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

  • 4K
  • 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 Sirén
  • Marta Oldenburg

Cinematography

  • Sine Vadstrup Brooker

Editing

  • Anders Skov

Costumes

  • Susse Roos

Original score

  • Giorgio Giampà

Art director

  • Catharina Nyqvist Ehrnrooth

Category

  • Lineup
  • Production
  • 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
  • Guldbagge Swedish Film Awards 2024 - Best Film Award, Best Set Design; Nomination for Best Make-up.
  • 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
  • Molodist Kiev International FF 2023 - Main Competition
  • Leiden International FF 2023 - Official Competition
  • Sao Paulo International FF 2023 - New Directors Competition
  • Tbilisi International FF 2023 - Month of European Cinema
  • Athens European FF 2023 - Official Competition
  • Northern FF Netherlands 2023 - Noordse Focus
  • FreeZone Belgrade FF 2023 - Official Competition
  • LEFFEST Lisbon FF 2023 - Competition - Jury Special Award to Bianca Delbravo
  • Kerala International FF 2023 - World Cinema
  • Pune International FF 2024 - World Cinema Section
  • Tournai Ramdam International FF 2024 - International Film Critic Competition
  • Polarise Nordic Film Nights 2024 - Official Selection
  • International Filmwochenende Würzburg 2024 - Spiel Film Section
  • BUFF - Malmö International Children and Young People's Film Festival 2024 - Skolbioserien - Nordic Star Award Safira Mossberg
  • Kino Pavasaris Vilnius International FF 2024 - Official Competition
  • Luxembourg City FF 2024 - Official Selection Our of Competition
  • Kerala International Women FF 2024 - Official Selection
  • Bengaluru International FF 2024 - Contemporary World Section
  • International FF Assen 2024 - Official Selection
  • Cleveland International FF 2024 - International Narrative Competition
  • TIFF Next Wave 2024 - Official Selection

Photograpy

  • Colour

Screening format

  • 4K
  • DCP
  • Prores

HD Available

  • Yes
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