The Region Skåne Short Film Award

Region Skåne’s Cultural Board established the award with the purpose of raising the status and importance of short film within the children and youth film genre. The award is given to the filmmaker who made the festival’s best short film. Quality and innovation are important criteria when selecting the recipient.

Prize money: 100 000 Swedish kronor.

Jury

Sarah Olsson

Scriptwriter, director and producer – most recently known for the documentary Black Angels. Co-founder of production company Carb Film.

Mustafa El-Mashhadani

Actor and director who runs production company Malaika Film. Currently main scriptwriter and director for a tv-series in development that focuses on the inside perspective of an Arab upbringing in Sweden.

Tanja von Dahlern

Literature and arts scholar. Head of department of Culture, Languages and Media at Malmö University.

Fredrik Sjögren

Chairperson for the Department of Culture, Region Skåne.

Ylva Skarsgård

Festival producer Nordisk Panorama Film Festival.

Competing films:

Film

Back Home

After his parents have separated, Nit moves to an old house with his mum and younger sister. They struggle with their new existence where a family of four suddenly has become a family of three.

Film

Itch

Twelve-year-old Omer and her sister have got head lice and their father comes home to help them out. But he doesn’t stay. Omer devises a plan to keep the family together – with the help of the little itchy creatures.

Film

Don’t Be Cruel

Hoping for a better life, Ninni and his Dad, an Elvis impersonator, travel to a wealthy seaside resort. When Ninni pretends to be a rich tourist and watches his Dad perform, he is shaken by the harsh reality.

Film

Crosshairs

Two friends, Harvey and Danny, steal an air rifle and take it to the countryside to try it out. But things don’t go as planned – their budding friendship is shaken when their quest for adventure ends in bloodshed.

Film

Hooves Beat

Tino lives in a border town in Kurdistan with his parents and his beloved horse. When the horse gets into danger, Tino has to make a life-altering decision. A visually striking and moving debut film.

Film

III

It’s a hot summer day and three siblings are playing by the lake shore. In their encounter with nature they are confronted with death for the first time. A beautiful film, almost without dialogue.

Film

Magma

At first glance, nine-year-old Esra might seem quiet and introverted but on the inside, there is a rollercoaster of emotions. There is a lot to process: Dad needs help, and she’s at a new school.

Film

Outside

Fynn thinks that she is big enough and cool enough to hang out on her own in her neighbourhood. But things don’t go as planned and problems crop up along the way. A film about growing up, doing the right thing and finding one’s place.