Borta Bra
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Borta Bra is a Swedish short film written by Behrang Behdjou (Swedish link), directed by Ulf Friberg(Swedish link) and produced by Jesper Bergom-Larsson (Swedish link). The film deals with six young Swedes with roots in various parts of the world, who examine Sweden and their lives there. The film was produced by Saltfilm Sweden with the support of the Swedish television channel SVT
and the Swedish Film Institute
Borta Bra won the year's short film prize at the Gothenburg International Film Festival
on the 1st of February 2007.
The citation for the prize said "Sometimes it looks and sounds like a cliché. Sometimes it looks like a film but just as often it feels like you are in a theatre. Sometimes it sounds like prose, but it comes out like poetry. Just when we had thought that everything had been said on this subject, and we already knew it all, they have come along and added a little more. There is a touch of the lonely about it, and a little of the desolate but also a little beautiful. A lot is said between the lines, from an exquisite text carefully played out. The acting is sharp and effective".
Borta Bra is derived from the Swedish saying "Borta bra men hemma bäst" meaning "travel is good but home is best"
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...
and the Swedish Film Institute
Swedish Film Institute
The Swedish Film Institute was founded in 1963 to support and develop the Swedish film industry. The institute is housed in the Filmhuset building located in Gärdet, Östermalm in Stockholm...
Borta Bra won the year's short film prize at the Gothenburg International Film Festival
Gothenburg Film Festival
Göteborg International Film Festival is an annual film festival in Gothenburg, Sweden, launched in 1979. The first year the festival showed 17 films on 3 screens, and had 3 000 visitors. Today, the film festival is the biggest in Scandinavia and takes place 10 days every year between January and...
on the 1st of February 2007.
The citation for the prize said "Sometimes it looks and sounds like a cliché. Sometimes it looks like a film but just as often it feels like you are in a theatre. Sometimes it sounds like prose, but it comes out like poetry. Just when we had thought that everything had been said on this subject, and we already knew it all, they have come along and added a little more. There is a touch of the lonely about it, and a little of the desolate but also a little beautiful. A lot is said between the lines, from an exquisite text carefully played out. The acting is sharp and effective".
Borta Bra is derived from the Swedish saying "Borta bra men hemma bäst" meaning "travel is good but home is best"