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Elephant Skin

Future Frames: Ten New Filmmakers To Follow 2016 / Elefanthud / Norway 2015

After a tough breakup, Johanna takes her young son to the home where she grew up, hoping for a chance to start over. Just the two of them and the rituals they share. But then her father unexpectedly turns up, and he has completely different ideas about life and raising children. Johanna is thus forced to wage yet another battle – for the right to be considered an adult.

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Synopsis

Johanna is going through a difficult time in her life. After a breakup she returns with her son Gabriel to the home where she grew up, hoping to find safe refuge for the two of them. Their snug little world, brightened by the rituals and games they share, is soon disturbed by the arrival of Johanna’s father. Although he wants to help his daughter, even against her will, every attempt exposes their fundamental character differences. Now Johanna must face a battle on two fronts: Will young Gabriel continue to respect her as his mother, and will her father finally admit that his once frivolous little girl has grown into an adult woman?

Anna Kořínek

About the film

25 min / Color, DCP
International premiere

Director Rebecca Figenschau / Screenplay Rebecca Figenschau / Dir. of Photography Erik Alexander Nordeng / Music Anni Odenhall / Editor Geir Eilertsen / Art Director Solveig Nuin Stephens / Producer Marion Mossing / Production Frederik Hestvold - Westerdals - Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology / Cast Iben Akerlie, Björn Anderson, Nicolay Kofler / Contact Marion Mossing, Westerdals - Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology, Norwegian Film Institute

About the director

Rebecca Figenschau

Rebecca Figenschau (b. 1984, Oslo, Norway) graduated from Oslo’s Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio in 2012, and in 2015 she finished up her bachelor’s in directing at Westerdals – Oslo School of Arts, Communication, and Technology with Elephant Skin. While at school she shot the shorts Aorta (2012) and Daim (2013). Elephant Skin competed at the festival in Haugesund and earned Best Ensemble Cast at the Norwegian Student Film Festival. She is currently working on her first feature.

Contacts

Marion Mossing
Skogholtveien, 2014, Oslo
Norway
E-mail: [email protected]

Westerdals - Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology
Postboks 9215 Grønland, 0134, Oslo
Norway
E-mail: [email protected]

Norwegian Film Institute
Box 482 Sentrum, 0105, Oslo
Norway
Phone: +47 224 745 00
Fax: +47 224 745 97
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Marion Mossing
Producer

Rebecca Figenschau
Film Director

Geir Eilertsen
Film Editor

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