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ABOUTTHEPRODUCTIONTaglineWhowantstosaveacommunity?SynopsisWelcometoLafors!AsmallSwedishcommunityindesperateneedofafreshstart.HoperiseswhentheGermanlow-costsuperstoreSuperbillyisconsideringsettingupbusinessinthearea.500newjobs,thatwouldchangeeverything!MusseatthelocalgovernmentofficegetsthehonortomakethecommercialthatwillbesellingLafors.ButAidaandDanapickupthefightandturntheirmobilesandselfiestickstowardseveryonethatisn'tallowedtotakepartinthecommercial.ThebattleofwhohastherighttotellthestoryofLaforshasbegun.
TechnicalDataTitle AmateursOriginalTitle AmatörerGenre Drama ProductionYearMonthofstart&endofshooting
Sept-Nov2015
CountryofOrigin Sweden
LanguageSpoken Swedish,English,Arabic,Tamil,Kurdish,Romanian,Romani,Bosnian,German
Duration 110minShoton ScreenRatio 1:1.85Format(ex.DCP,35mm) DCPSoundformat 5.1 DomesticreleaseIncl.Distributorname 16March,Triartfilm
Admission/ratingIncl.PG,18+etc TBC
TargetGroup Adults25-75 ProductionCompany GaragefilmInternationalProducer Anna-MariaKantariusCo-producerandCompany/Country FilmiVäst,SverigesTelevision,Sverige
ExecutiveProducer(s) MimmiSpång,RebeckaLafrenz Cinematographer JohanLundborg
Editor GabrielaPichler,AndreasNilsson,JohanLundborg
SoundDesigner JessWolfsberg Stillphotographer CeciliaTorquato,TobiasHenrikssonScriptwriter GabrielaPichler,JonasHassenKhemiri Director GabrielaPichler
Cast ZahraaAldoujaili,YaraAliadotter,FredrikDahl
Budget(EUR/USD) 1.62millEURFinanciers/Investorsorotherinvolvedproductionpartners
SFI,LindholmenScienceParkMediaArenaandGöteborgsStad,CMoreEntertainment.
ABOUTTHEDIRECTORDirector'sstatement–by"GabrielaPichler"Ifjustonevideoclipwoulddefineyourwholetown,whichclipwoulditbe?I’minterestedin
lettingthisstoryunfoldseeminglyasastorminaglassofwater.Asneezeinmicrocosmos.
Withhumorandsubversivetwist,abitofsatirewithaheart–andaraisedfist.AMATEURSis
atributetoalloftherebelsinoursmalltowns,totheexcludedandtheunsellable.Yourtime
isnow.
"GabrielaPichler"-Director'sbio
TrainedattheFilmAcademyinGotheburg.Her
shortfilmSCRUBSwasawardedtheSwdish
Oscarforbestshortfilm.GabrielaPichler’sfirst
featureEATSLEEPDIEpremiered2012at
VeniceInternationalFilmFestivalandwon
theAudienceAwardatFilmCritic’sWeekbeforeit
hitoffwithgreatsuccessatfilmfestivalsaround
theworld.AndwasawradedtheSwedishOscar
forBestfilm,scriptandDirector.Her
unconventionalmixofwitandsocial
commentary,combinedwithaneyeforbrilliant
amateuractors,arehercharacteristicsandalso
defineshersecondfeatureAMATEURS.
KEYCAST&CREW
Aida:ZahraaAldoujailiDana:YaraAliadotterMusse:FredrikDahl
"Anna-MariaKantarius"–Producer
GraduatedProducerfromtheNationalFilmSchoolofDenmarkin2005.ShehasproducedcreativedocumentariesforDanishCosmoDoc,UpfrontFilmsandSwedishStory(2005-2012).Since2010sheisalsoproducingfictionfilm.Herproductionsincludeamongothers,SheMaleSnails(Pojktanten)whichwontheAudienceAwardatGöteborgInternationalFilmFestivalandSomethingMustBreak(Nåntingmåstegåsönder)byEsterMartinBergsmark.ThefilmopenedGöteborgInternationalFilmFestivalandwontheprizeforBestFilmatRotterdamInternationalFilmFestival.Anna-MariaKantariusproducesauteur-drivenstoriesinwhateverform,genre,languageandlandscapethatisbestsuitableforthevisiontoreachouttoanaudience.WorkingwithSwedishGaragefilm.Since2009."JohanLundborg"–DirectorofPhotographyDOP,directorandeditor.StudiesatFAMUinPragha.DOPfoftheawardwinningfeaturefilmTHEGIANTbyJohannesNyholmandEATSLEEPDIEbyGabrielaPichler.
COMPANYPROFILES"GaragefilmInternational"www.garagefilm.seDownatthemomentGaragefilmInternationalisownedbyproducersMimmiSpångandRebeckaLafrenz.Sincethestartin2007theyhaveproducedanumberofaward-winningfilmstogetherwithAnna-MariaKantariuswhojoinedthecompanyin2010.Garagefilm’sfocusisoncontentwithhighartisticambitionsandinthepastdecadeithasmadeanameforitselfasoneoftheleadingarthousecompaniesinSweden.Garagefilm’sproductionsinclude”Guidance”byJohanJonason,nominatedfortheDragonAwardattheGöteborgInternationalFilmFestival,”Sebbe,”directedbyBabakNajafiandawardedBestFirstFeatureFilmatBerlinale,featurecomedy”Cockpit”byMårtenKlingberg,seenbyover270000indomesticcinemasandpoliticalthriller”CallGirl”byMikaelMarcimain,winneroftheFIPRESCICritic’sAwardatTorontoInternationalFilmFestival2012.2014sawthereleaseofEsterMartinBergsmark’s”SomethingMustBreak”,awardedatamongothersIFFRotterdam,andJensÖstberg’sfeaturedebut”BlowflyPark”.In2015LisaAschan’s”WhitePeople”premieredatStockholmInternationalFilmFestival,andMariaBäck’sdocumentary”IRememberWhenIDie”haditsworldpremiereatCPH:DOXwhereitwasincompetitionforaNordic:DOXAward.In2016thedocumentary“GoldenGirl”bySusannaEdwardspremieredincompetitionatTempoDocumentaryFestival,andJohannesNyholm’sfeaturedebut“TheGiant”openedincinemastooutstandingreviews.“TheGiant”wasincompetitionatTorontoIFF,followedbySanSebastianFFwhereitreceivedtheJuryAward.InternationalDistribution-LevelKwww.LevelK.dkLevelKishandlinginternationalsalesanddistributionandactingasadigitalpartnerfordistributorsintheirhomecountry.
Wearespecialisedinrightsoptimizationthatarereflectedthroughourinnovativeapproachtocross-platform/cross-countrydistributioncombiningtheatricalandtraditionalmeans-alongsidedigitaldistributionandmarketing.Ourgoalistobringourfilmstothemarketwithanindividualstrategysothefilmfindsitsownpathtoitsaudienceandherebyincreaseroyalties.
BasedinCopenhagen,HongKongweareapassionateteamfocusingonlong-termrelationshipsandtransparentprofessionalcooperation.