Normal stuff that people do


“Something here inside is telling me, ‘You have to do it! – and I have no idea why.”

Bjarni has made it: after countless cooking competitions, nights in restaurant kitchens, and months of training, the Icelander has made it to the finals of the world’s most important cooking competition, the Bocuse d'Or. The 29-year-old accepts the fact that the year-long preparations leave him little time for his young son, that he can’t earn any money, and that he even has to run up debts. Only one thing worries him: Is this competition really his final event? Or will his inner voice never rest?

Cast

Main Protagonist
Bjarni Sigoróli Jakobsson
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Normal stuff that people do

Sophie Linnenbaum

  • Short film
Production Country / Year
Germany 2021
Language
en., fr., is. OF mit en. UT
Format
DCP, Color, 30min
1.90:1, Discrete 5.1

Director & Crew

Sophie Linnenbaum 1

Sophie Linnenbaum


Born in 1986 in Nuremberg. Studied Psychology. Student at Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. Active as director and screenwriter.


Filmography


2016 [OUT OF FRA]ME, Kurzfilm

RESEARCH REFUGEES: FLUCHTRECHERCHEN, Kurzfilm

RESEARCH REFUGEES: MEINUNGSAUSTAUSCH, Kurzfilm

2017 PRIX, Kurzfilm

DAS LEISE RAUSCHEN ZWISCHEN DEN DINGEN, Kurzfilm

RIEN NE VA PLUS, Kurzfilm HOF 2017

MONDAY – A GERMAN LOVESTORY, Kurzfilm

2018 KUGELMENSCHEN, Kurzfilm

2019 DAS MENSCH, Kurzfilm

2020 VÄTER UNSER, Dokumentarfilm

2021 NORMAL STUFF THAT PEOPLE DO, Kurzfilm HOF 2021

Director of Photography
Falco Seliger
Editor
Evelyn Rack
Sound Designer
Michael Kondaurow
Music Composer
Marcus Sander
Producer
Sophie Linnenbaum