THE BURDEN
Min Börda
Directed by Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Sweden | 13 minutes | 2017 | Swedish
An animated musical with apocalyptic undertones. The story is divided into four episodes that takes place in a supermarket, a long term hotel, a call center and a hamburger restaurant. All of the settings are located in a modern, generic market place next to a large freeway.
Credits
Director: Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Screenwriter: Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Animation: Johanna Schubert, Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen, Anna Mantzaris, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Dockhus Animation
Cinematogrpahy: Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Producer: Kalle Wettre
Niki Lindroth von BahrSweden
Festivals & Awards
Cannes Film Festival – Directors’ Fortnight
Toronto International Film Festival – Best International Short Film
Göteborg Film Festival – Best Swedish Short Film
Annecy International Animated Film Festival – Cristal for the Best Film
AFI Fest – Grand Jury Prize
Austin Fantastic Fest – Best Picture
Fantoche – International Animation Film Festival – Best Film
Melbourne International Film Festival – Best Short Film
press quotes
“The Cristal for best animated short went to “The Burden,” which has sparked buzz since its Cannes Directors’ Fortnight bow. An existential musical, set on a lonely planet of humans with animal heads, the Swedish short, from Niki Lindroth von Bahr, came across as Terry Gilliam meets Ingmar Bergman as its surreal hybrid beings sang about the difficulty of relationships, or dehumanizing pressures of office life, as song and dance routine performed by an office of monkeys.”
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