The Affected
Norway | 2020
On a commercial flight to Istanbul, an activist forces the pilot of the plane to take a political stance, which is not his intention at all.
Original title: De Berørte
Director: Rikke Gregersen
Writer: Rikke Gregersen and Trond Arntzen
Photographer: Torjus Thesen
Editor: Espen Skjong Knutsen
Wins
2020 The Norwegian Short Film Festival, Grimstad
The Hourglass Award, given by The Writer’s Guild of Norway
The Golden Chair for Best Norwegian Short Film - Honorable mention
The Norwegian Film Workers Association’s Technical Award - Honorable mention
2020 Nordisk Panorama, Malmø, Sverige
Best Nordic Short
2020 Festival Internacional Signos da Noite, Lisbon,
The Night Award for Best International Short
Nominations
2021 Sundance Film Festival, USA
2021 Minimalen Film Festival, Norway
2021 Flickerfest, Australia
2021 Refugee Film Festival, Finland
2020 Leuven International Film Festival, Belgium
2020 Aesthetica Short Film Festival, England
2020 BOGOTA Shorts Film Festival
2020 Austin Film Festival, USA
2020 Show Me Shorts Film Festival, Auckland, New Zealand
2020 Uppsala kortfilmfestival, Sverige
2020 Movies on war, Elverum, Norway
2020 BIFF, Bergen
Rikkes previous exam film got her a Student OSCAR Award and the BAFTA Special Jury Price Award.