Every year, a class at Midgårdsskolan votes for the short film they think should win the School Cinema Audience Award. The nominated films all have strong ties to northern Sweden and are also screened in other short film programmes in the Perspectives from the North section. The winner will be announced at Umeå Filmfestival’s award ceremony on Friday, 27 November, between 19:00 and 20:00 at Kajen.
The screening takes place on Thursday, 26 November at 12:00 and is primarily intended for students at Midgårdsskolan. A limited number of seats may be available to other audience members.
Cräftan by Nora Izabella Kvarnström (12 min)
Hanna was born with a limb difference and has only two fingers on one hand. Around other people, she hides her hand for fear of the attention it attracts. But a new friendship changes everything. For the first time in a long while, Hanna finds a place where her hand doesn’t define her – and the courage to be herself.
Ulda by Mathias Fjellström and Patricia Fjellgren (11 min)
Six-year-old Aili can’t sleep. Through the half-open door, she listens to the sounds coming from the world outside her room, and soon her imagination runs wild. Strange noises from the kitchen make her anxious. What if the underground Ulda folk have come to take her parents’ place?
No One Owns You (Dig äger ingen) by Agnes Koskinen (18 min)
18-year-old Alicia is a competitive swimmer spending a summer’s day at her family’s cabin. While swimming across the bay, she meets Mira. When Alicia returns home, nothing feels quite the same. As the summer night draws to a close, she must try to understand where she belongs.
Her Whole Being Burned with an Inner Fire (Hela hennes väsen brann av den inre elden) by Harleen Kalkat and Marianne Strand (14 min)
An ecological crisis forces a troll mother and her daughter to survive in a cramped apartment. When the daughter comes home with a stolen human baby, she is convinced it will bring them closer to the human world. Her mother’s reaction has dramatic consequences. Can they remain true to their nature while belonging to several cultures?
Blockera avblockera by Polina Blag (15 min)
An emotional and psychological portrait of Eva, a teenage girl struggling with complicated feelings and relationships in the digital world. The film explores unrequited love and how young people navigate the often tangled landscape of relationships on social media.
2034 by Richard Desiatnik (14 min)
In a near-future Umeå shaped by surveillance, identity checks and deportations, the cautious Adam is forced to make a life-changing decision when he suddenly becomes responsible for a neighbour’s infant. A gripping dystopian story about courage, fear and resistance in a society where showing compassion has become dangerous.
Total running time: 1 hr 14 min
