Meanwhile on Earth
Samtidigt på jorden
Directed by
Sweden, Estonia, Denmark
2020
73 min
- Swedish
Documentary
When we die, there are still some practicalities needed to be taken care of before our time among the living is finally over. MEANWHILE ON EARTH enters the world around our end station, an industry of death, a place where the existential meets the mundane, and the sacred meets the profane.
Festivals
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Credits
- Screenplay
- Carl Olsson
- Cinematography
- Mathias Døcker
- Jonathan Elsborg
- Editing
- Sofie Steenberger
- Music
- Sten Sheripov
- Sales
- SYNDICADO FILM SALES
- Production
- DE ANDRA
- Production
- ALLFILM
- Production
- FILM I SKANE
- Production
- SVERIGES TELEVISION SVT
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Carl Olsson
Sweden
Carl Olsson was born in Sweden in 1984, lives in Copenhagen where he graduated from The National Film School of Denmark in 2013. His graduation film BLESSED BE THIS PLACE was Nominated for the Danish Academy Award, Robert 2014, and the prestigious Camerimage for its camerawork, has travelled to numerous festivals and won several international awards. His previous film from The Danish Film School, MR. MAGDY, ROOM NUMBER 17 PLEASE, won Special Mention at Stockholm International Film Festival 2013. Carl Olsson looks with a sharp and loving eye on the human being, exploring oddities in our systems and cultures, where we humans always seem to peep through the cracks in its systemic perfection. His latest film PATRIMONIUM (2019) premiered at Göteborg Film Festival.
