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Basic facts

Original title Spik-Bebis
Film type Short
Category Fiction
Form Animated
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Swedish release 1989

Cast

Max Andersson
hål-pojken

Kari Modén
spy-flickan

Plot summary

‘Hole Boy’ and a colony of small, mutilated figures and objects live in a derelict factory building made of glass. Spik-Bebis (literally ‘Nail Baby’) is comprised of worrying...

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Kajsa Hedström
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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Animation
Color Timer
Make-up / Hair
Design
Other Crew

Cast

Max Andersson hål-pojken
Kari Modén spy-flickan

Companies

Production Company Arbetsgruppen För Film
Max Andersson Produxion (med stöd av)
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm) Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet 1994
Distributor in Sweden (DCP) Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet 2018
Laboratory MTV Oy (super 8)
AB Film-Labor (16 mm)
Re-recording Mixer Filmvox AB

Plot summary

‘Hole Boy’ and a colony of small, mutilated figures and objects live in a derelict factory building made of glass. Spik-Bebis (literally ‘Nail Baby’) is comprised of worrying camera angles, dream logic and frenetic montage. Like other films by Max Andersson it is silent, with black and white hybrids of live action and animation.

Max Andersson has won many awards for his short films. Spik-Bebis has been digitally restored by the Swedish Film Institute and is available with English subtitles.

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 127198
Date 1987-11
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 145 meters


Technical specifications

Colour type Black and white + colour
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 14 min
Reels 1 reels


Release dates

Other showing 1987-10-02 Bio Victor Stockholm Sweden 14 min (Filmens Dag)
1987-10-03 Folkets Bio Stockholm Sweden 14 min (Filmens Dag)
Release in Sweden 1989 Filmstaden Stockholm Sweden 13 min
Festival showing 2015-01-26 Haga 1 Gothenburg Sweden 14 min 38:e Göteborg International Film Festival 2015. Svensk animation 100 år.
VOD release 2015-02-26 Filmarkivet.se 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

Element type Print
Carrier type 16 mm


Element type Original picture negative
Carrier type 16 mm


Element type Sound negative
Carrier type 16 mm


Element type Final mix
Carrier type 16 mm


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1
Poster title Spik-Bebis


Holdings Scripts

Script type Synopsis
Script title Spik-bebis. En film av Noll Hål.
Extent 1 s. Produktionsuppgifter och rollista ingår.
Language Swedish


Other manifestations of this work

Digitized

Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.33:1
Sound type Sound
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 14 min
Dialogue


Holdings Film

Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type WAV


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type WAV


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type DCP


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type MAP


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type MAP


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type ProRes


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type H264



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