LIV

A teenage girl spends the night before the most important day of her life (AKA the day she starts high school) preparing. Through increasingly desperate actions she crafts herself into the person that she thinks she wants to be.

LIV is a short film written and directed by Hillevi Gustafson. It was shot in southern Sweden spring 2023 and is currently enjoying a successful festival run. The international premiere was at the Short Film Festival in Hamburg in June 2024 as part of their youth section. It has been screened at, among others, The Nordic Film Days in Lübeck, Griffon Film Festival in Italy, Uppsala Short Film Festival, Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival in Finland and CineKid in The Netherlands. It won the Honorable Mention Award in the Best Swedish Short Film category at Filmfest Sundsvall.

CAST:

Sigrid Johnson - Olivia

Elsa Öhrn - Maja

CREW:

Producers: Amanda Romare & Adina Romare

Director of Photography: Camilla Topuntoli

Production Designer: Frida Andersson Haase

Sound: Mathias Schlegel - Rymdljud

FAD: Malin Englund

First AC: Akira Andersson

Gaffer: Mikael Linell

MUA: Victoria Klingenstierna

Production assistant and DIT: Marcus Csanady

Grade: Johan Eklund

Production interns: Kaan Orgunmaat, Fredrik Öjbro, Gabriel Aspelin

Original score by Elina Nygren, mastered by Jacob Gustavsson

Still photography by Lamia Karic

Produced by Bloody Brilliant Productions AB in co-production with Film i Skåne and the financial support of the Swedish Film institute.