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Intet Vover
Søren and Fixer, two ageing criminals, face the most dangerous night of their lives: deliver a red suitcase to a powerful boss and settle their debt. When Søren questions the deal, loyalty turns into a fight for survival.
The story follows the suitcase through three acts and distinct analog formats. Cinematographer Anders Lindved received the 2024 Ekko Shortlist Award for Best Cinematography for the film.
- Format
- Noir thriller · Short film
- Year
- 2024
- Runtime
- 34 min
- Director & writer
- Jesper Tønnes
- Producers
- Jacob Jayantha · Jesper Tønnes
- Cinematography
- Anders Lindved
- Cast
- Jens Jørn Spottag · Fanny Bornedal · Nicolas Bro · Maria Erwolter · Carsten Bjørnlund · Rudi Køhnke · Bo Thomas · Ali Najei
Production case · Analog precision
Not smaller. Precisely large.
Intet Vover shows how far a film can go when the vision is clear enough for experienced people to gather around it. A professional Danish ensemble and crew joined the project on the same principle: either everybody was paid, or nobody was. That created a shared experiment rather than a conventional hierarchy.
The noir thriller was produced in three blocks and shot across Super 8, 16mm, 35mm and 65mm. With a large part of the budget committed to stock, processing and scanning, storyboards, floorplans, shooting ratios and format choices had to work as one plan. No scenes were filmed only to disappear in the edit.
- 34 min
- Noir thriller
- DKK 200K
- Production budget
- 3 blocks
- Planned production
- 4 gauges
- Super 8 · 16mm · 35mm · 65mm
Four analog formats
The same film. Four negative sizes.
All four film strips are shown at exactly the same height and in their original proportions. The difference in negative width and image area can therefore be read directly.
Equal heightIncreasing image area →
16mm
35mm
65mm
Every resource reached the screen
Actors and crew worked within one shared voluntary framework.
Constructed sets, locations, dolly, crane and large lighting setups.
Extremely limited stock made the shooting ratio a creative tool.
The production executed the film that had been designed.
Best Cinematography at the 2024 Ekko Shortlist Awards.
Each production block became a mini-documentary that let the audience follow the process.
Intet Vover shows that low budget, high precision can carry professional actors, classical suspense, analog craft and emotional vulnerability, not only spectacle and online reach.