LOVING LORNA
DOC 61 MIN / SWEDEN (2017)
Horses have been part of daily life for generations in the deprived Dublin suburb of Ballymun – and for 17-year-old Lorna and her family too. Her unemployed father finds structure and purpose in daily life by caring for his horses, while her sick mother wistfully remembers the days when she used to turn heads as she galloped through the town. These days it's Lorna who likes to spend all her free time in the stable or riding Big Foot, her horse. She's long since set her heart on becoming a farrier when she leaves school – if only it weren't for her constant back pain. A poetic film about longing, happiness, dreams and the transient nature of life.
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awards
Festival Award Malmö 2017 (Best New Nordic Voice, Nordisk Panorama, Sverige)
Special Mention 2017 (Honourable Mention, Nordic/Docs, Norge)
PROD INFO
Screenplay: Annika Karlsson, Jessica Karlsson
Director: Annika Karlsson, Jessica Karlsson
Editor: Annika Karlsson, Jessica Karlsson
DOP: Kate McCullough
Additional Cinematographer: Sara Svärdsén
Production: Hey Sister Film Systerskaparna Ab
Colorist/Motion graphics: Nils Fridén (Velourfilm)
Sound designer: Torsten Rundqvist
Sound recording: Annika Karlsson, Jessica Karlsson
Music Composer: Micael Henriquez, Ivo Saint
Audio Sync: Micael Henriquez
Graphic Design: Agnes Florin, Sepidar Hosseini
Artistic advice: Ewa Cederstam, Mia Engberg.
Translation: Annie Marichal, Joseph Rees
Archive Footage: Associated Press
Financial support: The Swedish Institut, Klara Grunning, Cecilia Lidin
Konstnärsnämden, Filmbasen: Ann-Marie Söhrman Fermelin
In collaboration with:
SVT, Charlotte Hellström
festivals
Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin
Hot Docs International Film Festival, Toronto
DMZ Docs, Goyang 고양
Nordisk Panorama, Malmö
Göteborgs Internationella Filmfestival, Göteborg
Beldocs, Belgrad
Festival Cinèma Jeune Public, Lousanne
Exground 30th Filmfest, Weisbaden
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Reykjavik
Irish Screen America, New York
Irish Film Institue Doc Fest, Dublin
29th Galway Film Fleadh, Galway
57th Zlin Film Festival, Zlin
Nordic/Docs, Fredrikstad
Tempo Dokumentärfestival, Stockholm
Doc Lounge, Kalmar
Berlin Documentary Film Club, Berlin
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Loving Lorna