Never an Absolution (2005)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
Media (1)
| Original title | Aldrig en absolution |
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| Film type | Short |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
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Cast
Plot summary
One day a police officer arrives at a school, investigating a murder. Dijo, 11, orphaned refugee from Congo, is identified as a witness. However, he is not just a witness. What the officer, the...
Titles
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Crew
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Cast
| Evy Makuena | Dijo | ||
| Duncan Green | Leif | ||
| Marc Badia | tolken | ||
| Pablo Vera Nieto | rektorn | ||
| Petra Ekblom | socialassistenten | ||
| Christian Magdu | labbteknikern | ||
| Linda Badle | flyktingtjej | ||
| Emma Mambomosaka | kvinna vid elden |
Companies
| Production Company | Röde Orm Film AB | ||
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| Co-Production Company | La Paloma Films Inc. | ||
| Advance allocations | Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet | 2005 | |
| Laboratory | Finnlab Oy | ||
| Music recorded at | The Great Learning Office | ||
| Re-recording Mixer | Europa Post Production AB | ||
| Sales | Röde Orm Film AB | (Nordic sales) | |
| Other Company | Village SRL | (f.d. international sales) | |
| Dagsljus Filmequipment AB | (onlineredigering) | ||
| Digital Film Finland Oy | (digital film recording) | ||
| Dagsljus Filmequipment AB | (kamera- och elutrustning) | ||
| PM Foto & Film | (ljudutrustning) | ||
| Thanks to | Kaggeholms Folkhögskola | ||
| Träkvista skola |
Plot summary
One day a police officer arrives at a school, investigating a murder. Dijo, 11, orphaned refugee from Congo, is identified as a witness. However, he is not just a witness. What the officer, the school and the whole system does not realize is that in this child, they are facing a former child soldier. A witness, and indeed a participant of tribal massacres and perhaps genocide. Ultimately, Dijo is a child imprisoned by his horrifying past, desperately yearning for an absolution. An absolution that has never come…
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 142890 |
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| Date | 2006-03-02 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.85:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | Dolby Digital |
| Colour type | Colour |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in metres | 495 meter |
| Length in minutes | 18 min |
Production location
| Sweden | 2004-11-01 | 2004-11-05 | ||||
| Europa Studios | Bromma, Stockholm | Sweden | ||||
| Stockholm | Sweden | (exteriörer) |
Release dates
| Festival showing | 2005-01-29 | Kåren | Gothenburg | Sweden | 18 min | (35 mm, Göteborg Film Festival) |
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| 2005-01-30 | Handels | Gothenburg | Sweden | 18 min | (35 mm, Göteborg Film Festival) | |
| 2005-01-31 | Haga 2 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 18 min | (35 mm, Göteborg Film Festival) | |
| 2005-02-02 | Capitol | Gothenburg | Sweden | 18 min | (35 mm, Göteborg Film Festival) | |
| 2005-02-04 | Haga 1 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 18 min | (35 mm, Göteborg Film Festival) |
Awards
| Festival Award | Berlin | 2006 | (Kristallbjörnen/crystal bear för bästa kortfilm/best short film vid Kinderfilmfest/14plus, Berlin International Film Festival, Tyskland) |
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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
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| Item base | Polyester |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Element type | Duplicate positive |
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| Item base | Polyester |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 500 |
| Element type | Original picture negative |
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 500 |
| Element type | Sound negative |
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 500 |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Poster title | Never an Absolution |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Inspelningsmanus |
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| Script title | Aldrig en absolution. Cameron B. Alyasin. (Original filmmanus). |
| Extent | 11 s. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Script title | Dialoglista Aldrig en absolution. |
| Extent | 6 s. + 5 s. prod.uppgifter, synopsis och regikommentar samt för- och eftertexter och musiklista. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Script title | Dialglista Never an absolution. Engelska. |
| Extent | 7 s. |
| Language | English |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Language | English |
