Bathtub
feature lenght film in progress
When being denied her planned c-section late in her pregnancy, 40-year old Acko descends into a game of sex and pornography in an attempt to escape her acute fears.
Bathtub is a dark comedy about intimacy, bodily experiences and fear of childbirth. When pregnant, 40-year-old Acko finds a hole under her zink leading to the bathroom underneath, she discovers a porn film production team shooting a scene in the tub. Before she knows it, she is involved in a relationship with the attractive and impotent 28-year-old lead actor, exploring dark and obscure dimensions of her sexuality in an attempt to come to terms with her acute fears of the coming birth.
“Acko’s situation is based on my own repeated nightmares of being in the final stages of a pregnancy and having an uncontrollable body. To me, this irrevocable, existential state of transition is an inspirational hotbed for a tragic comedy where I get to make a complex portrayal of a woman, her sexuality and her struggle to get her needs met in a bureaucratic healthcare system.” / Vera Sjunnesson, director & writer
Info & Credits
Directed by
Vera Sjunnesson
Scriptwriter
Vera Sjunnesson
Produced by
DAVID HERDIES, MIRJAM GELHORN & MICHAEL KROTKIEWSKI / MOMENTO FILM
Diva Cup
Spec Commercial 2017
Infantile
Short film, 2016
An affectionate moment in synchronized swimming class raises twelve-year-old Mira's courage to test the boundaries of her friendship with the coach.
Starring :
Momo Burns-Min
Eileen Weisinger
Contact:
Vera Sjunnesson
+46 (0)763-196-231 (se)
vera.kastrup@gmail.com
Available here:
https://www.folketsbio.se/film/infantile/
https://www.drakenfilm.se/film/infantile
Screenings
Jan 2016:
- Gothenburg Film Festival, Startsladden (Best Swedish Short) Nominee
April-May 2016:
- Svensk Kortfilm c/o Folkets Bio
- Stockholm Experimental & Animation Film Festival
June 2016:
- Capalbio International Film Festival
Sept 2016:
- Nordisk Panorama Film Festival
- Cinema Queer Int Film Festival
Oct 2016:
- Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Dec 2016:
- KORT og KALD in Hammerfest, Norway
The businessman, the mosquito and the dragon
Documentary in 5 parts, 2013
By vera sjunnesson
To present my obsession with chinoiserie, i worked as an investigator through a documentary filmmaker approach, and also as an utopist looking for a dreamt world which is actually born in my upside down mind. This documentary series was part of a video installation.
Legs
Short film, 2013