THE QUIET ONE

Swedish title: The quiet one

Doc I 2011 I 29 min I Swedish

In a Stockholm suburb, children from all over the world go to a special school to learn Swedish before being transferred to ordinary schools. All of them have just arrived in Sweden. Maryam is the last to arrive and has not yet acquired language skills or made friends in her new environment. She is six years old and has fled from Iran with her mother.

PROD INFO

DIRECTORS

Ina Holmqvist
Emelie Wallgren

DOP

Camilla Skagerström

EDITORS

Alice Ilmenska
Jesper Svedin

SOUND DESIGN

Nils Olsson

PRODUCERs

Ina Holmqvist
Emelie Wallgren

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR

Anna Weitz

COMPOSER

Thomas Jansson

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Sara Frisk
Alexis Holmqvist

Cinema distribution in Sweden by Folkets Bio and Filmcentrum

FESTIVALS

Which Human Rights Film Festival, Istanbul Documentarist, 2015
Against Gravity/Planete Doc, Warzawa, 2014
CNEX Taipei Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection, Taipei, 2013
Concorto Film Festival, Official Selection, Pontenure, 2013
Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Official Selection, Athens, 2012
Nordisk Panorama, Nordic Documentary Award, Oulu, 2012
Irish Film Institute, Official Selection, Dublin, 2012
Munich Film Festival, Official Selection, Munich, 2012
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection, Vancouver, 2012 Hot Docs, Short Documentary Competition, Toronto, 2012
Visions du Réel, Nyon, 2012
Go Short International Short Film Festival, European Competition, Nijmegen, 2012
One World International Film Festival, Official Selection, Prague, 2012
Berlinale, Berlin International Film Festival, Official Selection, 2012
IDFA, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Official Selection, 2011
Tempo Documentary Festival, Best Short Award, 2012

AWARDS

Tempo Short Award, Tempo Documentary Film Festival, Stockholm 2012
Nordic Documentary Competition, Nordisk Panorama, Finland 2012
Audience award, Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival, Sweden 2012