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Short film, fiction, 14min, 2021
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(+ producer/casting/grading)

A young Chinese backpacker visits a small Norwegian village, and stays with a host he's found through a Homestay app. He soon discovers that he has to make a difficult decision.
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The full film is currently available online on Filmbib in Norway to those with a library card.
(If you’re outside Norway and you’re interested in watching, just contact me)

  • - Palm Springs International ShortFest, US, 2021
    - Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Japan, 2021
    - Rhode Island International Film Festival, US, 2021 (winner of Director’s Choice Award)
    - The Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway, 2021
    - New Orleans Film Festival, US, 2021
    - Vienna Shorts, Austria, 2021
    - Florida Film Festival, US, 2022
    - Athens International Film and Video Festival, US, 2022
    - Anchorage International Film Festival, US, 2022
    - Tacoma Film Festival, US, 2022
    - Mecal Pro, the Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, Spain, 2022
    - Diaspora Film Festival, Korea, 2022
    - Crossings Film Festival/Komafest, Norway, 2022
    - Minnesota Film Festival, US, 2023
    - Film Fest Petaluma, US, 2022
    - Grønnskjerm, Norway, 2023

Stills/Behind the scenes

Photos taken by Kristian A. G. Lundby

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