Paradise Is Burning

Directed By Mika Gustafson
Starring Bianca Delbravo, Ida Engvoll, Dilvin Asaad, Safira Mossberg

In a working-class area of Sweden, sisters Laura (16), Mira (12) and Steffi (7), get by on their own, left to their own devices by their absent mother. With summer on the way and no parents around, life is wild and carefree, vivacious and anarchic. But when social services call a meeting, Laura has to find someone to impersonate their mother, or the girls will be taken into foster care and separated. Laura keeps the threat a secret, so as not to worry her younger sisters. But as the moment of truth draws closer, new tensions arise, forcing the three sisters to negotiate the fine line between the euphoria of total freedom and the harsh realities of growing up.

Winner: Orizzonti Award – Best Director, Venice Film Festival 2023
Winner: Best Screenwriting, Authors Under 40 Award, Venice Film Festival 2023
Winner: Sutherland Award, BFI London Film Festival 2023