“Night Ride,” an award-winning short film shot during Christmastime in Norway, challenges viewers to find the courage to stand up against harassment. Watch here.
Set during Christmastime, “Night Ride” was shot throughout the course of a few days in December, 2019, in the town of Trondheim, Norway.
Even the most fateful decisions can begin with an innocent impulse. One moment, you’re stepping onto an empty tram to escape the chill of a winter’s night. The next moment, you’re driving off with it. “Night Ride,” a narrative short set during Christmastime in Norway, opens with a flurry of snow. We see a little person in a green coat, Ebba, trudging toward a station, hugging herself for warmth. She bounces from one foot to the other and sucks in her breath. A tram approaches and wheezes to a stop; a driver with a formidable beard steps out. “Can you let me in?” Ebba asks. “Sorry, the tram leaves in half an hour,” he responds with a shrug.
Eirik Tveiten, the director of “Night Ride,” said that he hopes the film will inspire people to find the courage to speak up when they see someone being harmed. “Often, it seems easier to mind our own business when people in our community fall victim to prejudice, ostracization, and systemic persecution,” Tveiten said. Ebba is in a particularly vulnerable position from which to take a stand. The safest thing to do would be to stay quiet. Ultimately, though, her conscience demands another choice.
“Night Ride,” which won Best Narrative Short at the Tribeca Film Festival this year, isn’t about harassment, or little people, Arnesen told me. “It’s a story about taking a stand and trying to live up to the responsibility you have as a human being towards other human beings who are being harassed.” Even when the consequences might be severe. Even when it’s been a long night, and you’ve stolen a tram.
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