A Living Soul (2014)
Table of contents
- 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 (1)
| Original title | En levande själ |
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| Film type | Short |
| Category | Fiction |
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Plot summary
An ego wakes up in a laboratory. We soon realise it is Upsilon, a brain that is kept alive artificially. With black humour and a focus on the subjective experience, we follow Upsilon's path to...
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Crew
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Cast
| Tova Magnusson | Ypslon | ||
| Louise Peterhoff | Emma | ||
| Claes Ljungmark | professorn | ||
| Stina Ekblad | docenten | ||
| Christoffer Svensson | doktoranden | ||
| Michelle Meadows | doktorand | ||
| Mikael Kakeeto | labbasistent | ||
| Ivica Zubak | labbtekniker | ||
| Lisette Pagler | investerare | ||
| Kristian Petri | styrelsemedlem | ||
| Thomas Lundqvist | handen | ||
| John R. Hallström | Ypslons kropp | ||
| Annika Lindh | nattvakt | ||
| Herculus Östberg | nattvakt |
Companies
| Production Company | B-Reel Feature Films | ||
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| Copyright | B-Reel AB | ||
| Co-Production Company | Swiss International AB | ||
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| Advance allocations | Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet | ||
| Equipment | Ljud & Bildmedia AB | ||
| Post Production Company | The Chimney Pot AB | ||
| Visual Effects | Swiss International AB | ||
| Recording Studio | Ljudligan AB | ||
| Graphics | Åbäke | ||
| Sales | Magnet Film | ||
| Other Company | Selder Film | (optik) | |
| EffektStudion EFX AB | (modell av handen) | ||
| Filmefex Studio | (animatrinic) | ||
| Djuragenturen | (djurhantering) |
Plot summary
An ego wakes up in a laboratory. We soon realise it is Upsilon, a brain that is kept alive artificially. With black humour and a focus on the subjective experience, we follow Upsilon's path to consciousness and the development of a personality.
Technical specifications
| Length in minutes | 31 min |
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Original work
Release dates
| Festival showing | 2014-01-25 | Stora Teatern | Gothenburg | Sweden | 31 min | 37:e Göteborg International Film Festival 2014. Novellfilmsmaraton. |
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| 2014-01-30 | Haga 1 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 31 min | 37:e Göteborg International Film Festival 2014. Novellfilm 1. | |
| TV showing | 2014-07-16 | SVT2 | Sweden | |||
| Festival showing | 2014-10-22 | Regina | Uppsala | Sweden | 29 min | 33:e Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival 2014. |
Soundtrack listing
| Original title | Symfoni, nr 40, K. 550, g-moll | |
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| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | (1788) |
| Original title | Merry Christmas baby | |
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| By | Henry Moore Selder | |
| Daniel Fagerström | ||
| Performed by | Ypslon band |
| Original title | Staffansvisan | |
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| Performed by | Patrik Kolar |
Awards
| Festival Award | Budapest | 2015 | (bästa idé/manus / Best Idea/Script, Busho Film Festival, Ungern) | ||
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| Special Mention | Gothenburg | 2014 | (hedersomnämnande novellfilm / Honorable Mention Swedish Featurettes Section, Göteborg Filmfestival, Sverige) |
Related films
| Svensk novellfilm 13 (2014) | contains | A Living Soul (2014) |
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 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 |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Poster title | A Living Soul |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Script title | En levande själ. Dialoglista Sv. |
| Extent | 35 s. + för- och eftertext samt musiklista. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Script title | A living soul. En. |
| Extent | 37 s. |
| Language | English |
| Script type | Synopsis |
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| Script title | Presstext. En levande själ. |
| Extent | 1 s. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Inspelningsmanus |
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| Script title | En levande själ. Novellfilmsmanus av Peter Modestij. Baserat på en roman av P.C. Jersild. Revisioner av Henry Moore Selder. |
| Extent | 26 s. |
| Language | Swedish |
