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Acclaimed director Mikael Marcimain’s political thriller Call Girl, based on a screenplay by Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten, will open the 23rd Stockholm International Film Festival.

Call Girl will also be part of the international competition and compete for the Bronze Horse for Best Film.

Call Girl is a political an emotional thriller with a social conscience. The film depicts the changes that swept through Sweden during the 1970s where female liberation and sexual revolution went hand in hand with neutrality, nuclear power and a safe society for all. When that utopian image is threatened by scandal the men in power deems it necessary to intervene and go to great lengths to uphold it.

We are very proud to present Mikael Marcimains feature film debut Call Girl as the opening film at this year’s Stockholm International Film Festival. He is one of Sweden’s most interesting directors and reached a big audience through the acclaimed tv-productions “Graven”, “Lasermannen” and “Upp till kamp”, says Festival Director Git Scheynius.

“I am honored and happy that Call Girl will open The Stockholm International Film Festival. I have been an avid visitor since the festival started and I have also been part of the international jury. So it feels awesome and a bit nervous to compete with my first feature film. Vive le cinéma! Says director Mikael Marcimain.

Director: Mikael Marcimain Screenplay: Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten

Cast: Pernilla August, Sofia Karemyr, Josefin Asplund, Sven Nordin, David Dencik, Simon J Berger, Kristoffer Joner, Ruth Vega Fernandez, Magnus Krepper, Sverrir Gudnason, Anders Beckman, Hanna Ullerstam, Claes Ljungmark amongst ohers.

Call Girl will premiere at Swedish cinemas 9 November 2012.

Films that have already been announced for the 23rdStockholm International Film Festival:

Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin

The Paradenby Srdjan Dragojevic

Xingu by Cao Hamburger

Middle of Nowhere by Ava DuVernay

Press Contact Lisa Evertsson Norrevik Press Manager 46 8-677 50 25, 46 704 01 22 02 lisa@stockholmfilmfestival.se

The 23rd Stockholm International Film Festival November 7-18 2012.

The Stockholm International Film Festival started in 1990 and is today one of the leading competitive film festival in Europe. The festival takes place every year in November with more than 170 films from more than 40 countries. More than a festival: we organize exclusive screenings and the popular Summer Cinema – an outdoor mini-festival. Every year in Spring the Stockholm International Film Festival Junior brings the latest films to youngsters between 6 and 16 years of age