AMALIMBO
2016 Films
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15m
AMALIMBO is the story of Tipuana, a five year-old girl who experiences the limbo when she tries to pass to ”the other side” in her desperate urge to meet again with her recently deceased father.
It is a short story that happens in an undefined place, and also in an undefined future.
Direction: Juan Pablo Libossart
Script: Juan Pablo Libossart
Production: Johanna Lind, Johanna Lind, Marianne Ostrat
Editing: Juan Pablo Libossart
Production Design: Roland Seer
Animation: Roland Seer, Denis Chapon, Miguel Mealla Black
Sound: Gustaf Berger, Lars Wignell
Original Score: Åsa Carlson, Anders Kjellberg
Cast: Margaretha Ulfendahl, Anna Odell
Original Title: AMALIMBO
Original Language: Swedish
Film Production Countries: Sweden, Estonia
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/amalimbo/?fref=ts
Statement of the Director/s
Working on AMALIMBO was a way of dealing with death for me. It is a story that takes place in a reality and a dream-altered reality at the same time. Animation and live action, dialogue between characters and backgrounds suggest the presence of the dreamworld in the real world. AMALIMBO wonders about death and also about the force of life.
Biography of the Director/s
Born in 1978 in Argentina, Juan Pablo Libossart re-located to Sweden in 2001. He completed the MBS’s European Master of Audiovisual Management (MEGA) in 2010 and EAVE in 2013. Juan Pablo Libossart has produced films for Erik Gandini, Marcus Lindeen and Jesper Ganslandt, to name but a few. AMALIMBO is his debut as a director and writer.
Awards Won
Venice FF: EFA Nomination
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