Hadula Film - Project - Pangpang brothers

PANGPANG-BRÖDER
(Twin Brothers)

"Time does not change us. It just unfolds us"
Max Frisch

Twin Brothers is a story of two brothers growing up. Gustav and Oskar are twins. They have the same blond hair and blue eyes. However, they are never mistaken for each other: Gustav is the tallest boy in the class, while Oskar suffers from Achondroplasia, the most common form of short-limb dwarfism.

The boys' uncle, Axel Danielsson, has been filming his nephews since they were eight and will continue doing so until they are eighteen years old, symbolically concluding with the graduation ceremony when they finish upper secondary school in Sweden. This will grant us insight into their differing circumstances and will allow us to share the experience of two unique individuals as they find their own identities and each make their own journey to adulthood.

The boys' parents filmed their very early childhood, enabling us to follow their development from the very beginning. It is immediately apparent how different they are. Oskar, though short, is charismatic attracts all the attention and tackles his disability with panache. Gustav becomes shy and introvert, accompanying his brother on his escapades. As children they explore the world around them, with the landscape of rural Scania county, in the far south of Sweden, forming a backdrop to their adventures, exploring the world.

In his early teens Oskar, with the camera filming everything, chops at his hair until he has a Mohican, dyes what remains of his blond hair black and, to a soundtrack of heavy metal music, drives his electric wheelchair through the Swedish countryside. Gustav, by contrast, often feels unnoticed and neglected. His interests are very different: horses and piano lessons. In one scene he confesses his sense of insecurity to the camera.
This special relationship to the filmmaker is maintained as they grow older. The director has an unique access to the boys and their family. We join the twins in their first episode of drunkenness, staggering through the dark countryside vowing never to touch another drop. We share their thoughts about love, family life, and the future.

Three years ago their parents divorced. It was painful for everyone involved and the resultant wounds are still tender. Gustav and Oskar lost a lot of the security they had enjoyed as they grew up and learned to their cost that a relationship can come to a bitter end. They now live with each parent for one week at a time. Preferably apart from each other.
As the boys grow up, we notice how they change. Their sibling rivalry becomes more complex. Gustav, who was so quiet and reserved for solong, begins to open up. He finds new interests, makes new friends and finds a role for himself in his class. He takes on greater responsibility and is more confident than he used to be when the limelight was so often on Oskar.

Oskar is impulsive and restless, always wanting things to be happening around him. His interests and values change constantly. He hangs around with various groups of friends around town and is still very sociable. He thinks a great deal about his own situation and of those around him: what they all could and should be doing, both now and in the future. He is attracted to the world of graffiti and criminality. He imagines what it would be like to serve a prison sentence and even threatens to bomb
a nearby school.

In 2006 they completed their basic education. It is time to leave the school where their mother has been a teacher and go on one last school trip where everyone has the chance to say their goodbyes before the parting of the ways. Gustav will be leaving home to attend a school 60 kilometres away. He is happy enough about this, but thinks there are far too few girls there. Oskar will remain living at home. Because of his illness, he will have to undergo a complicated and painful knee operation which will confine him to a wheelchair for ten weeks. He also has to repeat a number of courses in order to get better grades. He is constantly thinking about the future and wants to become apprenticed to a photographer while carrying on with his schoolwork.

The narrative structure of the film consists of scenes and fragments, some of which are staged in order to present an inner emotional world and allow time for reflection. The film will be narrated in a
chronological fashion, following in a way that anyone can relate to, the changes, both physical and mental, that occur with the passage of time.

The director's previous work exemplifies his unique abilities as a narrator. The film Axel made when he graduated from the film institute, "Sommarlek", consists of three small stories, all on the theme of
childhood and adolescence. "Sommarlek" established Axel as a director with the talent to create incredible scenes and to tell a story using the entire repertoire that the medium of film has to offer. Brothers is also destined to become both a poetic story about growing up and a powerful narrative film.

THE DIRECTOR Born in 1976, Axel Danielson studied direction at the school of photography and film at Gothenburg University. Axel's graduation film from 2005, "Sommarlek", has received numerous prices at international film festivals around the world and has been sold to several TV stations. Axel also directed, photographed and edited another documentary: "Torrsommar". "Brothers" is Axel's first feature-length documentary.

THE PRODUCER Born 1973, Erik Hemmendorff the co-founder of Plattform Produktion. He has produced "Autobiographical scene nr: 6882", "WEEKEND", and directed several short documentaries for Swedish Television. Erik studied at the school of photography and film at Gothenburg University.

PLATTFORM PRODUKTION
The company was founded in 2001 and specialises in feature films and documentaries by new talents. The first feature "Gitarrmongot", directed by co-founder Ruben Östlund, won the FIPRESCI award at the Moscow International Film Festival and was nominated for the Nordic
Council prize of Best Nordic Film, 2005. The short film "Autobiographical scene nr: 6882" by Ruben Östlund received the Prix UIP and was nominated for Best European Short at EFA. It was also nominated for a "Guldbagge" (the Swedish Golden Bug Award) in 2005. In 2006 the film "WEEKEND", directed by Henrik Andersson, won the Short Stories Competition at the Gothenburg Film Festival. Films in production in 2006 include Ruben Östlund's next feature film, "De ofrivilliga" ("Involuntary"), Axel Danielsson's documentary, "PangPang Bröder" ("Twin Brothers") and Michael "Mögel" Carlsson's documentary, "Hälsningar från Skogen" ("Greetings From The Forest".


