Lilja 4-ever (2002)

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Original title	Lilja 4-ever
Swedish release title	Lilja 4-ever
Distribution title	Lilja 4-ever (Danmark) Lilya 4-ever (USA)
Title alternative spelling	Lilja for ever

Director	Lukas Moodysson
Screenplay	Lukas Moodysson
Producer	Lars Jönsson
Line Producer	Malte Forssell
Production Manager	Malini Ahlberg (as Anna Malini Ahlberg)
Director of Photography	Ulf Brantås
Music	Nathan Larson
Production Designer	Josefin Åsberg
Film Editor	Michal Leszczylowski Oleg Morgunov Bernhard Winkler
Production Mixer	Niclas Merits Torsten Rundqvist (Malmö)
Assistant Director	Malin Fornander
Advisor	Jeff Norman (manus) Kirsten Bonnén Rask (manus)
Stunt Coordinator	Kimmo Rajala
Script Supervisor	Malin Fornander
Co-producer	Peter Aalbæk Jensen Gunnar Carlsson Tomas Eskilsson
Associate Producer	Peeter Urbla
Production Coordinator	Anders Arro Stina Berggren Elena Bragina (as Jelena Bragina) Maria Karlsson Rasmus Thord
Location Manager	Margit Orunuk Karl Strandlind
Unit Manager	Jonas Overton
Assistant Unit Manager	Kristi-Karita Levoll Annette Lundgren Johanna Ödlund
Production Assistant	Nils Bindslev (Stockholm)
Assistant to the Producer	Anna Knochenhauer
Casting	Jesper Kurlandsky Alexandra Dahlström Inna Gorlova Polina Järryd Terje Kessel Tanja Komarova Brigitta Libiete Nina Popova Natalja Povilaitene Andres Puustusmaa Kristina Oomer
Production Accountant	Pia Janols Gun Åsander
Production Secretary	Ingrid Nömmik (Estland)
Unit Publicist	Anne-Helene Sommarström
Film Commissioner	Lena Hansson Varhegyi (Svenska Filminstitutet) Vinca Wiedemann (Det Danske Filminstitut) Svend Abrahamsen (Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond)
First Assistant Cameraman	Trolle Davidson Jonas Alarik (Malmö)
Second Assistant Cameraman	Filip Tydén
Still Photographer	Per-Anders Jörgensen
Special Photographic Effects	Andreas Hylander Chris Noellert
Second Unit Director of Photography	Jonas Alarik Trolle Davidson Andrus Prikk
Gaffer	Nils Johansson Peter Kandell Andrus Prikk
Key Grip	Emil Hall
Color Timer	Sten Lindberg
Negative Cutter	Stefan Eriksson Susanne Lund
Lab Coordinator	Margaretha Wiechel
Optical Printer	Gunnar Ahlgren
Scanner	Kjell Amrén (dagstagningar) Anna Maria Zunino (dagstagningar)
Music Coordinator	Rasmus Thord Polina Järryd
Assistant Production Designer	Katrin Sipelgas
Carpenter	Mikael Back Frank Sandhoff Peter Vålming
Painter	Rikard Grönvall Martin Jacobsson Sofie Kinngard
Propman	Pille-Maris Arro Li Garpenfeldt Rein Nettan Mari Nyberg (as Marie Nyberg) Lars Ingvarson
Costume Designer	Denise Östholm
Make-up / Hair	Jessica Simonsson (as Jessica Cederholm) Kristina Olsson (assistent)
Driver	Aarne Liiv Jeff Norman Nicklas Skogsbäck
Assistant Costume Designer	Marit Ahven Aida Stålnacke
Assistant Film Editor	Andreas Nilsson
Boom Operator	Henrik Löfgren
Sound Editor	Hans Møller Peter Schultz Per Streit
Foley	Gadou Naudin
Re-recording Mixer	Hans Møller Per Streit
Translation	Alexandra Afinogenova (manusöversättning till ryska) Alex Keiller (manusöversättning till engelska)
Legal Advisor	Poa Strömberg
Insurance	Tommy Saks
Other Crew	Elena Bragina (as Jelena Bragina) (tolk) Alexandra Dahlström (tolk) Polina Järryd (tolk) Peter Bengtsson (efterarbetesproducent) Anton Jegorov (platsassistent) Johan Jonsson Mark Dyrdin Leonid Dragilev (as Leonid Dragiljev) (eftersynktekniker) Nina Hedman (digitala texter) Christer Eidhagen (film till video) Björn Stein (trailerklippare) Christer Eriksson (revisor) Hans Lönnerheden (completion bond) Kerstin Hopstadius (reseagent) Stina Berggren (manussekreterare) Coco Moodysson (consigliere) Pernilla Andersson (stunt) Lars Hjelm (stunt) Emma Samuelsson (stunt)

