Forest of the Dancing Spirits (2013)
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 (6)
| Original title | De dansande andarnas skog |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Documentary |
| Average rating | 3,24 / 5 |
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| Swedish release | 2013-11-29 |
Cast
Plot summary
The Aka are hunters-gatherers living in the Congo rainforest. Having met filmmaker Linda Västrik they invite her to film their unique way of life. Natural storytellers, they...
Titles
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Crew
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Cast
Companies
Plot summary
The Aka are hunters-gatherers living in the Congo rainforest. Having met filmmaker Linda Västrik they invite her to film their unique way of life. Natural storytellers, they describe their mythical origins, their gods and day-to-day life with humour and patience, even as their forest is increasingly coming under threat from the outside world.
Technical specifications
| Length in minutes | 104 min |
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Production location
| Republic of the Congo | (regnskogsområde i Kongoflodens bäcken) | |||||
| Boginda-Akkas jaktläger |
Release dates
| Festival showing | 2013-01-26 | Roy | Gothenburg | Sweden | 104 min | Göteborg International Film Festival, 2013. I tävlan för Dragon Award Best Nordic documentary. |
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| 2013-01-28 | Roy | Gothenburg | Sweden | 103 min | Göteborg International Film Festival, 2013. I tvävlan om Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary. | |
| 2013-01-30 | Biopalatset 2 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 103 min | Göteborg International Film Festival, 2013. I tvävlan om Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary. | |
| 2013-02-02 | Biopalatset 2 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 103 min | Göteborg International Film Festival, 2013. I tvävlan om Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary. | |
| 2013-02-03 | Biopalatset 8 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 103 min | Göteborg International Film Festival, 2013. I tvävlan om Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary. | |
| 2013-03-06 | Bio Rio | Stockholm | Sweden | 100 min | Tempo dokumentärfilmfestival, 2013. Tempo Documentary Award. | |
| 2013-03-09 | Victoria 4 | Stockholm | Sweden | 100 min | Tempo dokumentärfilmfestival, 2013. Tempo Documentary Award. | |
| Release in Sweden | 2013-11-29 | Sweden | ||||
| TV showing | 2014-04-08 | SVT1 | Sweden | |||
| DVD release | 2014-10-14 | Sweden |
Awards
| Nominated for the Guldbagge Award | Stockholm | 2014 | Best Documentary | ||
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| Festival Award | Prague | 2014 | (The Czech Radio Jury Award for best use of sound and sound in the documentaries, One World International human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Tjeckien) | ||
| Prague | 2014 | Linda Västrik | (bästa regi / Best Director, One World International human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Tjeckien) | ||
| Fredrikstad | 2014 | (bästa nordiska dokumentärfilm över 75 min, Nordic Dock, Norge) | |||
| St. Petersburg | 2014 | (Golden Centaur Grand Prix, Messsage to Man International Film Festival, Ryssland) | |||
| Amsterdam | 2013 | (the Peter Wintonick Special Jury Award for First Appearance, the Peter Wintonick Special Jury Award for First Appearance, Nederländerna) |
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 | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | DCP |
| Element type | Digitalt tilläggsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | EXTRAS |
| Element type | Digitalt tilläggsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | EXTRAS |
| Element type | Digitalt arkivmaterial |
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| Carrier type | MAP |
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| Carrier type | ProRes |
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | ProRes |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Poster title | Forest of the Dancing Spirits |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Synopsis |
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| Extent | 1 s. |
| Language | English |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Extent | 77 s. + för- och eftertext samt musiklista. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Script title | Inkulal |
| Extent | 78 s. |
| Language | English |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Script title | Inkulal |
| Extent | 2 s. |
| Language | English |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Script title | Inkuilal |
| Extent | 2 s. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Synopsis |
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| Extent | 1 s. |
| Language | French |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Misc.prints |
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| Language | Swedish |
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Language | English |