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	PANGPANG-BRÖDER (Twin Brothers) "Time does not change us. It just unfolds us" Max Frisch Twin Brothers is a story of two brothers growing up. Gustav and Oskar are twins. They have the same blond hair and blue eyes. However, they are never mistaken for each other: Gustav is the tallest boy in the class, while Oskar suffers from Achondroplasia, the most common form of short-limb dwarfism. The boys' uncle, Axel Danielsson, has been filming his nephews since they were eight and will continue doing so until they are eighteen years old, symbolically concluding with the graduation ceremony when they finish upper secondary school in Sweden. This will grant us insight into their differing circumstances and will allow us to share the experience of two unique individuals as they find their own identities and each make their own journey to adulthood. The boys' parents filmed their very early childhood, enabling us to follow their development from the very beginning. It is immediately apparent how different they are. Oskar, though short, is charismatic attracts all the attention and tackles his disability with panache. Gustav becomes shy and introvert, accompanying his brother on his escapades. As children they explore the world around them, with the landscape of rural Scania county, in the far south of Sweden, forming a backdrop to their adventures, exploring the world. In his early teens Oskar, with the camera filming everything, chops at his hair until he has a Mohican, dyes what remains of his blond hair black and, to a soundtrack of heavy metal music, drives his electric wheelchair through the Swedish countryside. Gustav, by contrast, often feels unnoticed and neglected. His interests are very different: horses and piano lessons. In one scene he confesses his sense of insecurity to the camera. This special relationship to the filmmaker is maintained as they grow older. The director has an unique access to the boys and their family. We join the twins in their first episode of drunkenness, staggering through the dark countryside vowing never to touch another drop. We share their thoughts about love, family life, and the future. Three years ago their parents divorced. It was painful for everyone involved and the resultant wounds are still tender. Gustav and Oskar lost a lot of the security they had enjoyed as they grew up and learned to their cost that a relationship can come to a bitter end. They now live with each parent for one week at a time. Preferably apart from each other. As the boys grow up, we notice how they change. Their sibling rivalry becomes more complex. Gustav, who was so quiet and reserved for solong, begins to open up. He finds new interests, makes new friends and finds a role for himself in his class. He takes on greater responsibility and is more confident than he used to be when the limelight was so often on Oskar. Oskar is impulsive and restless, always wanting things to be happening around him. His interests and values change constantly. He hangs around with various groups of friends around town and is still very sociable. He thinks a great deal about his own situation and of those around him: what they all could and should be doing, both now and in the future. He is attracted to the world of graffiti and criminality. He imagines what it would be like to serve a prison sentence and even threatens to bomb a nearby school. In 2006 they completed their basic education. It is time to leave the school where their mother has been a teacher and go on one last school trip where everyone has the chance to say their goodbyes before the parting of the ways. Gustav will be leaving home to attend a school 60 kilometres away. He is happy enough about this, but thinks there are far too few girls there. Oskar will remain living at home. Because of his illness, he will have to undergo a complicated and painful knee operation which will confine him to a wheelchair for ten weeks. He also has to repeat a number of courses in order to get better grades. He is constantly thinking about the future and wants to become apprenticed to a photographer while carrying on with his schoolwork. The narrative structure of the film consists of scenes and fragments, some of which are staged in order to present an inner emotional world and allow time for reflection. The film will be narrated in a chronological fashion, following in a way that anyone can relate to, the changes, both physical and mental, that occur with the passage of time. The director's previous work exemplifies his unique abilities as a narrator. The film Axel made when he graduated from the film institute, "Sommarlek", consists of three small stories, all on the theme of childhood and adolescence. "Sommarlek" established Axel as a director with the talent to create incredible scenes and to tell a story using the entire repertoire that the medium of film has to offer. Brothers is also destined to become both a poetic story about growing up and a powerful narrative film. THE DIRECTOR Born in 1976, Axel Danielson studied direction at the school of photography and film at Gothenburg University. Axel's graduation film from 2005, "Sommarlek", has received numerous prices at international film festivals around the world and has been sold to several TV stations. Axel also directed, photographed and edited another documentary: "Torrsommar". "Brothers" is Axel's first feature-length documentary. THE PRODUCER Born 1973, Erik Hemmendorff the co-founder of Plattform Produktion. He has produced "Autobiographical scene nr: 6882", "WEEKEND", and directed several short documentaries for Swedish Television. Erik studied at the school of photography and film at Gothenburg University. PLATTFORM PRODUKTION The company was founded in 2001 and specialises in feature films and documentaries by new talents. The first feature "Gitarrmongot", directed by co-founder Ruben Östlund, won the FIPRESCI award at the Moscow International Film Festival and was nominated for the Nordic Council prize of Best Nordic Film, 2005. The short film "Autobiographical scene nr: 6882" by Ruben Östlund received the Prix UIP and was nominated for Best European Short at EFA. It was also nominated for a "Guldbagge" (the Swedish Golden Bug Award) in 2005. In 2006 the film "WEEKEND", directed by Henrik Andersson, won the Short Stories Competition at the Gothenburg Film Festival. Films in production in 2006 include Ruben Östlund's next feature film, "De ofrivilliga" ("Involuntary"), Axel Danielsson's documentary, "PangPang Bröder" ("Twin Brothers") and Michael "Mögel" Carlsson's documentary, "Hälsningar från Skogen" ("Greetings From The Forest".

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