Oksana Akin'šina (as Oksana Akinsjina)	Lilja
Artiom Bogučarskij (as Artiom Bogutjarskij)	Volodja
Ljubov' Agapova (as Ljubov Agapova)	Liljas mamma
Lilija Šinkarëva (as Lilija Sjinkarjova)	moster Anna
Elina Benenson	Natasja
Pavel Ponomarëv (as Pavel Ponomarjov)	Andrej
Tomas Neumann	Witek
Anastasija Bedredinova	granntant
Tőnu Kark	Sergej
Nikolaj Bencler (as Nikolaj Bentsler)	Natasjas pojkvän
Aleksandr Doroškevic (as Aleksandr Dorosjkevitj)	kompis
Evgenij Gurov (as Jevgenij Gurov)	kompis
Aleksandr Sokolenko	kompis
Margo Kostelina	kassörska
Veronika Kovtun	kassörska
Jelena Jakoleva	lärarinna
Tamara Solodnikova	socialsekreterare
Nikolaj Kütt	man på bron
Oleg Rogacëv (as Oleg Rogatjov)	Natasjas pappa
Aleksandr Okunev	Volodjas pappa
Herardo Kontreras	Annas granne
Madis Kalmet	man på hotellrum
Bo Christer Hjelte	ensam man
Sten Erici	BMW-man
Hermie Aceveda	man i Sverige
Gert Bondesson	man i Sverige
Anders Brinning	man i Sverige
Johan Edlund	man i Sverige
Henryk Gwiazada	man i Sverige
Rikard Mattila	man i Sverige
Michael Merikan	man i Sverige
Jeff Norman	man i Sverige
Truls Rosén	man i Sverige
Farhad Sina	man i Sverige
Johan Åkerblom	man i Sverige
Jaanika	go go-dansare
Olga	go go-dansare
Otto Andersson	övrig medverkande
Virku Annus	övrig medverkande
Ljiljana Culev	övrig medverkande
Maria Karlsson	övrig medverkande
Kajsa Lundberg	övrig medverkande
Lars-Gunnar Moström	övrig medverkande
Rein Nettan	övrig medverkande
Åsa Olsson	övrig medverkande
Jay B. Yarnel (as Jay Yarnel)	övrig medverkande
Camilla Garpenhall	övrig medverkande

Production Company	Memfis Film AB		(i samproduktion med)
Co-Production Company	Zentropa Entertainments5 ApS
	Film i Väst AB
	Sveriges Television AB Göteborg
Advance allocations	Nordisk Film & TV Fond
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2001
	Det Danske Filminstitut
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Sonet Film AB	2002
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2019
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2003
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB
Special Effects	The Syndicate Entertainment AB
Other Company	Fellow Designers AB		(grafisk design)
	Filmekonomi AB		(produktionsekonomi)
	Film Finances Scandinavia ApS		(completion bond)
	Media Insurance Brokers ApS		(filmförsäkring)
	EffektStudion EFX AB		(tillverkning av änglavingar)
	Mainstream ApS		(ljudstudio)
	Sound Studio Pythagor		(eftersynkstudio)
	Frithiof Film to Video AB		(film till video)

Censorship number	138670
Date	2002-08-01
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2990 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 523-512-525-511-535-384

Aspect ratio	1.85:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Dolby Digital
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in minutes	109 min
Dialogue	Russian Swedish
Textad	Swedish

	Trollhättan	Sweden
	Paldiski	Estonia
	Tallinn	Estonia
	Malmö	Sweden

Release in Sweden	2002-08-23	Filmstaden 8	Gothenburg	Sweden	109 min
	2002-08-23	Palladium	Gothenburg	Sweden	109 min
	2002-08-23	Royal	Malmö	Sweden	109 min
	2002-08-23	Filmstaden Sergel 1	Stockholm	Sweden	109 min
	2002-08-23	Filmstaden Söder 1	Stockholm	Sweden	109 min
	2002-08-23	Park	Stockholm	Sweden	109 min
	2002-08-23	Saga 1	Stockholm	Sweden	109 min	(samt ytterligare 46 platser)
DVD release	2003-07-02			Sweden
TV showing	2005-02-19	SVT2		Sweden	105 min
	2008-09-20	SVT2		Sweden	105 min
	2015-10-15	SVT2		Sweden
	2016-05-03	SVT1		Sweden
Festival showing	2019-03-28	Filmstaden 3	Malmö	Sweden		BUFF 2019
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2019-09-09

Original title	Mein Herz brennt
Composer	Richard Kruspe-Bernstein	(2001)
	Till Lindemann	(2001)
	Oliver Riedel	(2001)
	Paul Landers	(2001)
	Christian "Flake" Lorenz	(2001)
	Christoph "Doom" Schneider	(2001)
Lyrics	Richard Kruspe-Bernstein	(2001)
	Till Lindemann	(2001)
	Oliver Riedel	(2001)
	Paul Landers	(2001)
	Christian "Flake" Lorenz	(2001)
	Christoph "Doom" Schneider	(2001)
Performed by	Rammstein

Original title	Bomba
Composer	Konstantin Meladze
Lyrics	Konstantin Meladze
Singer	Via Gra

Original title	Symfoni, RV 169, h-moll
Composer	Antonio Vivaldi
Orchestra	Berliner-Philharmoniker
Orchestra Leader	Herbert von Karajan

Original title	O virtus sapiente
Composer	Hildegard von Bingen
Performed by	Fläskkvartetten

Original title	The Ride
Composer	Niclas Kings	(2002)
	Niklas Bergwall	(2002)
Performed by	Double N

Original title	Taju
Composer	Arsenij Sulgin
Lyrics	Arsenij Sulgin
Singer	Valerija

Original title	Only U
Composer	David Westerlund
	Robin Söderman
Performed by	Antiloop

Original title	Sexy
Composer	Karsten Dreyer
	Torsten Dreyer
Lyrics	Karsten Dreyer
	Torsten Dreyer
Singer	French Affair

Original title	Let Your Body Free
Composer	David Westerlund
	Robin Söderman
Performed by	Antiloop

Original title	Ne obizaj menja
Composer	Arsenij Sulgin
Lyrics	Arsenij Sulgin
Singer	Valerija

Original title	Ne obmanyvaj
Composer	Arsenij Sulgin
Lyrics	Arsenij Sulgin
Singer	Valerija

Original title	All the Love You Needed
Composer	Fredrik Rinman
	Malcolm Pardon
Lyrics	Fredrik Rinman
	Malcolm Pardon
Singer	Maarja

Original title	Forever Young
Composer	Marian Gold	(1984)
	Bernhard Lloyd	(1984)
	Frank Mertens	(1984)
Lyrics	Marian Gold	(1984)
	Bernhard Lloyd	(1984)
	Frank Mertens	(1984)
Performed by	Alphaville

Original title	Nas ne dogonjat
Composer	Sergej Galojan	(2001)
	Ivan Sapovalov	(2001)
Lyrics	Ivan Sapovalov	(2001)
	Elena Kiper	(2001)
	Valerij Polenko	(2001)
Singer	Tatu

Original title	Piece of My Heart
Composer	Anders Eliasson	(2001)
	Jonas von der Burg	(2001)
	Harry Sommerdahl	(2001)
Lyrics	Anders Eliasson	(2001)
	Jonas von der Burg	(2001)
	Harry Sommerdahl	(2001)
Performed by	Lambretta	(2001)

Original title	Wanna Be with Me?
Composer	Per Lidén	(2002)
Lyrics	Per Lidén	(2002)
Performed by	Da Buzz	(2002)

Original title	I Smell of You
Composer	Magnus Dahlberg
	Denise Östholm
	Jesper Kurlandsky
	Jocke Heidvall
	Erik Holmquist
	Linus Eriksson
Performed by	Blanka

Festival Award	Brasilia	2004		Lukas Moodysson	(bästa regi, FICBRASILIA - Brasilia International Film Festival, Brasilien)
	Stuttgart	2003		Oksana Akinsjina	(bästa unga skådespelare, Tyskland)
Nominated for the Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	2003	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Artiom Bogutjarskij
The Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	2003	Best Cinematography	Ulf Brantås
	Stockholm	2003	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Oksana Akinsjina
	Stockholm	2003	Best Director	Lukas Moodysson
	Stockholm	2003	Best Screenplay	Lukas Moodysson
	Stockholm	2003	Best Picture
Festival Award	Harare	2003		Ulf Brantås	(bästa foto, Harare, Zimbabwe)
	Stuttgart	2003			(bästa unga skådespelare)
	Rouen	2003		Oksana Akinsjina	(bästa kvinnliga skådespelare, Rouen, Frankrike)
Nordic Audience Award (GP & Göteborg Film Festival)	Gothenburg	2003
Festival Award	Gijon	2002		Oksana Akinsjina	(bästa kvinnliga skådespelare, Gijón, Spanien)
Greta Award (Swedish Association of Film Critics award)	Gothenburg	2002			(årets film / Greta Award, The Swedish Association of Film Critics, Sverige)
Award of the Swedish Association of Film Critics	Gothenburg	2002			(årets film)
Festival Award	Limassol	2002			(publikpriset, Limassol, Cypern)
	Gijon	2002			(bästa film, Gijón, Spanien)

Vad har mitt liv med Lilja att göra? (2003)

Lilja 4-ever (2002)

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Element type	SEPMAG
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Element type	Grading data
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Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
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Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
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Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Dalia 4-ever av Lukas Moodysson. Version 4, 2001-07-17.
Extent	105 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Lilja 4-ever av Lukas Moodysson. Version 6, 2001-09-20.
Extent	106 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Lilya spotting list for film in English with Swedish dialogue in red in the gaps.
Extent	16 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Lilja engelsk filmspotting.
Extent	28 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Lilja 4-ever.
Extent	23 s.
Language	Russian

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Lilya spot video english
Extent	21 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Lilya 4-ever
Extent	24 s.
Language	Russian

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Colour prints	5
Behind the scenes prints	2
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Italienska

Aspect ratio	1.85:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Dolby Digital
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	DCP
Frames per second	24
Length in minutes	109 min
Dialogue	Russian Swedish

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