My Skinny Sister
''My Skinny Sister'' () is a 2015 Swedish drama film directed by Sanna Lenken. The film stars Rebecka Josephson and Amy Deasismont. Lenken was anorexic as a teenager, and previously made a short film also about eating disorders. Plot As Stella enters what she hopes will be the exciting world of adolescence, she discovers that her big sister and role model, Katja, is hiding an anorexia nervosa, eating disorder. The disease slowly tears the family apart. Cast *Rebecka Josephson as Stella *Amy Deasismont as Katja *Henrik Norlén as Lasse *Annika Hallin as Karin *Maxim Mehmet as Jacob Critical reception ''Variety'' wrote of the film, "[..] Sanna Lenken brings some humor and charm to a difficult issue before ultimately spiraling into moralistic Afterschool Special territory". The film won the Crystal Bear at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Gothenburg Film Festival. See also *Thin Blue Line (Swedish TV series), ''Thin Blue Line'' (Swedish TV ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sanna Lenken
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Amy Deasismont
Amy Linnéa Deasismont (born 15 April 1992), previously known under the stage name Amy Diamond, is a Swedish actress, screenwriter, director, and singer. She is known for her single " What's in It for Me". The song was a 2005 hit in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. It was the most-played song in Poland that year; it remained in the top ten for four months. She has released six studio albums. To date, her biggest hits have been "What's in It For Me", "Welcome To The City", "Don't Cry Your Heart Out", " It Can Only Get Better", " Stay My Baby", "Is It Love", "Up" and "Thank You". She is also the youngest person in Sweden to have released a greatest hits album. As an actress, she has appeared in 2015's ''My Skinny Sister''. She is also known for her roles in TV series such as ''The Chosen Ones'', ''Thunder in My Heart'', ''Ligga'', and ''Knutby''. Early life Deasismont was born in Norrköping, Sweden as Amy Linnéa Deasismont, the second child of an English father, Lee, a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anorexic
Anorexia nervosa (AN), often referred to simply as anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by Calorie restriction, food restriction, body image disturbance, fear of gaining weight, and an overpowering desire to be thin. Individuals with anorexia nervosa have a fear of being overweight or being seen as such, despite the fact that they are typically underweight. The DSM-5 describes this perceptual symptom as "disturbance in the way in which one's body weight or shape is experienced". In research and clinical settings, this symptom is called "body image disturbance" or Body dysmorphic disorder, body dysmorphia. Individuals with anorexia nervosa also often deny that they have a problem with low weight due to their altered perception of appearance. They may weigh themselves frequently, eat small amounts, and only eat certain foods. Some patients with anorexia nervosa Binge eating, binge eat and Purging disorder, purge to influence their weight or shape. Purging can manifest a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Henrik Norlén
Henrik Norlén (born 2 September 1970) is a Swedish actor. Selected filmography Film Television References External links * 1970 births Living people Swedish male film actors People from Karlstad {{Sweden-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Annika Hallin
Annika Susanne Hallin is a Swedish actress. She was born in Hägersten, Stockholm, and studied at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting 1995 – 1999. In 2001 Hallin was one of those who started ''Teater Nova''. She was married to Lars Norén (2007–2013), when they worked together at the National Swedish Touring Theatre and with the play ''Stilla vatten'', and they have a daughter together, Hallin has two daughters from an earlier relationship. Filmography *1999: '' En häxa i familjen'' - Schoolteacher *2000: '' Soldater i månsken'' (TV Mini-Series) - Li *2002: '' Skeppsholmen'' (TV Series) - Anja Kulle *2002: ''Beck'' (TV Series) - Mamman *2004: '' Graven'' (TV Mini-Series) - Fanny Popescu *2005: '' Kissed by Winter'' - Victoria *2006: ''När mörkret faller'' - Stella Forsberg *2007: '' Arn – The Knight Templar'' - Syster Leonore *2008: '' Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End'' - Syster Leonore (uncredited) *2008: ''Patrick, Idade 1,5'' - Eva *2009: '' De ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Maxim Mehmet
Maxim Mehmet (born 2 July 1975) is a German actor. He inherited his surname from his Crimean Tatar grandfather. He lived with his spouse in Berlin before he moved to Vienna. Selected filmography * '' NVA'' (2005) * ' (2008) * '' The Red Baron'' (2008) * ''Tatort'' (since 2008, TV series) * '' Ein Job'' (2008) * ' (2008) * '' Men in the City'' (2009) * '' Beloved Berlin Wall'' (2009) * '' The Good Neighbour'' (2011) * ''Faust'' (2011) * ' (2012, TV film) * '' Generation War'' (2013, TV miniseries) * ' (2014, TV film) * ''My Skinny Sister'' (2015) * ''Heidi ''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published between 1880 and 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' () and ''Heidi: How She Used What She Learned'' ( ...'' (2015) References External links * * 1975 births Living people German male film actors Actors from Kassel German people of Crimean Tatar descent German peo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Crystal Bear
