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IN A HEARTBEAT

Category: Edition 2011

Synopsis

A nine-year-old girl is scared of the world that surrounds her. She is an observer when she watches her parents argue and other kids play. She has no friends and other kids often laugh at her. That causes her to shut off and makes her shy and afraid to become visible to others. But when she sees a classmate bullied by two older boys, she is the only one who takes a stand.

 

Sinossi

Una bambina di nove anni è spaventata dal mondo che la circonda. È un’osservatrice che guarda i suoi litigare e gli altri bambini giocare. Non ha amici e gli altri spesso ridono di lei. Questo la induce a chiudersi in se stessa, timida e timorosa di diventare visibile agli altri. Ma quando vede un compagno di classe vittima del bullismo di due ragazzi più grandi, è lei l'unica a trovare il coraggio di reagire.

 

Original Title IN A HEARTBEAT
Category Official Competition
Section Elements +6
Tipology Short Film
Duration 7' 30''
Production Year 2010
Nationality Iceland
Directed by Karolina Lewicka
Screenplay Karolina Lewicka
Script Karolina Lewicka
Director of photography Arnar Thor Thorisson, Jon Gustafsson
Editor Jon Gustafsson, Karolina Lewicka
Music Veigar Margeirsson
Main cast Elin Perla Stefansdottir (la bambina/the girl)
Ásgeir Sigurdsson (il bambino/the boy)
Erla Ruth Haraldsdóttir (la maestra/the teacher)
Eyþór Trausti Jóhannsson (il bullo/the bully)
Fannar Gudni Gudmundsson (il bullo/the bully)
Produced by Jon Gustafsson, Karolina Lewicka

in a heartbeat regKarolina Lewicka
Karolina Lewicka is a director, writer and producer for Artio Films. She graduated from the Poznan University of Economics in Poland. She also studied business at the University of Toronto in Canada. She co-wrote and co-produced an award-winning documentary WRATH OF GODS directed by Jon Gustafsson for Artio Films. The film is an Icelandic-Canadian co-production and was screened at numerous international film festivals and received six awards. In 2008 she was chosen to participate at the Berlinale Talent Campus as a promising producer alongside other fifty producers from around the world. This experience inspired her to write her first short film IN A HEARTBEAT and encouraged her to make it her directorial debut. IN A HEARTBEAT was nominated for the Icelandic Film and Television Academy Awards in 2011 and has been invited to film festivals in several countries.

 

Karolina Lewicka
Karolina Lewicka è scrittrice, regista e produttrice alla Artio Films. Laureata presso l’Università di Economia di Poznan in Polonia. Ha studiato anche Commercio presso l’Università di Toronto in Canada. Ha co-scritto e co-prodotto il documentario WRATH OF GODS, diretto da Jon Gustafsson per la Artio Films. L’opera è una co-produzione islandese-canadese ed è stato proiettato in numerosi festival ricevendo sei premi. Nel 2008 Karolina è stato scelta, insieme ad altri cinquanta produttori di tutto il mondo, per partecipare al Berlinale Talent Campus come giovane produttrice. Questa esperienza le ispira la scrittura del suo primo cortometraggio, IN A HEARTBEAT, e la incoraggia a debuttare come regista. IN A HEARTBEAT è stato nominato agli Icelandic Film and Television Academy Awards nel 2011 e ha partecipato a numerosi festival internazionali.

 

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