Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) This is a 10-minute short film from Danmark that won writer and director Anders Thomas Jensen an Academy Award. It was his third consecutive nomination (although he was only in his 20s back then) and finally he took home the prize. After that, he worked on some of the most famous Danish films in recent years, but also on internationally successful projects such as "The Duchess". This year he has another pretty known film coming out: "Men & Chicken" starring Mads Mikkelsen who is among Denmark's acting elite right now. Speaking about that, so is Ulrich Thomsen and he plays the central character in this short film. While in a pub, he realizes that he forgot to vote and hurries to get his vote in on time. Unfortunately, on the way he meets all kinds of racist taxi drivers and when he finally sits in a car with an Arab or Turkish driver, even this one makes such remarks, about Asians this time. That restaurant, Pearl Harbor, Winter Games reference was possibly the funniest part of the film. Of course, it was also offensive, but somehow it was also entertaining. So, will our hero make it in time to vote? See for yourself. I can only say that this is a pretty good short film with an interesting twist at the end. It's the society and the people we interact with that shape us. Thumbs up for this short movie. Recommended.

CountZero313 I enjoyed Election Night the first time I saw it and laughed out loud at times. It is a film I recommend to people and that I have watched again. However, a sober re-viewing of this film made my laughter stick in my throat. It is a provocative piece, with a message that perhaps the filmmakers themselves did not intend, and for that reason I recommend viewing, but do not endorse the message in Election Night.An Aid Agency worker, Peter, leaves a bar to try and reach the polling station to vote. His castigation of his friend and the barman in the opening scene reveal his humanitarian, multicultural leanings. His condemnation of racists is clear and concise.What follows is his quest to vote in the election, and like all quest tales, the valiant hero faces a series of ever-more difficult challenges to achieve his goal. Utlimately, as befits a tale based on a protagonist out to accomplish a mission, the final test is to identify and overcome a weakness in his own character. For Peter, it is the revelation that he is just as capable of racist sentiments as the next man. And this is where the film starts to veer off-course. Peter is punished for his weakness by a punch in the nose, delivered by a character who reveals the complexity of attitudes to race by his confused comments. I do not doubt that the reasons for taking the narrative in this direction are to do with fulfilling the structural demands of cinematic storytelling, and are not the result of the filmmakers wish to make an anti-liberal statement.However, the effect is one and the same. Humbled, defeated, Peter returns to the bar and symbolically, through his apathetic lies and rejection of foreign beer, 'converts' to the other side. Sure, this pathetic wretch toasting his Danishness at the end is funny, but it means the end note of the film is, 'Don't try to be tolerant, it isn't worth it and the recipients don't appreciate it anyway.'I don't think this is reading too much into the film. The co-opting of Peter to the racist side at the end means the film endorses (I am sure unintentionally) the views of Peter's bar friend at the beginning - that attempting to understand and sympathize with other cultures and peoples just isn't worth the bother. This is a film well worth watching, especially in culture studies classes as a primer for discussion. But try to think, as you watch, who you are laughing with, and who you are laughing at. And at what point do you cross the line?

Mulle-3 The Oscar-winning Danish short-film of Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen is their third short-film to be nominated to an Oscar. It is, as always, an ironic film about a very heavy subject. The Danish mentality is the keyword in this fantastic short-film. Don´t miss it for anything in the world.

Verner A man has forgotten to vote, 10 minutes before closing the polls, he takes a cab but The Taxi-driver turn him on with racist comments, he change to others cabs - but the same situation occurs.Humorous short movie, that indicate that intolerance is found at many levels.