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Posted by Editor on 28th August 2010 at 09:51 AM
Denmark Celebrates 25th Odense International Film Festival
Odense International Film Festival 2010 (OFF10), the Danish short film festival, kicked off its 25th edition in Odense, Denmark.

OFF10 presents an international competition programme consisting of a total of 120 short films from all over the world, together with a collection of special focus programmes. The Festival, taking place August 23-28, includes a selection of German shorts, animation from New Danish Screen and YouTube short films. Films are taking over the city as screens are placed in the Police Station, the City Hall and the local network TV2.


Shotlist:
Opening of Odense International Film Festival 2010

Interviews and mood from the opening of the 25. Odense International Film Festival for documentary, shorts and animation.

Shot list:
00:00 Graphic sequence from OFF10
00:03 Ulrik Breuning, : "it is huge and you have to choose. In the good old days, you could nearly see it all, now you really have to choose"

00:11 Mikkel Munch-Fals, Artistic Director, OFF10:" This was originally a festival which sprung from the idea of making animation based on the work of the writer Hans Christian Andersen.s fairytales"

00:24 Festival Leader Birgitte Weinberger opens the festival in Danish: "A big welcome to the 25th Odense International Film Festival".

00:30 Birgitte Weinberger, Festival Leader, OFF10: "We have focused on shorts this year. We try to be a little bit more rock īn roll this year. A little bit more punk and a little bit more nasty".

00:41 Mikkel Munch-Fals, Artistic Director, OFF10: "We have a lot of good films this year and it created quite a debate in the preselction jury. This is a shitload of wonderful genres and a mixed fan that will mess you up and please you and drive you insane"

00:58 Charlotte Sachs Bostrup, Director and Jurymember, OFF10: "Itīs very interesting too see what the newcomers are doing and especially the short format where you can be more experimental".

01:06 Birgitte Weinberger, Festival Leader, OFF10: "I think this a very good spot to actually see what Denmark is".

01:10 Charlotte Sachs Bostrup, Director and Jurymember, OFF10: "I think we have a good tradition here in Denmark to tell very honest stories. Just telling the simple, natural story".

01:18 Mikkel Munch-Fals, Artistic Director, OFF10: "We are celebrating our 25th anniversary and thank god, itīs still an international deal".

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