ED AWARD for Nordic short film
A Study of Empathy
4. 9. 2024
21:15
Hraničář
original title
En undersøgelse af empati
directed by
Hilke Rönnfeldt
produced by
Asbjørn H. Kelstrup (Frau Film)
year
2023
duration
15 minutes
country
Denmark, Germany
language
Danish with English and Czech subtitles
Synopsis
Dana wants to show empathy. Penelope wants to explore empathy. Penelope's artistic experiment unfolds and Dana's feelings are whirled around.
The film took part in Tallinn Black Nights 2023, Premiers Plans Festival 2023 in Angers or Locarno Film Festival 2023, where it won the Best International Short Film category and received the Pardi di domani Junior Jury Award.
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Hilke Rönnfeldt, born by the Baltic Sea coast in Northern Germany with Danish-Icelandic roots, graduated as a screenwriter at Swedish Alma Education and as a film director at independent film school collective Super16 in Copenhagen. She is a Berlinale Talents, Oxbelly Episodic Lab and European Short Pitch alumna. Her projects revolve around life in rural communities, worlds of work, intimacy, and the sea. She has a strong faith in the poetic capabilities of the image.
