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Letter to My Unborn Child
A Film by Ida Åkesson- Hansson, Sweden, 2023
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Original Title
Brev till Mitt Ofödda barn
Country of Production
Sweden
Year of Production
2023
Running Time
02'53''
Language
Swedish
Production budget
66400 USD
Credits
Writers: Ida Åkesson-Hansson, Cast: Dina Gordon, Göran Dyrssen, Cinematographer: Martin Lang, Production Designer: Calle Sundberg, Sound: David Gulich.
Awards
Film Fest Sundsvall October 12, 2023 World Premiere (National Premiere) Nominated Best Short Competition, Nordic International Film Festival - New York October 19, 2023 International Premiere United States
Production
Production Company or Producer
BCD FILM AB
Contact Person
Caroline Drab
Distribution
Distribution Company
BCD Film
Synopsys
The pain after another failed pregnancy can be difficult to manage and a counselor urges a woman to write a letter to her unborn child. The film depicts what was too difficult to type out in words
Name
Ida Åkesson- Hansson
Country
Sweden
Biography
Ida Åkesson is a screenwriter, director and producer based in Southern Sweden. She lived for 20 years in London and directed several shorts, including The Holiday (2010) which was nominated for 1km Film Award at Stockholm Film Festival and Moments (2011) which won Film London Best of Borough's Jury Award. Ida recently directed Letter to My Unborn Child (2023) and the documentary Crossrods (2020). She holds a B.A. in Fine Art from Central St Martin's College of Art and an M.A. in Screenwriting from London College of Communications.
Filmography
2009 Door to Door (short)
2010 The Holiday (short)
2011 Moments (short)
2020 Crossroads (Documentary)
2023 LTMUC (short)
Director's notes
I had never thought much about it, until it happened to myself. The treatment I received at the hospital after my second miscarriage was difficult to take. "Don't worry, 1 in 4 strokes with," the doctor told me, but she did not remember that she herself helped me give birth to a dead baby just six months prior.
Helpful people nearby cannot comfort and when the pain reaches the surface it corresponds to a physical attack on the body.
Miscarriages are not talked about enough, and we would like the film to plant a seed within the viewers; a seed of reference for thoughts and talks.
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