“Amateurs”€¦ · Production Year Month of start & end of shooting Sept- Nov 2015 Country...

“Amateurs”byGabrielaPichler

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ABOUTTHEPRODUCTIONTaglineWhowantstosaveacommunity?SynopsisWelcometoLafors!AsmallSwedishcommunityindesperateneedofafreshstart.HoperiseswhentheGermanlow-costsuperstoreSuperbillyisconsideringsettingupbusinessinthearea.500newjobs,thatwouldchangeeverything!MusseatthelocalgovernmentofficegetsthehonortomakethecommercialthatwillbesellingLafors.ButAidaandDanapickupthefightandturntheirmobilesandselfiestickstowardseveryonethatisn'tallowedtotakepartinthecommercial.ThebattleofwhohastherighttotellthestoryofLaforshasbegun.

TechnicalDataTitle AmateursOriginalTitle AmatörerGenre Drama ProductionYearMonthofstart&endofshooting

Sept-Nov2015

CountryofOrigin Sweden

LanguageSpoken Swedish,English,Arabic,Tamil,Kurdish,Romanian,Romani,Bosnian,German

Duration 110minShoton ScreenRatio 1:1.85Format(ex.DCP,35mm) DCPSoundformat 5.1 DomesticreleaseIncl.Distributorname 16March,Triartfilm

Admission/ratingIncl.PG,18+etc TBC

TargetGroup Adults25-75 ProductionCompany GaragefilmInternationalProducer Anna-MariaKantariusCo-producerandCompany/Country FilmiVäst,SverigesTelevision,Sverige

ExecutiveProducer(s) MimmiSpång,RebeckaLafrenz Cinematographer JohanLundborg

Editor GabrielaPichler,AndreasNilsson,JohanLundborg

SoundDesigner JessWolfsberg Stillphotographer CeciliaTorquato,TobiasHenrikssonScriptwriter GabrielaPichler,JonasHassenKhemiri Director GabrielaPichler

Cast ZahraaAldoujaili,YaraAliadotter,FredrikDahl

Budget(EUR/USD) 1.62millEURFinanciers/Investorsorotherinvolvedproductionpartners

SFI,LindholmenScienceParkMediaArenaandGöteborgsStad,CMoreEntertainment.

ABOUTTHEDIRECTORDirector'sstatement–by"GabrielaPichler"Ifjustonevideoclipwoulddefineyourwholetown,whichclipwoulditbe?I’minterestedin

lettingthisstoryunfoldseeminglyasastorminaglassofwater.Asneezeinmicrocosmos.

Withhumorandsubversivetwist,abitofsatirewithaheart–andaraisedfist.AMATEURSis

atributetoalloftherebelsinoursmalltowns,totheexcludedandtheunsellable.Yourtime

isnow.

"GabrielaPichler"-Director'sbio

TrainedattheFilmAcademyinGotheburg.Her

shortfilmSCRUBSwasawardedtheSwdish

Oscarforbestshortfilm.GabrielaPichler’sfirst

featureEATSLEEPDIEpremiered2012at

VeniceInternationalFilmFestivalandwon

theAudienceAwardatFilmCritic’sWeekbeforeit

hitoffwithgreatsuccessatfilmfestivalsaround

theworld.AndwasawradedtheSwedishOscar

forBestfilm,scriptandDirector.Her

unconventionalmixofwitandsocial

commentary,combinedwithaneyeforbrilliant

amateuractors,arehercharacteristicsandalso

defineshersecondfeatureAMATEURS.

KEYCAST&CREW

Aida:ZahraaAldoujailiDana:YaraAliadotterMusse:FredrikDahl

"Anna-MariaKantarius"–Producer

GraduatedProducerfromtheNationalFilmSchoolofDenmarkin2005.ShehasproducedcreativedocumentariesforDanishCosmoDoc,UpfrontFilmsandSwedishStory(2005-2012).Since2010sheisalsoproducingfictionfilm.Herproductionsincludeamongothers,SheMaleSnails(Pojktanten)whichwontheAudienceAwardatGöteborgInternationalFilmFestivalandSomethingMustBreak(Nåntingmåstegåsönder)byEsterMartinBergsmark.ThefilmopenedGöteborgInternationalFilmFestivalandwontheprizeforBestFilmatRotterdamInternationalFilmFestival.Anna-MariaKantariusproducesauteur-drivenstoriesinwhateverform,genre,languageandlandscapethatisbestsuitableforthevisiontoreachouttoanaudience.WorkingwithSwedishGaragefilm.Since2009."JohanLundborg"–DirectorofPhotographyDOP,directorandeditor.StudiesatFAMUinPragha.DOPfoftheawardwinningfeaturefilmTHEGIANTbyJohannesNyholmandEATSLEEPDIEbyGabrielaPichler.

COMPANYPROFILES"GaragefilmInternational"www.garagefilm.seDownatthemomentGaragefilmInternationalisownedbyproducersMimmiSpångandRebeckaLafrenz.Sincethestartin2007theyhaveproducedanumberofaward-winningfilmstogetherwithAnna-MariaKantariuswhojoinedthecompanyin2010.Garagefilm’sfocusisoncontentwithhighartisticambitionsandinthepastdecadeithasmadeanameforitselfasoneoftheleadingarthousecompaniesinSweden.Garagefilm’sproductionsinclude”Guidance”byJohanJonason,nominatedfortheDragonAwardattheGöteborgInternationalFilmFestival,”Sebbe,”directedbyBabakNajafiandawardedBestFirstFeatureFilmatBerlinale,featurecomedy”Cockpit”byMårtenKlingberg,seenbyover270000indomesticcinemasandpoliticalthriller”CallGirl”byMikaelMarcimain,winneroftheFIPRESCICritic’sAwardatTorontoInternationalFilmFestival2012.2014sawthereleaseofEsterMartinBergsmark’s”SomethingMustBreak”,awardedatamongothersIFFRotterdam,andJensÖstberg’sfeaturedebut”BlowflyPark”.In2015LisaAschan’s”WhitePeople”premieredatStockholmInternationalFilmFestival,andMariaBäck’sdocumentary”IRememberWhenIDie”haditsworldpremiereatCPH:DOXwhereitwasincompetitionforaNordic:DOXAward.In2016thedocumentary“GoldenGirl”bySusannaEdwardspremieredincompetitionatTempoDocumentaryFestival,andJohannesNyholm’sfeaturedebut“TheGiant”openedincinemastooutstandingreviews.“TheGiant”wasincompetitionatTorontoIFF,followedbySanSebastianFFwhereitreceivedtheJuryAward.InternationalDistribution-LevelKwww.LevelK.dkLevelKishandlinginternationalsalesanddistributionandactingasadigitalpartnerfordistributorsintheirhomecountry.

Wearespecialisedinrightsoptimizationthatarereflectedthroughourinnovativeapproachtocross-platform/cross-countrydistributioncombiningtheatricalandtraditionalmeans-alongsidedigitaldistributionandmarketing.Ourgoalistobringourfilmstothemarketwithanindividualstrategysothefilmfindsitsownpathtoitsaudienceandherebyincreaseroyalties.

BasedinCopenhagen,HongKongweareapassionateteamfocusingonlong-termrelationshipsandtransparentprofessionalcooperation.