THE QUIET MIGRATION

By Malene Choi

Official Selection at Berlin International Film Festival 2023

Winner of the FIPRESCI Best Feature Award
 

FACTS

Title: THE QUIET MIGRATION
Original title: STILLE LIV
Director: Malene Choi
Cast: Cornelius Won Riedel-Clausen, Bjarne Henriksen, Bodil Jørgensen
Genre: Drama
Duration: 103 min
Language: Danish
Country of origin: Denmark
Scriptwriter: Malene Choi & Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen
Cinematographer: Louise McLaughlin
Editor: Sofie Steenberger & Malene Choi
Production Company: Manna Film ApS
Producers: Maria Møller Kjeldgaard
Production year: 2023
Local release: 13-04-2023
Film status: Completed

Carl, 19, lives a quiet life in the Danish countryside with his adoptive parents, who expect him to take over the family farm one day, continuing their traditions. But Carl begins to feel the pull of two worlds – “home” plus his native homeland, South Korea – and the day is fast approaching when he will have to choose.

 

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Festival overview

Official selection at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival 2023
Award: FIPRESCI Best Feature

Official selection at Jeonju International Film Festival 2023

Official selection at Seattle International Film Festival 2023

Official selection at Diaspora Film Festival 2023

Official selection at Blue Mountain Film Festival 2023

Official selection at Curitiba International Film Festival 2023

Official selection at Sydney Film Festival 2023

Official Selection at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2023

Official Selection at New Horizons Film Festival 2023

Official Selection at Der Neue Heimatfilm 2023
Award: Best Feature Film

Official Selection at Thessaloniki International Film 2023

Official Selection at Torino International Film Festival 2023

Official Selection at Seminci - Valladolid International Film Festival 2023

Official Selection at Filmfest Osnabrück 2023

Official Selection at the 65th Nordic Film Days Lübeck 2023
Award: The Baltic Film Prize

Official screening in the Nordic Light Section section at Göteborg Film Festival 2024