A Separation
Karin Ekberg (2014)
One year. Two new beginnings.
Is it ok to throw away the old wedding dress? What do you do with the crystal glasses that nobody wants? A Separation by Karin Ekberg is a tragicomic documentary that portrays the very last acts of a long marriage. A film about the tentative search for a beginning of what – finally, and unfortunately – is over.
Info & Credits
Directed by
Karin Ekberg
Produced by
David Herdies
Cinematography by
Karin Ekberg, Erik Lindeberg
Edited by
Bernhard Winkler
Original music by
Richard Ekre Suzzi
Graphic design by
Cecilia Gustafsson
Sound design & re-recordings
Calle Wachmeister
Colorist
Nanna Dalunde
Online
La Machine
Editor of pilot
Lisa Ekberg/Erland Kristoffersen
With support from
The Swedish Film Institute/Cecilia Lidin; Swedish Television, SVT/Charlotte Hellström & Ingemar Persson; The Swedish Arts Grants Committee; NRK/Tore Tomter
Workshops/Forums
Eurodoc, Twelve for the future
World Sales
Deckert Distribution
Att skiljas | 2013 | 70 min | Swedish | English subtitles|
Awards and nominations
HBO Invisible Camera Award, Budapest International Film Festival 2014
Best Documentary, Nordic Docs, Fredrikstad, 2014
Festivals in selection
CPH:DOX 2013
Tempo Documentary Festival 2014, opening film
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2014
Krakow Film Festival 2014
Nordisk Panorama 2014
Budapest International Film Festival
Nordox, China, 2014
Reviews
Moviezine 4/5
DN 4/5
Sydsvenskan 4/5
TT Spektra 4/5
Press mentions
Karin Ekberg interview by Nicholas Wennö in DN (in Swedish)
“Oavsett om man blir lämnad eller lämnar så skapar man vissa roller som man använder sig av.”
Karin Ekberg interview by Karin Thunberg in SvD (in Swedish)
“Min första tanke var att dokumentera det som hände för vår egen skull, rent privat.”
Karin Ekberg in TV4 program Malou efter tio (in Swedish)
Director Karin Ekberg on the creative process of the movie and what made her document her own parent’s separation.