All about My Father (Alt om min far)

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All about My Father
Original title	Alt om min far
Type	Documentaries
Director	Even Benestad
Short summary	"All about my father" is a personal documentary about a well-respected doctor and transvestite in a small religious 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 old nostalgic S8mm and 16mm archive family footage, he set out to make a film about his transvestite father.
Summary	"All about my father" is a personal documentary about a well-respected doctor and transvestite in a small religious 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 old nostalgic S8mm and 16mm archive family footage, he set out to make a film about his transvestite father. "Contrary to my father’s idea that this film will promote him as a colourful and different person who uses all his time and effort to combat the cultural bureaucracy, I wish to make a deeply personal portrait where the father-son problem area is considerate, and where the amount of harm one person’s self-realisation can have on others is established. Dad’s transvestism forms the basis of the film, and is a recurring theme that will guide us through a somewhat different family saga. 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 - confrontation was both pertinent and meaningful to make this a genuine film." - Even Benestad
D.O.P	Steffan Strandberg, Bjørn Eivind Aarskog
Editor	Erik Andersson
Composer	John Erik Kaada
Producer	Exposed Filmproduction AS
Production company	Exposed Film Production as \| Møllergt 28 \| 0178 Oslo
Co-producer	Carsten Holst, Zentropa Real ApS
Country of origin	Norway, Denmark
Release date (national)	2002-02-22
Release date (international)	2002-02-10
Technical information
Format	35mm
Screen ratio	1:1,66
Colour	Colour - B/W
Sound System	Dolby SRD
Length in min's	77
No. of reels	4
International sales	Trust Film Sales, Annakarin Strøm, Avedøre Tværvej 10, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark tel.: + 45 3686 8701, fax: + 45 3677 4448 e-mail: annakarin@trust-film.dk
Festival participation	This film has been screened at more than 100 festivals. Please go to download pages for a complete list
Prizes received	This film has received numerous international awards, please go to download pages for a complete overview:
URL	http://www.exposed.no

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Director Even Benestad Even Benestad, born Sept. 16, 1974 in Grimstad, Norway. Studied cinematography at Oslo Film and Television Academy. His first feature-length documentary All About My Father (2002) was screened at more than 100 film festivals, and received both national and international acclaim.