The Optimists (2014)

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Original title	Optimistene
Swedish release title	Optimisterna
International title	The Optimists
Title for Swedish DVD release	Optimisterna - det är aldrig försent

Director	Gunhild Westhagen Magnor
Screenplay	Gunhild Westhagen Magnor
Producer	Hilde Skofteland Ingunn Knudsen (as Ingunn H. Knudsen)
Line Producer	Heidi Christensen Gaukås Tonje Vågen Aaase (development)
Director of Photography	Gunhild Westhagen Magnor
Music	Stefan Nilsson
Film Editor	Robert V. Stengård Joe Eldøen
Production Mixer	Svenn Jacobsen Einar Bakke Peter Dalbakk Krister Johnson Tomas Birnik Jonas Goldmann Alexander Christensen Gunhild Westhagen Magnor
Advisor	Axel Helgeland
Co-producer	Stina Gardell Pär Lindström (office manager)
Executive Producer	Hilde Skofteland
Production Coordinator	Mette Aakerholm Gardell (as Mette Aakerholm) (Sverige)
Production Assistant	Sven Arild Storberget Helene Antoniades Arvid Magnor
Post Production Supervisor	Espen Skjetne
Film Commissioner	Suzanne Glansborg
Camera Operator	Sindre Vesterås Camilla Skagerström Ola Magnestam
First Assistant Cameraman	Ingeborg Klyve
Still Photographer	Dimitri Koutsomytis
Additional Photography	Sindre Vesterås Camilla Skagerström Ola Magnestam Ingeborg Klyve
Gaffer	Thor Erik Løkken Stig Tvenge Adam Halkiewicz
Color Timer	Vegard Lilleeng John Arne Jörgensen
Color Grading	Dylan R Hopkin
Logging	Elisabeth Royset Oksavik Iren Almedal Monan Malin Christina Iversen
Conductor	Stefan Nilsson
Music Recording Supervisor	Bernard Löhr (och mixning)
Musician	Mats Bergström (gitarr) Lotta Hasselquist Nilsson (piano) Stefan Nilsson (piano) Eva Lindal (fiol) Sofia Hansen (fiol) Louise Agnani (cello) Mattias Normell (dubbelbas) Fredrik Oscarsson (trumpet) Jonne Bentlöv (trumpet) Staffan Lunden-Welden (horn)
Orchestration	Anders Högstedt
Assistant Film Editor	Sven Arild Storberget Karolina Bieszczad-Roley Shing Hong Chan Anja Bratlie Larsen Thomas Robsahm (konsult) Skafti Guðmundsson (konsult)
Sound Assistant	Johan Mickels Joannis Magnus Fotinos
Sound Editor	Svenn Jacobsen
Dialogue Editor	Krister Johnson (editor)
Sound Effects Editor	Ali Parandian (editor)
Re-recording Mixer	Svenn Jacobsen
Foley Artist	Erik Watland
Re-recording	Simon Ellegaard (mix) Svenn Jacobsen (mix)
Translation	Douglas Murphy
Other Crew	Terje Røkke (flight head technician) Michael Berglund (flight head technician) Arvid Magnor (lift operator) Diego Da Gama Felicissimo (rigging assistant) Eskil Hjerpe (rigging assistant) Terje Kjetil Gillebo (mastering)

-	Medverkande:
Goro Wergeland
Lillemor Berthelsen
Birgit Myklebust
Irma Nordseth
Eldbjørg Grøttum
Gerd Bergersen
Anne-Grethe Westhagen Magnor
Ulla Olssøn
Turid Otervik
Solveig Sætersdal
Aase-Marit Børke
Mary Holst Bremstad
Mary Tenmann
Anni Øverland
Hedvig Thune-Ellefsen
Nils Lindman
Einar Hamberg
Karl Eskil Hagberg
Ants Lepp
Birger Svärd
Bo Wennerström
Ulrik Hoffman
Anders Straström
Helmut Müller
Ibrahim Gouda
Jan Wärle
John Vedberg
Mac Gonhard
Tore Nerberg
Olav Grottum
Erik Berthelsen
Tore Nordseth
Jon Grydeland
Nilla Larsson
Peter Wilhelmsson
Reijo Burtsov
Torsten Rothoff
Britt Sæther
Inger Lundby
Trine Lise Hjelmseth
Elisabeth Berg
Douglas Lithborn
Frode Buseth Moen
Hanne Tveter
Mariachi Fiesta Mexico

Production Company	Skofteland Film AS
Co-Production Company	Mantaray Film AB
Advance allocations	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
	Norsk Filminstitutt
	Nordisk Film & TV Fond
	Norsk Rikskringkasting
	Film3 AS
	ExtraStiftelsen Helse och Rehabilitering/Norska kvinners Sanitetsförening
	Pensjonistforbundet
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Folkets Bio AB	2014
Distributor in Sweden	Folkets Bio AB	2014
Post Production Company	Nordisk Film Shortcut
Recording Studio	Sveriges Radio AB
	Teknopilot
Re-recording Mixer	SDI Media Denmark
Marketing	Norsk Filmdistribusjon A/S		(och distribution Norge)
	Skofteland Film AS		(och distribution Norge)

A documentary about a volleyball team from Norway made up of women aged 66 to 98. They have trained every week for 40 years but never played a single match. With an average age of almost 80, they now feel ready. But who will they face?

Classification	Allowed from age 15 by default, not reviewed

Colour type	Colour
Length in minutes	93 min

Festival showing	2014-01-24	Biopalatset 2	Gothenburg	Sweden	80 min	37:e Göteborg International Film Festival 2014. Nordiskt ljus.
	2014-01-25	Roy	Gothenburg	Sweden	80 min	37:e Göteborg International Film Festival 2014. Nordiskt ljus.
	2014-01-26	Pedagogen	Gothenburg	Sweden	80 min	37:e Göteborg International Film Festival 2014. Nordiskt ljus.
	2014-03-07	Bio Rio	Stockholm	Sweden	90 min	Tempo dokumentärfestival, 2014. Top Docs.
	2014-03-09	Victoria 2	Stockholm	Sweden	90 min	Tempo dokumentärfestival, 2014. Top Docs.
Release in Sweden	2014-04-04			Sweden
DVD release	2014-10-15			Sweden
TV showing	2015-08-19	SVT1		Sweden

Original title	Optimistenes dans
By	Hanne Tveter
Performed by	Hanne Tveter

Original title	Triste Recuerdos
By	Mexikansk folksång

Original title	Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes
By	Manuel Esperón
Performed by	Alejandro Becerra
	Håkan Jonson
	Niklas Backlund

Original title	El poqullin para los diablos
By	Grupo Copally's
Performed by	Grupo Copally's

Original title	La Mula Baya
By	Ray Perez
Performed by	Ray Perez

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Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	Optimistene

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Optimistene. Norsk.
Extent	65 s. + eftertext.
Language	Norwegian

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Optimistene. Engelsk.
Extent	65 s. + eftertext.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	54 s. +
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Optimistene. Engelsk.
Extent	67 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Optimistene. Norsk.
Extent	67 s.
Language	Norwegian

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Optimistene
Extent	7 s.
Language	Norwegian

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Norwegian