The Burden (2017)

Promoted film
Sweden, 13 min
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Basic facts

Media (3)

Original title Min börda
Film type Short
Category Fiction
Form Animated
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • Sweden
Production company
Awards
  • The Guldbagge Award
  • The Synch Leader Award (Sweden)
  • Special Mention
  • Show awards
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • Swedish
Swedish release 2017-03-22

Cast

Olof Wretling

Mattias Fransson

Carl Englén

Sven Björklund

Plot summary

An animated musical with apocalyptic undertones. The story is divided into four episodes that takes place in a supermarket, a long term hotel, a call center and a hamburger restaurant. The...

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Festival contact (short):

Josefina Mothander
+46 8 665 12 67
Josefina.mothander@filminstitutet.se

Jing Haase
+46 8 665 11 43
jing.haase@filminstitutet.se

 

Links and resources

Read more about this film in our article "Plasticine, Wire and Patience – stop motion-animated puppet cinema x 3 (in English)

Titles

Original title
  • Min börda
Swedish release title
  • Min börda
International title
  • The Burden
Working title
  • Handelsplatsen

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Animation
Film Commissioner
Still Photographer
Digital Grading
Visual Effects
Musical Arrangement
Assistant Production Designer
Rigger
Re-recording Mixer
Graphic Design
Translation
Other Crew

Cast

- Medverkande röster:
Olof Wretling
Mattias Fransson
Carl Englén
Sven Björklund

Companies

Animation Dockhus Animation AB
Production Company Malade Aktiebolag
Copyright Malade Aktiebolag
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (DCP) Folkets Bio AB 2017

Plot summary

An animated musical with apocalyptic undertones. The story is divided into four episodes that takes place in a supermarket, a long term hotel, a call center and a hamburger restaurant. The characters, portrayed as animals, perform musical numbers with singing and dancing. The episodes varies both in story and mood, and spans from cheerful tap routine to nightmarish black.

Swedish censorship / rating

Certificate number 204703
Date 2017-08-14
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Grounds for decision Framställningen bedöms sakna inslag som kan vara till skada för välbefinnandet för barn.


Technical specifications

Length in minutes 13 min


Release dates

Festival showing 2017-01-29 Draken Gothenburg Sweden 13 min Göteborg Film Festival 2017
Release in Sweden 2017-03-22 Sweden
Festival showing 2017-10-24 Slottsbiografen Uppsala Sweden Uppsala Kortfilmfestival 2017
TV showing 2017-12-21 SVT2 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 2018-03-18 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
TV showing 2018-05-01 SVT1 Sweden
Festival showing 2019-10-22 Regina Uppsala Sweden Uppsala Kortfilmfestival 2019

