Hopptornet / Ten meter tower
Supported by
Svenska Filminstitutet
Plattform Produktion
Description of project
A ten meter diving tower. People who have never been up there before have to choose whether to jump or climb down. The situation itself highlights a dilemma: to weigh the instinctive fear of taking the step out against the humiliation of having to climb down. TEN METER TOWER is an entertaining study of the human in a vulnerable position.
Our challenge and desire when working on TEN METER TOWER has been to capture precise images of people in a vulnerable state, a situation strong enough that it could work without a classical story frame. In our films, which we often call studies, we want to give priority to describe humans rather than telling a story about them.
We asked 43 people who had never been on a ten meter diving tower before to climb to its edge. By producing these images of human doubt and courage we want to approach the evolutionary instincts and social games that have formed us to this date.
The film has been screened in about 60 festivals world wide and has won 11 awards during 2016.
Filmen tävlade och vann priset för bästa svenska kortfilm 2016 bland 8 utvalda svenska kortfilmer. Startsladden är ett av världens största kortfilmspriser med en prissumma på runt 500 000 kr i kontanter och stöd.
SVT fungerade som samproducenter till filmen och hade sin SVT-premiär i maj. Filmen har legat på SVT Play sedan dess och kommer att finnas tillgänglig sammanlagt 180 dagar för svensk SVT-publik.
Filmen blev utvald att tävla om en Guldbjörn på Berlinale 2016.
Runt 40 filmer valdes ut av ca 5000 bidrag.
Type of work
Film
Published in
Svensk premiär biografdistribution Folkets Bio Visning på SVT (3 visningar) + SVT Play GiFF – Startsladden- vann första pris Internationell Premiär i tävlan på Berlinale 2016 Sundance Film Festival (USA) Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (Czech Republic) - Winner Best Short Film Mo & Friese Hamburg Children's Short Film Festival (Germany) - Winner Best Short Film Anonimul International Independent Film Festival (Romania) - Winner Best Short Film Milwaukee Film Festival (USA) - Winner Best Short Documentary ОСЕНЬ кинофест (Osen Film Festival, Russia) - Winner Best Short Documentary Lago Film Fest (Italy) - Special Mention of the Jury and Audience Kinemastik International Short Film Festival (Malta) - Special Mention of the Jury and Audience Message to Man International Film Festival (Russia) - Eclectic Prize Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival (France) Hong Kong Int. Film Festival (China) Jerusalem Film Festival (Israel) Documenta Madrid (Spain) IndieLisboa (Portugal) Sidney Film Festival (Australia) Festival Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal (Canada) Go Short International Short Film Festival (The Netherlands) The Norwegian Short Film Festival, Grimstad (Norway) Vienna Independent Shorts (Austria) Rooftop Films (USA) Palm Springs ShortFest (USA) Krakow Film Festival (Poland) Moscow International Film Festival (Russia) Dokufest (Kosovo) Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival (Germany) São Paulo International Short Film Festival (Brazil) Nordisk Panorama (Sweden) Reykjavik International Film Festival (Iceland) ZagrebDox (Croatia) Jakarta Short Film Festival (Indonesia) Milano Film Festival (Italy) Hamptons International Film Festival (USA) International Film Festival Morelia (Mexico) Heart of Gold International Film Festival (Australia) Format Court (France) Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy (Finland) Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art (Ukraine) Guanajuato International Film Festival (Mexico) Camden International Film Festival (USA) B-EST Timisoara (Romania) En Lördag I November Örebro (Sweden) KinoEulen Essen (Germany) Szczecin European Film Festival (Poland) 2ANNAS Film Festival (Latvia) Studio Grigiò (Italy) Galleria Huuto (Finland) Les Ecrans Documentaires (France) Cape Cod International Film Festival (USA) B-EST (Romania) Nordic Film Days (Germany) Exground filmfest (Germany) Un festival c'est trop court ! (France) Hanoi International Film Festival (Vietnam) KLEX Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival (Malaysia) Goethe Institutes (India & Vietnam) Kino Pavasaris Vilnius (Lithuania)
Link to web site
http://www.svt.se/dokumentarfilm/hopptornet
https://www.folketsbio.se/film/hopptornet/
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startsladden
http://www.svt.se/kultur/film/hopptornet-vinner-basta-kortfilm
https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2016/02_programm_2016/02_Filmdatenblatt_2016_201612257.php#tab=video25
http://www.kristianstadsbladet.se/kultur-noje/detta-ar-den-basta-start-som-filmen-kunde-ha-fatt/
Other description
https://vimeo.com/154583964
password: hopptornet
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Date
2016-03-16Creator
Danielson, Axel
Keywords
Film
Publication type
artistic work