this year`s Oscar®-winner in the Short Film Category

From Berlin to Korea through Odense
The selection jury of Odense International Film Festival has found the movies, which will be featured at
OFF14 in Odense come august.
92 short films have been selected for the competitive programs of the festival.
Just about 3000 hopeful moviemakers from all around the world had submitted their short films for this
year’s festival.
One of the members of the selection jury is director of Odense Film Festival, Birgitte Weinberger. And she
is very pleased with the chosen short films for this year’s festival.
“I am really happy and proud of the program we can present to our guests this August. In this year's
selection, we live up to our dogma "Expect the unexpected”. Not only we will travel around the world but
also on tour of the human mind. From a nightclub in Berlin to the mines of Central America. From the
first kiss to the end of life. With the huge range of this in look, narrative and filmic effects are OFF14’s
competition program packed with powerful stories and great movies.”
Around the world in 30 minutes
OFF14 continues the tradition of attracting filmmakers from all over the world. Among the selected films
you will find as distant origin countries as Tunisia, South Korea and Israel. And festival director Birgitte
Weinberger is pleased to OFF reaches so far beyond Denmark.
“It is lovely, that there’s so much interest from abroad. Especially because these countries are so far
away and they have got so different traditions, when it comes to movies and short films. They contribute
to the festival in a way the Danish and Scandinavian short films don’t have the ability to.”
From Odense to the Oscars®
66 foreign films and 26 Danish films are featured at OFF14. Among the Danish short films you will find
this year’s Oscar®-winner in the Short Film Category ‘Helium’, which is made by the Danish film
maker Anders Walter.
And the short film is a genre that is moving forward right now. Both in interest and quality, says Birgitte
Weinberger.
"As a genre film in the short format are very, very interesting. Short films are intense. They are daring
and full of narrative urgency and ferocity. They are the training course for talents and the playground for
the professionals where you free of commercial constraints can explore art. Take chances. Have the
courage to fail and reach unexpected height when you succeed. "
The audience can enjoy all the 92 selected films when OFF14 runs from d 25 to 31 August.
ODENSE INTERNATIONALE FILM FESTIVAL
- The only Oscar®-qualifying Danish Short film Festival
Facts about OFF14
- Almost 3000 filmmakers have submitted a short film to OFF14.
- 92 short films has been chosen for the competitive programs
- 2 short films will be submitted to assessment at Academy’s Short Film and Feature Animation Branch.
- In all, there will be handed out 195.000 DKK in prize money.
- 66 foreign and 26 danish short films will compete for the prizes at OFF14.
- OFF is being held for the 26th time.
- This year OFF features short films from Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary,
Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden,
Tunisia, United Kingdom and United States of America. (Attached to this press release there is a full list
with mere info on the short films and filmmakers)
The competition program
OFF Main Competition
The main competition consists of three awards: HCA Award, which is the festival's Grand Prix. The prize
goes to the best film in the main competition and the winner will receive a diploma, a check of 100.000
DKK and a bronze statuette of the world-renowned Chinese artist Yue Minjun. The Storyteller Award
goes to the movies in the competition, which has the strongest storyteller. The prize is OFF diploma and a
check of 15.000 DKK. The Artist Award is awarded to the film in the competition, with the best artistic
expression. The prize is OFF diploma and a check of 15.000 DKK.
The Danish Competition
The Danish competition consists of films made by Danish filmmakers. In this category they compete for
two awards: Short Film Award, which goes to the creator of the best Danish short film with a prize of
25.000 DKK and Talent Award, which is awarded to an extraordinary Danish short film talent. The prize
is OFF diploma and a check of 15.000 DKK.
Animation Competition
Animation films in competition do not have their own program, but is part of the programs in the main
competition and the Danish competition. The prizes are awarded in collaboration with The Animation
Association Anis, who has also appointed jury. They will be handing out two awards to the 19 animation
films: Børge Ring Award, which is awarded to the best animation films in the competition with a prize
of 15.000 DKK and Talent Award, which goes to the creator of an extraordinary animation. The price is
reserved for the Danish animators and can be distributed to both new and existing talent. The winner will
receive a check of 10.000 DKK.
List of featured short films at Odense International Film Festival:
Title
Film maker
Country
Cadet
Kevin Meul
Belgium
30 minutes by day
Samuel Lampaert
Belgium
Soft Rain
Dénes Nagy
Belgium
The Birds' Blessing
Serge Mirzabekiantz
Belgium
Us
Ulrich Totier
Belgium
Millionnaires
Stéphane Bergmans
Belgium
Epicenters
Raphaelle Bilodeau
Canada
The World
Yang Qiu
China
RELATION
Tian Xiaolei
China
Different Local Things
Kim Viitanen
Finland
Supervenus
Frederic Doazan
France
Grounded
Alexis Michalik
France
3 Acres in Detroit
Nora Mandray
France
The Runaway
Jean-Bernard Marlin
France
Habana
Edouard Salier
France
Where were you when Michael Jackson
died?
Skin
Jean-Baptiste
Pouilloux
Cédric Prévost
France
Every day is a small life
Albane Fioretti
France
Father
France
Hero
Santiago 'Bou'
Grasso
Benoit Martin
Life With No Tricks
Anne-Laure Daffis
France
Butter lamp
Hu Wei
France
8 Months
France
Children of Sodom
Hüseyin Aydin
Gürsoy
York-Fabian Raabe
Business As Usual-The Prophet’s On Board
Lenn Kudrjawizki
Germany
The Old Maid
Alijan Nasirov
Germany
Wind
Robert Löbel
Germany
At the door
Miriam Bliese
Germany
Walk The Dog
Sonja Rohleder
Germany
Element - elegy of a skate moment
Christian Fuß
Germany
Dipendenza
Hungary
Coda
Panna HorváthMolnár
Alan Holly
Humor
Tal Zagreba
Israel
Matilde
Vito Palmieri
Italy
Mona Blonde
Grazia Tricarico
Italy
Serena
Eric Lamhène
Luxembourg
France
France
Germany
Ireland
Even Cowboys Get to Cry
Mees Peijnenburg
Netherlands
Sync
Mari Sanders
Netherlands
As Boys Grow
Netherlands
Money Back, Please
Charlotte van
Otterloo
Even Hafnor
Arena
Piotr Berna
Poland
Inspection
Gala Sukhanova
Look back
Pavel Iurinov
Pandas
Matus Vizar
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Slovakia
The Boy
Ji-yeon Jung
South Korea
Defragmentation
Saebyul Hwangbo
South Korea
Canis
Marc Riba
Spain
Safer In The Dark
David Pantaleon
Spain
The day I killed my best friend
Antonio J. Busto
Spain
Minerita
Raúl De la Fuente
Spain
Chigger Ale
Fanta Ananas
Spain
Mystery
Spain
Stockholm
Chema García
Ibarra
Alvaro Martin
Teratoma
Óscar Díaz Cruz
Spain
Mini
Milad Alami
Sweden
Best man
Gunnar A.K Järvstad
Sweden
Stockholm Daybreak
Elin Övergaard
Sweden
Wooden Hand
Kaouther Ben Hania
Tunisia
The Bigger Picture
Daisy Jacobs
United Kingdom
Mike
Petros Silvestros
United Kingdom
Under
Dean Loxton
United Kingdom
Beach Boy
Emil Langballe
United Kingdom
Take me to the Front
Stefano Pietrocola
United Kingdom
Ain't No Fish
Michael Cash
United Kingdom
The Phone Call
Mat Kirkby
United Kingdom
For The Birds
Tara Atashgah
United States
Norway
Spain