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Handling the Undead

Handling The Undead

    All titles (3)
    Feature Film | 2023 | Arthouse, Drama, Horror, Mystery | Greece, Norway, Sweden

    Main data

    DirectorThea Hvistendahl
    Written byThea Hvistendahl, John Ajvide Lindqvist, John Ajvide Lindqvist (literary source)
    ProductionEinar Film & Fortellinger [no], Filmiki [gr], Zentropa Sweden [se]
    DistributorAnonymous Content [us], Neon [us], Nordisk Film Distribusjon [no], Stowarzyszenie Nowe Horyzonty [pl], TrustNordisk ApS [dk]

    Project data

    Film financing

    Cast

    Posters

    • English

    Brief synopsis

    Follows three families, each having a tragic loss. Mahler and his daughter Anna mourn the too early passing of his grandson. Tora says her final goodbye to her wife and a family of four faces a life without a wife and mother.

    Cast

    ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
    Renate ReinsveAnna [L]
    Bjørn SundquistMahler [L]
    Bente BørsumTora [L]
    Anders Danielsen LieDavid [L]
    Jan HrynkiewiczPeter [SR]

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    Director of photographyPål Ulvik Rokseth
    Casting directorSofia Dimopoulou
    Greece    		Greece
    Costume designerBente Ulvik
    DirectorThea Hvistendahl
    Script supervisorAslaug Konradsdottir
    GafferVaggelis Roussis
    Greece    		Greece
    Key makeup artistTerje Rødsjø
    Makeup artistDimitra Giatrakou
    Fx makeup artistMorten Jacobsen
    ComposerPeter Raeburn
    ProducerKristin Emblem
    ProducerGuri Neby
    Executive producerNicholas Alavanos
    Co-producerLizette Joncic
    Co-producerNick Shumaker
    Co-producerDimitris Logiadis
    Art directorMirjam Veske
    Set decoratorVictoria Waelgaard
    Production managerJessica Balac
    Sweden    		Sweden
    Production coordinatorKatia Chatzistogianni
    Greece    		Greece
    Location managerDag Erik Amdam
    ScreenwriterThea Hvistendahl
    ScreenwriterJohn Ajvide Lindqvist
    Literary sourceJohn Ajvide Lindqvist
    Production sound mixerHelge Bodøgaard
    Sound designerNils Viken

    Production companies

    CompanyComment
    Einar Film & Fortellinger [no]
    Filmiki [gr]
    co-production    		co-production
    Zentropa Sweden [se]
    co-production    		co-production

    Distribution / Sales companies

    CompanyComment
    Anonymous Content [us]
    US sales    		US sales
    Neon [us]
    North American and UK rights    		North American and UK rights
    Nordisk Film Distribusjon [no]
    Norway    		Norway
    Stowarzyszenie Nowe Horyzonty [pl]
    Poland (theatrical)    		Poland (theatrical)
    TrustNordisk ApS [dk]
    world sales    		world sales

    Awards

    Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
    Peter Raeburn2024Sundance Film Festival [us]
    World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Original Music    		World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Original MusicWinner
    Thea Hvistendahl2024Sundance Film Festival [us]
    World Cinema Dramatic Competition    		World Cinema Dramatic CompetitionNominated

    Cinema releases and premieres

    TypeCountryDateComment
    Theatre releaseNorwayFriday, 01/12/2023

    Links

    Articles / Reports
    https://variety.com/2022/film/global/trustnordisk-renate-reinsve-handling-the-undead-1235349984/
    https://deadline.com/2022/09/renate-reinsve-film-handling-the-undead-acquired-by-neon-1235110395/
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/neon-acquires-handling-the-undead-renate-reinsve-1235213842/