Swedish Film #2 2021
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#2 • 2021 FEATURES • DOCS • SHORTS • FILMS IN PRODUCTION 1 Contacts Head of International Festivals, shorts & docs Administrator Department Jing Haase Melissa Jonsson Steffen Andersen-Møller Phone: +46 70 420 32 74 +46 70 010 11 52 Phone: +46 76 051 36 97 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Festivals, features Festivals, docs & shorts International co-productions Petter Mattsson Sara Rüster Lina Norberg Johansson Phone: +46 70 607 11 34 Phone: +46 76 117 26 78 Phone: +46 70 251 91 72 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Festivals, docs & shorts Festivals, features Press Officer Josefina Mothander Theo Tsappos Jan Göransson Phone: +46 70 972 93 52 Phone: +46 76 779 11 33 Phone: +46 70 603 03 62 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Swedish Film Institute International Department Art Director: Markus Edin P.O Box 27 126 Cover photo: SE- 102 52 Stockholm, Sweden Nelly Rapp Monster Agent Phone +46 8 665 11 00 filminstitutet.se ©SF Studios/Per Larsson Fax +46 8 661 18 20 instagram.com/swedishfilm Welcome to the world of Swedish films Contents FEATURES AND DOCS FILMS IN PRODUCTION SHORTS 5 The Ape Star 28 Passion 40 Amina 61 Anyway 6 Be My Voice 29 Pleasure 41 Boy From Heaven 62 Grab Them 7 Bellum 30 Psychosis in Stockholm 42 Bullets 63 The Great Overflow 8 Bert’s Diary 31 Sabaya 43 Calendar Girls 64 The Hearing 9 Breaking Surface 32 Run Uje Run 44 Clara Sola 65 Huldra 10 Charter 33 The Scars of Ali Boulala 45 Day by Day 66 I, Julia 11 Children of the Enemy 34 Stories from the Debris 46 Diorama 67 Land of the Free 12 The Choir 35 Sune – Best Man 47 Dogborn 68 Man with Doves 13 Corona Film Club – My Life 36 Sune – Mission: Midsummer 48 The Emigrants 69 The Night Train as a Film 37 Tigers 49 Eva & Adam - To Be or Not to Be 70 Not Until Now 14 Fly So Far 38 Til the Sun Rises Together 71 Punani Steam 15 Idomeni 39 White Trash 50 Excess Will Save Us 72 Sonata 16 Inland 51 The Hypnosis 73 Svonni vs the Swedish 17 The Jonsson Gang 52 I am Zlatan Tax Agency 18 Joyce Carol Oates 53 Just So-o Easy Going 74 Swimmer 19 Knocking 54 A Christmas Tale 20 Mamma Moo Finds Her Way 55 Off Track Home 56 The Opponent INDUSTRY 21 The Most Beautiful Boy in the 57 Sagres CONTACTS SWEDEN World 58 The Schoolmaster Games 22 Most Unwanted 59 Triangle of Sadness 75 Production Companies 23 My Father Marianne 60 Tuesday Club 78 Sales Companies 24 Nelly & Nadine 79 Distributors 25 Nelly Rapp Monster Agent 79 Film Festivals 26 Orca 80 Organizations 27 The Other Side FEATURE SWEDISH FILM #2 Second The Ape Star Feature (Apstjärnan) Directed by Linda Hambäck The eight-year-old orphan Jonna is longing for a mother. One day, an old car stops outside the orphanage and out steps a gorilla who picks Jonna for adoption. It soon becomes clear that they have more things in common than they initially thought. When they start becoming a family, Tord from the local authorities shows up and threatens to send Jonna back to the orphanage. © LEE FILM Screenwriter Janne Vierth National release Spring 2021 Berlinale 2018. She has now her second feature The Ape Principal voices Pernilla August, Rebecca Gerstmann, International premiere TBA Star. Previous films she directed are The World of Dolores and Stellan Skarsgård, Melinda Kinnaman Sales Attraction Distribution Gunellen (2016), What If… (2014), that was co-directed with Produced by LEE Film Stockholm/Linda Hambäck, Petter Marika Heidebäck. She has also directed a short documenta- Lindblad, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Jenny Linda Hambäck, born 1974, is a Swedish film director and ry, Fighting Spirit (2013). Before her directing debut she had Gilbertsson owner of the production company LEE Film. She works a long background with producing highly acclaimed shorts Duration 72 min mainly with animated films for children and her first highly and working as a producer at Filmtecknarna. recognized feature Gordon & Paddy had its world premiere at 5 TRAILER • ATTRACTION DISTRIBUTION FEATURE SWEDISH FILM #2 Be My Voice DOC (Be My Voice) Directed by Nahid Persson Journalist and activist Masih Alinejad has over 4.6 million followers on Instagram after urging Iranian women to rebel against the forced hijab on social media. Her call to action has grown into one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in today’s Iran. Something that has made the regime desperately tighten its grip to regain control over the people. ©REALREEL Screenwriter Nahid Persson Born in Shiraz, Iran, Nahid Persson took political asylum in Veil (2004), The Queen and I (2008) and My Stolen Produced by RealReel/Setareh Lundgren, Nahid Persson, Sweden as a result of her political activism during and after Revolution (2013). with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Juan Pablo the revolution in Iran 1979. Since 2000 Nahid has pursued