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Film

Amala

Nivetha Balasubramaniam, Denmark, 2022

18 min.DK/Short fictionFilm school films

The teenage girl Amala daydreams about being part of the Danish neighboring family, while she takes care of the domestic duties and tries to be a good Tamil girl. But when her mother discovers that Amala has a secret Danish boyfriend and confronts her with it, Amala is done letting herself be guided by her mother's expectations. She wished she had a Danish family and that Amma was not her mother. On the family house altar, the god Ganesh stands and listens. The next morning, Amala wakes up at the neighboring family, now as Amalie.
Basic information Credits
Original title Amala
Danish title Amala
Director Nivetha Balasubramaniam
Screenplay Michael Kunov
Producer Penelope Bjerregaard
Director of Photography Kristian Dalby Arbs
Editor Anna Gedde Løvkvist
Sound Nora Øland
Composer Jesper Ankarfeldt
Production designer Susi Castelo, Ci Ciliane
Appearance Neesha Dewa, Arulmoli Sivapalan, Anura Dewa, Atshey Ramesh
Production country Denmark
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Companies

Production company Super16, Frau Film

Direction

Direction Nivetha Balasubramaniam

Script

Screenplay Michael Kunov
Idea Penelope Bjerregaard
Idea Nivetha Balasubramaniam

Production

Producer Penelope Bjerregaard
Executive producer Maria Møller Christoffersen

Cinematography

Cinematographer Kristian Dalby Arbs

Editing

Editor Anna Gedde Løvkvist

Music

Composer Jesper Ankarfeldt

Production design

Production designer Susi Castelo
Production designer Ci Ciliane

Wardrobe

Costume designer Sophia Ladegaard

Sound

Sound designer Nora Øland

Appearance

Amala Neesha Dewa
Amma Arulmoli Sivapalan
Appa Anura Dewa
Lillebror Atshey Ramesh
Lillebror Vilas Kinra Sandbye
Camilla Ditte Ylva Olsen
Rasmus Morten Schaffalitzky
Olivia Alvilda Lyneborg Lassen
Peter Andreas Bruun Pedersen

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