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DORIS
In 1999, the Doris network was founded in Sweden with the goal of encouraging and empowering female filmmakers. This omnibus presents seven recent shorts created in accordance with the Doris Manifesto: films must have at least one female lead; scriptwriters are female; the score is composed by a woman; and all key creative positions are filled by women.
| Doris |
| Our friend Doris is a cleaning lady at the Swedish Film Institute who chances upon the Doris Manifesto and takes it to heart. Over the course of her working day, she pulls a few strings and tweaks this and that in an effort to ensure women's projects are getting green lit! Doris' exploits pop-up between each film. |
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| Attached to You (Fäst vid dig) |
| In nine splendidly animated minutes, we see the travails of motherhood in all their glory; conception, single parenthood and rebellious teenage years conspire to form the cycle of life and love in this quirky stop motion animation. |
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| The Frog (Grodan) |
| It's dress-up day at school: the girls are demure princesses and the boys are sword wielding princes. One little princess doesn't like these clichéd gender roles and wants a sword. Why should boys have all the fun? |
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| Rehearsal (Rep) |
| Tap dancing practice takes an interesting twist, becoming a step on the way to budding sexual awakening when one young woman decides to shimmy her way up to the rafters. |
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| Mon 3 |
| Two young women stuck in the woods. Agnes is scared of all the things that go bump in the night and Maria is scared of something much more sinister. |
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| Fish |
| When Gerd's pet goldfish and constant companion dies, the future looks less than rosy. A silver lining shines through when she decides to buy a new fish and makes a new friend along the way. |
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| Susanne Goes Single (Susanne blir singel) |
| Susanne takes an ear bashing from her husband at every turn. While trying to reposition their camper van, she accidentally reverses over him, which becomes an unusual opportunity to reflect on the nature of their relationship and what she really wants in life. |
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| Shoot Me (Skjut mig) |
| An animal activist has just held up a bank and taken a middle-aged woman hostage, who - for some strange reason - seems to relish her role as getaway driver. As the two women try to evade capture, they learn a lesson or two about life and love. |
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