Private Project

Strings

A game with explosives backfires and we are thrown back in time into a crucial year in a group of young people’s lives. Strings is a tender yet humorous everyday poetic depiction of young people on a collision course with an alienated adult world.

  • Cecilia Torquato de Oliveira
    Director
  • Cecilia Torquato de Oliveira
    Writer
  • Josef Kullengård
    Producer
  • Johannes Nyholm
    Producer
    The Giants, Koko-di-Koko-da
  • Wille Stening
    Key Cast
    "Gabriel"
  • Alexander Trunk
    Key Cast
    "Kalle"
  • Milis Alexandersson
    Key Cast
    "Lovisa"
  • Karl Mbah
    Key Cast
    "Azi"
  • Jim Foufas
    Key Cast
    "Tim"
  • Jonathan Nilsson
    Key Cast
    "Max"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Coming-of-Age, Sport
  • Runtime:
    40 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 23, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    121,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Sweden
  • Country of Filming:
    Sweden
  • Language:
    English, Swedish
  • Shooting Format:
    BMPCC4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.39
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Göteborg Film Festival
    Gothenburg
    Sweden
    January 27, 2023
    World Premiere
    Official Selection section Nordic Light
Distribution Information
  • Kvarteret Filmproduktion
    Country: Sweden
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Cecilia Torquato de Oliveira

Cecilia Torquato de Oliveira is a Swedish-Brazilian artist, filmmaker and scriptwriter based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Her fiction films often portray human vulnerability in relation to the character’s socio-economic position in a cityscape, all captured with a poetic and sensual camerawork. With a refined sense of humor, most of her films show how status shift depending on the environment and the game of power within relationships.

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Director Statement

The title Strings is inspired by the String Theory. It is a philosophical film about parallel timelines, life and death – all disguised into a realistic portrayal of boys in their teens and the gap between them and their parents.