NATAN

Jonas Bergergård and Jonas Holmström Sweden, 2003, color, 35 mm, 12 min. Principal production credits Directors/writers Producer Jonas Bergergård and Jonas Holmström Carina Ekman Cast Natan Viggo Woman Tomas Christensson Rolf H Karlsson Kerstin Högstrand Major Prize Grand Prix, Festival du Court Métrage Clermont-Ferrand, 2004 Festivals Festival International du Film Indépendant, Bruxelles, Belgium, 2003 Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche, Germany, 2003 Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Germany, 2004 Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden, 2004 Festival du Court Métrage Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2004 Minimalen Kortfilmfestival, Trondheim, Norway, 2004 Bradford Film Festival, England, 2004 Bengtsfors & Ed Filmfestival, Sweden, 2004 Festival du court métrage du Nice, France, 2004 Internationales Kurzfilmfest, Tübingen, Germany, 2004 Internationale Kurzfilmtage, Oberhausen, Germany, 2004 Festival du Court Métrage, Bruxelles, Belgium, 2004 Festival Internacional de Cinema do Algarve, Portugal, 2004 Cracow Film Festival, Poland, 2004 Internationales Kurz Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany, 2004 Festival de Cine de Huesca, Spain, 2004 Message to Man International Film Festival, St Petersburg, Russia, 2004 Aye Aye International Film Festival, Nancy, France, 2004 Revelation Perth International Film Festival, Australia, 2004 Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, 2004 Odense Film Festival, Denmark, 2004 International Short Film Festival in Drama, Athens, Greece, 2004 Synopsis It is Natan's first day in his new job. The employment office has sent him to Viggo's hamburger joint. Münir is trying to teach him the moves, but Natan is a disaster waiting to happen. Viggo sacks him and Natan is back on the street again. But Viggo's conscience gets to him - he grabs a hot dog and goes looking for Natan.... Jonas Bergergård Born in 1966, Jonas Bergergård is a father of twins and lives in a red house in the Swedish countryside, near Karlstad. Both author and filmmaker, he has published two books of fiction and has made five short fiction films and one documentary. He also teaches creative writing as a guest lecturer and gives a workshop in filmmaking. Jonas Holmström Born in Karlstad in 1964, Jonas Holmström was educated at art schools in Gothenburg in the late eighties. He worked as an artist/ painter until 1998, when he started writing film scripts and made his first film in 2000. He has made four short films to date: 2000 2002 2003 2005 A Brother Comes for a Visit Izidor Natan Wrong Movie

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