The Burden
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WINTER FILM AWARDS 2019 WINNER - Best Animated Film
2017
Sweden
14 mins
Swedish
Animated Film Competition
| Niki Lindroth Von Bahr | |
| Kalle Wettre | |
A dark animated musical enacted in a modern market place, situated next to a large freeway. The employees of the various commercial venues, portrayed as animals, deal with boredom and existential anxiety by performing cheerful musical turns. The apocalypse is a tempting liberator.
About the Director
Niki Lindroth von Bahr is an artist and animation director based in Stockholm, Sweden. She received her master’s degree in fine art at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm in Spring 2016 and is represented by the Swedish gallery Stene Projects.
Along with making her own films and sculpture, she is also a freelance costume designer
co-working with Nicklas Nilsson. Together they have designed and made costumes for the artist
Fever Ray and David Bowie’s music video Blackstar.
