Dear Director (2015)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
Media (5)
| Original title | Dear Director |
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| Film type | Short |
| Category | Documentary |
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| Dialogue |
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| Swedish release | 2015-11-18 |
Plot summary
In 1980 American jazz pianist Kazzrie Jaxen watches the movie From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) by Ingmar Bergman. Afterwards she writes him a 16-page letter, explaining how it came to...
Titles
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Crew
| Director | |
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| Screenplay | |
| Producer | |
| Project Coordinator | |
| Line Producer | |
| Music | |
| Film Editor | |
| Production Mixer | |
| Assistant Director | |
| Film Commissioner | |
| First Assistant Cameraman |
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| Color Grading | |
| Other Crew |
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Cast
| - | Medverkande: | ||
| Kazzrie Jaxen | |||
| Thomas Bosket |
Companies
| Production Company | Fasad AB | ||
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| Copyright | Fasad AB | ||
| Sveriges Television AB | |||
| Co-Production Company | Sveriges Television AB | ||
| Advance allocations | Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet |
Plot summary
In 1980 American jazz pianist Kazzrie Jaxen watches the movie From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) by Ingmar Bergman. Afterwards she writes him a 16-page letter, explaining how it came to change her life. The film starts a dramatic inner journey, which makes her understand that she is not alone in her own body. Hidden inside a small lump of fat under her skin, rests the remains of her unborn twin.
Technical specifications
| Length in minutes | 14 min |
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Release dates
| Other showing | 2015-04-13 | Bio Victor | Stockholm | Sweden | Galapremiär av kortdokumentärsatsingen Fans. | |
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| TV showing | 2015-04-26 | SVT1 | Sweden | 14 min | ||
| 2015-08-14 | SVT2 | Sweden | Visades tillsammans med tre andra Fans-filmer i K special. | |||
| Festival showing | 2015-10-19 | Slottsbiografen | Uppsala | Sweden | 14 min | 34:e Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival, 2015. |
| 2015-11-15 | Skandia | Stockholm | Sweden | 14 min | Stockholms internationella filmfestival. | |
| Release in Sweden | 2015-11-18 | Sweden |
Soundtrack listing
Awards
| Festival Award | Locarno | 2015 | Premio Cinema & Gioventù for the Concorso Internazionale Pardi di domani, Locarno Film Festival, Schweiz. |
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Related films
| From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) | Cited in | Dear Director (2015) |
Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | DCP |
| Element type | Digitalt tilläggsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | EXTRAS |
| Element type | Digitalt tilläggsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | EXTRAS |
| Element type | Digitalt arkivmaterial |
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| Carrier type | MAP |
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | ProRes |
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | ProRes |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 1 |
| Poster title | Fans. Åtta filmer där regissörerna har vänt kameran mot publiken. |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | För- och eftertexter |
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| Extent | 7 s. |
| Language | English |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Extent | 12 s. Tidsangivelser. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Extent | 9 s. |
| Language | English |
| Script type | Musiklista |
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| Extent | 1 s. |
| Language | Swedish |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | No |
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| Colour prints | No |
| Behind the scenes prints | No |
| Slides | No |
| Digital images | Yes |
| Negatives | No |
| Contact sheets | No |
| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Language | English |
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Language | English |
