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Film

Why is Santa crying?

Marie-Louise Damgaard, Denmark, 2021

22 min.DK/Short fiction

5-year-old Caroline´s brother suffers from leukemia. As much, as mom and dad would love to give Caroline a traditional, magical Christmas, they constantly have to live in fear of losing their son, which overshadows the attention and needs of their healthy child.
Basic information Credits
Original title Mor, hvorfor græder julemanden?
Danish title Mor, hvorfor græder julemanden?
Director Marie-Louise Damgaard
Producer Hanne Bruun, Kim Magnusson
Director of Photography Robin Holtz
Editor Giusy Naitana
Sound Anders Norddal Jendresen
Composer Michel Svane
Production designer Christine Hjalager
Appearance Lidia Kauders, Cyron Melville, Marijana Jankovic, Vibeke Hastrup
Production country Denmark
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Companies

Production company M&M Productions, Macho Films
With support from Filmværkstedet/København

Direction

Direction Marie-Louise Damgaard

Production

Executive producer Tivi Magnusson
Producer Hanne Bruun
Producer Kim Magnusson
Co-producer Fred Salmon
Executive producer Tivi Magnusson
Line producer Gabriela Uweis
Production manager Caroline Korning

Cinematography

Cinematographer Robin Holtz

Editing

Editor Giusy Naitana

Music

Composer Michel Svane

Production design

Production designer Christine Hjalager

Wardrobe

Costume on set Stephanie Asi Brix

Makeup

Chief makeup artist Stephanie Asi Brix

Sound

Sound designer Anders Norddal Jendresen

Appearance

Caroline Lidia Kauders
Far Cyron Melville
Mor Marijana Jankovic
Farmor Vibeke Hastrup
Farfar Torben Zeller
Fatimah Iris Thomsen
Læge Katrine Bogh Frederiksen
Lillebror Lui Thomsen
Onkel Casper Sloth

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