Aniara (film)

Aniara
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
  • Pella Kågerman
  • Hugo Lilja
Screenplay by
  • Pella Kågerman
  • Hugo Lilja
Based onAniara
by Harry Martinson
Produced byAnnika Rogell
StarringEmelie Jonsson
CinematographySophie Winqvist
Edited by
Music byAlexander Berg
Production
companies
  • Meta Film Stockholm
  • Unbranded Pictures
  • Viaplay
  • Film Capital Stockholm Fond
  • Gotlands Filmfond
  • Ljud & Bildmedia
Distributed bySF Studios (Sweden)
Release dates
  • 7 September 2018 (2018-09-07) (TIFF)
  • 1 February 2019 (2019-02-01) (Sweden)
Running time
106 minutes
Countries
  • Sweden
  • Denmark
LanguageSwedish
Budget€1.95 million[1]
Box officeUS$40,124[2]

Aniara is a 2018 Swedish-Danish science fiction film written and directed by Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja. The film is an adaptation of the 1956 Swedish epic poem of the same name by Harry Martinson. The film is set in a dystopian future where climate change ravages Earth, prompting mass migration from Earth to Mars. When one such routine trip veers off course, the passengers of the Aniara struggle to cope with their new lives.

The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival and was given a theatrical release in 2019 by Magnolia Pictures.[3]

  1. ^ "Scandinavian Debut – Aniara" (PDF). New Nordic Films. Norwegian International Film Festival. p. 92. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Aniara". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (10 September 2018). "Magnolia Pictures Lands Swedish Sci-Fi Thriller 'Aniara' – Toronto". Deadline. Retrieved 14 July 2019.