The Comet (2017)

Promoted film
Sweden, 11 min
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Basic facts

Media (2)

Original title Kometen
Film type Short
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • Sweden
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 7
Dialogue
  • Arabic
Swedish release 2017-12-06

Cast

Abdi Aziis

Ali Dayah Abdi

Plot summary

Two men are hiding behind a fence at a border checkpoint. They have just started their escape from oppression and persecution of homosexuals in their home country. Only one of them will arrive...

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Festival contact (short):

Josefina Mothander
+46 8 665 12 67
Josefina.mothander@filminstitutet.se

Jing Haase
+46 8 665 11 43
jing.haase@filminstitutet.se

 

Links and resources

Watch this film in the Mini Cinema in our Stockholm library

Titles

Original title
  • Kometen
Swedish release title
  • Kometen
International title
  • The Comet

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Film Commissioner
Digital Grading

Cast

Abdi Aziis
Ali Dayah Abdi

Companies

Production Company Bautafilm AB
Co-Production Company MBG International AB
Supported by Film i Västerbotten
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet

Plot summary

Two men are hiding behind a fence at a border checkpoint. They have just started their escape from oppression and persecution of homosexuals in their home country. Only one of them will arrive in Sweden. He is the comet.

Swedish censorship / rating

Certificate number 204400
Date 2017-03-17
Classification Allowed from age 7
Grounds for decision Framställningen innehåller inslag av en ungdom som flyr samt en ungdom som brottas ner mot en bil vilket kan medföra oro och bedöms kunna vara till skada för välbefinnandet för barn under 7 år.


Technical specifications

Colour type Colour
Length in minutes 11 min


Release dates

Festival showing 2017-01-29 Haga Gothenburg Sweden 11 min Göteborg Film Festival 2017
2017-10-25 Slottsbiografen Uppsala Sweden Uppsala Kortfilmfestival 2017
Release in Sweden 2017-12-06 Sweden

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

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Carrier type DCP


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Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type MAP


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Carrier type ProRes


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Carrier type H264


Holdings Posters

Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 2
Poster title Kometen


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Extent 2 s. Tidsangivelser.
Language English


Script type Dialoglista
Extent 2 s. Tidsangivelser.
Language Swedish


Script type För- och eftertexter
Extent 3 s.
Language English


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Kometen. Victor Lindgren. Manusmedarbetare Nouvell Cadriani. Baserad på Melker Garays novell Kometen.
Extent 9 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Musiklista
Extent 1 s.
Language English


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English


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