Kill the Rich

A couple discusses if a world where, each day, the richest person would die, would be a utopia. As the story unfolds they try to convert their ideas into practice.

  • Alexander Kereklidis Turpin
    Director
  • Alexander Kereklidis Turpin
    Writer
  • Alexander Kereklidis Turpin
    Producer
  • Melina Tranulis
    Key Cast
  • Henrik Borge
    Key Cast
  • Jon Stensby
    Key Cast
  • James Hogg
    Key Cast
  • Samantha Lawson
    Key Cast
  • Catharina Natalie Wandrup
    Director of Photography
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Fiction
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 14, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Norway
  • Country of Filming:
    Norway
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • The Norwegian Short Film Festival
    Grimstad
    Norway
    June 7, 2018
    National premiere
    Honorable mention
  • Gothenburg International Film Festival
    Gothenburg
    Sweden
    January 27, 2018
    Premiere
    Official selection
  • Uppsala International Short Film Festival
    Uppsala
    Sweden
    October 22, 2018
    Official selection
  • Stockmotion
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    October 13, 2018
    Official selection
  • Wunderground Film Festival
    Kemzeke
    Belgium
    November 1, 2018
    Belgian premiere
    Official selection
  • Nordic Labour Film Festival
    Bergen
    Norway
    October 3, 2021
    Official selection
  • Small Axe Radical Short Film Awards Tolpuddle
    Tolpuddle
    United Kingdom
    July 24, 2018
    International premiere
    Winner Best Film
  • Go Short Nijmegen
    Nijmegen
    Netherlands
    April 5, 2019
    Dutch premiere
Director Biography - Alexander Kereklidis Turpin

Born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1989. Graduated from the Norwegian Film School in 2016 with the graduation film Generation Mars that was a Student Academy Award Finalist that year. Kill the Rich is his first more experimental project after working with both documentary and traditional fiction before. Filmography can be seen at:
www.kereklidis.no
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7794377/

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Director Statement

The film explores class hatred sparked by grotesque economic injustice.