PARADISE IS BURNING

2023

FEATURE FILM

Sisters Laura (16), Mira (12) and Steffi (7), live alone in a working class housing in suburban Sweden, as their mother often disappears for lengthy periods. When Social Services demands a meeting, Laura is obliged to find someone to play their mom, to avoid the sisters being placed in foster care and separated.

Original title: Paradiset brinner

Tuffi Films minority co-production

CREDITS

SCREENWRITERS
Mika Gustafsson, Alexander Öhrstrand

DIRECTOR
Mika Gustafsson

PRODUCER
Nima Yousefi / HOBAB

CO-PRODUCERS
Venla Hellstedt & Jenni Jauri
Tuffi Films

Maria Stevnbak Westergren
Toolbox Film

Marco Valerio Fusco & Micaela Fusco
Intramovies

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Sine Vadstruo Brooker, DFF

PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Catharina Nyqvist Ehrnrooth

EDITOR
Anders Skov

CASTING DIRECTOR
Elin Ström

COSTUME DESIGNER
Susse Roos

MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGNER
Kaisa Pätilä

ORIGINAL SCORE
Giorgio Giampà

MUSIC SUPERVISION
Rasmus Thord & Li Stanley
Solid Music Supervision

SOUND DESIGNER
Gustaf Berger

LINE PRODUCER
Claus Willadsen