MAZDA (SHORT STUDENT FILM, 2015)
PRODUCER AT SADA / STDH

MAZDA - SHORT STUDENT FILM - 15 MINS - 2015
DIRECTOR & SCREENPLAY - ALEXIS ALMSTRÖM l PRODUCERS - STEFAN HENRIKSSON & MARKUS WALTÅ I DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY - KARIN STENWALL l ART DIRECTION - MARI ERIKSSON l EDITOR - ANTON HEMGREN l COMPOSER - RICKARD AGE l SOUND & MIX - MANNE KJELLANDER, MARTIN LINDSTRÖM & PHILIP ERIKSSON l DRAMATURGE - MARIOAN HOSSEINI
CAST
EVIN AHMAD l GAEL KINSUNGILA l JONATHAN ASABA
LOGLINE
After a brutal police beating, three friends decide to rally up behind the rest of the community into a riot and carburnings in a suburb outside of Stockholm. But their plans take a new turn as they stumble upon an old Mazda.
PLOT
After a brutal police beating, three friends, Sara, Victor and Billy decide to join the community into a riot to protest against the police and to burn cars. After being trapped in a rioting the three are forced to escape the police as they stumble upon an old Mazda. They decide to burn the car but are surprised as the headlights turn on and the night presents a whole new turn of events.
Mazda is the directoral debut of Alexis (Alexis Weak) Almström and is a short film project from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts.
AWARDS & FESTIVAL HISTORY
OFFICIAL SELECTION SWEDISH SHORTS AT 2015 GÖTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
GOLD AWARD (STEFAN HENRIKSSON & MARKUS WALTÅ) IN STUDENT FILM COMPETITION AT 2015 SWEDEN'S SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
BEST ACTRESS - EVIN AHMAD IN STUDENT FILM COMPETITION AT 2015 SWEDEN'S SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
BEST SCREENPLAY - ALEXIS ALMSTRÖM IN STUDENT FILM COMPETITION AT 2015 SWEDEN'S SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - KARIN STENWALL IN STUDENT FILM COMPETITION AT 2015 SWEDEN'S SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
BEST EDITING - JOEL RAYNER IN STUDENT FILM COMPETITION AT 2015 SWEDEN'S SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN