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Walaac

Director: Carl Georg Rødsten
Filmmaker's profile

Yousef, a Somali man living alone in a small bedroom, receives a painting of the very wall in front of him, but with a door that does not exist. As strange sounds emerge from the painting, he discovers a real door hidden behind the wallpaper, and something begins to enter the room at night.

Details

Duration: 17min.

Country: Norway

Language: English

Year: 2022

Genre: Fiction (Drama)

Topic: African, Dream, Emigration, Exile, Fear, Freedom, Globalization, Homeland, Horror, Human Rights, Immigration, Mental Health, Mystery, Paranoia, Paranormal, Psychosis, Refugees, Trauma

Cast & Crew

Director: Carl Georg Rødsten

Production company: kakofoni AS

Writer: Carl Georg Rødsten

Cinematographer: ChristerSmital

Editor: Linn Heidi Slåttøy

Music: Svein Petter Nilsen

Actors: Hamza Kader , Anne Marte Naas , Dunia Dosh , Ådne Lyngstad Nilsen

Festivals & Awards

2022

Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad Gullstolen

Nuuk International Film Festival

2023

Minimalen Short Film Festival

2025

West Nordic International Film Festival Norway

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