A Holy Mess (2015)

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Original title	En underbar jävla jul
Swedish release title	En underbar jävla jul
International title	A Holy Mess
Working title	God jul! En underbar jävla jul (andra arbetstitel) Härlig är jorden (tredje arbetstitel)

Director	Helena Bergström
Screenplay	Edward af Sillén Daniel Réhn Helena Bergström
Producer	Petra Jönsson
Production Manager	Lejla Besic Joana Sorobetea
Project Coordinator	Linda Dalin
Director of Photography	Peter Mokrosinski
Music	Per Andréasson
Production Designer	Matilda Afzelius
Film Editor	Theo Lindberg (as Tess Lindberg)
Production Mixer	Bo Persson Klas Engström
Assistant Director	Frida Hvenmark
Second Assistant Director	Annie Sjöberg
Conforming	Tove Törbacka Axel Rundquist (as Axel Rundqvist)
Script Supervisor	Kerstin Sundberg
Co-producer	Lisa Widén
Executive Producer	Mikael Bergkvist Colin Nutley
Craft service	Dennis Kullberg Zandra Ottosson
Casting	Catrin Wideryd
Location Scout	Niklas Carlsund
Production Accountant	Anna-Karin Eldensjö
Unit Publicist	Liselotte Sjöman (PR) Stephanie G. Bonn (presskontakt)
Marketing	Helena Stenberg Johan Masironi
Post Producer	Max Hallén
Camera Operator	Erik Vallsten Peter Milanov
First Assistant Cameraman	Daniel Wannberg Örjan Thöverstam
Second Assistant Cameraman	Filip Stankovic Felicia Semitjow Nääs
Still Photographer	Alexander Kallas
Steadicam Operator	Peter Milanov
Gaffer	Nils Vallin
Best Boy	Marcus Hansson Gustav Sandegård Daniel Keith Aimar Bergan (as Aimar Andre Bergan)
Digital Grading	Mats Holmberg
Visual Effects	Evelina Åström Ulf Lundgren
Digital Imaging Technician (DIT)	Kalle Dahlberg
Music Coordinator	Magnus Palmborg
Musical Arrangement	Per Andréasson
Music Recording Supervisor	Martin Igelström Per Andréasson
Music Mixer	Martin Igelström
Singer	Hannah Holgersson (sopran)
Choir	Johan Pejler (bearbetning och baryton) Ulla Sjöblom (sopran) Christiane Höjlund (mezzosopran) Helena Bjarnle (alt) Fredrik Mattsson (tenor) Stefan Nymark (bas)
Musician	Per Andréasson (piano och klaviatur) Jonas Sjöblom (flöjt) Samuel Zeitler (gitarr)
Propman	Anna Noord Kristoffer Andersson Jesper Höglund
Costume Designer	Camilla Thulin
Make-up / Hair	Katrin Wahlberg
Costume Assistant	Fanny Ögren
Make-up Assistant	Susanne von Platen Natalie Bjernbrandt
Assistant Film Editor	Fredrik Jegeus Tove Törbacka
Foley	Ulf Olausson David Silverin
Dialogue Editor	Carolina Jinde Anders Degerberg
Sound Effects Editor	Anders Larsson
Re-recording Mixer	Gábor Pasztor
Graphic Design	Ulf Lundgren
Other Crew	Lukas Eisenhauer Mats Forsberg (QC control) Vincent Larsson (DI supervisor) Kenneth Karlberg Misio Mokrosinski Erik Nordlund Frank Sturesson Owe Svensson Adrian Wester David Kandell (titeldesign)
Governess	Annie Sjöberg

Maria Lundqvist	Monica
Robert Gustafsson	Ulf
Anton Lundqvist	Oscar
Anastasios Soulis	Simon
Rakel Wärmländer	Cissi
Michalis Koutsogiannakis	Millitiadis
Inga Landgré	farmor
Helena Bergström	Carina
Peshang Rad	Rami
Frida Beckman	Sofia
Neo Siambalis	Alex
Rikard Wolff	julvärd
Paulina Pizarro Swartling	Ebba
Kajsa Ernst	Annica
Gustav Levin	Håkan
Kerstin Widgren	damen i tunnelbanan

Production Company	Sweetwater Production AB
Copyright	Sweetwater Production AB
Co-Production Company	Filmregion Stockholm-Mälardalen		även som Film Capital Stockholm i eftertexterna.
	AB Svensk Filmindustri
	Sveriges Television AB
	Nouvago Capital AB
	RG Production AB
	Succéfilm AB
Supported by	Nordisk Film & TV Fond
Automatic Advance Production Funding	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden	AB Svensk Filmindustri	2015
Post Production Company	Chimney
Music recorded at	Studio 3
	Worldmix Studios & Publishing AB
Graphics	Airbrush Digital Studio AB
Caterer	Britts Corner
Other Company	Europa Sound Production AB		ljudbearbetning

A Holy Mess asks the question how tolerant the tolerant Swedes are. A warm comedy about the modern family and their continual struggle to "do things right".

