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(ALT OM MIN FAR)
All about my father is a personal documentary
about a well-respected doctor and transvestite in a small
Christian town, directed by the one person most likely to
convey his story with warmth, humour and irony: his son. Armed
with a small video camera, and with the use of nostalgic Super
8mm family footage, he set out to make a personal portrait
of his transvestite father.
"Contrary to my
father’s idea that this film would promote him as a colourful
and different person who uses all his time and effort to combat
the conservative bureaucracy, I wanted to make a deeply personal
portrait of him where his transvestism and strong self-realisation
forms the basis of the film," says
the director. "I have made this film on my own terms.
It is important to show that my family is not unique - there
are many families like mine, and by making this film I hope
others can see their families in perspective. In order to
do this, I could not compromise – personal confrontation
was paramount in
making this a genuine film."
The film is selected
for the Panorama section at the Berlin
International Film Festival.
| Director: |
Even Benestad |
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| Screenplay: |
Even Benestad |
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| Directors of Photography: |
Steffan Strandberg, Even
Benestad, Bjørn Eivind Aarskog |
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| Editors: |
Erik Andersson, Anders Refn |
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| Music: |
John Erik Kaada |
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| Sound: |
August Hansen |
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| Producer: |
Bjørn Eivind Aarskog
for Exposed Film Productions AS |
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| Associate producer: |
Ola K. Hunnes, Gloria Azalde |
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| Co-producer: |
Carsten Holst for Zentropa
Real APS |
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| Release date: |
22 February 2002 |
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| Norwegian distributor: |
Oro Film AS |
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| Sales: |
Trust Film Sales, Avedøre
Tværvej 10, DK-2650 Hvidovre
Tel: +45 3686 87 88, Fax: +45 36 77 44 48
e-mail: trust@trust-film.dk |
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EVEN
BENESTAD studied directing
and cinematography at the Film & TV Academy in Oslo.
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