Starring Maja (2009)

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Original title	Prinsessa
Swedish release title	Prinsessa
International title	Starring Maja
Distribution title	Princess (eng)

Director	Teresa Fabik
Screenplay	Teresa Fabik
Producer	Sandra Harms
Production Manager	Elin Lennartson (Trollhättan) Anette Brantin (Stockholm)
Director of Photography	Tobias Höiem-Flyckt
Music	Louise Heaney
Production Designer	Gilles Balabaud
Film Editor	Martin Hunter Michal Leszczylowski (konsult)
Production Mixer	Hugh Fox
First Assistant Director	Emma Hallin
Second Assistant Director	Stina Eriksson Amanda Adolfsson (Stockholm)
Co-producer	Macdara Kelleher Morgan Bushe Jessica Ask Lotta Dolk Jon Petersson
Executive Producer	Karl Fredrik Ulfung
Associate Producer	Peter Possne
Production Coordinator	Maria Eriksson
Production Assistant	Rikard Andersson
Casting	Christian Magdu
Unit Publicist	Ylva Swedenborg
Film Commissioner	Lisa Ohlin (Svenska Filminstitutet)
Post Production Supervisor	Marcus Vasques Osorio
First Assistant Cameraman	Mattias Paulsson
Second Assistant Cameraman	Henrik Lyngbo
Still Photographer	Shahab Salehi
Gaffer	Anders Freudendahl (chefselektriker) Jörgen Öhrström
Digital Editing	Pontus Wicksell
Assistant Production Designer	Louise Drake
Propman	Cecilia Jalakas Louise Drake
Costume Designer	Mimmi Harms Oredsson Sara Pertmann (kompletterande)
Make-up / Hair	Mimmi Harms Oredsson
Costume Assistant	Aurelia Le Huche Dagny Petrussen
Make-up Assistant	Sanna Benites (as Sanna Göransson)
Assistant Film Editor	Anna Olovsson
Boom Operator	Alan Scully

Zandra Andersson	Maja
Moa Silén	Erika
Anastasios Soulis	Alex
Maria Lundqvist	Eva, Majas mamma
Thomas Hedengran	Göran, Majas pappa
Grete Havnesköld	Nathalie
Isabelle von Saenger	teaterpedagogen
Christian Magdu	Martin
Henric Brandt	Freddie
Alexandra Algerydh	Tess
Björn Davidsson	Max
Hanna Ekman	Pauline
Oskar Söderman	Espen
Kim Tjernström	Oscar
Tommy Sporrong	tv-kameraman
Anders Österholm	Sitcom-Jocke
Christoffer Nordenrot	Sitcom-Micke
Jannike Grut	Sitcom-mamma
Moa Myrén	brudens mor

Production Company	Breidablick Film Produktion AB
Copyright	Breidablick Film Produktion AB	2009
Co-Production Company	Canal+ Television AB
	Macdara Kelleher & Morgan Bushe
	Film i Väst AB
	Fastnet Films
	Kanal 5 AB
	Film i Dalarna
	Sonet Film AB
Advance allocations	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
	The Irish Film Board / Bord Scannán na hÉireann
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri	2009
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2010
Laboratory	The Chimney Pot AB
	Nordisk Film Post Production AB
Sales	SF International Sales

In a hopelessly small town somewhere in long and narrow Sweden, lives Maja, 18 years old. Her life’s dream is to become an actress. She wants to be the centre of attention, she wants everyone to see her, wants them to see the beautiful human being she is on the inside. Only it’s a little hard to see. Heavily overweight, clumsy and socially inept, Maja struggles to realise her life’s dream during her final term at high school.
Her road to success is lined with comedy and tragedy, as she is dogged by the prejudices of the people around her against someone with the ”wrong” appearance. Yet she struggles on regardless, trying to find the strength and the self-esteem necessary to really take centre stage – on her own feet and on her own terms.

Censorship number	146917
Date	2009-06-30
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	2564 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 557, 499, 527, 528, 453.

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 metres	2564 meter
Length in minutes	94 min

	Trollhättan	Sweden		2008-08-25	2008-10-08
	Stockholm

Release in Sweden	2009-09-11			Sweden	94 min
Festival showing	2010-02-05	Bergakungen 5	Gothenburg	Sweden	94 min	33:e Göteborg Film Festival.
DVD release	2010-02-10			Sweden
Festival showing	2010-03-16	Spegeln A	Malmö	Sweden	94 min	BUFF Filmfestival 2010.
TV showing	2019-04-09	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-04-12	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-04-24	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-04-27	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-05-09	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-05-11	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-05-17	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-05-20	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-05-21	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-05-28	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-06-05	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-06-13	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-06-15	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-06-20	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-06-24	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2019-06-27	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2021-04-12	SVT1		Sweden
VOD release	2023-06-30	SVT Play		Sweden		Antal dagar på SVT Play 30

Nominated for the Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	2010	Best Picture
	Stockholm	2010	Best Director	Teresa Fabik
	Stockholm	2010	Best Screenplay	Teresa Fabik
Festival Award	Newport Beach	2010			(publikens pris för bästa utländska film/audience award winner feature (foreign), Newport Beach Film festival, USA)
	Harare	2010			(Best Depiction, International Images of Film Festival for Women i Harare, Zimbabwe)
	Harare	2010		Zandra Andersson	(bästa skådespelerska/best actress, International Images of Film Festival for Women i Harare, Zimbabwe)
	Pyrgos	2010		Zandra Andersson	(bästa kvinnliga skådespelare/Best female performance, 13th Olympia International Film Festival, Grekland)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2551

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate positive
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2564

Element type	Digital intermediate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialoglista.
Extent	20 s. + 10 s. för- och eftertext, musiklista och produktionsuppgifter.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Princess. Dialogue list.
Extent	33 s.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Prinsessa. Av Teresa Fabik. Version 4. 2008-06-08.
Extent	92 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Prinsessa. Av Teresa Fabik. Version 3. 2007-12-14.
Extent	94 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Prinsessa. Av Teresa Fabik. Version 2. 2007-07-09.
Extent	90 s.
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck