THE BALLAD (France/Sweden, 2023, 13′)

Saturday, October 5, at 3 pm, Cinema Massimo, Screen 3

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Director: Christofer Nilsson
Screenplay: Christofer Nilsson
Production: Annegret Kunath (Råttunge Produktion), Olivier Berlemont, Pierre Mourey (Origine Films)
Photography: Manuel Meinhardt
Editing: Matilda Enningsson
Sound design and mix: Diana Queiros
Cast: Nayeem Mahub, Anna Granath, Anders Blentare, Thomas Engelbrektsson

A delivery man decides to revolt. His rebellion gives life to an awkward social class dance.

Christofer Nilsson (Sweden, 1991) comes from a small village located in the South of Sweden. In the mid 2010s, he started making music videos before moving to a business career at Stockholm Bleck Out Agency. He was awarded the “New Nordic Voice” for his short film Oracle’s Crown: The Last Band at the Nordisk Panorama -21. He directed and produced, together with Saga Becker, the movie Fuckgirls (2017) that had its premiere at GIFF and was shown at Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival and FCVQ.

Filmography: Fuckgirls (s.f., 2017), Oracle’s Crown: The Last Band (s.f., 2021), The Ballad (s.f., 2023).