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Fantastic Short Films 3

I Play Dead

Kaveh AKABER / Lova ERIKSSON

Sweden201314min D-Cinema Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

In this mysterious drama, a woman comes across two children in a deserted industrial building. They lead her deeper inside, and closer to their secret: what started an innocent game transforms into the oddest of ballets.

Diretor

Kaveh AKABER

Kaveh Akaber is a Swedish/Iranian multi-artist and film director born in 1978. After his studies at Stockholm University of The Arts, he has focused more on directing fictional films. He’s always aiming for an edgy narrative mainly focusing on psychological and social issues woven into an innovative visual form. His latest short film I PLAY DEAD (2014) was screened both on international film festivals (BIFAN 2014) and international art exhibitions.

Lova ERIKSSON

Lova Eriksson was born in 1977, in Varnamo, Sweden. She started her studies at the Ballet Academy in Gothenburg and graduated from University College of Dance in 2002. She worked as a choreographer, actor and singer with Sweden’s leading physical theatre group ‘Theatre Slava’.