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SHORT FILM

SVÆRDDRAGE

In a home for struggling girls, young Milo is transitioning gender with the support of care worker Nicki. One day, through the thin walls of the institution, Milo hears something they wish they hadn’t. They push the emergency button.

Selections

Official Selection at Berlinale 2023

Official Selection at KVIFF 2023 (Future Frames Winner)

Official Selection at  BUSTER Copenhagen Film Festival 2023

Official Selection at Filem’on International Film Festival 2023

Official Selection at Kinolub 2023

Official Selection at Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival 2023

Official Selection at Lovers Film Festival 2023

Official Selection at Pink Screens Brussels 2023

Official Selection at TEDDY Award 2023

Official Selection at RIFF 2023

Official Selection at MIX Copenhagen 2023

Official Selection at Nordisk Panorama 2023

Official Selection at Robert Awards 2023 (nominated)

Official Selection at Vienna Shorts 2023

Official Selection at Amandus Blikfang Film Festival 2023

Official Selection at Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2023

Official Selection at Mezipatra Queer Film Festival 2023

Official Selection at Mezipatra Queer Film Festival 2023

cast
Anna Zerbib Streitz
Niklas Herskind
Petrine Agger
Isabella Møller Hansen
DIRECTED BY
Amalie Maria Nielsen
produced by
Emma Ethelberg
Emma Lind
Written by
Amalie Maria Nielsen
Oscar Anker Wiedeman
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Otto Juel Grumme
Ronja Hage Tange
EDITOR
Laura Andrea
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Lina Elvekjær Biehl
COMPOSER
Patrick Svaneberg Vejen
CASTING
Anna Hoffman
SOUND DESIGNER
Patrick Svaneberg
FIRST AD
Henrik Danielsen
Ditte Marie Pedersen
Costume
Victoria Morabbi
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Katrine Dolmer
Set Dressers
Sally Moreni Risell
Marie Elbæk Thomsen
Colorist

Olesya Kireeva

First AC

Thomas Elmue Gregersen

GAFFER
Birk Kromann
BEST BOY
Agnes Marie Kristiansen
SECOND AC

August Block

VFX
Lucas Lindvig
DIT
Peter Bjerggaard
THIRD AC
Emil Martin Pedersen
Production coordinator
Magnus Bjørck Adrian
RUNNER
Marie List Amstrup
STEADICAM OPERATOR
Lars Nørlund