Vi var barn då
We were kids
Alexander has made a film about the jargon in the projects where he grew up. Now he has invited his childhood friends to show it to them.
A film about macho norms, the talk that shatters dreams and the words that kill.
- 2022
- short
- 15 min
- drama
- swedish
Produced by Carbs Film in co-production with SVT, Film Stockholm & Film i Skåne.
With support from the Swedish Film Institute, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Malmö City & New Land.
Distributed by Swedish Film Institute (international festival distribution).
Credits
Cast
- Nader Attiyah
- Arman Cho
- Isaac Abdulhamid
- Adam Kais
- Moaz Sabbagh
- Hassan Jakob Majdalani
- Erwa Abdu Abdalla
- Mohammed Alshehari
- Leon Mirbaz
- Geraldo Dakaj
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Directors & screenwriters
- Alexander Abdallah
- Mustafa Al-Mashhadani
Producer
- Adam Lunneborg
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Director of photography
- Eric Ivar Persson
Editors
- Carla Luffe
- Sanna Rapp
Line producer
- Lina Birk
Executive producers
- Sarah Olsson
- Gilda Naumanen
Associated producers
- Gustav Johansson
- Erik Torell
Post producer
- Moa Loft
FAD
- Jasmin Rastegar
Production assistants
- Lorena Barrenechea
- Helena Ljunggren
1st AC
- Arnar Njáll Hlíðberg
Gaffer
- Christine Leuhusen
Best boy
- Johannes Falk Enström
Underwater assistant
- Jenifer Karlsson
Underwater photographer
- Eric Börjeson
Camera prep
- Ulf Leide
Script supervisor
- Farima Piroozpay
Sound technicians
- Lina Westbergh
- Brenda El Rayes
Set design
- Vera Theander
Costume
- Emma Theander
Still photographer
- Ikram Abdulkadir
Editor "the film in the film"
- Gilda Naumanen
Sync
- Alicia Lundahl
- Kristina Westgren
Sound designer
- Petar Mrdjen
Composer
- Vincent Bahar
Grafic designer
- Frans Wiklund
Grade
- Joakim Rissveds
Online
- Petter Lindholm
Casting
- Fredrik Lehman
Script consultant
- Julia Thelin
Commissioner SFI
- Ami Ekström
Controller SFI
- Patrik Axen
Redaktör Sveriges Television
- Valentina Chamorro Westergårdh
Editor SVT
- Ina Holmqvist
Project leader SVT
- Helena Ingelsten
Filmkonsulent Film Stockholm
- Ivana Lalovic
Controller Film Stockholm
- Hend Aroal
Commissioner Film i Skåne
- Ludvig Hedlund
Thanks to
- Hanna Sohlberg
- Jonas Fohlin
- Jasna Ceric
- Anne-Marie Söhrman Fermelin
- Goran Bosjevski
- Ana Vidović
- Nina Barbosa
- Kathleen McInnis
- Wim Vanacker
- Khalil Ghazal
- Ljud & Bildmedia
- & everyone we have been in contact with during the making of this film.
Odense Film Festival, 2022
- Nominated: Best International
Göteborg Film Festival, 2022
- Nomination: Best Swedish Short (Startsladden)
- Winner Audience award Best Swedish Short
Television
- Sweden - Swedish Television - SVT & SVT Play
Cinema
- Sweden - Folket Bio - Swedish Short Film c/o Folkets Bio