VISKAR I VINDEN | Award Winning Short Film Directed by James Newman

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲!
𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀.

‘A feisty forensic investigator is gathering evidence at the murder scene. Until the corpse posthumously communicates with the investigators through its decaying farts. They must conduct a most unusual interview to catch the killer’.

Winner of Best Comedy Short Film at the 2021 British Short Film Awards, Viskar I Vinden is truly fantastic!

Director Statement:
I wanted to do an incredibly pretentious art film, but the subject was tremendously childish and lowbrow. I landed on making a Nordic Noir about farts. Myself, and the crew, do not speak a word of Swedish. We had to rely on my Brother’s Girlfriend (who’s Swedish) and the native fluent cast. I had a loose idea as to what was said when I was directing. But that’s only because I had written the script. We knew the tone couldn’t be comical, and it had to take itself seriously to be funny. I directed the film as if it were a high-art film and rely on the situation for the comedy to emerge.

Writer, director, producer – James Newman
Producer – Harry Newman

Matilda – Sofia Engstrand
Lena – Clara Andersson
Detective – Eva Morkeset

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