My Skinny Sister
A film by Sanna Lenken, 2015-
Genre: Drama
Languages: Swedish
Subtitles: French or English
Format: 1.85
Sound: 5.1
Running Time: 95 min
Countries: Sweden, Germany
Year: 2015
SYNOPSIS
-Just as Stella enters the exciting world of adolescence she discovers that her big sister and role model Katja is hiding an eating disorder. The disease slowly tears the family apart. A story about jealousy, love and betrayal told with warmth, depth and laughter.
CREDITS
-Director : Sanna Lenken
Image : Moritz Schultheiss
Editing : Hanna Lejonqvist
Music : Per Störby Jutbring
Cast:
Rebecka Josephson, Amy Deasismont, Henrik Norlén, Annika Hallin, Maxim Mehmet.
GALLERY
-FESTIVALS
-Cannes écrans juniors 2015
Festival del Cinema Europeo, Lecce - SCREENPLAY AWARD, SPECIAL FIPRESCI AWARD, SPECIAL AUDIENCE AWARD
Göteborg Film Festival 2015 - Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film
Love and Anarchy film Festival 2015, Helsinki
Zlin Film Festival 2015, Czech Republic - Main prize of the youth jury for the best feature film for youth
Urban International Film Festival 2015, Iran - Best Actress Award to Rebecka Josephson
Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2015 - Nordic Focus Competition
DIRECTOR
-Graduated film directing with a master in screen writing at the Dramatiska institutet, the National film school of Sweden 2009. She’s made several of prize winning short films and has directed ”Double life” a youth series in two seasons for Swedish Television. Her latest short film ”Eating Lunch” premiered in competition at Gothenburg International Film Festival in January 2013 followed by International Premiere at Berlinale Generation 14 plus competition and Tribeca.