Fun Factory

Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! On a Saturday afternoon at a Norwegian playland, a couple witnesses an argument between two mothers and the playland manager. The couple are wondering if they should intervene, but the situation soon triggers underlying issues of their own.
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Main cast: Tobias Santelmann & Janne Heltberg
Writer/Director: Even Hafnor & Lisa Brooke Hansen
Cinematography: Øystein Mamen
Editor: Christian Siebenherz

Produced by
Verona Meier … producer
Ruben Thorkildsen … producer
Gabriela Sperl … executive producer
Miriam Klein … executive producer
Ape & Bjørn & Gabriela Sperl Produktion & ZDF/ARTE
The film is a part of “The Love Europe Project” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9861204/

Awards
Odense Int. Film Festival / Best Storyteller Award, Main Competition, Denmark
Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) / – Winner Best Norwegian Short, Norway
Interfilm 35 / 3rd Best Film, National competition, Berlin, Germany
Minimalen Film Festival, Best Norwegian Short fillm, Norway
Grimme Award (German “Emmy” Award), Marl, Germany
– Winner Best Fiction (as part of “Love Europe”) –

Nominations
12.06.-16.06.19 @ Norwegian SFF Grimstad / Norwegian Competition, Norway
18.06.-24.06.19 @ ShortFest – Palm Springs IFF / Intern. Competition, CA, USA
23.07.-27.07.19 @ Motovun FF / SF Competition, Croatia
25.07.-28.07.19 @ Cordillera IFF / Intern. SF Competition, Reno, NV, USA
26.08.-01.09.19 @ Odense ISFF / Main Competition, Denmark
– Winner Storyteller Award (2nd main award of the international, fictional competition) –
25.09.-03.10.19 @ Bergen IFF / Norwegian SF Competition, Norway
– Winner Best Norwegian Short –
16.10.-27.10.19 @ Chicago IFF / SF Competition, IL, USA
17.10.-31.10.19 @ Milwaukee FF / SF Competition, WI, USA
05.11.-10.11.19 @ Interfilm IFF / German Competition, Berlin, Germany
– Winner Best German Short, 3rd Prize –
15.11.-24.11.19 @ Foyle FF / Intern. SF Competition, Londonderry, Northern Ireland/UK
19.11.-27.11.19 @ PÖFF IFF / SF Competition, Tallinn, Estonia
21.01.-26.01.20 @ Minimalen SFF / Nordic SF Competition, Trondheim, Norway
– Winner Best Norwegian Short Film –
(16.03.-26.03.20 @ Akbank Short Film Festival / Section: Perspective, Istanbul, Turkey
27.03.20 @ Grimme Award (German “Emmy” Award), Marl, Germany
– Winner Best Fiction (as part of “Love Europe”) –
20.08.-10.09.20 @ IndieLisboa IFF / International Competition, Portugal (Corona festival date)
(17.09.-27.09.20 @ Helsinki Intern. Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland
01.-21.10.20 @ Show Me Shorts SFF / Intern. Competition, Auckland&Wellington, New Zealand
09.-31.10.20 @ Festifreak IFF La Plata, Argentina
25.-29.11.20 @ Longue vue sur le court, Montreal, Canada