Salmon | Disney+ Short Film – A Young Chef Pushed to His Limits in a Michelin-Starred Kitchen

August (Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, 1899, The Rain), a young chef with big dreams, gets an opportunity at a top-tier Nordic Michelin restaurant. The uncompromising chef, André, pushes him to the limit throughout the evening to see if he can perform under pressure. August hides his mistakes due to fear of failure and high expectations, eventually leading to catastrophic consequences. Salmon is about the pursuit of greatness in a competitive Nordic kitchen where the threat of replacement is always present.

FESTIVALS
Nominated for best Danish short film at Robert by the Danish Film Academy.
Winner of Grand Prix, Best Screenplay and Best Actor at Filmoramax in Lyon.
Winner of “Best International Film” at Norwich Film Festival.
Official selection includes Odense Film Festival, Short Shorts Film Festival, and Aesthetica Film Festival.
Short of the Week online premiere

CAST
August – Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen
André – Kasper Leisner
Rina – Dia Jovanovic
James – Victor Hugo
Ida – Clara Herman
Mathias – Bertram Ask

Chef 1 – Thomas Gotterup Larsen
Chef 2 – Elyas Benaouisse
Chef 3 – Signý Kristinsdóttir
Chef 4 – Josefine Verstegen Holdt
Chef 5 – Roland Volkov
Chef 6 – Kristoffer Bach Lauridsen
Chef 7 – Tobias Gilbert Bjørnbak Vorting
Chef 8 – Mariana Awela
Chef 9 – Thomas Backhausen
Head waiter – Colin Thunderstrike Sutherland
Waiter 1 - Thomas Palmer
Waitress 2 – Celine-Amalie Boesen
Sommelier 1 – Frantz Dupuis
Sommelier 2 – Iara Almeida Hansen

Prep Cook 1 – Marie Kjærulff-Jørgensen
Prep Cook 2 – Amalie Biltoft
Prep Cook 3 – Emma Marie Søgaard
Prep Cook 4 – Isak Friborg
Prep Cook 5 – Magnus Lisbjerg
Prep Cook 6 – Thomas Raben Levetzau

CREW
Director and screenwriter – Mattis Heurlin
Producer – Pelle Axel von Schantz Iversen & Karoline Jørgensen
Director of Photography – Milan Bjørnild

Line Producer – Annika Lassen

Gaffer – Leonardo Bosetti
Best boy – Sebastian Stigsby

1st AC – Oskar Degn Hald & Erik Hertel
2nd AC – Simon Lindskrone

Sound mixer – Andreas Hayden
Boom operator – Thea Nyboe

Set design – Sune Hansen
Set design assistant – Marie Gøtzsche
Costume design – Genevieve Sztuk
Production manager – Ida Østrup
SFX Make-up – Martin Hansen
Gastronomic consultant – Bertram Ask & Anders Damgaard

Editors – Milan Bjørnild & Mattis Heurlin
Colorist – Milan Bjørnild
Sound designer – Andreas Hayden
Effects editor – Thea Nyboe
Orginal music - Eigil Pock-Steen Jørgensen
Licensed Music – Upright Music

Funds
Nordisk Film Fonden
Dansk Skuespillerforbund
Producent Rettigheder Danmark

Special thanks to
ÅBEN / Danish Craft Brewery
Copenhagen Hospitality College
Super8
Upright Music
Holy Ravioli
Timm Vladimir Kitchen
Only Rental
Trust Rental
Catering 4U
Kasper Møller Rask
Mikkel Bak Sørensen
Jasmin Falk

A film by Reprise