Paradise Is Burning (2023)

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Original title	Paradiset brinner
Swedish release title	Paradiset brinner
International title	Paradise Is Burning
Working title	Sisters

Director	Mika Gustafson
Screenplay	Mika Gustafson Alexander Öhrstrand
Producer	Nima Yousefi
Director of Photography	Sine Vadstrup Brooker
Film Editor	Anders Skov
Production Designer	Catharina Ehrnrooth (as Catharina Nyqvist Ehrnrooth)
Assistant Director	Alexander Öhrstrand (samt kreativ partner)
Script Supervisor	Felicia Nabbing
First Assistant Director	Søren Hadsund Mortensen
Second Assistant Director	Isabel Savén
Third Assistant Director	Parmida Hamdollazadehkive
Assistant Film Editor	Rebecca Karlsson
Associate Producer	Tintin Scheynius
Casting	Elin Ström
Film Commissioner	Anders Nylander
First Assistant Cameraman	Erik Thal-Jantzen
Propman	Britta Rehn
Art Director	Lisanne Fransen
Co-producer	Venla Hellstedt Jenni Jauri Maria Stevnbak Westergren Marco Valerio Fusco Anne-Marie Söhrman (as Anne-Marie Söhrman Fermelin) Anna Croneman Charlotta Denward Kristina Börjeson
Executive Producer	Peter Kropénin (as Peter Krupenin)
Second Assistant Cameraman	Laura Fernandez Garcia
Gaffer	Samantha Wikmark
Digital Imaging Technician (DIT)	Sergio Ayala (as Sergio C. Ayala)
Costume Designer	Susse Roos
Make-up Design	Kaisa Pätilä (samt hårdesigner)

Bianca Delbravo	Laura
Ida Engvoll	Hanna
Dilvin Asaad	Mira
Safira Mossberg	Steffi
Mitja Sirén	Sasha
Marta Oldenburg	Zara
Alexander Öhrstrand	Hannas man
Isabella Kjellberg	Sandra

Production Company	Hob AB
Co-Production Company	Film Stockholm
	Tuffi Films
	Toolbox Film
	Intramovies
	Sveriges Television AB
	Film i Väst AB
Advance allocations	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor outside of Sweden	Epicentre	2023	(Frankrike)
	Fandango	2023	(Italien, San Marino, Malta, Monaco)
	Stendhal Film Company	2023	(Spanien)
	Conic Films	2024	(Storbritannien, Irland)
	Room 8 Films	2024	(USA)
	Cinemanse Films	2024	(Finland)
	Angelfilms	2024	(Danmark)
	Leopardo Filmes	2024	(Portugal)
	Mongsang	2024	(Sydkorea)
	Ritual Films	2024	(Kanada)
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Triart Film AB	2023

Three sisters, aged 7 to 15, live alone. Their mother vanishes for whole swathes of time, and the sisters have to get by themselves. When the social services demand a family meeting, oldest sister Laura has a week to find a stand-in for their mother. In her quest for a pretend mum, Laura starts a relationship with 35-year-old Hannah – something that changes not only Laura, but also the sisters’ situation.

Certificate number	209695
Date	2023-09-19
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Grounds for decision	Framställningen innehåller inslag av tung tematik med barn som lever i utsatthet och misär, ett våldsamt slagsmål mellan flickor med slag i ansiktet och ett barn som skallas, uppslitande gräl samt en tonårig flicka som trycker ner yngre flicka på marken och gnider hennes ansikte med jord. Detta kan medföra stark rädsla och oro. Framställningen bedöms kunna vara till skada för välbefinnandet för barn.

Length in minutes	107 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Release in Sweden	2023-10-27
Cinema release in Sweden	2023-10-27			Sweden
TV showing	2024-08-09	SVT2		Sweden
VOD release	2024-08-09	SVT Play		Sweden		Antal dagar på SVT Play: 30

The Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	2024	Best Set Design	Catharina Nyqvist Ehrnrooth
	Stockholm	2024	Best Picture
Festival Award	Venice	2023			(bästa regi till en person under 40 år / Best Director under 40, Pedicini Award, Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica / Venice Film Festival, Italien / Italy)
	Venice	2023			(bästa regi / Best Director, Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica / Venice Film Festival, Italien / Italy)
	London	2023			(bästa första långfilm / Sutherland Prize - Best First Feature, BFI London Film Festival, Storbritannien / United Kingdom)
	Lübeck	2023			(Interfilm Church Prize / Nordic Film Days, Tyskland / Germany)

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Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	H264

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Paradiset brinner

Script type	För- och eftertexter
Extent	1 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	För- och eftertexter
Extent	1 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	För- och eftertexter
Extent	5 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Musiklista
Extent	4 s.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	106 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	55 s. Tidsangivelser.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Paradiset brinner. Dialoglista.
Extent	61 s. Tidsangivelser.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	108 s.
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	No
Colour prints	No
Behind the scenes prints	No
Slides	No
Digital images	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish