FLOCKING

BY BEATA GÅRDELER

 

PRODUCTION INFO

Title: Flocking (Flocken)

Original Title: Flocken

Format: Feature

Language: Swedish, Norwegian

Duration: 110 minutes

Release: 2015

 

CREW

Director: Beata Gårdeler

Screenwriter: Emma Broström

DOP: Gösta Reiland

Editor: Linda Jildman

Producers: Annika Hellström, Agneta Fagerström Olsson / 2afilm

 

CAST

Fatime Azemi

John Risto

Eva Melander

Malin Levanon

 

INTERNATIONAL SALES

Media Luna New Films

 

NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION

TriArt Film

 

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

2016 ALE Kino (winner of the “Golden Goat”), Poland

2016 Guldbaggen (winner of “Best Music”, “Best Supporting Actress”, “Best Cinematography”), Sweden

2016 Gothenburg International Film Festival (winner of the “Doris-Award”), Sweden

2015 Los Angeles Film Festival (winner of the” World Fiction Award”), USA

2015 Zimbabwe International Film Festival (winner “Best Script” and “Best Depiction of a Woman”), Zimbabwe

2015 Berlinale (winner of the Crystal Bear – Generation 14plus), Germany

2015 Aubagne Film Festiva (winner “Best Original Music”), France

2015 Los Angeles Film Festival (winner “Best Word Fiction Award”), USA

2015 Olympia International Film Festival for children and young people (winner “Best Director”, “Best Screenplay” and “Best Young Actress”), Greece

2015 Festival for Women of Zimbabwe (winner “Best Script” and “Best female portrait”), Zimbabwe

2015 Zlin Film Festival, Czech Republic

2015 Brussels Film Festival, Belgium

2015 Galway Film Festival, Ireland

2015 Helsinki TT Film Festival, Finland

2015 Buster Film Festival, Sweden

2015 Milano Film Festival, Italy

2015 Busan International Film Festival, South Korea

2015 BFI London Film Festival, England

 

LINKS
DN: Filmen handlar mer om rädslor… –>
Read more at Berlinale here –>
DN: Flocken vann i Berlin –>
Flocken vinner Kristallbjörnen –>

 

Flocking

SYNOPSIS
A small Swedish community which seems idyllic on the surface . But when fifteen year old Jennifer claims to have been raped by schoolmate Alexander, everything changes. The rumor rapidly spreads throughout the community. And more and more people are convinced that Jennifer is lying. This is the beginning of a stirred up lynch chase in which an entire community turns against a young girl and her family. A brutal collective where evidence and decisions of court mean nothing and where grown up people lay down their own rules and laws. Nothing is going too far. The only thing that matters is sticking with the flock.