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GIFFONI EXPERIENCE 2014 - 18.27 July

Sections & Films

COUNTING DAYS AND YEARS

Category: Edition 2014

Synopsis

Why does Moa’s or Maxi’s fathers never pick them up at school? And why is it that Isa’s letters from mom never arrives, has she really put them in the right box? Moa, Maxi and Isa are three children that count the days until their mom or dad will come out of jail. The film is based on real stories and invites us to these children’s inner worlds.

Original Title RÄKNAR DAGAR, RÄKNAR ÅR
Category Out of competition
Section GEx Doc
Tipology Animation, Short Film, Documentary
Duration 14’
Production Year 2014
Nationality Sweden
Directed by Monne Lindström
Screenplay Monne Lindström, Kristina Meiton, Cristina Schadewitz
Editor Kristina Meiton
Animation Monne Lindström
Sound Lars Wignell/Auditory
Music Alexander Palmestål
Produced by Kristina Meiton, Cristina Schadewitz

image003Monne Lindström

She studied web design, digital text and image processing, Media production, grafic design from 1986 to 1999. Monne is also an artist who works with scrap and objects, that she picks off the street and she made exhibitions of her art works in many galleries. She worked as Graphic artist, illustrator and book designer  from 1995 -1998 and as graphic artist for film productions at Vilda Bomben Film AB since 2007. As a filmmaker Monne debuted in 2010 with the animated short film ANYONE FOR TENNIS? Her new film is an animated documentary about children with a parent in custody: COUNTING DAYS AND YEARS (2014).

festival contact

Kristina Meiton
Sjöviksvägen 10
443 45 Sjövik
phone +46 0733-742846
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interviste e ricerche/interviews and research

Cristina Schadewitz