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Shift

16 mm, 15 min, 2010

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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
ProducersMargo Siimon, Laura TalvetAnu 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, GreeceCINEMATIC 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 competition
6th
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 

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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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