Live a Little
TITLE
Live a Little
DIRECTOR
Fanny Ovesen
COUNTRY
Sweden, Norway, Denmark
YEAR
2024
DURATION
98′
GENRE
Drama
Live a Little
Best friends Laura and Alex are on a couchsurfing adventure in Europe when Laura wakes up naked having had sex with a stranger. With no memory of the night she does not only have to face her boyfriend, but also an increasing fear that the forgotten night was not voluntary. Desperatly trying to deal with the situation, she begins and equally destructive and liberating exploration of her own boundaries.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Fanny Ovesen
Fanny Ovesen graduated from the Norwegian Film School in 2018. Her graduation film, SHE-PACK, was selected for Berlinale Generation, screened at over 50 festivals worldwide and won 15+ awards - among them the Amanda Academy Award for Best Norwegian Short and Best Student Short at Aspen Shortsfest. In 2018 Fanny won the Nordic Talents pitch prize for LIVE A LITTLE, and later received the Swedish Film Institute’s development funding Wild Card to explore the project audiovisually. In 2019 she was awarded the Anna prize from WIFT Sweden and UN Women Sweden. In 2020 Fanny directed four episodes of the tv-series NACH for Discovery+ Norway. The series received great reviews in major Norwegian newspapers, was nominated for ”Film & TV of the year” by Subjekt Magazine, and was released on HBO Max. In 2021 she directed the youth drama ALL THAT IS LEFT for SVT, based on the book with the same name by Sandra Beijer. It was selected for the MIPDrama lineup in Cannes 2022 and was nominated for Best Actress at the Swedish TV gala Kristallen.
- DirectorFanny Ovesen
- ScreenplayFanny Ovesen
- CinematographyMattias Pollak
- CastEmbla Ingelman-Sundberg, Aviva Wrede, Oscar Lesage, Odin Romanus
- EditingMathilde Fridlund
- Producer/s Marie Kjellson, Monica Hellström, Renée Hansen Mlodyszewski
- Production Company
- Distributor/sLevelK
- Project TitleLive a Little
- Project TypeDrama
- Completion Date01 Jan 2024
- Country of originSweden, Norway, Denmark
- Country of filmingSweden, Norway, Denmark
- LanguageSwedish
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Fanny Ovesen
Fanny Ovesen graduated from the Norwegian Film School in 2018. Her graduation film, SHE-PACK, was selected for Berlinale Generation, screened at over 50 festivals worldwide and won 15+ awards - among them the Amanda Academy Award for Best Norwegian Short and Best Student Short at Aspen Shortsfest. In 2018 Fanny won the Nordic Talents pitch prize for LIVE A LITTLE, and later received the Swedish Film Institute’s development funding Wild Card to explore the project audiovisually. In 2019 she was awarded the Anna prize from WIFT Sweden and UN Women Sweden. In 2020 Fanny directed four episodes of the tv-series NACH for Discovery+ Norway. The series received great reviews in major Norwegian newspapers, was nominated for ”Film & TV of the year” by Subjekt Magazine, and was released on HBO Max. In 2021 she directed the youth drama ALL THAT IS LEFT for SVT, based on the book with the same name by Sandra Beijer. It was selected for the MIPDrama lineup in Cannes 2022 and was nominated for Best Actress at the Swedish TV gala Kristallen.
