Dear Director (2015)

Sweden, 14 min
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Media (5)

Original title Dear Director
Film type Short
Category Documentary
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • Sweden
Production company
Awards
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 2015-11-18

Cast

Kazzrie Jaxen

Thomas Bosket

Plot summary

In 1980 American jazz pianist Kazzrie Jaxen watches the movie From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) by Ingmar Bergman. Afterwards she writes him a 16-page letter, explaining how it came to...

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Titles

Original title
  • Dear Director
Swedish release title
  • Dear Director
International title
  • Dear Director

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Project Coordinator
Line Producer
Music
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Film Commissioner
First Assistant Cameraman
Color Grading
Other Crew

Cast

- Medverkande:
Kazzrie Jaxen
Thomas Bosket

Companies

Production Company Fasad AB
Copyright Fasad AB
Sveriges Television AB
Co-Production Company Sveriges Television AB
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet

Plot summary

In 1980 American jazz pianist Kazzrie Jaxen watches the movie From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) by Ingmar Bergman. Afterwards she writes him a 16-page letter, explaining how it came to change her life. The film starts a dramatic inner journey, which makes her understand that she is not alone in her own body. Hidden inside a small lump of fat under her skin, rests the remains of her unborn twin.

Technical specifications

Length in minutes 14 min


Release dates

Other showing 2015-04-13 Bio Victor Stockholm Sweden Galapremiär av kortdokumentärsatsingen Fans.
TV showing 2015-04-26 SVT1 Sweden 14 min
2015-08-14 SVT2 Sweden Visades tillsammans med tre andra Fans-filmer i K special.
Festival showing 2015-10-19 Slottsbiografen Uppsala Sweden 14 min 34:e Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival, 2015.
2015-11-15 Skandia Stockholm Sweden 14 min Stockholms internationella filmfestival.
Release in Sweden 2015-11-18 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title The Mirror Calls
By Kazzrie Jaxen


Awards

Festival Award Locarno 2015 Premio Cinema & Gioventù for the Concorso Internazionale Pardi di domani, Locarno Film Festival, Schweiz.

Related films

From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) Cited in Dear Director (2015)

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
Carrier type DCP


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Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type MAP


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type ProRes


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Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1
Poster title Fans. Åtta filmer där regissörerna har vänt kameran mot publiken.


Holdings Scripts

Script type För- och eftertexter
Extent 7 s.
Language English


Script type Dialoglista
Extent 12 s. Tidsangivelser.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Extent 9 s.
Language English


Script type Musiklista
Extent 1 s.
Language Swedish


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English


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