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Original title Tvillingen
Film type Short
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Awards
Dialogue

Plot summary

Gustav is a hard working architect and a passionate free-diver. He practices holding his breath all the time; in his car, at work and even while sleeping. This results in a hissing noise which...

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
International title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
First Assistant Director
Advisor
Script Supervisor
Special Effects
Story Editor
Assistant Production Manager
Film Commissioner
First Assistant Cameraman
Second Assistant Cameraman
Still Photographer
Underwater Photography
Gaffer
Best Boy
Assistant Production Designer
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up / Hair
Wigs
Sound Editor
Re-recording Mixer
Other Crew

Cast

Companies

Production Company Gustav Danielsson Bildproduktion
Copyright Gustav Danielsson Bildproduktion
Co-Production Company Sveriges Television AB
Supported by Konstnärsnämnden
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Equipment Kameraten AB (kamera)
Sales New Europe Film Sales

Plot summary

Gustav is a hard working architect and a passionate free-diver. He practices holding his breath all the time; in his car, at work and even while sleeping. This results in a hissing noise which keeps his girlfriend awake. When he consults a doctor, he discovers something strange in Gustav's throat. The consequences are both comical as well as unpleasant.

Technical specifications

Colour type Colour
Length in minutes 28 min


Release dates

Festival showing 2011-01-29 Biografen Roy Gothenburg Sweden 28 min 34:e Göteborg International Film Festival. Novellfilmsmaraton.
2011-02-03 Haga 1 Gothenburg Sweden 28 min 34.e Göteborg International Film Festival.
TV showing 2011-07-05 SVT2 Sweden
Festival showing 2011-10-25 Regina Uppsala Sweden 29 min 30:e Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival 2011.
2011-10-28 Regina Uppsala Sweden 29 min 30:e Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival 2011.
2011-11-17 Bio Mauritz Stockholm Sweden 29 min Stockholms 22:a Internationella Filmfestival 2011. Sektion: 1 km film.

Awards

Festival Award Odense 2012 (HC Andersson Award (Grand Prix) på Odense International Film Festival, Danmark)
Busan 2011 /Cinephile Award Busan International Film Festival, Sydkorea)
Uppsala 2011 (Publikens pris/public award, 30:e Uppsala internationella kortfilmfestival, Sverige)
1 Kilometre Film Stockholm 2011 Gustav Danielsson (Stockholms 22:a internationella filmfestival, Sverige)
Svensk novellfilm 10 (2011) contains The Twin (2011)

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 arkivmaterial
Carrier type MAP


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type ProRes


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Poster title The Twin


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Script title Tvillingen. Dialoglista.
Extent 4 s. + förtext, produktionsuppgifter och musiklista.
Language Swedish


Script type Synopsis
Script title Tvillingen
Extent 1 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Tvillingen. En novellfilm.
Extent 30 s.
Language Swedish



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