Falling in love for the first time. How do you know? What do you do? When Adam starts a new school, he meets Eva. Suddenly, everything is different. Eva just sealed an anti-boy pact with her best friend Annika, because boys are all so immature. But nothing is as wonderful as your first love. And nothing is as hard. When Eva and Adam meet at Ryska Posten, they can’t stop their flood of emotions but their love is impossibile.
| Original Title | Eva & Adam |
| Category | Official Competition |
| Section | Elements +10 |
| Tipology | Feature Film |
| Duration | 82' |
| Production Year | 2021 |
| Nationality | Sweden |
| Directed by | Caroline Cowan |
| Screenplay | Måns Gahrton, Johan Unenge |
| Based on | the books about "Eva & Adam" by Måns Gahrton & Johan Unenge |
| Director of photography | Carl Nilsson |
| Editor | Joakim Ekström Tessert |
| Production Design | Sandra Lindgren |
| Costume Design | Sara Pertmann |
| Sound | Kim Creutzer |
| Make up | Erica Spetzig |
| Music | Martin Willert |
| Main cast | Sonja Holm, Olle Cardell, Stella Marcimain Klintberg, Lukas Wetterberg, Emil Algpeus, Olle Einarsson, Liv Mjönes, Jonatan Rodriguez, Björn Bengtsson, Rakel Wärmländer, Melinda Lindskog Pascalidou |
| Talent Manager | Lina Friberg, Hedda Larsson, Maggie Widstrand |
| Produced by | Francy Suntinger |
| Production | Filmlance International AB (Sweden) |
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Caroline Cowan
Caroline Cowan holds a Bachelor of Honor in Film from the prestigious Central Saint Martins College in London and is the director of numerous acclaimed short films and TV-series. Her short film DEPARTURE (2007) - about the meeting between a boy who begs for money on the streets of Stockholm and a woman on disability pension - was very well-received and was nominated for ‘Best Short Film’ at the Venice Film Festival. The year 2014 marked the release of JOY, a children’s drama series both written and directed by Cowan. JOY offers a humorous and insightful look at contemporary life in Sweden told from the perspective of a bi-racial Swedish family. The series was nominated at the Prix Jeunesse, the world’s oldest and most esteemed children’s TV festival. Cowan has also directed several episodes for the crime series ARNE DAHL which has garnered great success both in its native Sweden and abroad.
Director’s statement
“EVA AND ADAM is a film about young love, and falling in love for the first time. It is also a film about close friendship and how to navigate in that relationship when you don’t feel comfortable telling your friend about your new aspiring romantic relationship."
Production
Filmlance International AB (Sweden)
www.filmlance.se
International distribution
ReInvent International Sales (Denmark)
www.reinvent.dk
Festival contact
The Swedish Film Institute (Sweden)
www.filminstitutet.se
