FAMILJEN / FAMILY CIRCUS (short documentary film, 2025)

* * * PREMIERE * * *
January 26, 2025 at Göteborg Film Festival where the film was nominated for Startsladden / Dragon Award Best Swedish Short, Sweden’s most prestigious short film competition as well as one of the world’s largest short film prizes.
 
TV premiere: April 18, 2025!
Cinema premiere: March 26, 2025!
 
International premiere
May, 2026 at Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), one of the largest and most important festivals for artistic animated film in Europe and worldwide as well as an Oscar-qualifying film festival.

WATCH THE FILM HERE, ON SVT PLAY!

ABOUT THE FILM
Ex-wives, offspring, mother-in-laws, stepchildren and other loosely related people and close ones. Norms, jealousy, frustration and love… A number of individuals tell a story – big or small – about their own FAMILY CIRCUS.
 
Seven stories from everyday life, about the family. An animated short documentary film by Malin Erixon.

CREW
Idea, script & director: Malin Erixon
Producer: Malin Erixon
Production company: Ganzanderes Animation
Co-producers: Sveriges Television and Film Stockholm
Associate producer: Johan Ribe/J.R. Production
Animation, illustration & design: Malin Erixon
Music: Christofer Ahde
Sound design & sound mix: Gabrielle Wikhede
Editing: Malin Erixon
Dramaturgical and artistic advisor: Johan Ribe
Grading & mastering: Nils Fridén/Velourfilm
Interviews conducted by: Malin Erixon
Sound technicians (interview recordings):
Jens Back & Hanna Brandén / Straydog Studios (Stockholm)
Johan Chandorkar / Umami produktion (Malmö)

♥ SPECIAL THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO GENEROUSLY SHARED STORIES ABOUT THEIR FAMILY! ♥

IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH
• Sveriges Television / Helena Ingelsten and Valentina Chamorro Westergårdh
• Film Stockholm / Ivana Lalovic

WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM
• The Swedish Film Institute / film commissioner Anna Weitz​
• The Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Konstnärsnämnden)
• Stiftelsen Längmanska Kulturfonden
• Film Västmanland

DISTRIBUTION: Folkets Bio

PRODUCTION INFO
Technique: Computer 2D animation
Duration: 14.5 min
Genre: Documentary
Original title: Familjen
English title: Family Circus
Target group: Adults

STATUS
• International premiere: May, 2026!
Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), one of the largest and most important festivals for artistic animated film in Europe and worldwide as well as an Oscar-qualifying film festival.
 
• TV premiere: April 18, 2025!
• Cinema premiere: March 26, 2025!
• Festival premiere: January 26, 2025!
 
• Grading & mastering – finished
• Sound design & mix – finished
• Music – finished
• Financing – finished
• Editing – finished
• Animation – finished
• Background design – finished
• Character design – finished
• Animatic – finished
• Storyboard – finished
• Script – finished
• Scetches – finished
• Interviews – finished
• Research – finished