White People

Somewhere in present-day Sweden, Alex finds herself among a group of people that are transferred to an underground “prison,” waiting to be deported from the country. We don’t know where they’ll end up or why this is happening. Lisa Aschan’s second feature film – following She Monkeys which was screened at the 52nd Thessaloniki IFF – is set in a non-place and a non-time. Ambiguous and open to interpretation, it is a timely and incisive comment on power, force, and sovereign relations – issues that are absolutely relevant to contemporary Europe.

Screening Schedule

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Script: Lisa Aschan

Cinematography: Linda Wassberg

Editing: Asa Mossberg, Rasmus Nyholm Schmidt

Sound: Andreas Franck

Music: Jon Ekstrand

Actors: Vera Vitali (Alex), Pernilla August (Viktoria), IssakaSawadogo (Josef), Aliette Opheim (Vanessa), Emil Almen (Franz), Bahador Foladi (Ivan)

Production: Garagefilm International, Sweden Τ. +46 85 4513360 F. +46 8 309 934 info@garagefilm.se www.garagefilm.se

Producers: Anna-Maria Kantarius

Co-production: Film i Vast, Sveriges Television, SF Film Production (Sweden), Yellow Film & TV (Finland)

Costumes: Lisa Holmqvist

Production Design: Catharina Nyqvist Ehrnrooth

Format: DCP Color

Production Country: Sweden-Finland

Production Year: 2015

Duration: 83

Contact: The Swedish Film Institute, SwedenT. +46 8 665 11 00F. +46 8 661 18 20registrator@filminstitutet.sewww.filminstitutet.se

European Premiere

Lisa Aschan

She graduated from The National Film School of Denmark in 2005. While still in school, she received attention for Fuck the Rapist, a collection of fictional advertisements for spiked tampons designed to protect against rape. She is known for her suggestive visual language, naturalistic direction, and unique talent for telling a story in actions instead of words. Her films In transit and Goodbye Bluebird have been shown in film festivals around the world. She has created and directed a drama series for the Danish TV channel DR1, attended the Royal Institute of Art, and worked at the Royal Dramatic Theater.