Original title | Killing the Chickens to Scare the Monkeys |
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Film type | Short |
Category | Fiction |
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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....
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Production Company | Studio Jens Assur AB | ||
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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) |
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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. |
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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) | ||
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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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Item base | Polyester |
Carrier type | 35 mm |
Length | 706 |
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Item base | Polyester |
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Item base | Polyester |
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Item base | Polyester |
Carrier type | 35 mm |
Element type | Digital intermediate |
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Carrier type | 35 mm |
Element type | Sound negative |
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Carrier type | 35 mm |
Element type | Digitalt tilläggsmaterial |
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Carrier type | EXTRAS |
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Carrier type | MAP |
Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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Carrier type | ProRes |
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Carrier type | DCP |
Size | About 60 x 80 cm |
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Quantity | 2 |
Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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Quantity | 1 |
Poster title | Killing the Chickens to Scare the Monkeys |
Script type | Inspelningsmanus |
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Script title | Killing the chickens. By Jens Assur. |
Extent | 9 s. |
Language | Swedish |
Script type | Synopsis |
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Script title | Killing the chickens to scare the monkeys. Synopsis. |
Extent | 1 s. |
Language | Swedish |
Script type | Dialoglista |
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Script title | Killing the chickens to scar. |
Extent | 6 s. + 3 s. för- och efterext. |
Language | English |
Script type | Dialoglista |
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Extent | 8 s. |
Language | English |
Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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Language | English |