The Giant (2016)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- 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 (6)
| Original title | Jätten |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
| Form | Live-action |
| Average rating | 4,01 / 5 |
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| Classification | Allowed from age 11 |
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| Swedish release | 2016-10-14 |
Cast
Plot summary
A film about Rikard, age 30. He is autistic and severely disfigured. He lives in a home for disabled people. He was separated from his mother as a three-year-old, and this continues to...
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Companies
| Production company | BeoFilm | ||
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| Garagefilm International AB | |||
| Copyright | Garagefilm International AB | ||
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| Co-Production Company | Film Väst | ||
| Sveriges Television AB | |||
| Johannes Nyholm Produktion | |||
| Supported by | Det Danske Filminstitut | ||
| Fonds Eurimages du Conseil de l'Europe | |||
| Nordisk Film- & TV-fond | |||
| Creative Europe | |||
| Partner | Beofilm Post Production | ||
| Tonemestrene Studio ApS | |||
| Advance allocations | Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet | ||
| Distributor in Sweden (DCP) | Triart Film AB | 2016 | |
| Equipment | Camera center | ||
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| Post Production Company | Beofilm Post Production | bild | |
| Visual Effects | Haymaker | ||
| Recording Studio | Tonemestrene Studio ApS | ||
| Re-recording Studio | SDI Media Denmark | ||
| Graphics | Reala | ||
| Legal Advisor | Strömberg & Partners AB | ||
| Insurance | If skadeförsäkring | ||
| Completion Bond | Film Finances | ||
| Production Accountant | AFT Ekonomi AB | ||
| Proartist AB | |||
| Filmekonomi AB | |||
| Other Company | Cloudberry Post | eftersynkstudio | |
| Rotorfilm | drönare | ||
| PAAM Biluthyrning AB | fordon | ||
| Crowe Horwath Osborne AB | revision | ||
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Plot summary
A film about Rikard, age 30. He is autistic and severely disfigured. He lives in a home for disabled people. He was separated from his mother as a three-year-old, and this continues to torment him today. To deal with life's trials, Rikard escapes into a fantasy world in which he's a 50-metre-tall giant.
Swedish censorship / rating
| Certificate number | 203977 |
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| Date | 2016-09-27 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 11 |
| Notes | Digitalfil. |
Technical specifications
| Length in minutes | 86 min |
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Release dates
| Release in Sweden | 2016-10-14 | Sweden | ||||
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| Festival showing | 2017-02-03 | Capitol | Göteborg | Sweden | 86 min | Göteborg Film Festival 2017 |
| TV showing | 2017-10-13 | SVT2 | Sweden | |||
| 2019-01-28 | SVT1 | Sweden |
Soundtrack listing
| Original title | Vill ha dej | |
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| Composer | Tommy Ekman | |
| Christer Sandelin | ||
| Anders Uddberg | ||
| Joakim Hagleitner | ||
| Gigi Hamilton | ||
| Lyrics | Tommy Ekman | |
| Christer Sandelin | ||
| Anders Uddberg | ||
| Joakim Hagleitner | ||
| Gigi Hamilton |
| Original title | Turistens klagan | |
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| Composer | Cornelis Vreeswijk | |
| Lyrics | Cornelis Vreeswijk |
| Original title | Trollet | |
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| Performed by | Anna Bjelkerud |
| Original title | Never Be with You | |
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| By | Ola Bjurman | |
| Musical Arrangement | Hasse Olsson | |
| Ola Bjurman | ||
| Performed by | Hasse Olsson | |
| Ola Bjurman |
| Original title | Gray Old Man | |
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| By | Ola Bjurman | |
| Musical Arrangement | Hasse Olsson | |
| Ola Bjurman | ||
| Performed by | Ola Bjurman | |
| Hasse Olsson |
Awards
| The Guldbagge Award | Stockholm | 2017 | Best Picture | ||
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| Stockholm | 2017 | Best Screenplay | Johannes Nyholm | ||
| Stockholm | 2017 | Best Make-up | Eva von Bahr | ||
| Stockholm | 2017 | Best Make-up | Love Larson | ||
| Stockholm | 2017 | Best Make-up | Pia Aleborg | ||
| Nominated for the Guldbagge Award | Stockholm | 2017 | Best Original Score | Björn Olsson | |
| Stockholm | 2017 | Best Editing | Johannes Nyholm | ||
| Stockholm | 2017 | Best Editing | Morten Højbjerg | ||
| Stockholm | 2017 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Johan Kylén | ||
| Greta Award (Swedish Association of Film Critics award) | 2017 | (Greta Award, The Swedish Association of Film Critics, Sverige) | |||
| Special Mention | Reykjavik | 2016 | (Special Mention in the category New Visions, Reykjavik International Film Festival, Island) | ||
| Festival Award | Warszawa | 2016 | (Free Spirit Award, Warszaw Film Festival, Polen) | ||
| San Sebastián | 2016 | (jurypris / Special Jury Prize, Festival de San Sebastián, Spanien) |
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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| Gauge | DCP |
| Element type | Digitalt arkivmaterial |
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| Gauge | MAP |
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Gauge | ProRes |
Holdings Posters
| Size | Between 850 x 700 and 850 x 1100 |
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Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Inspelningsmanus |
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| Script title | Jätten. Ett originalmanus av Johannes Nyholm. Version april 2014. |
| Extent | 94 s. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Extent | 35 s. + för- och eftertext samt musiklista. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Inspelningsmanus |
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| Script title | Jätten. Ett originalmanus av Johannes Nyholm. Shooting script 22 augusti 2014. |
| Extent | 105 s. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Extent | 34 s. |
| Language | English |
| Script type | Synopsis |
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| Script title | The giant (Jätten). A film by Johannes Nyholm. |
| Extent | 2 s. Regissörens kommentarer och produktionsuppgifter ingår. |
| Language | English |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Promotion material |
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| Language | Swedish |