Kiwi Casslind, Kalled Mustonen, Electra Hallman, Albin Grenholm

Elina Sahlin is a Swedish screenwriter and director. She has made the short films Department of Detachment (2021) and Yellow Cross my Heart (2020), which is based on her own published novel of the same name. Bye bye boredom is her first feature film.

When I grew up you could do horses or drugs. Some manage to do both. This part of the Nordic countries is a blind spot.The protagonist tells us this story in first person imperfect. I work with unpredictable elements such as animals, rain and fire.  Sound and silence carries the emotional states. Drug trips will be audiovisual and tactile rather than visual. Coming of age life here is undiscovered. I needed mother tongue accents, hence plenty of first time actors. The style is slightly enhanced with anamorphic lenses rather than following the social realistic sensoric tradition.  

The pacing will follow Jackie’s gradual emotional build-up. The editing is dynamic. Tension will build like a slow, irregular heartbeat that suddenly stops, leaving us in silence. 
 

KIWI CASSLIND (Jackie)

KEVING TULLGREN (Casper)

ELECTRA HALLMAN (Leene)

ALBIN GRENHOLM (Andres)

MAJA WAESSMAN (Nova)

HUGO HAMLUND (Timmy)

KALLED MUSTONEN (Mange)

Director & Scriptwriter Elina Sahlin

Producer Christian Kielberg

Cinematographer Emil Klang (FSF)

Composer Lisa Montan

Production Designer Frida Mary Eriksson

Costume Designer Sera Cederberg

Mask Design Julia Stening

Casting Director Pauline Hansson

Editor Hanna Storby (SFK), Michał Leszczyłowski (SFK)

Sound Design Jonas Jansson

Colorist Mimmi Muskos