What if you danced
“What if you danced“ is a collection of fragments in an unbalanced period of Sturla and Almas life together. Sturla has lost his foothold after quitting his studies and Alma is enjoying a carefree life in Lofoten. The unsaid is seeping through the cracks and slowly rupturing their relationship. Through each-other they learn something about themselves.
"What if you danced" is the story of a couple, and what it means being caught between attraction and difference.
A film about dealing with feelings, expectations, and the own vulnerability when opening up to another person.
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Laurens PérolDirector
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Fredrik JohansenDirector
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Laurens PérolWriter
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Fredrik JohansenWriter
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Fredrik JohansenProducer
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Laurens PérolProducer
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Nora G. SvalheimKey Cast"Alma"
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Thomas Stene-JohansenKey Cast"Sturla"
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Laurens PérolKey Cast"Oscar"
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Project Title (Original Language):Hva om du hadde danset
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Project Type:Short, Student
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Runtime:19 minutes 56 seconds
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Completion Date:January 1, 2020
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Production Budget:3,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:Norway
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Country of Filming:Norway
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Language:Norwegian
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Shooting Format:ARRI Amira
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:Yes - Nordland College of Art and Film
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TIFFTromsø, Norway
Norway
January 13, 2020
World Premiere
Competition -
54. Hofer FilmtageHof
Germany
September 22, 2020
German Premiere
Official Selection -
LISFF Wiz-Art 2020Lviv
Ukraine
September 15, 2020
Ukrainian Premiere -
Filmschau Baden-Württemberg 2020
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23. Mecal Pro, Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival 2021Barcelona
Spain
March 20, 2021
Spanish Premiere
Official selection - International competition -
*Skårungen 2022* (best newcomer 2022) for co-director Laurens Pérol, North Norwegian Film Center & 32. Tromsø International FilmfestivalTromsø
Norway
January 16, 2022
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*Skårungen 2022* (best newcomer 2022) for co-director Laurens Pérol
Laurens Pérol (b. 1995) from Stuttgart just finished his BA studies at Nordland College of Arts and Film in Lofoten, Norway. He considers working with film as orchestration of photography, literature, painting, soundscape, music, architecture and more.
Fredrik Johansen (b. 1993) has mostly worked with music videos, and experimental short films. Fredrik mostly works in collaborations and just finished his filmstudies. This is his first narrative short.
Their first collaboration in "HVA OM DU HADDE DANSET" got nominated in the competition at TROMSØ INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL 2020 and 54. Hofer Filmtage 2020.
We wanted to explore how you, in a relationship, often have to go through something by yourself to be able to see what the other person has been trying to tell you. The moment of understanding what has been there all along.