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Film

The Swenkas

Jeppe Rønde, Denmark, 2005

73 min.DK/Documentary

This documentary is a portrait of the Swenkas, a small group of working men in post-apartheid South Africa. Men who take great pride in putting on a flashy suit and stand out as an inspiration for others. The film tells their story and why the 'dressing up' is not just something external and inconstant, but an integrated part of their internal spiritual and mental life, of their past, present and future.
Basic information Credits Materials
Original title The Swenkas
Danish title The Swenkas
Keywords Blacks, Identity, Swanking, 2000-2009, South Africa, Performance, Clothes
Director Jeppe Rønde
Producer Rasmus Thorsen, Anne Diemer
Director of Photography Lars Skree, Sebastian Winterø, Nicolaas Hofmeyr
Editor Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sound Rune Palving
Composer Povl Kristian
Production country Denmark
Domestic distribution Filmcompagniet - SF Film, Warner og Twentieth Century Fox
International sales First Hand Films World Sales
Technical info 35 mm, Cinemascope, color, Dolby, SRD
Danish theatrical release 09.12.2005
Cinemas Vester Vov Vov, Grand, Café Biografen (Odense), Øst for Paradis (Århus)
DFI subsidy Konsulentstøtte
Danish rating Allowed for all
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Companies

Production company Cosmo Film
Domestic distribution Filmcompagniet - SF Film, Warner og Twentieth Century Fox

Direction

Direction Jeppe Rønde

Script

Text Jeppe Rønde
Text Kim Leona

Production

Producer Rasmus Thorsen
Producer Anne Diemer
Production: Denmark Susanne Fosgaard Nielsen
Production: South Africa Melanie Meyer
Production assistant Christina West Pihl
Production coordinator: post-production Susanne Fosgaard Nielsen

Cinematography

Cinematography Lars Skree
Cinematography Sebastian Winterø
Cinematography Nicolaas Hofmeyr
First assistant camera Jeppe Rønde
First assistant camera Larissa Peters
Key grip Brett Saint Clair
Key grip Sylvester Kumwenda

Stills

Stills Lars Skree
Stills Sebastian Winterø

Editing

Editing Olivier Bugge Coutté
Editing supervisor Janus Billeskov Jansen
Assistant editor Nikolaj Viborg

Music

Music Povl Kristian
Music producer Jeppe Rønde

Wardrobe

Wardrobe Larissa Peters

Sound

Sound Rune Palving
Boom operator Lenny Nzoyi
Sound mixer Christian Testmann
Music mixer Matias la Cour

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Reviews and articles

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Type Source Author Date
Artikel
Interview
Program - stumfilm & mikro
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