LIV

A teenage girl spends the night before the most important day of her life (AKA the day she starts high school) preparing. Through increasingly desperate actions she crafts herself into the person that she thinks she wants to be.

LIV is a short film written and directed by Hillevi Gustafson. It was shot in southern Sweden spring 2023 and is currently beginning its festival run.

CAST:

Sigrid Johnson - Olivia

Elsa Öhrn - Maja

TEAM:

Producers: Amanda Romare & Adina Romare

Director of Photography: Camilla Topuntoli

Production Designer: Frida Andersson Haase

FAD: Malin Englund

First AC: Akira Andersson

Gaffer: Mikael Linell

MUA: Victoria Klingenstierna

Production assistant and DIT: Marcus Csanady

Grade: Johan Eklund

Sound: Mathias Schlegel - Rymdljud

Original score by Elina Nygren, mastered by Jacob Gustavsson

Still photography by Lamia Karic

Produced by Bloody Brilliant Productions AB in co-production with Film i Skåne and the financial support of the Swedish Film institute.