Getting In
Norway, 15m, Digital
Upon losing his scholarship, Roger, a college student at one of the most prestigious universities, decides to take the matter into his own hands and hack the school’s tuition software to clear his bill.
Director: Stian Hafstad
Writer(s): Stian Hafstad, Robert Monk Davis
Producer(s): Ophelia Harutyunyan
Co-Producer(s): Delicia Kuang, Robert Monk Davis
Associate Producer(s): Linda Karia Lovheim
Director of Photography: Andrew Ellmaker
Editor(s): Stian Hafstad
Cast: Tim O'Connor, Jon-Michael Miller, Paul Walling, Nicole Im
Contact: Ophelia Harutyunyan, gettinginfilm@gmail.com
About the Writer/Director
STIAN HAFSTAD is an award-winning filmmaker from Førde in Norway. He is the co-creator of the YouTube channel PistolShrimps, a comedy channel with more than 360,000 subscribers and over a 100 million views.
About the Producers
OPHELIA HARUTYUNYAN is a filmmaker based in New York and Armenia, originally from Yerevan, Armenia. She was on the team that developed and launched Armenia’s number one, online television channel, CivilNet. She received the Arthur Krim Memorial Award in 2014 for Excellence in Producing. Ophelia is currently in her third year in the Creative Producing Program at Columbia University’s M.F.A. Film Program and is working on her thesis film.
ROBERT MONK DAVIS is an LA-based writer, director and producer. Originally from Omaha, Nebraska, Robert spent several years writing, recording and touring in indie rock bands, before moving to New York where he earned his M.F.A. in filmmaking from Columbia University. As a producer, his films have screened at Film Society of Lincoln Center’s New Directors/New Films, Palm Springs International Short Fest, the Hamptons International Film Festival, and the Internationaal Kortsfilmfestival Leuven in Belgium.
QIAN “DELICIA” KUANG, born in Chengdu, China, is a young, creative producer currently based in New York. Kuang spent seven years in the UK producing films while working to obtain her B.A. at the University of Westminster, as well as her Masters in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Kuang has also financed and produced independent films in China. Four and a Half Years Old, a documentary shot in Mongolia, won “Best Documentary” at the Tenerife International Film Festival. Bonding Night, a short shot in Chengdu, won a place in the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival. Kuang is completing her M.F.A. in Film at Columbia University. She is a recipient of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Fellowship and is also a Randle International Fellow at the School of International and Public Affairs.
