Nominees for the short film prize Startsladden

This year the Startsladden Award was won by Johannes Nyholm with his celebrated and acclaimed short film Las Palmas. From more than 400 submissions eight are now selected to compete for the 2012 Startsladden prize. The winner will be announced at an award gala at the Göteborg International Film Festival.
 
Göteborg International Film Festival is the largest arena for Swedish short film. The number of submissions has increased over the years, more than 400 short films have been submitted to the 2012 festival. Each year, the festival screens over one hundred new short films during the eleven day festival. The Startsladden-nominated films are some of the festival's most popular, their screenings are sold out every year.

Among the nominated films from last year, we find several of Sweden's most acclaimed short films. Among last year's eight nominees three are now selected for competition at the Sundance Film Festival (Las Palmas, Girl and Fungus) and Las Palmas has toured worldwide at festivals after its premiere in Göteborg and the film has been seen by more than 13 million people on You Tube.

The eight nominated films are:
 
Astrid
Astrid, 11 years old, rebels against her mother and gets an unexpected problem she has to deal with.
Director: Fijona Jonuzi

Baggy
Baggy is not really accepted by her friends at a New Year's party, which he becomes brutally aware of when the party gets out of control.
Director: Anders Hazelius

Dinner with family
About a woman that has everything except perhaps the most important thing.
Director: Stefan Constantinescu

Tremor
An internal drama unfolds when a man is both distant and close to his new role as father.
Director: Jonas Eskilsson

Next door letters
It starts as cruel joke, but leads to an important turning point in the actors' lives.
Director: Sascha Fülscher
 
The wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead: prequel
A young girl longs for to be held, but is frustratingly aware of her loneliness.
Director: Maciej Kalymon
 
Dance Music Now
A neurotic studio production releases cascades of emotions.
Director: Johan Jonason
 
The photographer
In the meeting between man and the camera the film captures a state rather than a story.
Director: Vanja Sandell Billström