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Original title Små barn, stora ord
Film type Short
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Awards
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue

Plot summary

When it’s Alex’s turn to tell his seven year old class mates what he wants to be when he grows up an uncomfortable discussion begins about the meaning of an unknown but loaded word. The...

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
International title
Title alternative spelling

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
First Assistant Director
Executive Producer
Location Manager
Legally responsible
Craft service
Casting
Production Accountant
Casting Assistant
Film Commissioner
First Assistant Cameraman
Second Assistant Cameraman
Still Photographer
Gaffer
On-line Editing
Assistant Production Designer
Costume Designer
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Editor
Re-recording Mixer
Graphic Design
Insurance

Cast

Companies

Production Company Bob Film Sweden AB
Copyright Bob Film Sweden AB
Advance allocations Filmbasen Film Stockholm
Film Gävleborg
Film i Dalarna
Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Folkets Bio AB 2010
Equipment Kameraten AB (kamera)
Ljud & Bildmedia AB (ljus och ljud)
Insurance Media Insurance Brokers ApS
Sales New Europe Film Sales
Other Company Filmekonomi AB (produktionsekonomi)

Plot summary

When it’s Alex’s turn to tell his seven year old class mates what he wants to be when he grows up an uncomfortable discussion begins about the meaning of an unknown but loaded word. The teacher’s explanation reveals her own story - a story of victim and offender.

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 148545
Date 2010-11-05
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 326 meters
Grounds for decision Framställningen innehåller ingenting som bedöms kunna medföra risk för psykisk skada hos barn.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.85:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Dolby Stereo Spectral Recording
Colour type Colour
Carrier type 35 mm
Length in minutes 12 min
Reels 1 reels


Release dates

Festival showing 2010-10-25 Regina Uppsala Sweden 12 min 29:e Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival.
2010-10-27 Regina Uppsala Sweden 12 min 29:e Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival.
DVD release 2010-12-15 Sweden (ingår i boxen Svensk kortfilm c/o Folkets Bio: Volym 3)
TV showing 2012-06-15 SVT2 Sweden
Festival showing 2012-10-26 Grand Uppsala Sweden 12 min 31:a Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival, 2012.
2012-10-28 Grand Uppsala Sweden 12 min 31:a Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival, 2012.
TV showing 2013-05-29 SVT1 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Gone
Composer Per Carlén


Awards

Festival Award Bondi Beach 2011 (Special Jury Award - Honourable Mention, Flickerfest International Short Film Festival)
Créteil 2011 (bästa utländska kortfilm/best foreign short film, Festival de Films de Femmes de Créteil, Frankrike)
Créteil 2011 (Prix du jury Universite Paris est Cretéil, bästa europeiska kortfilm, best european short film, Festival de Films de Femmes de Créteil, Frankrike)
Oberhausen 2011 (Ungdomsjuryns pris / Prize of the Youth Jury, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Tyskland)
Cannes 2011 (Outstanding sensitivity, Cannes in a Van, Frankrike)
Odense 2011 (Grand Prix, Odense Film Festival, Danmark)
Badalona 2011 (best fiction film, Filmets Badalona Film Festival, Spanien)
Badalona 2011 Cecilia Milocco (bästa skådespelare/best actress, Filmets Badalona Film Festival, Spanien)
Valladolid 2010 (Bästa europeiska kortfilm / Best European Short, Valladolid International Film Festival, Spanien)
Cuenca 2010 (Best Short Film, Women in Direction – International Film Festival Cuenca, Spanien)

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 Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Low contrast print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Script title Dialoglista. Små barn, stora ord.
Extent 5 s. + 5 s. eftertext och musiklista samt 1 s. (endast digitalt) regissörens vision.
Language Swedish


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Små barn, stora ord. By Lilsa James-Larsson. November 1st 2009.
Extent 11s .
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Extent 7 s.
Language English


Script type Synopsis
Script title Synopsis. Små barn, stora ord. Bob filmSweden AB,
Extent 1 s.
Language Swedish


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Misc.prints
Language Swedish


Type Misc.prints
Language English



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