The Burden

THE BURDEN
(Min Börda)
Directed by Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Sweden | 14 minutes | 2017 | Swedish

An animated musical with apocalyptic undertones. The story is divided into four episodes that take place in a supermarket, a long-term hotel, a call center and a hamburger restaurant.

Quinzaine des Réalisateurs - short film competition
Short Cuts Award for Best International Short Film - Toronto International Film Festival
Cristal for Best Short Film - Annecy

VARIETY: "The Cristal for best animated short went to “The Burden,” which has sparked buzz since its Cannes Directors’ Fortnight bow. An existential musical, set on a lonely planet of humans with animal heads, the Swedish short, from Niki Lindroth von Bahr, came across as Terry Gilliam meets Ingmar Bergman as its surreal hybrid beings sang about the difficulty of relationships, or dehumanizing pressures of office life, as song and dance routine performed by an office of monkeys."

Credits
Director: Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Screenwriter: Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Animation: Johanna Schubert, Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen, Anna Mantzaris, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Dockhus Animation
Cinematography: Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Producer: Kalle Wettre