THORN

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INFO
THORN is a Danish-Greek feature film directed by Gabriel Tzafka, and produced by Theis Nrgaard in Nitrat Film.
THORN is Gabriel Tzafkas debut feature film, and it is the first co-production ever between Denmark and Greece.
The film is supported by Greek Film Centre, ERT S.A, Eurimages, and it is co-produced by Kakavias Films and
Katerina Beligianni. In November 2016, Thorn was awarded the Eurimages Lab Project Award at the Agora Market at
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2016 for actively participating in the renewal of European Cinema.

LOGLINE
Do you have fear or faith?

SYNOPSIS
Lisa and Jacob just got married. The same night, they drive away for their honeymoon somewhere in
the countryside of Denmark. However, Jacob has no idea where they are going as Lisa has made all
the preparations secretly. Everything goes according to plan until Lisa realizes that her plan is
harming their love and their faith is turning into fear.
DIRECTORS NOTE
In a linear narration Thorn could be told as a story of a young couple who after few years loses the
freshness and the power of the emotions and forget what they really wanted when they were young.
However, they get the unique opportunity to forgive each other. To me, this is already by itself a moving,
powerful and universal story. But I was looking for something more. Under the influence of nostalgia for
my home, I began to think over parallel lives and parallel worlds. I am myself existing in Greece and in
Denmark at the same time. I pondered on the concept and sensation of time through this way. What is
reality? What is true to us: our present actions or our past memories? What happens to people who feel
that they sacrificed their lives for a purpose, who still believe that they could have a dierent life, who
live more in their memories than in their present actions? Do we have fear or faith? These are some of
the thoughts that are the spine of Thorn. My goal is to emphasise the small moments through minimal
aesthetic, few shots and natural light. The challenge for me is to bring out and to visualise what is
happening in the souls of our characters. Thats why, we chose the forest as the main set of this story;
its a primitive and organic continuity of our characters internal world.
GABRIEL TZAFKA, DIRECTOR
Born on 19th April 1986. Graduated from the
Film School of the Aristotle University in 2010
with MA in Film Directing. He is an alumnus of
Berlinale Talent Campus, Sarajevo Talent
Campus, and S16/Nordisk Film. His short films
have been awarded more than 30 times while his
first feature film, Thorn, received the Eurimages
Lab Award in Thessaloniki Film Festival.

FILMOGRAPHY

(selected)

Thorn - 2017

Euroman (short) - 2015

Sailor (short) - 2014

Oblivion (short) - 2009

THEIS NRGAARD, PRODUCER
Theis Nrgaard was born on 29.01.1988. He has
a Masters degree in Media Studies from the
University of Aarhus, and is a Producer at
Super16. He has produced films since 2011, and
his latest film is the Danish-Greek feature film
THORN that won the Eurimages Lab Project
Award at Thessaloniki International Film Festival
in 2016.

FILMOGRAPHY

Thorn feature film by Gabriel Tzafka, 2017 -

Producer
Norskov II TV-Series by Dunja Gry Jensen,
Heidi Maria Faisst, and Dagur Kri, 2017 -
Assistant Producer Emma short film by Kerren
Lumer-Klabbers, 2015 - Producer
TRAILER

DK:
UK:

https://vimeo.com/236877833
https://vimeo.com/237472531
CAST
JENS STTER LASSEN - JACOB

NEEL RNHOLT - LISA

OLAF JOHANESSEN - MAN

VIBEKE HASTRUP - WOMAN

CREW
DIRECTION - GABRIEL TZAFKA
THORN IS PRODUCED BY NITRAT FILM

SCRIPT - GABRIEL TZAFKA, ARNE GRNBK

IN COPRODUCTION WITH KAKAVIAS FILM & KABEL FILM

CINEMATOGRAPHY - DAVID BAUER

WITH SUPPORT FROM

EDITING - SOREN EBBE, GABRIEL TZAFKA

EURIMAGES

SOUND - ASBJRN DERDAU

ERT

MUSIC - SOFIE BIRCH, ASBJRN DERDAU

GREEK FILM CENTRE

SETS - MILLE FISCHER CHRISTIENSEN

SUPER 16 / NORDISK FILM

COSTUMES - EMILIE DINESEN

DANSKE DRAMATIKERE

PRODUCER - THEIS NRGAARD

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - MICHAEL BILLE FRANDSEN

CO-PRODUCERS - PANAGIOTIS KAKAVIAS & KATERINA BELIGIANNI

TECHNICAL ASPECTS FESTIVALS
Fiction CPH PIX International Film Festival

Running time: 82 min. -New Danish Talents

Colour So Paulo International Film Festival

Dolby Digital 5.1 -New Directors Competition

DCP 25 fps, 2:39 Cairo International Film Festival

Language: Danish -Critics Week Competition

Subtitles: English Thessaloniki International Film Festival

2017

SONGS IN THE FILM

Que sera , sera - Doris Day

It seemed the better way - Leonard Cohen

CONTACT

NITRAT FILM
KAKAVIAS FILMS

THEIS NRGAARD
PANAGIOTIS KAKAVIAS

Kornsykket 3, Dragr
Ploutarhou 2 , Gerakas

Denmark 2791
Attiki, Greece 15344

+45 28 59 63 67
+30 2106654753

theis@littlecritters.dk kakavias@otenet.gr