On Suffocation
2013 Swedish film
- Petra Ahlin
- Jenifer Mamqvist
Release date
- 19 January 2013 (2013-01-19) (Sundance Film Festival)
Running time
On Suffocation is a 2013 Swedish short film directed by Jenifer Malmqvist. The film was shown on the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and broadcast by ARTE on October 17, 2014. It won Best Short Film 2014 the Guldbagge Awards.
Plot
In Iran, two young men are hanged for being homosexual, a sex crime.
Reception
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/WINNER_NP_AWARDS_BEST_NORDIC_SHORT_FILM_NORDISK_PANORAMA_2013_ON_SUFFOCATION_JENIFER_MALMQVIST_.jpg/220px-WINNER_NP_AWARDS_BEST_NORDIC_SHORT_FILM_NORDISK_PANORAMA_2013_ON_SUFFOCATION_JENIFER_MALMQVIST_.jpg)
Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times called it a "wordless triumph".[1]
At the 2014 Guldbagge Awards, On Suffocation won Best Short Film.[2]
References
External links
- On Suffocation at IMDb
- On Suffocation at Sundance Film Festival
- On Suffocation at anagram.se
- http://www.herfilmproject.com/blog/sundance-day-3-swedish-filmmaker-jenifer-malmqvists-short-film-on-suffocation
- http://afifest.afi.com/sections/T1580
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