The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale (), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europe's " Big Three" film festivals alongside the Venice Film Festival held in Italy and the Cannes Film Festival held in France. Furthermore, it is one of the " Big Five", the most prestigious film festivals in the world. The festival regularly draws tens of thousands of visitors each year. About 400 films are shown at multiple venues across Berlin, mostly in and around Potsdamer Platz. They are screened in nine sections across cinematic genres, with around twenty films competing for the festival's top awards in the Competition section. The major awards, called the Golden Bear and Silver Bears, are decided on by the international jury, chaired by an internationally recognisable cinema personality. This jury and other specialised Berlinale ju ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2015 Berlin International Film Festival
The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 February 2015, with American film director Darren Aronofsky as the president of the jury. German film director Wim Wenders was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear. The first seven films of the festival were announced on 15 December 2014. Isabel Coixet's '' Nobody Wants the Night'' was the festival's opening film. Iranian docu-drama ''Taxi'', directed by Jafar Panahi, won the Golden Bear, and was the closing film of the festival. For the first time in 2015, a ''Berlin Critics' Week'' ran parallel to the official festival. Similar to Cannes Critics' Week, the section was a sidebar run by the German Film Critics Association dedicated to independent filmmakers. Juries Main Competition * Darren Aronofsky, American filmmaker and producer- Jury President * Daniel Brühl, German actor * Bong Joon-ho, South Korean director and screenwriter * Martha De Laurentiis, American film producer * Claudia Llosa, Per ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gothenburg Film Festival
Göteborg Film Festival (GFF), formerly Göteborg International Film Festival (GIFF), known in English as the Gothenburg Film Festival, formerly Gothenburg International Film Festival, is an annual film festival in Gothenburg, Sweden and the largest film event in Scandinavia. When it was launched on February 8, 1979, it showed 17 films on 3 screens and had 3,000 visitors. Today, the film festival takes place over 10 days each year at the end of January and beginning of February. In recent years an estimated 450 films from 60 countries annually have been screened for 115,000 visitors. The film festival is an important market place for contractors in the movie industry. Awards the following prizes were awarded: Dragon Awards * Dragon Award Best Nordic Film (Nordiska filmpriset) * Dragon Award Best Acting (since 2019) * Audience Dragon Award Best Nordic Film – (Nordiska Filmpriset – Publikens val) * Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary (since 2013) * Dragon Award Best Inter ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thin Blue Line (Swedish TV Series)
''Thin Blue Line'' () is a Swedish police procedural drama television series created by Anagram Sweden. It premiered on Sveriges Television (SVT) in Sweden on 17 January 2021. A second season was aired in 2022, with a third season broadcast on. SVT in September 2024. Synopsis The first season of the series consists of 10 episodes, and follows the private and professional struggles of six police officers working in the multicultural southern Swedish city of Malmö, with more emphasis on their personal drama than crime-driven plot. In the words of the writer, the series asks the questions "How do you remain a whole human being seeing so much hardship, so many horrid things?... How can I be a hopeful person in this world we live in, with the problems we have?", and shows how the four main characters cope in different ways. Cast and characters The main characters are: * Sara – Amanda Jansson * Magnus – Oscar Töringe * Leah – Gizem Erdogan * Jesse – Per Lasson *Danijel ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2015 Films
2015 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths. Fox Film (now 20th Century Fox), Universal City, California and Universal Studios Lot celebrated their 100th anniversaries; '' The Sound of Music'' and Dolby celebrated their 50th anniversaries. Evaluation of the year Richard Brody of '' The New Yorker'' described 2015 as, "one of Hollywood's worst years" but also stated that it was also "a terrific year for movies over all". He emphasized that, "The anticipated Oscarizables have mainly ranged from the blandly enjoyable to the droningly disastrous. Partly, the problem is merely one of scheduling: most of Hollywood's inspired directors, the ones whose images have a natural musical sublimity and complexity, weren't on call this year. My list reflects the unfortunate accident of a calendar year with no release by many of the best American directors working in or out of th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |