KALAK
KALAK • 2024 • FICTION FEATURE • 120 MIN.
Jan is on the run from himself after being sexually abused by his father. Living in Greenland with his little family, he yearns to be a part of the open, collectivist culture and become a Kalak, a “dirty Greenlander”. Based on a true story.
Director ISABELLA EKLÖF
Scriptwriter ISABELLA EKLÖF, KIM LEINE & SISSEL DALSGAARD THOMSEN
Producer MARIA MØLLER KJELDGAARD
Director of Photography NADIM CARLSEN DFF
Production Designer JOSEPHINE FARSØ
Editors ANNA EBORN & ISABELLA EKLÖF
Sound Designer MARK GLYNNE
Make-up Designer SAARA RÄISÄNEN
SFX Make-up Designer EIJA HAKKARAINEN
Costume Designer SASCHA VALBJØRN
Gaffer MARTIN LERCHE
VFX Supervisor PETER HJORTH
Line Producer EMILIE STEEN
Production Manager ANN-SOFIE GRØNDAL
Co-produced by MARIA EKERHOVD & GARY CRANNER (Norway), ERIK GLIJNIS & LEONTINE PETIT (The Netherlands), DAVID HERDIES & MICHAEL KROTKIEWSKI (Sweden), KRISTINA BÖRJESON (Film i Väst), ILONA TOLMUNEN (Finland), EMILE HERTLING PÉRONARD & PIPALUK K. JØRGENSEN (Greenland)
Produced by MANNA FILM in co-production with MER FILM, LEMMING FILM, MOMENTO FILM, FILM I VÄST, MADE, POLARAMA GREENLAND in collaboration with DR, SVT, NRK, YLE in association with BEOFILM with support from DANISH FILM INSTITUTE, FILMFYN, THE CREATIVE EUROPE PROGRAMME – MEDIA, NORDISK FILM & TV FOND, THE GOVERNMENT OF GREENLAND, NAPA – THE NORDIC INSTITUTE IN GREENLAND, SEMERSOOQ MUNICIPALITY CULTURE FUNDKOMMUNEQARFIK SERMERSOOQ, SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE, NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE, MEDIEFONDET ZEFYR, THE NETHERLANDS FILM FUND, THE NETHERLANDS FILM PRODUCTION INCENTIVE, FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION
World Sales TOTEM FILMS
Danish distributor SCANBOX
World premiere at SAN SEBASTIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023 and winner of JURY PRIZE and BEST PHOTO
Danish premiere 7 MARCH 2024
Festivals EUROPEAN FILM FORUM SCANORAMA, TORINO FILM FESTIVAL, TROMSØ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, GOTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL, POLARISE NORDIC FILM NIGHTS, OSTEND FILM FESTIVAL, CRETEIL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL ”FILM DE FEMMES”, ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, URUGUAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, JUNE FILM FEST, TAIPEI FILM FESTIVAL, FILMFEST MUNCHEN, NEW HORIZONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, CINEHILL - MOTOVUN FILM FESTIVAL, CINEMOND DEBUTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, LITFILMS LITERATURE FILM FESTIVAL, HELSINKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, MOLODIST FILM FESTIVAL, FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINEMA DE MONTREAL SAO PAULO FILM FESTIVAL
