ANTI-SOCIAL CLUB
"A futuristic tale about human freedom in modern society."
"They enslaved her and took away everything she loved ... Her freedom."
Inspired by the life of and talks with Suzana Lungu
Anti-Social Club is a 24min art-house film about a young woman named Suzana who is living emancipated in nature but then is being forced by norms and rules of society to assimilate into to being a good, productive and law obedient citizen and contribute to society and the economics of the state, thereby becoming a slave of the system.
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Danny GermansenDirectorINNER PROJECTIONS FROM A BROKEN MAN
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Danny GermansenWriterINNER PROJECTIONS FROM A BROKEN MAN
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Danny GermansenProducerINNER PROJECTIONS FROM A BROKEN MAN
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Suzana LunguKey Cast"Herself"THE HEALING
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Rikke SylvestersenKey Cast"Girlfriend"
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Kenneth MadsenKey Cast"Radio Host"
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Mikkel W. KnudsenKey Cast"Authority #1"
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Tabita Fyhn JacobsenKey Cast"Prisoner"
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Thorbjørn Overgaard SchunckKey Cast"Judge"
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Sylvia Toy St. LouiseKey Cast"Brainwash Machine"
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Kevin Hansen LevandowskiKey Cast"Authority #2"
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Steffen GraumannDirector of Photography
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Daria BaiocchiMusic / Soundtrack
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Steffen GraumannColor Grading & Sound MasteringTHE HEALING, KICKING DOWNWARDS, THE SCARES INSIDE
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Sci-Fi, Drama, Futuristic
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Runtime:24 minutes 25 seconds
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Completion Date:March 3, 2018
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Production Budget:1,500 USD
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Country of Origin:Denmark
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Country of Filming:Denmark
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9 HD
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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M.A.D.S MILANO 2018.Milano
Italy
2018
WORLD PREMIER AND SHOWING EXCLUSIVE FOR 2018 -
CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL CULT FILM FESTIVAL 2018Kolkata
India
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
ALTERNATIVE FILM FESTIVAL 2018Toronto
Canada
Nominated as Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy short film and Best Poster -
SOUTH FILM and ARTS ACADEMY FESTIVAL 2018
Chile
Won the prices for Best Sci-Fi Short and Best Costume Design. Plus a Honorable mention for the Screenplay -
LA UNDERGROUND FILM FORUM 2018Los Angeles, California
United States
Honorable Mention 2018 -
CULT CRITIC MOVIE AWARDS 2018Kolkata
India
August 1, 2018
Wiinner Best Amatuer Film 2018 -
WIPE Amateur Film Festival 2018Berlin
Germany
October 26, 2018
OFFICIAL SELECTION -
MIAMI INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2018MIAMI, Florida
United States
November Selection 2018 -
GOLDEN FOX AWARDS 2019Kolkata
India
January 16, 2019
Nominee -
JEAN-LUC GODARD AWARD 2018Kolkata
India
September 16, 2018
Nominated -
OLYMPUS FILM FESTIVAL L.A.Los Angeles
United States
February 1, 2019
Official Selection & Nominated
Distribution Information
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Danny GermansenCountry: WorldwideRights: All Rights
Danny Germansen (Born 1976) is a award-wining filmmaker and video-artist who was raised in a dysfunctional family in a little town on the west coast of Jutland in Denmark called Ribe.
Playing music most of his teenager years, Danny first started to work with video and film at the age of 21. His main body of work are inspired by a life with disability, depression and mental breakdown.
Danny’s early work with films has been used as therapy, a way to work himself out of a low point in his life from his 20’s up thru his 30’s years of life, where he was suffering from severe depression, mental agony, isolation and loneliness – Caused by his troubled childhood with two spinal surgery operations at the age of 9 and 14 which left Danny paralyzed and in a wheelchair. Plus suffering abuse from a psychopathic father who damage him emotional and mentally for life and in the same time also experienced neglect from family and friends.
Those early works that can been seen in the video collection INNER PROJECTIONS FROM A BROKEN MAN. Is videos that show emotions and thoughts from a mental breakdown told thru the media of video.
But Danny does also do other topics as political, social-society and philosophical related work, music and art. Danny’s work has been shown around the world at festivals and various venues. Go to Brujo Art Company website | BrujoArt.com – For more info and to stream films, video-art, and music.
The film is based on the life of and talks with SUZANA LUNGU .
Its a futuristic tale ala GEORGE ORWELL´S 1984.
The idea sprung out from Suzana telling me about her life in Romania. Where she would work in her garden in her bikini taking care of her tomato plants and other plants that she will go to the market to sell. I talked to Suzana about having that kind of freedom where you live in the nature and are your own boss. That you don´t have to be a part of the system or society, but be more or less self-sufficient by living of the land and live a life outside the norms of society without all the martialist things people of the world need today.
Suzana made up the name ANTI-SOCIAL CLUB as a joke that she wanted to make a club for herself to be anti-social in.
So one night I was laying in my bed after a couple hours of sleep, not fully awake, but half a sleep, I suddenly had a picture in my mind. It was very clearly. It pictured Suzana in her bikini – Sitting on her knees in a garden working in the soil and the title ANTI-SOCIAL CLUB was written on top of the picture. From there I developed the story about human freedom contra the state/system/society and it stood very clear to me after having seen that picture in my mind how exactly the film should be written and produced.