a Libossart successful career as a documentary filmmaker in Sweden. Duration 90 min Nahid’s social-political films have been harshly critical of the Release 2021 position of women under the Islamic Republic regime. Among Sales Autlook Filmsales her critically acclaimed films marks Prostitution Behind the 6 AUTLOOK FILMSALES FEATURE SWEDISH FILM #2 Bellum DOC (Bellum) Directed by David Herdies, Georg Götmark It’s often said that war is inhumane. In Bellum this assumption is flipped around, because maybe there is nothing more humane than war. Humanity has always been at war, and it seems that going to war over abstract ideas such as borders, religion or freedom is something that distinguishes us from all animals on the planet. ©MOMENTO FILM ©MOMENTO Screenwriters David Herdies, Georg Götmark David Herdies is a Swedish producer, director and the Georg Götmark is a producer and director. He has worked Produced by Momento Film/David Herdies, Michael founder of Momento Film. He has directed three feature with documentaries and TV since 2001. During this period, Krotkiewski, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/ documentaries; Citizen Oketch (2009), The Guerilla Son he has worked on a number of international documentary Klara Grunning (2011), and While No One is Watching (2013) which have projects, such as The Last Lacandones by Peter Torbiörnsson, Duration 88 min been screened and awarded at festivals around the world and Transit Tanger and the feature documentary Citizen Oketch Release 2021 together sold to more than 10 territories. Furthermore, (2009). Georg has also produced a number of TV-series and Sales Deckert Distribution Herdies is one of Sweden’s most established documentary reportages in many different countries for Swedish Televi- producers with several award-winning titles in his catalogue, sion/UR. screened at festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam and IDFA. 7 MOMENTO FILM • DECKERT DISTRIBUTION FEATURE SWEDISH FILM #2 Feature Bert’s Diary Debut (Berts dagbok) Directed by Michael Lindgren Bert is a 13-year-old boy about to start eighth grade. One of his new classmates is Leila’s younger sister Amira. Leila is the 15-year-old that the entire school has a crush on, including Bert. He sees his chance to get close to Leila by befriending Amira. When Bert finds a secret diary at the sisters’ home a rollercoaster takes off filled with mix-ups, emotions, betrayal and heart- break. JOHAN PAULIN © Screenwriter Tapio Leopold National release August 8, 2020 Flyktingkrisen – en musikal won the Best Comedy award at Principal cast Hugo Krajcik, Julia Pirzadeh, Frank Dorsin, International premiere Cinekid, October 2020 the Rose d’Or awards ceremony in 2018. Michael has Yussra El Abdouni, Arvid Bergelv, Frode Östlin, Helena Sales REinvent Studios directed and created several other very popular and awarded Lindegren, David Wiberg, Isa Aouifia, Suzanne Reuter, Björn programs for TV, most notably Svenska Nyheter. As an actor Gustafsson The director, producer, screenwriter and actor Michael he has played in films like Johan Kling’s Darling (2007) and Produced by FLX/Rebecka Lafrenz, Anna Anthony, with Lindgren has been on stage ever since his early shool days. Rojda Sekersöz’ Beyond Dreams (2017). Bert’s Diary is support from the Swedish Film Institute His breakthrough to a broader audience, came with comedy Michael’s feature film directorial debut. Duration 90 min and satire collective Grotesco in 2007. Their show 8 TRAILER • REINVENT FEATURE SWEDISH FILM #2 Breaking Surface (Breaking Surface) Directed by Joachim Hedén A few days after Christmas, half-sisters Ida and Tuva set out on a winter dive in a remote part of the Norwegian coastline. Towards the end of the dive, a rockslide traps Tuva under water. As Ida surfaces to call for help, she discovers that the rockslide has struck above water as well, burying their equipment, phones and car keys - they are completely cut off from any chance of outside rescue. As the frantic race for survival unfolds, Ida is put to the ultimate test of character and forcefulness. During Ida’s fight to save Tuva a fractured sister- hood is exposed, and when all seems lost, the stakes have risen beyond simple survival. ©WAY FEATURE FILMS ©WAY Screenwriter Joachim Hedén Born in 1967, Joachim Hedén has previously directed the Principal cast Moa Gammel, Madeleine Martin Tribeca Film Festival selected New York Waiting (2006) and Produced by Way Creative Films/Julia Gebauer, with English-speaking feature Framily (2010), as well as comedy support from the Swedish Film Institute/Madeleine Ekman feature 10 000 timmar (2014). Duration 82 min National release February 14, 2020 International premiere Neuchâtel, 2020 Sales TrustNordisk 9 TRAILER • MORE INFO • TRUSTNORDISK FEATURE SWEDISH FILM #2 Second Sundance Charter Feature (Charter) Directed by Amanda Kernell Alice hasn’t seen her two children in months.