UxÅ : A journey to the heart of the Umeå Hardcore scene

Umeå is 1 hardcore band for every 500 souls. Vegan activism, mosh pit, Straight Edge culture and kids in shambles ... UxÅ, A journey to the heart of the Umeå Hardcore scene tells the story of the explosion of this massive counter-culture in northern Sweden.

Childhood friends and passionate about the different Punk scenes, Gianni Manno, Romain Massé, and Théophile Pillault present a historical documentary, that reaches out to the pioneers of the movement and discover a dynamic, free, instinctive and unique cultural.

  • Gianni Manno
    Director
  • Gianni Manno
    Writer
  • Gianni Manno
    Producer
  • Romain Massé
    Producer
  • Théophile Pillault
    Producer
  • Dennis Lyxzen
    Key Cast
  • Jose Saxlund
    Key Cast
  • Johannes Persson
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    47 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 3, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    Sweden
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Festival Musical Ecran
    Bordeaux
    France
    April 13, 2019
  • UxÅ Swedish Premiere
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    June 4, 2019
    Swedish Premiere
Director Biography - Gianni Manno

Gianni Manno is a videographer Jack-of-all-trades trained at Poitiers Fine Arts School in France. He enjoys experimenting with different kinds of film-writing and is particularly interested in experimental short films and music videos where music matters. In 2007, he began his professional career in a big Studio in Paris where he created many Title credits and visual effects for cinema. Since he mainly works as Motion Designer and VFX Supervisor for different agencies and studios. Fascinated by the different Punk and Hardcore scenes, he embarks with his childhood friends, Romain Massé and Theophile Pillault in a DIY documentary project to meet the Hardcore movement pioneers in Umea, Sweden and tries to understand the history of this cultural dynamic, free and instinctive. He signs his first documentary, "UxÅ" which tells the birth of this underground tale of the twentieth century.

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