Atonement
TITLE
Atonement
DIRECTOR
Kaveh Akaber
COUNTRY
Sweden
YEAR
2022
DURATION
18′
GENRE
Fiction
Overview
Atonement
Grief over a lost child has left Mina in the shadows. One day her world is shaken when a neighbour threatens her privacy. Seeking revenge on him, Mina enters into a game where the boundaries of fantasy and reality start to fade.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Kaveh Akaber
Kaveh Akaber is a Swedish/Iranian multi-artist and film director born in 1978. He has a background as a music composer, film editor and visual artist where he been praised for his wayward “outside the box” works with many of the Swedish based films for almost 20 years. He began his film career through the legendary Swedish director Roy Anderson's "Studio 24". After his studies at Stockholm University of The Arts, he has focused more on directing films. He’s always aiming for an edgy stories mainly focusing on psychological and social issues woven into an innovative visual form. His latest short film I PLAY DEAD is an autobiography story about the grim games as child during wartime. The film is a hybrid between dance / drama / thriller and has been screened both on international film festivals and international art exhibitions.
Credits
- Director Kaveh Akaber
- Screenplay Kaveh Akaber
- Cinematography Jonas Rudström
- Editing Kaveh Akaber
- Cast Sandra Medina, Peter Viitanen
- Producer/s Lisa Konrad Gustafsson
- Production CompanyMakaber Arts
- Distributor/s TriArt Films
Specifications
- Project Title Atonement
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date January 1, 2022
- Country of origin Sweden
- Country of filming Sweden
- Language Swedish
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No
Kaveh Akaber
Kaveh Akaber is a Swedish/Iranian multi-artist and film director born in 1978. He has a background as a music composer, film editor and visual artist where he been praised for his wayward “outside the box” works with many of the Swedish based films for almost 20 years. He began his film career through the legendary Swedish director Roy Anderson's "Studio 24". After his studies at Stockholm University of The Arts, he has focused more on directing films. He’s always aiming for an edgy stories mainly focusing on psychological and social issues woven into an innovative visual form. His latest short film I PLAY DEAD is an autobiography story about the grim games as child during wartime. The film is a hybrid between dance / drama / thriller and has been screened both on international film festivals and international art exhibitions.
SELECTIONS & AWARDS
Rome Independent Film Festival
Competition, 2022
Göteborg Film Festival
Competition, 2022