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Jens Assur
Jens Assur (born April 29, 1970) is a Swedish photographer, director, scriptwriter, and film producer. His movie, ''Killing the Chickens, to Scare the Monkeys'', premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 and has since won a number of prizes. At the Sundance Film Festival in 2012, Assur was given the Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award for his movies, ''The Last Dog in Rwanda'', and ''Killing the Chickens, to Scare the Monkeys'', and for the script for his first feature film ''Close Far Away''. Early career Assur started his career at Dagbladet in Sundsvall, as a reporter and photographer, 1986–1990. Between 1990 and 1997 he was employed as a staff photographer at ''Expressen'', a daily newspaper in Scandinavia. He produced several photo essays from Somalia, Rwanda, South Africa and the former Yugoslavia amongst other countries earning a Photographer of the year award at the age of 23. In 1997 Assur left ''Expressen'' to start his company Studio Jens Assur and worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing The Chickens, To Scare The Monkeys
''Killing the Chickens, to Scare the Monkeys'' is a 2011 short film directed by Jens Assur. The story is set in the People's Republic of China and consists of nine scenes where national politics and strategy have unforeseen consequences on a young teacher's life. The first scene of the movie is a 15-minute single take, without cuts. The movie was shot in Sweden and Thailand and it was Assur's second short as a director and writer. Background The idea for the movie is based on a photograph, smuggled out of China, depicting a group of prisoners kneeling, awaiting their execution. Around the group, people can be seen chatting and even laughing. Title The title paraphrases an old Chinese idiom "Kill the chicken to scare the monkey" (, lit. kill chicken scare monkey), which refers to making an example out of someone in order to threaten others, in the manner of '' pour encourager les autres''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Karlsson
Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson (born 11 March 1971) is a Swedish actor and author. Karlsson was born in Salem. He won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in 2004 for the movie ''Details''. He published his first book, a collection of short stories, in 2007. He wrote three short novels that were translated into English: The Room, The Invoice, and The Circus. His writing often features weird characters and Kafkaesque surrealism. Selected filmography *''Rasmus på luffen'' (1981) *'' Sökarna'' (1993) *''Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen'' (1999) *'' Once in a Lifetime'' (2000) *''Tsatsiki – vänner för alltid'' (2001) *'' Making Babies'' (2001) *''Details'' (2003) *''Strings'' (2004) *''Storm'' (2005) *''Bang Bang Orangutang'' (2005) *'' Offside'' (2006) *'' Bad Faith - Ond Tro'' (2010) *''Cockpit'' (2012) *''Black Mirror'' Episode: "Hated in the Nation" (2016) *''The Snowman'' (2017) *''Ted – För kärlekens skull TED may refer to: Economics and finance * TED spread between U.S. Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Film Directors
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21st-century Swedish Photographers
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Ravens (film)
''Ravens'' ( sv, Korparna) is a 2017 Swedish thriller film directed by Jens Assur, based on the novel '' Korparna'' by Tomas Bannerhed. Plot In the 1970s Sweden, the farmer Agne (Reine Brynolfsson) is plagued by the work on the farm, and by the feeling that someone wants his family bad. The oldest son Klas (Jakob Nordström), who Agne wants to take over the farm, seeks himself to the worlds of birds, but as the outer threats increase, he faces an inevitable choice, fly or stay. Cast * Reine Brynolfsson as Agne * Maria Heiskanen as Gärd * Jakob Nordström as Klas * as Alvar * Peter Dalle as Krister * Saga Samuelsson as Veronika * Jens Jørn Spottag as Carsten * Gösta Viklund as Göran * Max Vobora as Pelle Bula * as Lecturer * as Schoolmaster * Annika Hallin Annika Susanne Hallin is a Swedish actress. She was born in Hägersten, Stockholm, and studied at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting 1995 – 1999. In 2001 Hallin was one of those who started '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Nasty Teen
Hot or the acronym HOT may refer to: Food and drink *Pungency, in food, a spicy or hot quality *Hot, a wine tasting descriptor Places *Hot district, a district of Chiang Mai province, Thailand **Hot subdistrict, a sub-district of Hot District, Thailand **Tha Kham, Chiang Mai, also known as Hot, a town in Hot District, Chiang Mai province, Thailand *Hot, Albania, a village in the Malësi e Madhe municipality, Shkodër County, Albania Music *H.O.T. pronounced "H. O. T.", (High-Five of Teenagers), a South Korean boy band *Hawaii Opera Theatre, an opera company in Honolulu, Hawaii *Hot (American vocal group), best known for 1977 hit "Angel in Your Arms" 1976–1980 *Hot 97, branding for hip-hop radio station WQHT in New York City Albums * ''Hot'' (Freda Payne album), 1979 * ''Hot'' (Half Japanese album), 1995 * ''Hot'' (Inna album) or the title song (see below), 2009 * ''Hot'' (James Brown album) or the title song (see below), 1976 * ''Hot'' (Mel B album), 2000 * ''Hot'' (Paul Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Society
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey É‘. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including Documentary film, documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The festival was formally accredited by the FIAPF in 1951. On 1 July 2014, co-founder and former head of French pay-TV operator Canal+, Pierre Lescure, took over as President of the Festival, while Thierry Frémaux became the General Delegate. The board of directors also appointed Gilles Jacob as Honorary President of the Festival. It is one of the "Big Three" major European film festivals, alongside the Venice Film Festival in Italy and the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany, as well as one of the "Big Five" major interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by TriBeCa Productions, Tribeca Productions. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive programming. Tribeca was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in 2002 to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of Lower Manhattan following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Until 2020, the festival was known as the Tribeca Film Festival. Each year, the festival hosts over 600 screenings with approximately 150,000 attendees, and awards independent artists in 23 juried competitive categories. History The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, and Craig Hatkoff, in response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center (1973–2001), World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the Tribeca neighborhood in Lower Manhattan. The inaugural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clermont Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 146,734 (2018). Its metropolitan area (''aire d'attraction'') had 504,157 inhabitants at the 2018 census.Comparateur de territoire: Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Clermont-Ferrand (022), Unité urbaine 2020 de Clermont-Ferrand (63701), Commune de Clermont-Ferrand (63113) INSEE It is the prefecture (capital) of the |
Reine Brynolfsson
Reine Claes-Göran Brynolfsson (born 15 January 1953) is a Swedish actor. He was born in Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has .... Filmography References External links * * 1953 births 20th-century Swedish male actors 21st-century Swedish male actors Eugene O'Neill Award winners Litteris et Artibus recipients Living people People from Gothenburg Best Actor Robert Award winners {{Sweden-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
