"The New Tenant" wins Best Short Film

The Danish/US short film The New Tenants by Joachim Back picked up Best Short Film-Live Action at last night’s Oscar ceremony in Hollywood. The New Tenant is also the second Oscar for a short film for scriptwriter Jensen, a four-time Oscar nominee in this category. The English-language short tells the story of....

two men who move into a new apartment that gradually reveals its terrifying history.

Currently living in New York, Back is well established as a commercials director.

The film was produced by Johanne Stryhn Hørby, Christian Potalivo and Tivi Magnusson for M&M Productions, in co-production with Park Pictures in the US.

This is the third Oscar win for M&M Productions in this category, following Anders Thomas Jensen's Election Night (1999) and Martin Strange Hansen's This Charming Man (2003)