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ECOCIDE

Noah, a charismatic advertisement executive, has just launched the ad campaign of his career for the company Nordic Meat.

But when his little sister Naia begins live-streaming from the roof of a Nordic Meat factory, accusing the company of greenwashing and threatening to commit so-called “ecocide” by jumping off the building unless they meet her controversial activist network’s demands, Noah is forced to confront his own values and fight for what matters most.

SHORT FILM – Watch ECOCIDE here
Genre: Drama
Length: 15 minutes

Director: Alice Hjorth
Writer: Alice Hjorth
Producers:​ Laura Ledet Andreassen, David Lukunku, Selina Wilken​
Cinematographer: Anders Bachmann
Poster and graphic design: Andreas Kjærgaard with the help of the AI Dall-E

​​Cast: Sebastian Jessen, Coco Hjardemaal, Sus Wilkins

​Supported by: The West Danish Film Fund and Aarhus Film Workshop
Production company: Beofilm Vest 2024

​FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Future of Film Awards (Winner – Best Cinematography, Honorable Mention – Best Short Film)
Stockholm City Film Festival (Winner – Best Screenplay)
Boden International Film Festival (Winner – Best Women Film Maker)
Milan Indie Film Festival (Winner – Best Indie Short Film)
Oregon Screams Horror Film Festival (Winner – Best Dark Drama)
Art Film Awards (Winner – Best Poster)
Cinematic European Film Festival (Special Award – Best Director)
LA Independent Women Film Awards (Nominee – Best Environmental)
Best International Film Festival (Winner – Best Original Score, Special Award – Best Environment Film, Honorable Mention – Best Actress)
CPH Headliner Film Festival (Winner – Best Poster Art, Nominee – Best Nordic Film)
Lisbon Film Rendezvous (Official Selection)
Greenflash International Film Festival (Official Selection)
Climate Film Festival (Official Selection)
Ekotopfilm–Envirofilm (Official Selection)
Toronto International Women Film Festival (Official Selection)
L.A. Neo Noir Film Festival (Official Selection)​​
Balkan Can Kino (Official Selection)
Annual Aarhus Film Festival (Nominee – Best Danish Production)
Modern Black and White Film Festival (Official Selection)

Sebastian Jessen is running in a industrial looking old building noir film style in the short film drama Ecocide by Alice Hjorth

A commercial for the company Nordic Meat, with a happy family and a happy pig, in a beautiful field in the short film drama Ecocide by Alice Hjorth

Sebastian Jessen is walking towards a billboard with his Nordic Meat commercial in the short film drama Ecocide by Alice Hjorth

Sebastian Jessen is looking shocked. Sus Wilkins is standing behind him, looking shocked as well in the short film drama Ecocide by Alice Hjorth

Coco Hjardemaal is in a Ecocide video stream. The image is glitching in the short film drama Ecocide by Alice Hjorth

Beautiful, old factory building by Aarhus harbour with the Nordic Meat logo on it in the short film drama Ecocide by Alice Hjorth

Coco Hjardemaal is standing on top of the Nordic Meat building in a beautiful shot of Aarhus harbour and Aarhus Ø by night in the short film drama Ecocide by Alice Hjorth

Coco Hjardemaal is looking out over Aarhus harbour by night. Her expression is very powerful and vulnerable at the same time in the short film drama Ecocide by Alice Hjorth

Sebastian Jessen is standing and looking around in a beautiful, very industrial looking building in the short film drama Ecocide by Alice Hjorth

A teddybear is lying in a dark somber room. A narrow beam of light is shining on it in the short film drama Ecocide by Alice Hjorth

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