Awards

Special Mention Yogyakarta 2019 Nicklas Nilsson (Hedersomnämnande för scenografi / Special Mention for Scenography, CRAFT International Animation Festival, Indonesien)
Festival Award Bydgoszcz 2019 (Grand Prix, Animocje, Polen)
Soria 2018 Special Price of the Jury, Certamen Internacional de Cortos Soria
Poznan 2018 (Best of Ten, Short Waves, Polen)
Berkeley 2018 (Grand Prix, Glas Animated Festival, USA)
Hongkong 2018 (bästa kortfilm / Best Short Film, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hongkong)
New York 2018 Hans Appelqvist (bästa ljud/musik / Best Sound/Score, All Shorts Irvington Film Festival, USA)
New York 2018 Niki Lindroth von Bahr (bästa klippning / Best Editor, All Shorts Irvington Film Festival, USA)
Bilbao 2018 (Innovation Award, Animakom, Spanien)
Dresden 2018 (bästa musik och ljuddesign / Goldene Reiter for Best Music and Sound Design, Filmfest Dresden, Tyskland)
Birmingham 2018 (publikpris / Audience Award, Flatpack Film Festival, Storbritannien)
Sarasota 2018 (bästa korta animation / Best Animation Short, Sarasota Film Festival, USA)
Special Mention Trêboň 2018 (Special Jury Mention, Anifilm, Tjeckien)
Festival Award Neuchatel 2018 Bästa kortfilm / Best Short Fiction, Neuchâtel Film Festival, Schweiz
Fredrikstad 2018 Grand Prix & Audience Award, Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norge
Brussels 2018 Jury Award, Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgien
Berkeley 2018 (publikpris / Audience Award, Glas Animated Festival, USA)
Barcelona 2018 Jury Award, Stop Motion Barcelona Short Film Festival, Spanien
2018 Best Animated Short, Scruffy City Film and Music Festival in Knoxville, USA
2018 Honourable mention Animation, Vidlings & Tapeheads Film Festival , USA
2018 Best Animation, Salute Your Shorts Festival, USA
2018 L'Onda- Young Jury Award, Concorto, Italien
Palm Springs 2018 Thought Provoking Stop-Motion Drama, Palm Springs Intl. Animation Festival, USA
2018 Best Animation, Salute Your Shorts Fest, Storbritannien
2018 Best Short Film, Tacoma Film Festival, USA
Bradford 2018 Best Animation, The Drunken Film Fest, USA
2018 Jury special award for short film, New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Japan
2018 Best Short Film Collision Competition, Stuff MX Film festival, Mexico
2018 Best concept, Winter Apricots, Makedonien
Berkeley 2018 (FXX Elevation Award, Glas Animated Festival, USA)
Glasgow 2018 (publikpris / International Audience Award, Glasgow Short Film Festival, Storbritannien)
Vienna 2018 (publikpris / The Tricky Women Audience Award, Tricky Women International Animation Film Festival, Österrike)
Vienna 2018 (The Tricky Women Award, Tricky Women International Animation Film Festival, Österrike)
Clermont-Ferrand 2018 (bästa animation / Best Animation, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Frankrike)
Torino 2018 (Special Mention, Seeyousound, Italien)
Trondheim 2018 (bästa nordiska animation / Best Nordic Animation, Minimalen, Norge)
The Guldbagge Award Stockholm 2018 Best Short Film
Festival Award Sagueney 2018 (bästa animerade kortfilm / Best Animimated Short Film, Regard International Short Film Festival, Kanada)
Gothenburg 2017 (Publikens val: bästa kortfilm. 40:e Göteborg International Film Festival, Sverige)
Toronto 2017 (bästa internationella kortfilm / Short Cuts Award for Best International Short Film, Toronto International Film Festival, Kanada)
Montreal 2017 (publikpris / Public Choice Award, Festival Stop Motion Montréal, Kanada)
Montreal 2017 (Best Professional Film Award, Festival Stop Motion Montréal, Kanada)
Bucharest 2017 Hans Appelqvist (bästa kompositör / Best Composer, Next International Film Festival, Rumänien)
Baden 2017 (bästa film / Best Film, Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Schweiz)
Melbourne 2017 (SAE Institute Award for Best Animation Short Film, Melbourne International Film Festival, Australien)
Vila do Conde 2017 Niki Lindroth von Bahr (bästa animation / Best Animation, Curtas, Vila do Conde, Portugal
Austin 2017 (bästa film / Best Picture, Fantastic Shorts Section, Fantastic Fest, USA)
Annecy 2017 (Cristal för kortfilm / Cristal for a Short Film, Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Frankrike)
Paris 2017 Niki Lindroth von Bahr (bästa regissör / Best Director, Paris International Animation Film Festival, Frankrike)
Chicago 2017 (bästa animerade kortfilm / Best Animated Short, Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA)
Austin 2017 (bästa kortfilm / Fantastic Short Best Picture Award, Fantastic Fest, USA)
Special Mention Uppsala 2017 (Honorary Mention, Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sverige)
Festival Award Milwaukee 2017 (Shorter is Better Award, Milwaukee, USA)
Chicago 2017 (publipris / Audience Favorite, Chicago International Film Festival, USA)
Fredrikstad 2017 (publikpris / Audience Award, Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norge)
Los Angeles 2017 (Grand Jury Award, AFI Fest, USA)
Budapest 2017 (Anilogue Animation Festival, Ungern)
Lille 2017 (bästa kortfilm / Best Short Film, The European Animation Award, Frankrike)
London 2017 (Best of Festival Award, London Animation, Storbritannien)
Skopje 2017 (Silver Brick, Animax Skopje Festival, Makedonien)
Poznan 2017 Best Music Film & Audience Award, Animator Festival, Polen
The Synch Leader Award (Sweden) Gothenburg 2017 Niki Lindroth von Bahr (kortfilmspris / Shorts Award, 40:e Göteborg International Film Festival, Sverige)

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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