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Upp i det blå

Up in the Sky

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‘There are no cops in space. No rules.’ · ‘And parents don't need to work all the time. At least not when it's your birthday.’

Pottan is supposed to be spending her holidays at a pony farm, but her parents, who are always busy, end up leaving their eight-year-old daughter at a recycling yard by mistake. After a short discussion, the strange residents of the yard decide to take in the girl and she unexpectedly becomes part of a secret space mission. They are all sure that up there they will find fabulous treasures and the fulfillment of their dreams. Petter Lennstrand's life-size puppets are already well known to Swedish TV viewers. In his debut feature film, his cheeky, unconventional characters tell a tale of friendship and the meaning of seemingly unimportant things.

by
Petter Lennstrand

Sweden 2016

Swedish

82’ · Colour

recommendation: 8 years and up

With

Mira Forsell (Pottan)
Adam Lundgren (Dennis Crowbar)
Guffe Funck (Ture)
Petter Lennstrand (Rydberg)
Shebly Niavarani (Babblan Krubblo)
Ida Engvoll (Miss Il)
Susanne Thorson (Mother)
Eric Ericson (Father)
Niklas Hermansson (Tangle)

Crew

Director
Petter Lennstrand
Screenplay
Petter Lennstrand, Martin Olczak
Cinematography
Erik Molberg Hansen
Editing
Kristin Grundström
Music
Karl Frid, Pär Frid
Sound Design
Owe Svensson
Sound
Henric Andersson
Production Design
Josefin Åsberg
Puppet Design
Helena Äwe Bäckman, Petter Lennstrand
Costumes
Moa Li Lemhagen Schalin
Make-Up
Eva von Bahr, Love Larson
Casting
Maggie Widstrand, Sara Törnkvist
Production Manager
Anna Carlsten
Producer
Lars Jönsson
Co-Producers
Tomas Eskilsson, Hanne Palmquist
Co-Production
Film Väst, Trollhättan
Sveriges Television (SVT), Stockholm

Biography

Petter Lennstrand

Born in Sweden in 1970, in the 1990s he trained as a puppeteer with Swedish Marionetteatern founder Michael Meschke. He has created a number of popular television shows for children. Initially working mostly with puppets, he has since developed his own technique which blends human actors and puppets. In 2009 he won the Expressen newspaper's Heffaklump prize, a children's culture award originally intended for children's book creators which was in this case bestowed for the first time on a TV series.

Filmography

2016 Upp i det blå (Up in the Sky)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2017

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Memfis Film AB

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