W (2022 film)

W
Official film poster
Directed byAnna Eriksson
Written byAnna Eriksson
Produced byAnna Eriksson
StarringAnna Eriksson
CinematographyMatti Pyykkö
Edited byAnna Eriksson
Music byAnna Eriksson
Release dates
Running time
102 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguagesFrench, Cantonese

W is a 2022 Finnish dystopian experimental film directed by Anna Eriksson. It premiered at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival out of competition.[1][2][3]

Cast

  • Anna Eriksson as Madame Europe
  • Hanna Trygg as nurse
  • Jussi Parviainen as revolutionary
  • Parco Lee as Chinese man-machine
  • Jooseppi Pyykkö
  • Iida Rauma as nurse
  • Ninja Sarasalo as nurse
  • Karina Kivilahti as nurse
  • Kirsi Nisonen as nurse
  • Marianna Uutinen as nurse
  • Eeva Trygg as nurse
  • Minttu Vesala as nurse

Plot

In a desolate, snowbound land, the dying Madame Europa desperately clings to life with the help of her enigmatic Chinese male companion. Meanwhile, within an icy institute, a group of nurses diligently continue their strange and seemingly senseless tasks until their trance is shattered by the arrival of a stranger.

Awards

The film received the Best Director, Best Actress (Anna Eriksson) and Best Art Direction awards at the 2023 Prague Independent Film Festival.[4]

At the 2023 Vienna Independent Film Festival the film received Best Feature Film and Best Film Score awards.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Marta Bałaga. "Anna Eriksson - Director of W - I was looking for truthful pain". Cineuropa.
  2. ^ "Anna Eriksson näytteli uuden elokuvansa pääroolin kivuliaassa rautapuvussa jäätävässä kylmyydessä: Voin kohdella itseäni tällä tavalla, en muita" [Anna Eriksson played the lead role in her new film in a painful iron suit in the freezing cold: I can treat myself this way, not others]. YLE (in Finnish).
  3. ^ "«W», un'Europa in decomposizione nel sogno malato di un corpo". IL Manifesto.
  4. ^ "The Winners of the Prague Independent Film Festival". WorldFilmGeek.
  5. ^ "Denis Kryuchkov's 'The Whirlpool' Wins Grand Prix at 8th Vienna Independent Film Festival". Vimooz.
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