PLEASURE
2021 Films
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1h 47m
Ninja Thyberg's debut feature PLEASURE is a journey into the American porn industry and follows 19-year-old Bella from Sweden, who arrives in Los Angeles with the dream of becoming the next big porn star.
The film is raw but offers both a human and humorous portrayal of a male-dominated world seen from a female perspective.
Direction: Ninja Thyberg
Script: Ninja Thyberg, Peter Modestij
Production: Erik Hemmendorff
Co-Production: Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå, Leontine Petit, Erik Glijnis, Frédéric Fiore, Eric Tavitian, Peter Possne, Anna Croneman
Cinematography: Sophie Winqvist Loggins
Editing: Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Amalie Westerlin Tjellesen
Production Design: Paula Loos
Costume Design: Amanda Wing Yee Lee
Make-Up: Erica Spetzig, Alyssa Morgan
Sound: Mattias Eklund, Vincent Sinceretti, Evelien van der Molen
Original Score: Karl Frid
Visual Effects: Ludwig Källén, Peter Toggeth Karlsson
Cast: Sofia Kappel, Revika Anne Reustle, Evelyn Claire, Chris Cock, Dana DeArmond, Kendra Spade, Jason Toler
Original Title: PLEASURE
Original Languages: English, Swedish
Film Production Countries: Sweden, Netherlands, France
Website: http://www.plattformproduktion.se/#/pleasure/
Biography of the Director/s
Born in 1984, director and screenwriter Ninja Thyberg graduated in 2015 from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her short film PLEASURE (2013), was awarded the Canal Plus Award in Cannes Critics’ Week and was nominated for best foreign short film at Sundance. The short film HOT CHICKS (2014) won the 1km film award at Stockholm Film Festival, and the short film CATWALK (2015) received the Student visionary Award at Tribeca Film Festival, New York. Her latest short, STALLION, an erotic coming-of-age story, was the opening film of Stockholm Film Festival 2015.
Filmography of the Director/s
2021 PLEASURE
2015 STALLION, short
2015 GIRLS AND BOYS, short
2015 CATWALK, short
2014 GÅ PÅ SALONG, music video
2014 PORN AND POLITICS (EVCP)
2014 HOT CHICKS, short
2013 THE RAT, short
2013 PLEASURE, short
2012 AFRO, short
2011 MOTHER FATHER CHILD, short
2011 ROV, short
2010 WET, short
2010 THE TWO OF US, short
2009 EGALIAS HIGHSCHOOL, short
Awards Won
Art FF 2021: Blue Angel Best Film & Blue Angel Best Female Performance (Sofia Kappel)#
Gothenburg FF 2021: FIPRESCI Prize, Best Feature Film
Production Company:
Plattform Produktion
Ludwig Källén
Vallgatan 9D
Gothenburg, 41116, Sweden
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +46 70 57 50 463
Website: https://www.plattformproduktion.se/
World Sales:
Versatile
Pape Boye
65, rue de Dunkerque
Paris, 75009, France
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +33 1 76 21 61 68
Website: https://www.versatile-films.com/
Press:
Kult PR
Johanna Strand
Brahegatan 30
Stockholm, 114 37, Sweden
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +46 70 73 27 366
Website: https://kultpr.se/
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