Short films from SDU wins German price

Students from media science behind the best Danish short film

In front of 25 different contributions took students from media studies at the University award for best Danish short film at the film festival 'Flensburger Kurzfilmtage'. The students participated with the film '5122' in the category 'best Danish short film', a category where both film producers and educational institutions participate. With the honorable title will also be a prize of 1,000 euros. - Right now it's a little surreal that we have won, but it's nice pat on the back, which convinces me that it is film, I have to spend my life, says Mie S. Jakobsen, who wrote the screenplay for the film and directed it. Initially the film was not selected to come by, but a cancellation meant that there was nevertheless space. And among the festival audience was thus no doubt that the students had hit something right.

Love in a box

The film's theme is the loneliness that the Internet also to people. Specifically, it is about a man who works in the storage business 'BOXIT', where one day he hears a sound from one of the boxes. Locked am a woman, and when the key is gone, begins the man to talk to her, and they develop a friendship. The man enjoys that he can control what women need to know about him and he has no desire to unlock the door when the key appears one day. A number of other films were also honored at the four-day film festival, among other things, was this year's documentaries and the year's best films named. Approximately 1,500 festival guests saw the 70 films that short film days offered. The festival takes place every year in November and has been around since 2000 Source: SDU