Far (Father)
A farmer’s son tries to understand what made his younger sister scream in the forest.
Synopsis
A big brother hears his sister scream in the woods. He sees her walk out and tries to ask what happened, but she is catatonic. Eventually she breaks down, and asks him not to go into the forest, but determined to find out who did this to his sister he picks up a pitchfork and heads into the unknown. Only to find his father hanging from a tree, dead.
Beginnings
This film was the very first short film I made, with my classmates at EFC. It dealt with themes of loss and despair that I hadn’t been able to express after my father was diagnosed with cancer back in 2011. Many of my films after this deal with the release of emotions, the loss of a father, and dealing with trauma. All things that I struggled with at the time, and needed to find a creative outlet for.
These themes continued in my next two films, pretty much until I felt I had dealt with them internally. Which makes for the change in my thematic interests in my current filmmaking.
(My father is fine by the way).
Info
Cast
Erik Schäfer (Brother)
Clara Lundblad (Anna)
Mads Lemminger (Father)
Crew
Harald Furuholmen: Director / Production Design
Bastian Leander: Producer
Kathrine Løssing
Toni Vucic: Camera
Sine Juhl: 1st AC
Josefine Ahlberg & Sarah Sander: Dolly crew
Malthe Glavind: Light
Viola Hjorth: Light Assistant
Oliver Berg: Sound recordist
Kezia Lisby: Sound Stand-in
Post-Production
Asbjørn Lien: Sound Design / Mixer
Viola Hjorth: Editor / Colorist
Visual Effects: Magnus Hilding-Nørkjær
Technical Details
Denmark, 2015, Short Fiction, 03:00, Color, Digital 1080p, Link, 2:39:1, Surround, Danish, Subtitles in English.
Special Thanks
Glenn Diehl
Ebeltoft Rideklubb
Esther Nørbæk
Regatten Jylland