My Uncle Loved the Colour Yellow (2008)
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 (3)
| Original title | Min morbror tyckte mycket om gult |
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| Film type | Short |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Classification | Suitable for all audiences |
| Swedish release | 2008-02-04 |
Cast
Albin Johansson
Martin, 12 år
Claes Månsson
Helmer, Martins morbror
Plot summary
It’s the summer of 1963 in the Swedish countryside. Today is Martin’s 12th birthday and, as always, his shy uncle Helmer arrives at the party before anyone else.Also as usual his...
Titles
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Crew
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Cast
| Albin Johansson | Martin, 12 år | ||
| Claes Månsson | Helmer, Martins morbror |
Companies
| Production Company | Auto Images AB | ||
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| Co-Production Company | Sveriges Television AB | ||
| Film i Skåne AB | |||
| CineStar Rental AB | |||
| Financier | Kodak AB | ||
| Cinepost Studios AB | |||
| Advance allocations | Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet | 2007-10-18 | |
| Other Company | Village SRL | (f.d.international sales) |
Plot summary
It’s the summer of 1963 in the Swedish countryside. Today is Martin’s 12th birthday and, as always, his shy uncle Helmer arrives at the party before anyone else.
Also as usual his birthday present is something yellow. Helmer is very fond of the colour yellow.
But when Uncle Helmer decides to paint his house yellow, the neighbours protest. And one day Martin hears rumours that Uncle Helmer is in the “madhouse”...
A tragicomic short about a moving relationship between a boy and a rather special uncle.
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 145152 |
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| Date | 2008-02-05 |
| Classification | Suitable for all audiences |
Production location
| 2007 | 2007 |
Release dates
| Festival showing | 2008-01-27 | Hagabion | Gothenburg | Sweden | 9 min | (DigiBeta, Göteborg International Film Festival) |
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| 2008-01-31 | Bergakungen | Gothenburg | Sweden | 9 min | (DigiBeta, Göteborg International Film Festival) | |
| 2008-02-02 | Bergakungen | Gothenburg | Sweden | 9 min | (DigiBeta, Göteborg International Film Festival) | |
| Release in Sweden | 2008-02-04 | Doc Lounge | Malmö | Sweden | 9 min | |
| Festival showing | 2008-02-12 | Berlin | Germany | 9 min | (Berlin International Film Festival) | |
| 2008-03-11 | Malmö | Sweden | 9 min | (BUFF Filmfestival) | ||
| TV showing | 2008-08-07 | SVT1 | Sweden | 9 min | ||
| 2010-04-30 | SVT2 | Sweden | 9 min | |||
| 2011-09-05 | SVT2 | Sweden | ||||
| 2012-05-30 | SVT1 | Sweden | ||||
| 2012-06-01 | SVT1 | Sweden | ||||
| 2013-04-03 | SVT1 | Sweden | ||||
| 2013-11-01 | SVT1 | Sweden | ||||
| 2014-03-10 | SVT1 | Sweden |
Awards
| Festival Award | Cairo | 2009 | (Bronze Cairo for short film, Cairo International Film Festival for Children, Egypten) | ||
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| Prize | Berlin | 2008 | (juryns specialpris/special prize, instiftat av Deutches Kinderhilfswerke, i sektionen Generation Kplus) |
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 |
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| Item base | Polyester |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Element type | Video tape digital |
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| Carrier type | Digital Betacam (PAL) |
| Element type | Digitalt arkivmaterial |
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| Carrier type | MAP |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 60 x 80 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Poster title | My Uncle Loved the Colour Yellow |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Inspelningsmanus |
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| Script title | Min morbror tyckte mycket om gult! Manuskript för en kortfilm (7min). Inspelningsversion, maj 2007. |
| Extent | 8 s. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Script title | Min morbror tyckte mycket om gult. My Uncle Loved the Colour Yellow. Svensk dialog lista (Swedish Dialogue List). |
| Extent | 4 s. + 4 s. för- och eftertext samt musiklista. |
| Language | Swedish |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Language | English |