Certificate number	203268
Date	2015-10-21
Classification	Allowed from age 7
Notes	DCP.
Grounds for decision	Framställningen innehåller inslag av stundtals intensiv och uppslitande stämning och en kvinna som blir sparkad, vilket bedöms kunna medföra oro och start rädsla som kan vara till skada för välbefinnandet hos barn under 7 år.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Colour type	Colour
Length in minutes	108 min

Stockholm

Sweden

2015-03-30

2015-05-06

Release in Sweden	2015-11-13			Sweden
Festival showing	2016-02-03	Biopalatset 4	Gothenburg	Sweden	109 min	39:e Göteborg International Film Festival, svenska långfilmsåret 2015.
TV showing	2017-12-24	SVT1		Sweden
	2017-12-26	SVT1		Sweden
	2018-12-22	SVT1		Sweden
	2018-12-24	SVT24		Sweden
	2018-12-25	SVT1		Sweden
	2019-12-23	SVT1		Sweden
	2019-12-24	SVT24		Sweden
	2019-12-25	SVT1		Sweden
	2020-12-21	SVT1		Sweden
	2021-12-24	SVT1		Sweden
	2022-01-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-01-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-03	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-07-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-07-13	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-22	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-12-13	SF Kanalen		Sweden	108 min
	2022-12-17	SF Kanalen		Sweden	108 min
	2022-12-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden	108 min
	2022-12-24	SVT1		Sweden	108 min
	2022-12-27	SF Kanalen		Sweden	108 min
	2022-12-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden	108 min
	2022-12-31	SF Kanalen		Sweden	108 min
	2023-01-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden	108 min
	2023-05-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-17	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-07-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-07-12	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-21	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-22	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-24	SVT2		Sweden
	2023-12-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-31	SF Kanalen		Sweden

Original title	Nu tändas tusen juleljus
Composer	Emmy Köhler	(1939)
Lyrics	Emmy Köhler	(1939)
Musical Arrangement	Mats Bergström
Performed by	Mats Bergström

Original title	Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Composer	Franz Gruber	(1818)
Lyrics	Joseph Mohr	(1818)
	Oscar Mannström	(svensk text 1915)
Musical Arrangement	Mats Bergström
Performed by	Mats Bergström

Original title	Härlig är jorden
Lyrics	Bernhard Severin Ingemann	(dansk text 1850 - "Dejlig er Jorden")
	Cecilia Bååth-Holmberg	(svensk text 1884)
Musical Arrangement	Jan Yngwe
Performed by	Pro Musica Chamber Choir

Original title	Santa Claus is Coming to Town
By	J. Fred Coots
	Haven Gillespie
Performed by	Jackson 5

Original title	Get Stupid
By	Aston Merrygold
	Karen Poole
	Sonny J Mason
Performed by	Aston Merrygold

Original title	Tomtarnas julnatt
Composer	Vilhelm Sefve	(1898)
Lyrics	Alfred Smedberg	(1898)
Performed by	The Real Group
Musical Arrangement	Anders Jalkéus

Original title	Military March
Composer	Gerhard Trede
Musical Arrangement	Harrysson

Original title	Jul, jul, strålande jul
Composer	Gustaf Nordqvist
Lyrics	Edvard Evers
Performed by	Uppsala musikklasser

Original title	Jingle Bells/One Horse Open Sleigh
Composer	James L. Pierpont	(1857)
Lyrics	James L. Pierpont	(engelsk text 1857)
	Eric och Gösta = Eric Sandström & Gösta Westerberg	(svensk text 1947)
Performed by	Smokey Robinson

Original title	Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton
Composer	Gunnar Svensson
Performed by	Arne Domnérus

Original title	Tänd ett ljus
By	Niklas Strömstedt
	Lasse Lindbom
Performed by	Linnea Olsson

Original title	Gläns över sjö och strand
Composer	Alice Tegnér	(1893)
Lyrics	Viktor Rydberg	(1891)
Musical Arrangement	Martin Hederos
Performed by	Uppsala musikklasser

Nominated for the Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	2016	Best Set Design	Matilda Afzelius
	Stockholm	2016	Best Costume	Camilla Thulin
Nominated for the Audience Award	Stockholm	2016
Festival Award	Fort Lauderdale	2016			(Special Jury Award for Ensemble, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, USA)

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Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Härlig är jorden (arbetstitel). Manus: Edward af Sillén, Daniel Réhn och Helena Bergström. Regi: Helena Bergström.
Extent	102 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	En underbar jävla jul - Version 6. 1 juni, 2014.
Extent	108 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	118 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	126 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	För- och eftertexter
Extent	1 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	126 s. Tidsangivelser.
Language	English

Script type	Musiklista
Extent	2 s.
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish