Student Academy Award® and Academy Award® winner Martin Strange-Hansen’s ON MY MIND shares a story about a man who is desperate to sing his wife a song whatever it takes. This live-action short film was produced by double Academy Award® Winner Kim Magnusson and has just been announced that it has been nominated for an OSCAR®.
The film is inspired by the director’s experience of losing his daughter. In situations like these singing a song in a sleepy bar, suddenly feels so important and meaningful, because it connects you to the life you’ve shared with the one you have to let go.
Henrik wants to sing a song for his wife. It has to be today; it has to be now. It’s a question of life, death, and karaoke.
Watch Oscar nomination reactions video – ON MY MIND
Writer/Director Martin Strange-Hansen graduated from the Danish Filmschool in 2001, with his Student Academy Award® winning graduation film FEEDING DESIRE. His next short film THIS CHARMING MAN won an OSCAR® in the Short Live Action category in 2003. He is the creator of the first Danish webisode in 2008 the Webby Awards-Honoree PINLY & FLAU. Martin Strange-Hansen gained a nomination nod at The Danish Film Awards (Robert) for his previous short film JENSEN LIVES HERE. He is a member of AMPAS® as well as The Danish Film academy. Besides writing and directing his own projects Martin Strange-Hansen recently has started scriptwriting for fellow directors, including the actual events-inspired drama (Synkefri) SUNKEN HEARTS, currently in development with Swulli Film, Aarhus.
Producer Kim Magnusson founded M&M Productions with his father, Tivi Magnusson in 1995. He was later headhunted to run Nordisk Film’s Film Division. He has produced or Executive Produced more than 150 films, and TV series such as ADAM’S APPLES, HEADHUNTER, TERKEL IN TROUBLE, R, PUSHER II &P III, MEN & CHICKEN and I KILL GIANTS. He has been Oscar® nominated in the category “Live Action Short Film” six times and won the coveted award 2 times – in 1999 for ELECTION NIGHT and in 2014 for HELIUM. Kim Magnusson has been the chairman of the Danish Producers Association for 9 years as well as chairman of the Danish Film Academy for 20 years. He recently co-founded a new pan-Nordic distribution company Scandinavian Film Distribution.
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