Eating Out

Pål Sletaune
(Norway, 1993), 7 minutes, 35 mm, color

Principal production credits and cast

Director & script Cinematographer Editor Sound Design Producer Julie Roy Parkas Cook

Pål Sletaune Peder Nordlund Pål Gengenbach Sturla Einarson Karl Juliusson Lars Tømmerbakke for MovieMakers A/S Anneke von der Lippe Robert Skjægstad Bjørn Sundquist Bjørn Jenseg

Awards won for Eating Out

Best Fiction, The Norwegian Short Film Festival, Grimstad, June 1993
Best Fiction, Nordic Panorama, Kristianstad, Sweden, September 1993
Grand Prix, Hamburg International Short Film Festival, May 1994
Plata di Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e Rescia,
Montecatini International Short Film Festival 1994
Grand Prix, Festival Int. del corto di fiction, Italy, 4-7 July 1996

Festivals

Norwegian Short Film Festival, Grimstad, June 1993
Nordic Panorama, Kristianstad, Sweden, September 1993
Mill Valley Film Festival 1993 (in program "From Grimstad to Mill Valley")
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, March 1994
Hamburg International Short Film Festival, May 1994
Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival, Portugal, June 1994
41st International Film Festival, Sydney, June 1994
Plata di Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e Rescia,
Montecatini International Short Film Festival, June/July 1994
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, August 1994
Short Film Festival of Drama, Athens, Greece, August 1994
The British Short Film Festival, London, September 1994
32nd New York Film Festival, September/October 1994
Cinema Giovani, Turino, November 1994
International Outdoor Film Festival, Sydney, January 1995
Bruxelles International Film Festival, January 1995
Sundance Film Festival, USA, January 1995
Filmfest Dresden, April 1995 and April 1996
Mediawave, Györ, Hungary, April 1995
Philadephia Festival of World Cinema, May 1995
Odense International Film Festival, August 1995
Norwegian Film Week, Rome, April 1996
Shorties, St. Petersburg, May 1996
Festival Int. del corto di fiction, Italy, 4-7 July 1996
Vilimit Film Festival, Kuopio, Finland, September 1996

Pål Sletaune

Born March 4, 1960 in Norway.
Stills photographer, also educated in literature and art history at Oslo University. Has directed a number of commercials, and has won international recognition for both his short films and his commercials. Is currently completing his first feature film, "Junk Mail" (release planned spring 1997).

Filmography:

1991:	Merz - en film om Kurt Schwitters Documentary, 27 min., Betacam SP
1992:	Bingoplassen (The Bingo Joint) Fiction, 18 min., 35 mm, Betacam SP Awards: Jury's Special Prize, Norwegian Short Film Festival 1992 Best European First Film, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 1993
1993:	Eating Out Fiction, 7 min., 35 mm, Betacam SP awards listed on p. above Terrormordernistene A TV documentary about the Norwegian surrealist painters, made for the Norwegian Broadcasting Company 30 min., Betacam SP

Synopsis of Eating Out

A black comedy about a man sitting alone in a rundown burger joint, enjoying his burnt fries and a burger. Suddenly a very extraordinary hold-up disrupts the snack bar's owner in his cooking and the guest, who is right in the middle of his dinner...