The Ballad
TITLE
The Ballad
DIRECTOR
Christofer Nilsson
COUNTRY
Sweden, France
YEAR
2023
DURATION
14′
GENRE
Fiction
The Ballad
A fed up delivery worker chooses a split second act of rebellion - one that results in an awkward, spiraling dance between the classes of the 21st century.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Christofer Nilsson
Coming from years of music videos and commercials, I made my first short, the docu-hybrid Fuckgirls, in 2017, alongside actor/director Saga Becker. It premiered at Gothenburg International Film Festival, became Official Selection at Quebec City Film Festival, screened at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and was distributed internationally by the Swedish Film Institute. 2021 I released the short Oracle's Crown: The Last Band, nominated New Nordic Voice at Nordisk Panorama Film Festival the same year. Malmö based, represented commercially by Bleck Out in Stockholm.
- DirectorChristofer Nilsson
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Screenplay
Christofer Nilsson - CinematographyMANUEL MEINHARDT
- Cast
- EditingMATILDA HENNINGSSON
- Producer/s Olivier Berlemont, Pierre Mourey, Annegret Kunath
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Production Company
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Distributor/s
Origine Films Distributor France
- Project TitleThe Ballad
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion Date January 1, 2023
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Country of origin
Sweden, France - Country of filmingSweden, France
- Language
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Christofer Nilsson
Coming from years of music videos and commercials, I made my first short, the docu-hybrid Fuckgirls, in 2017, alongside actor/director Saga Becker. It premiered at Gothenburg International Film Festival, became Official Selection at Quebec City Film Festival, screened at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and was distributed internationally by the Swedish Film Institute. 2021 I released the short Oracle's Crown: The Last Band, nominated New Nordic Voice at Nordisk Panorama Film Festival the same year. Malmö based, represented commercially by Bleck Out in Stockholm.
