It is winter in Istanbul. A plane from Teheran has just landed. A couple, Leila and Sahand, have succeeded in fleeing Iran with their four-year-old son, Mani, without being arrested. In Iran, they committed a crime. Leila and Sahand had a secret love affair while being married to other people, and in Iran, they were not allowed to get divorced. Neither could they tell their son that he was an illegitimate child since adultery can be punished with the death penalty in Iran. So, up till the escape, Mani had only known his biological father as "uncle".
| Original title | Love Child |
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| Danish title | Kærlighedsbarnet |
| Keywords | Refugees, Families, Iran, Turkey, Love, Infidelity, 2010-2019 |
| Director | Eva Mulvad |
| Co-director | Morten Ranmar, Lea Glob |
| Screenplay | Eva Mulvad |
| Producer | Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær |
| Director of Photography | Eva Mulvad, Lea Glob, Morten Ranmar, Meryem Yavuz, Esben Grage, Henrik Bohn Ipsen |
| Editor | Adam Nielsen |
| Sound | Heikki Kossi |
| Composer | Jakob Bro, Thomas Knak, Anders Remmer, Jesper Skaaning |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Production company | Danish Documentary Production |
| Domestic distribution | Det Danske Filminstitut |
| International sales | Autlook Filmsales / Spittelberggasse 3/14 / 1070 Wien / t +43 670 208 7881 / welcome@autlookfilms.com / autlookfilms.com |
| Online release | 23.06.2020, Filmcentralen, |
| Comment | Premiered at Toronto Film Festival. Eva Mulvad's 'Enemies of Happiness' (2006) and 'The Good Life' (2011) were awarded at Sundance, IDFA and Karlovy Vary. |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Not recommended for children under 7 |
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| Production company | Danish Documentary Production |
| Executive Producer | Grunnet Film |
| Co-production | Made |
| With support from | Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Creative Europe, AVEK, Danida |
| In collaboration with | DR, YLE, SVT, NRK, VPRO - Television, Yes Docu |
| Domestic distribution | Det Danske Filminstitut |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Eva Mulvad |
| Co-director | Morten Ranmar |
| Co-director | Lea Glob |
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Script |
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| Screenplay | Eva Mulvad |
| Story and research | Morten Ranmar |
| Story and research | Henrik Grunnet |
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Production |
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| Producer | Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær |
| Co-producer | Ulla Simonen |
| Co-producer | Ilona Tolmunen |
| Executive producer | Eva Mulvad |
| Executive producer | Mikala Krogh |
| Executive producer | Pernille Rose Grønkjær |
| Executive producer | Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær |
| Executive producer | Henrik Grunnet |
| Creative producer | Henrik Grunnet |
| Creative producer | Iikka Vehkalahti |
| Associate producer | Kasper Lykke Schultz |
| Producer: development | Sidsel Lønvig Siersted |
| Producer's assistant | Signe Høj |
| Producer's assistant | Emilia Moth |
| Production assistant | Anja Gaard Olsen |
| Production assistant | Mia Wolfsberg Andersen |
| Production assistant | Oline Paludan Jørgensen |
| Production assistant | Aleksandra Anna Krajewska |
| Post Producer | Cecilie Byder |
| Post-production assistant | Maja Bugge |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematographer | Eva Mulvad |
| Cinematographer | Lea Glob |
| Cinematographer | Morten Ranmar |
| Cinematographer | Meryem Yavuz |
| Cinematographer | Esben Grage |
| Cinematographer | Henrik Bohn Ipsen |
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Editing |
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| Editor | Adam Nielsen |
| B-editor | Thor Ochsner |
| B-editor | Bobbie Esra G. Pertan |
| Assistant editor | Patrick Lund Larsen |
| Assistant editor | Maja Bugge |
| Assistant editor | Jeppe Hansen |
| Editor: pre-production | Kasper Henriksen |
| Editor: pre-production | Christian Ranmar |
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Music |
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| Composer | Jakob Bro |
| Composer | Thomas Knak |
| Composer | Anders Remmer |
| Composer | Jesper Skaaning |
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Sound |
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| Sound designer | Heikki Kossi |
| Mixer | Rasmus Winther Jensen |
| Mixer | Heikki Kossi |
| Sound editor | Pietu Korhonen |
| Sound editor | Janne Laine |
| Sound editor | Anne Tolkkinen |
| Foley artist | Heikki Kossi |
| Foley mixer | Kari Vähäkuopus |
| Sound technician | Jakob Høyer |
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Visual effects |
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| Graphic design | Nikolai Bejder |
| Colourist | Johannes S.J.E. Møgelvang |
| Animator | Kristian Funder |
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Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Festival |
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| Special Jury Mention | 2019 | New York, DOC NYC Film Festival 2019 |
| Gold Hugo | 2019 | Chicago International Film Festival 2019 |
Festival screenings
| Festival | Festival date |
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| Warszawa, Against Gravity | 2020-09-04 |
| Tel Aviv Docaviv Int. Documentary Film Festival | 2020-09-03 |
| Shanghai International Film Festival | 2020-07-15 |
| Auckland, Documentary Edge Festival | 2020-06-01 |
| München Documentary Festival | 2020-05-06 |
| CPH:DOX | 2020-03-18 |
| Helsinki Doc Point Documentary Film Festival | 2020-01-27 |
| Göteborg International Film Festival | 2020-01-24 |
| Amsterdam, IDFA | 2019-11-20 |
| New York, DOC NYC Film Festival | 2019-11-07 |
| Chicago International Film Festival | 2019-10-16 |
| Toronto International Film Festival | 2019-09-05 |
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