A creative documentary about a young lady using the magic of LARPing (live-role-playing) in order to cope with her family problems. Haunted by her childhood traumas she is trying to help her mentally disabled brother to become more independent through live-role-playing. As she guides the brother through the world of multiple roles and identities, witches and wizards and medieval knights, she finally finds the courage to face the demons of her own past; namely their abusive father. Veera decides to help her brother by introducing him to LARPing. Most of all, she decides to use the magic of live-role-playing and find the courage to vanquish her demons; to meet and confront their father.
| Original title | The Magic Life of V |
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| Danish title | Veras magiske liv |
| Keywords | 2010-2019, Finland, Siblings, Traumas, Alcohol abuse, Role playing games, mentally disabled, The, Family sociology |
| Director | Tonislav Hristov |
| Screenplay | Tonislav Hristov, Kaarle Aho |
| Producer | Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg |
| Director of Photography | Alexander Stanishev |
| Editor | Anne Jünemann, Tonislav Hristov |
| Sound | Jaques Pedersen |
| Appearance | Veera Lapinkoski, Ville Oksanen, Asta Tikkanen, Slava Doycheva |
| Production country | Finland, Denmark, Bulgaria |
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| Executive Producer | Making Movies Oy |
| Co-production | Kirstine Barfod Film, Soul Food |
| With support from | Creative Europe |
| In collaboration with | Finska Filmstiftelsen, YLE, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Det Danske Filminstitut, AVEK, Bulgarian National Film Center, SVT, ARTE |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Tonislav Hristov |
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| Screenplay | Tonislav Hristov |
| Screenplay | Kaarle Aho |
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| Producer | Kaarle Aho |
| Producer | Kai Nordberg |
| Co-producer | Kirstine Barfod |
| Co-producer | Andrea Stanoeva |
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| Director of Photography | Alexander Stanishev |
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| Editor | Anne Jünemann |
| Editor | Tonislav Hristov |
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| Sound designer | Jaques Pedersen |
| Re-recording mixer | Jaques Pedersen |
| Sound design assistant | Christian Munk Scheuer |
| Foley artist | Catrine le Dous |
| Sound: post-production | Peter Seeba |
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| Appearance | Veera Lapinkoski |
| Appearance | Ville Oksanen |
| Appearance | Asta Tikkanen |
| Appearance | Slava Doycheva |
| Appearance | Heikki Oksanen |
| Appearance | Mike Pohjola |
| Appearance | Mikael Saarinen |
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