The New Tenants

2009 Danish film

December 30, 2009 (2009-12-30) (Los Angeles Reel Film Festival)

Running time

21 minutesCountriesDenmark
United StatesLanguageEnglish

The New Tenants is a 2009 Danish-American short film directed by Joachim Back. The film won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short at the 82nd Academy Awards.^[1]^[2]

The film follows a couple who, upon moving into a new apartment, are terrorized by a drug dealer, looking to settle a score with the previous owner. The screenplay was adapted by David Rakoff from the 1996 short film De nye lejere by Anders Thomas Jensen. It was produced at M&M Productions and Park Pictures by executive producers Lance Acord, Mette Ambro, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Gigi Realini, Jean Villiers, producers Sam Bisbee, Johanne Stryhn Felding, Erika Hampson, Tivi Magnusson, Christian Potalivo, director of photography Pawel Edelman, production designer Janet Kim. The locations manager was Nathan West.^[3]

Cast

Liane Balaban as Irene
Kevin Corrigan as Zelko
Vincent D'Onofrio as Jan
Helen Hanft as Grandma
Jamie Harrold as Pete
David Rakoff as Frank

References

^ "The New Tenants | News". Thenewtenantsfilm.com. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
^ Short Film Winners: 2010 Oscars-YouTube
^ "The New Tenants". The Inspiration Room. 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2012-03-06.

External links

The New Tenants at IMDb

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

Short subject
1931–1935

Comedy	The Music Box (1932) So This Is Harris (1933) La Cucaracha (1934) How to Sleep (1935)
Novelty	Wrestling Swordfish (1932) Krakatoa (1933) City of Wax (1934) Wings Over Everest (1935)

Short subject
1936–1956

Color	Give Me Liberty (1936) Penny Wisdom (1937)
One-reel	Bored of Education (1936) The Private Life of the Gannets (1937) That Mothers Might Live (1938) Busy Little Bears (1939) Quicker'n a Wink (1940) Of Pups and Puzzles (1941) Speaking of Animals and Their Families (1942) Amphibious Fighters (1943) Who's Who in Animal Land (1944) Stairway to Light (1945) Facing Your Danger (1946) Goodbye, Miss Turlock (1947) Symphony of a City (1948) Aquatic House Party (1949) Grandad of Races (1950) World of Kids (1951) Light in the Window (1952) Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor (1953) This Mechanical Age (1954) Survival City (1955) Crashing the Water Barrier (1956)
Two-reel	The Public Pays (1936) Torture Money (1937) Declaration of Independence (1938) Sons of Liberty (1939) Teddy, the Rough Rider (1940) Main Street on the March! (1941) Beyond the Line of Duty (1942) Heavenly Music (1943) I Won't Play (1944) Star in the Night (1945) A Boy and His Dog (1946) Climbing the Matterhorn (1947) Seal Island (1948) Van Gogh (1949) In Beaver Valley (1950) Nature's Half Acre (1951) Water Birds (1952) Bear Country (1953) A Time Out of War (1954) The Face of Lincoln (1955) The Bespoke Overcoat (1956)

Short subject
(live action)
1957–1973

The Wetback Hound (1957)
Grand Canyon (1958)
The Golden Fish (1959)
Day of the Painter (1960)
Seawards the Great Ships (1961)
Heureux Anniversaire (1962)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1963)
Casals Conducts: 1964 (1964)
The Chicken (1965)
Wild Wings (1966)
A Place to Stand (1967)
Robert Kennedy Remembered (1968)
The Magic Machines (1969)
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970)
Sentinels of Silence (1971)
Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream (1972)
The Bolero (1973)

Short film
(live action)
1974–present

One-Eyed Men Are Kings (1974)
Angel and Big Joe (1975)
In the Region of Ice (1976)
I'll Find a Way (1977)
Teenage Father (1978)
Board and Care (1979)
The Dollar Bottom (1980)
Violet (1981)
A Shocking Accident (1982)
Boys and Girls (1983)
Up (1984)
Molly's Pilgrim (1985)
Precious Images (1986)
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987)
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988)
Work Experience (1989)
The Lunch Date (1990)
Session Man (1991)
Omnibus (1992)
Schwarzfahrer (1993)
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life / Trevor (1994)
Lieberman in Love (1995)
Dear Diary (1996)
Visas and Virtue (1997)
Election Night (1998)
My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York (1999)
Quiero ser (I want to be...) (2000)
The Accountant (2001)
This Charming Man (2002)
Two Soldiers (2003)
Wasp (2004)
Six Shooter (2005)
West Bank Story (2006)
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (2007)
Toyland (2008)
The New Tenants (2009)
God of Love (2010)
The Shore (2011)
Curfew (2012)
Helium (2013)
The Phone Call (2014)
Stutterer (2015)
Sing (2016)
The Silent Child (2017)
Skin (2018)
The Neighbors' Window (2019)
Two Distant Strangers (2020)
The Long Goodbye (2021)
An Irish Goodbye (2022)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)

v t e Films by Anders Thomas Jensen
Written and directed	Election Night (1998) Flickering Lights (2000) The Green Butchers (2003) Adam's Apples (2005) Men & Chicken (2015) Riders of Justice (2020)
Written only	Mifune (1999) In China They Eat Dogs (1999) The King Is Alive (2000) Old Men in New Cars (2002) Open Hearts (2002) Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002) Skagerrak (2003) Stealing Rembrandt (2003) Brothers (2004) The Sun King (2005) Murk (2005) After the Wedding (2006) Clash of Egos (2006) The Duchess (2008) Fear Me Not (2008) At World's End (2009) In a Better World (2010) Love Is All You Need (2012) All for Two (2013) The Salvation (2014) A Second Chance (2014) The Shamer's Daughter (2015) The Dark Tower (2017) Daniel (2019) The Promised Land (2023)
Remakes	Brothers (2009) The New Tenants (2009) After the Wedding (2019)