*International film program
*International film workshop
*International film network
*International film seminars, discussions and a lot of fun!

Voices from NUFF:

"NUFF is a beautiful concept. Making it global this year even enriches it more. Gathering youth filmmakers from all over the world under one roof and exhibiting their works only furthers their common interest and fuses there mutual understanding and love for film and filmmaking." (Busayo Iruemiobe, Nigeria - NUFF 2007)"I liked it. I learned things on the set and get inspired by all different people. I'm optimistic and feel that film is full of all possibilities/vastness from all the different people and movies I've seen. The festival was organized well and interesting program." (Nila Wallin, Norway - NUFF 2007)"Incredible! I have travelled the world extensively making films and attending festivals and have never experienced such a loving, poignant and profound time as this one. Your dedication to media activism and global media literacy is astounding. May NUFF spreads it wings and fly!" (Paolo Davanzo, USA - Workshop teacher NUFF 2007)
Film Submissions:
- Accepts direct submissions
- Submission formats: VHS, Beta-SP, Digi-Beta, 16mm, 35mm, DVD, MiniDV, DVCam, Other
- Call for Entry: http:/ / www.nuff.no/ Pages/ entries.php
Email: hermann(at)tvibit.net

Phone: +47 776 978 67

Fax: +47 776 978 71

Mailing Address: Ungdomshuset TVIBIT Fredrik Langesgt. 29
Tromsø 9008
Norway

Email:	hermann(at)tvibit.net
Phone:	+47 776 978 67
Fax:	+47 776 978 71
Mailing Address:	Ungdomshuset TVIBIT Fredrik Langesgt. 29 Tromsø 9008 Norway

JUN 24 05:09PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Award Winners for the 2008 NUFF Global Film Festival

Best film in age group A 15-17:
"A Lucky Day"
Director by Magnus Bertelsen from Denmark

The jury’s comment:
“A Lucky Day stood out as a good example of cinematographic storytelling, giving the audience the opportunity to interpret the story, leaving the viewer with different experiences of space and time.”

Best film in age group B 18-20: "Klasskamrater"
Director by Victor Lindgren form Sweden

The jury’s comment:
”Klasskamrater manages to tackle a sensitive subject matter, giving an indebt understanding of the emotional aspects of bullying and the shortcomings of adults in helping resolve this matter. The filmmaker places the viewer in the middle of the conflict instead of being just a spectator.”

Best film in age group C 21-25: "Life Worth Living"
Director by Eirik Svensson from Finnland

The jury’s comment:
”Life Worth Living demonstrates a very talented use of form, bringing out the beauty of everyday situations and thoughts through the carful choice of aesthetics. And does so with a great deal of humor!”

The best Nordic youth film 2008: "Dart"
Director by: Måns Wide from Sweden

The jury’s comment:
“Dart, is a film where the characters and the dialogue is linked together in a brilliant way. The originality of the story is also perfectly matched with the cinematographic language. Dart hits like a dart!”

NUFF 2008 jury was:
Rachel Andersen Gomez (filmmaker from Tromsø, Norway)
Lasse Gjertsen (filmmaker from Larvik, Norway)
Christer Engberg (film director, theatre director and Musician from Luleå, Sweden)
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