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6 Conceptions Of Freedom
Original title 6 Forestillinger om frihet
Alternate title Si sedes is
Type Documentaries
Director Thomas A. Østbye
Short summary 6 Conceptions of Freedom is a study of Alexander Kiellands plass in Oslo, looking at the social and physical frames of imagination. It's a documentary that explores loneliness and powerlessness in our ideal of 'freedom'. Is freedom a question of uncertainty or happiness, action or condition?
Cast Kjell Solberg, Rune Johansen, Eleni Kavadias, Inger Lorentzen, Hai Ngyen Dinh
Screenplay Thomas A. Østbye
D.O.P Jon Christian Simensen, Øystein Mamen
Editor Thomas A. Østbye
Composer Franz Schubert
Sound Rune van Deurs
Producer Thomas A. Østbye
Production company Thomas A Østbye
Tverrbakken 4c, 0475 oslo, Norway
(47)41449611 PLYMSERAFIN.com
Country of origin Norway
Release date (national) 2006-11
Technical information
Format 35mm
Screen ratio 1:1,85
Colour Colour
Sound System Dolby SRD
Length in min's 19
Length in meters 520
No. of reels 1
Festival participation 2006 Oslo International Film Festival
2007: EuroDok, European Documentary Film Festival, Oslo, Norway
2007 Kontakt - Ukranian Documentary Film Festival - Norwegian special
2007 Silverdocs: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Film Festival, Washington
2007 Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad
2007 Euganea Movie Movement, Intl Festival of Short Film and Documentary, Italy
2007 Palic European Film Festival, Serbia
2007 Split Int'l Film Festival
2007 BIFF, Bergen Int. Film Festival
2007 Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival
2007 Madrid Experimental Cinema Week, Spain
2008 Aye Aye Film festival, Nancy, France
Prizes received 2007 Euganea Movie Movement, Short and Documentary Festival, Italy: Best Documentary
URL http://www.plymserafin.com/6_concepts_of_freedom.html

 


 
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Director biography:
Thomas A. Østbye (b. 1979) is an artist and film director, running PLYMSERAFIN production company. He works with documentary material in film, photography and installations.
His short documentary In your dreams received numerous awards and nominations, among them the ”Prix Française” at the National Art Exhibition in the autumn of 2005, the Best Short Film Award at Bergen International Film Festival and the Award For Best Documentary at Euganea Movie Movement. It was also nominated for the National Film Award Amanda for best short film in 2005 and bought by the Arts Council Norway.

Filmography:
2009: Human
2007: 6 Conceptions of Freedom | Veil
2005: In Your Dreams
2004: Shaping Up
2002: H&M
2001: Breakfast #1

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