Kometen
The Comet | Der Komet
Ulrika Sahlén, Abdi Aziis, Sakine Hazara
Kometen | The Comet | Der Komet by Victor Lindgren
SWE 2016, Berlinale Shorts
© Rasmus West
Victor Lindgren
Kometen | The Comet | Der Komet by Victor Lindgren
SWE 2016, Berlinale Shorts
© Andreas Baader
One of the men is played by Abdi Aziis, who himself has fled from Somalia to Sweden in order to escape the oppression and persecution of gay men. “He is our comet” explains director Victor Lindgren, who, in merely a few selected situations, manages to convey the exertions, the deep abyss, the arrival and the loneliness of those who flee. Both men lay alongside each other on a bench, one arm extended across the other’s belly – an image that symbolizes their intimacy, their shared experience. And in the next moment it’s all gone. Forever. How can life go on?
Victor Lindgren’s film Ta av mig was conferred with a TEDDY Award for Best Short Film at the 2013 Berlinale.
With
- Abdi Aziis
Crew
| Written and Directed by | Victor Lindgren |
| Cinematography | Rasmus West |
| Set Design | Andréas Brännström |
| Sound Design | Christoffer Demby |
| Editing | Rasmus West |
| Production Manager | Anna Brodin |
| Producer | Therese Högberg |
| Executive Producer | Melker Garay |
| Co-Production | MGB International Schweden |
World sales
Produced by
Berlinale Shorts
Producer Therese Hogberg and director Victor Lindgren of Kometen, the two directors Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca of Estás vendo coisas as well as director Gabriel Abrantes and Margarida Lucas, who gave the robot Andy Coughman her voice in Os Humores Artificiais, at the City Kino Wedding.
Kometen · Berlinale Goes Kiez · Feb 16, 2017
Victor Lindgren
Born in Holmsund, Sweden in 1984, he has been working in film and television since high school and is one of the co-owners of Bautafilm production company. He teaches filmmaking to children at festivals and in schools.
Filmography (short films)
2006 Klasskamrater (Classmates) 2010 Var du där då? (Where were you?) 2013 Tony och Lena (Tony and Lena) · Ta av mig (Undress me); Berlinale Shorts 2015 Fiskar Har Inga Känslor (It's Okay To Eat Fish Because They Don't Have Feelings) · Jag Vill Nå Dig (I Turn To You) · Små Små Bitar (Tiny Tiny Pieces) 2016 Robbans Video · Den Blomstertid Nu Kommer (Meet Me In Holmsund) 2017 Kometen
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2017