Paradise is Burning

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Director

  • Mika Gustafson

Genre

  • COMING OF AGE
  • DRAMA

Running Time

  • 108 min.

Year of production

  • 2023

Status

  • Completed

Photograpy

  • Colour

Screening format

  • DCP
  • Prores

HD Available

  • Yes

Synopsis

In a working-class area of Sweden, sisters Laura (16), Mira (12) and Steffi (7), get by on their own, left to their own devices by an absent mother. With summer on the way and no parents around, life is wild and carefree, vivacious and anarchic. But when social services call a meeting, Laura has to find someone to impersonate their mom, or the girls will be taken into foster care and separated. Laura keeps the threat a secret, so as not to worry her younger sisters. But as the moment of truth draws closer, new tensions arise, forcing the three sisters to negotiate the fine line between the euphoria of total freedom and the harsh realities of growing up.


Cast

  • Bianca Delbravo
  • Dilvin Asaad
  • Safira Mossberg
  • Ida Engvoll
  • Mitja Siren
  • Marta Oldenburg
  • Andrea Edwards

Cinematography

  • Sine Vadstrup Brooker

Editing

  • Anders Skov

Costumes

  • Susse Roos

Original score

  • Giorgio Giampà

Art director

  • Catharina Nyqvist Ehrnrooth

Category

  • Lineup
  • Feature Films

Country

  • DENMARK
  • FINLAND
  • ITALY
  • SWEDEN

Shooting Language

  • SWEDISH

Screenplay

  • Mika Gustafson
  • Alexander Öhrstrand

Producer

  • Nima Yousefi

Production Company

  • Hobab
  • Intramovies
  • Toolbox
  • Tuffi Films

Festival and Awards

  • Venice Film Festival 2023 - Orizzonti Award - Best Director; Pedicini Award - Authors Under 40 Award for Best Directing
  • European Film Awards 2023 - Official Feature Film Selection
  • Hamburg International FF 2023 - Kaleidoskope
  • BFI London Film Festival 2023 - First Features Competition - Sutherland Award for Best First Feature Film
  • Chicago International Film Festival 2023 - International Features Competition
  • Rome FF - Alice Nella Città 2023 - Sintonie
  • From Venice to Naples 2023 - Official Selection
  • Nordic Film Days Lübeck 2023 - Youth Jury Prize; Interfilm Church Prize
  • Lisboa Film Festival 2023 - International Competition - Jury Special Award to Bianca Delbravo

Photograpy

  • Colour

Screening format

  • DCP
  • Prores

HD Available

  • Yes
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