Dance My Doll
Worried asylum seekers, angry activists, and obedient case workers in an equally wonderful and sharp stop-motion film about people who are all caught in the bureaucratic claws of the Swedish migration agency.
- Country: Sverige / Sweden
- Year: 2022
- Length: 15
- Director: Jasmijn Kooijman
- Script: Jasmijn Kooijman, Theodor Österberg
- Photography: Jasmijn Kooijman
- Editing: Jasmijn Kooijman
- Sound: Jasmijn Kooijman, Therese Larsson
- Music: Filip Bagewitz
- Production design: Jasmijn Kooijman
- Costume: Rosalie Kooijman
- Cast: Anna Bjelkerud, Mushtaq Khorsand, Elias Åkerman, Madeleine Ekman, Maja Kekonius, Moa Myrén, Thomasine Boris-Möller, Safi Nazari, Asil Mahdawi, Linda Sternö, Ivar Jansson, Javid Sina, Joel Viksten Abrahamsson, Venessa Koohnavard
- Producer: Hawa Sanneh, Jimm Garbis
- Production assistant: Shanise Maxwell
- Graphics: Noor Mastenbroek
- Colorist: Albin Abrahamsson, CANfilm
- Translators: Javid Sina, Mushtaq Khorsand, Safi Nazari, Asil Mahdawi, Ashiq Akbary, Thomasine Boris-Möller, Maud Fellbom
Jasmijn Kooijman
Jasmijn Kooijman was raised in Amsterdam and moved to Sweden in 2015. She made her debut with the short documentary My New Home is a Trailer (GFF 2018), which won the Tempo New Doc Award. Since then, she has directed several short films and developed a feature documentary. Many of her projects are about human rights and migration. Her most recent short, Dance my Doll has played festivals across Europe and got nominated for a Guldbagge (Swedish Academy Award) for Best Short.