Killing the Chickens to Scare the Monkeys (2011)

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Original title	Killing the Chickens to Scare the Monkeys
International title	Killing the Chickens to Scare the Monkeys
Alternative title	Killing the Chickens

Director	Jens Assur
Screenplay	Jens Assur
Producer	Jens Assur
Line Producer	Jeab Indageha Ned Amornpiyalerk (assisterande)
Director of Photography	Marek Wieser (as Marek Septimus Wieser)
Choreography	Jens Östberg
Production Designer	Sudamol Chaban
Film Editor	Fredrik Morheden Åsa Mossberg
Production Mixer	Wille Peterson-Berger
First Assistant Director	Nafadfad Sansumran
Second Assistant Director	Sasy Boonthong
Stunt Coordinator	T. Srisook
Production Coordinator	Jing Apiruksup Jennie Eriksson
Location Manager	Prajak Mahasak
Assistant	S.st Kongthep (stunt)
Casting	Emma Salekärr (voicecasting) Aou Aouro
Production Accountant	Anna Friborg
Film Commissioner	Andra Lasmanis
Post Production Supervisor	Fredrik Zander
First Assistant Cameraman	Kai Duangchan
Camera Operator	Bak Sirithum (andre kameraassistent)
Gaffer	Kol Feungnoi
Scanner	Karl Larsson (och conform)
Compositor	Moa Frithiofsson (digital compositor)
Digital Grading	Mats Holmgren (color grading)
Visual Effects	Stefan Ekman (flame artist) Olle Petersson
Assistant Production Designer	WangMao
Costume Designer	Joe Phumi
Driver	Combo See Suvit Nut Tonsung
Costume Assistant	Watchara Satchakorn
Make-up Artist	Tookatoon Changtang
Caterer	Paiboon Littichaipornkun (catering van 1) Sathit Patchdun (catering van 2 ) Surasak Dechaudom (catering van 3) Kath Katmanee (catering van 4)
Assistant Film Editor	Theo Lindberg (as Tess Lindberg) Hilton Jones
Sound Editor	Henrik Ohlin Niclas Merits
Foley	Peter Bergström
Graphic Design	Robin Blick
Translation	Einar Heckscher
Legal Advisor	Helene Miksche
Other Crew	Anneli Oscarsson (postproduction coordinator) Jonas Peterson (technical coordinator) Hans Crispin (file editor) Peter Helsing (encoding technician) M. Moon (set decorator) Yunta Bet (Set PA 1) Very Noi (Set PA 2 ) Darunee Limsittiporn (hairstylist) Somudwa T (production intern) Angel Kook (director van) Big Noom (production van) Anucha Songprapa (production van 2) Sutipong Phampat (wardrobe van) Manop Chaiwong (craft service van) Kritsana N (lighting van) Samroy Mouthmark (casting van) Sompohb Jamnenkun (camera van) Sanan Khamjun (sound van) Suwin Srithaptim S (wardrobe van 2) Seam Angel (film courier) Aoon (unit van)
Translator	Rainbow Suparuangwong (revisor)

Production Company	Studio Jens Assur AB
Co-Production Company	Sveriges Television AB
	Film i Väst AB
	The Chimney Pot AB
Advance allocations	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Recording Studio	CloudBerry Sound
Sales	Studio Jens Assur AB
Other Company	Civil Right Defenders		(exclusive and appreciated partner)
	Amnesty International		(exclusive and appreciated partner)
	Film i Västernorrland		(exclusive and appreciated partner)
	ABF Stockholm		(exclusive and appreciated partner)
	Kommunalarbetarförbundet		(exclusive and appreciated partner)
	IF Metall		(exclusive and appreciated partner)
	Den globala skolan		(exclusive and appreciated partner)
	Fuguchang Mori		(office PA)
	Nostromo Stockholm AB		(Avid editing)

Killing the Chickens to Scare the Monkeys is an exceptional story set in the People’s Republic of China, told from a unique perspective and rendered with a daring cinematic language. The film consists of nine scenes that unfold in the grey area between black and white, where national politics and strategy have unforeseen consequences on a young teacher’s life. The precisely thought-out aesthetics and the provocative narrative technique of the film are intended to open up the viewer’s eyes for reflection and contemplation. The first scene is a 15-minute single take, without cuts. We experience the world as in a photographic still life played out in mise-en-scene. We are not exposed to the whole course of events in the woman’s life, rather only fragments, where the viewer is compelled to fill in the blanks in the narrative. Ultimately, we must consider what is both seen and unseen and the film poses questions about the very nature of cinema and narrative itself. The authenticity and uncompromising vision combine to create a powerful emotional and political statement.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1 (CinemaScope)
Sound system	Dolby Stereo Spectral Recording Digital
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Length in minutes	24 min
Reels	2 reels

	Bangkok	Thailand		2010-11	2011-02
	Kanchanaburi	Thailand

Festival showing	2011-10-25	Slottsbiografen	Uppsala	Sweden	24 min	30:e Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival 2011.
	2011-10-29	Slottsbiografen	Uppsala	Sweden	24 min	30:e Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival 2011.
TV showing	2012-01-16	SVT1		Sweden

Special Mention	Prague	2012			(Special Mention, Prague Short Film Festival, Tjeckien)
	Prague	2012			(Special Jury Mention, Prague Short Film Festival, Tjeckien)
	Clermont-Ferrand	2012			(Special Jury Mention, Festival International du Court Métrage à Clermont-Ferrand, Frankrike)
	Clermont-Ferrand	2012			(Special Mention, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Frankrike)
Festival Award	Trondheim	2012			(NIFA Best Film (Nordic Competition), Minimalen filmfestival, Norge)
	Trondheim	2012			(NIFA Best Fiction på Minimalen filmfestival, Norge)
	Huesca	2012			(Garcia de Paso Award, Huesca International Film Festival, Spanien)
Special Mention	Odense	2012			(Special Mention på Odense International Film Festival, Danmark)
	Nancy	2012			(Special Jury Award, Aye Aye Film Festival, Frankrike)
Festival Award	Tallinn	2012			(Winner Baltic Sea Competition, Sleepwalkers Student and Short Film Festival, Estland)
	Aarhus	2011			(bästa kortfilm, best short, Nordisk Panorama, Danmark)
Special Mention	Madrid	2011			(Special Mention, Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid, Spanien)
Festival Award	Vendôme	2011			(Grand Prix Européen, Vendôme Film Festival, Frankrike)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	706

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Digital intermediate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Digitalt tilläggsmaterial
Carrier type	EXTRAS

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	Killing the Chickens to Scare the Monkeys

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Killing the chickens. By Jens Assur.
Extent	9 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Killing the chickens to scare the monkeys. Synopsis.
Extent	1 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Killing the chickens to scar.
Extent	6 s. + 3 s. för- och efterext.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	8 s.
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English