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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1998 - 19.26 July

Sections & Films

TIGERHEART

Category: Edition 1998

Synopsis
Maria, a girl of thirteen, lives in the suburbs of a big city. Like other Swedish children who come from poor families, she has spent the summer in the country. At the end of the holiday she has to say goodbye not only to the people with whom she has been staying, but also to Anton, her first love.

Original Title Tigerhjärta
Italian Title Cuore di Tigre
Category Official Competition
Section Competition
Tipology Short Film
Duration 14'
Production Year 1997
Nationality Sweden
Directed by Reza Parsa
Main cast Sofia Almlöf, Anna Bjelkerud, Mats Blomgren

 regista reza parsaREZA PARSA

Reza Parsa is a Swedish film director. At the age of 22 he was admitted to the 4-year directing program at the National Film School of Denmark (1991–95) and directed the most award winning (11 awards) graduation film, Never (Gränsen), in the history of the school.
To date Reza Parsa has won more than 30 national and international awards, including the Ingmar Bergman Award, the Student Academy Award (Student Oscar) and prizes in Cannes Film Festival, Brasília, Seattle, Chicago and San Sebastian.
Before the Storm Parsa's first feature film, is a suspense thriller which has achieved great critical success and has been sold to 35 countries worldwide, incl. United States.
Reza Parsa and his screenwriter Johan Bergman Lindfors, both based in Sweden, are now preparing Parsa’s next feature film.