Tommy

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Havana, Cuba. The film’s director returns to the island to meet the film’s protagonist, Tommy, a onetime dancer at the Cuban national opera house who is HIV positive. In this film he talks about love and his sense of longing as he shares his life with us.

details

  • Runtime

    18 min
  • Country

    Sweden
  • Year of Presentation

    2008
  • Year of Production

    2007
  • Director

    Tora Mårtens
  • Cast

  • Production Company

    Dramatiska Institutet Stockholm
  • Berlinale Section

    Shorts
  • Berlinale Category

    Short Film

Biography Tora Mårtens

Tora Mårtens was born in Stockholm in 1978. She has a background as a still photographer and her work has been widely published in various magazines and newspapers and displayed in several museums and galleries. Tora Mårtens graduated from Dramatiska institutet in 2007. She directed and produced the documentary “TOMMY” in Cuba. “TOMMY” was s competing for a Golden and a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2008, and got awarded at Ann Arbor Filmfestival. In 2009 her film “Bye Bye C’est Fini” was awarded for best short doc: ”Interfilm Berlin ZDF Award” at the festival Interfilm Berlin. Tora was also awarded the “Boundless Media Contest Prize” in France for her film Dolce Vita with bacon.

Filmography Tora Mårtens

2008 Bye bye c'est fini | 2012 Colombianos | 2016 Martha & Niki