DIRECTOR &
SCREENWRITER
Tanne Sommer
Biography
Tanne Sommer is a writer/director from Denmark. Tanne was 14 years’ old when she was accepted into the youth-talent Filmschool Station Next in Copenhagen, Denmark. At the age of 18 she graduated and wrote/directed a lot of short films like the "animal-trilogy", a dark humor comedy trilogy featuring "A Horse
Named Allan", "Rabbit" and "Holy Hen". All the films have been nominated and won several film festivals such as Seattle International Filmfestival. Tanne has recently made a comedy TV-show called "Sperm", which is on Prime Video.
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Tanne has a huge love for comedy, often with a religious twist. She is very playfull when she makes films, and that playfulness is a huge part of how she lives her life and who she is as a person.

Awards
WINS
Netflix Series Competition
IndieX, Los Angeles, Best Picture
IndieX, Los Angeles, Best Original Screenplay
IndieX, Los Angeles, Best Director
LW: London Int. Filmfestival, Best Comedy
LW: London Int. Filmfestival, Best Short film
Arizona Short Filmfestival, Best Film
Niagara Canada Int. Filmfest, Best Short film
Pillusion Filmfestival, Audience Award
Rome Prisma Ind. Film Awards, Best Film
Hollywood Shortfilmfestival, Best int. Film
Hugo Awards, Best Film
NFFTY, Seattle, Audience Award
Ekko Shortlist Awards, Audience Award
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Seattle International Filmfestvival
New York Shortfilmfestival
Bremen Shortfilmfestival
Directed by Woman, Turkey
Venice Shorts
Venezia Shorts
Indie Shorts Awards Cannes
Västerås Filmfestval, nominated: Best Actor
Birmingham Filmfestival, nominated: Best Film
International Moving Festival
Nuuk International Filmfestival
Copenhagen Short Filmfestival
Giffoni Filmfestival
SILA
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
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Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
A Horse named Allan
A Horse named Allan
A Horse named Allan
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
Holy Hen
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