When Miina, beautiful, apparently wealthy woman is caught shoplifting, a female police officer Mare treats her with obvious contempt. Also, Mare is disturbed by the fact that her male colleague seems to feel sorry for the beautiful thief. She considers Miina as a rival and decides to teach her a lesson. At this moment, none of the two women realize, that in their lives which seem completely different, there is something dreadfully similar – everyday psychological violence. Only some hours later, they meet unexpectedly again in a situation where destiny exchanges their roles completely and rivals become partners in crime.
Original Title: VAHETUS Genre: Short fiction, Drama Director:Anu Aun Scriptwriter:Anu Aun Director of Photography: Mart Taniel Art Director: Jaagup Roomet Sound: Horret Kuus Music: Erki Pärnoja, Angelina Lundh (Sweden) Costumes: Piret Sootla Photographer: Laur Laanemaa Editor: Margo Siimon Cast: Mari Abel, Katariina Lauk, Mait Malmsten, Aleksander Eelmaa, Helena Meržin, Andres Puustusmaa, Hilje Murel, Indrek Sammul, Mona Pääsuke ja Juhan Ulfsak Producers: Margo Siimon, Laura Talvet, Anu Aun Production: Luxfilm World Sales: Shorts International
Film was funded by: Estonian Film Foundation, Estonian Cultural Endowment, Gambling Tax Council and Nisi Masa Estonia
Awards: Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, Greece - CINEMATIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD First Step Film Fest, Albania -BEST DIRECTOR AWARD Estonian National Culture Foundation - BEST DEBUT of the CULTURAL YEAR Estonian Filmmaker's Union - XIII ESTONIAN FILM DAYS' ANNUAL FILM AWARD 10th Rome Independent Film Festival - THE BEST FOREIGN SHORT FILM PRIZE ONE SHOT International Short Film Festival - SPECIAL MENTION 34th Norwegian Short Film Festival - HONORARY MENTION V SHORTini Film Festival - BEST SHORT FILM Cinefiesta International Film Festival - FIRST RRIZE 17th Aye-Aye Film Festival - SPECIAL PRIZE 7th Paris Courts Devant Film Festival - THE BEST FOREIGN SHORT FILM PRIZE 6th International Short Film Festival Žubroffka - 2nd AWARD IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 5th Speak Out Against Domestic Violence Short Film Contest - FIRST PRIZE 20th Euroshorts 2011 - GRAND PRIX 28th European Film festival of Lille - PRESS AWARD 4th Malta Short Film Festival - BEST EDITING AWARD 4th Malta Short Film Festival - FOREIGN JURY AWARD
Festivals:
Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, Greece - in international competition "Schnit - open 2010" International Short Film Festival, Switzerlan d, Germany, Africa - in competition 29th U
ppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden - in international competition Iasi International Film Festival, Rumenia - in international short film competition 26th International Short Film Festival Interfilm Berlin, Germany - in international competition First Step Film Fest, Al
bania - in international competi
tion 49th Golden Knight Malta International Film Festival - in international competition Baltic Film Festival Berlin, Germany Sleepwalkers Student & Short Film Festival, Estonia - in Estoni an short film competition 22nd Trieste Film Festival, Italy - in international short film competition 24th Stuttgarter F ilmwinter, Germany 33rd Clermont-Ferrand Inte
rnational Short Film Festival, France - in international competition 17th Regensburg Short Film Week, Germany - in international competition 41st Tampere International Short Film Festival, Finland - in intern
ational competition 10th Rome Independent Film Festival, Itaalia - in international short film competition 20th Florida Film Festival - North American Premiere ight: normal;">REX-2011, Recent Experimental Short Films Festival, Sweden 34th Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway - in international competition International Short Film Festival FILMFEST DRESDEN, Germany - in international competition IV International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, Ukraine - in international competition International Short Film Festival SHQIP FILM FEST, Kosovo - in international competition Shanghai International Film Festival, China - in international competition 12th International Izmir Film Festival, Turkey - in international competition ONE SHOT International Short Film Festival, Armenia - in international short film competition 43rd Bolzano ShortFilm Festival, Italy - in Global Vision competition 20th Sequence short-film Festival, France - special program 17th Aye Aye Film Festival, France - in international competition 35th Montreal World Film Festival, Canada - Focus On World Cinema section 5th International Film Festival Kratkofil Plus, Bosnia and Herzegovina - in official competition V SHORTini Film Festival, Italy - in international competition 22nd Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia - in official competition 25th Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany - in international program The Monterrey International Film Festival, Mexico - in short film competition 17th International Short Film Festival in Drama, Greece - in official competition Cinefiesta International Film Festival, Puerto Rico - in official competition Postira Seaside Festival, Croatia – in international program 18th Granada International Young Filmmakers Festival, Spain - in international competition International Crime and Punishment Film Festival, Turkey – in international program International Short Film Festival Lille, France – in international competition 7th Paris Courts Devant Film Festival -in international competition6th Vilnius Film Shorts FF, Lithuania -in international competition 7th Cuenca Film Festival "Mujeres en Direccion", Spain - in short film program
t;span style="font-weight: normal;">EUShorts Short Film Festival, Hungary - in international program 20th Euroshorts Film Festival, Poland - in international competition Helsingi International Film Festival "Love and Anarchy" - in short film program Brest European Short Film Festival - in international competition Cinema Tous Ecrans International Film Festival Geneva, Switzerland - in international competition 53rd Nordic Film Days Lübeck, Germany - in short film program 6th International Short Film Festival Žubroffka, Poland - in international competition Mis Me Binga Panafrican Women Film Festival, Cameroun - in international program Parvin Etesami Film Festival, Iran - in international women film festival competition Polish Short Film Review 2011, Poland - in competition 6th Athens International Short Film Festival Psarokokalo, Greece - in competition program 13th Aubagne International Film Festival, France - in international short film competition 4th GO SHORT International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands - in european short film competition 12th GoEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, Germany - in Beyond Belonging section Key Shorts Film Festival 2012, United Kingdom - in international short film program 16th Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria - in international short film program 15th Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival, Turkey - in international competition 17th Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS, Latvia - in Baltic competition Summer Film Festival, Poland - in festival program 20th ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival, Romania - in competition program
When Miina, beautiful, apparently wealthy woman is caught shoplifting, a female police officer Mare treats her with obvious contempt. Also, Mare is disturbed by the fact that her male colleague seems to feel sorry for the beautiful thief. She considers Miina as a rival and decides to teach her a lesson. At this moment, none of the two women realize, that in their lives which seem completely different, there is something dreadfully similar – everyday psychological violence. Only some hours later, they meet unexpectedly again in a situation where destiny exchanges their roles completely and rivals become partners in crime.
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