RAISING A SCHOOL SHOOTER
DIRECTORs: Frida & Lasse Barkfors
As the disaster of yet another school shooting hits, some parents are faced with a brutal fact: their child was the one pulling the trigger.
Three parents share their stories. Jeff Williams is the father of Andy, who in 2001, then 15, shot and killed two classmates and wounded thirteen other students. Andy is serving 25- to life in prison. Clarence Elliot’s son Nicholas shot and killed his teacher and wounded another teacher in 1988 and is serving life in prison. Sue Klebold’s son Dylan was one of the two teenagers behind the Columbine High School Massacre in 1999, one of the deadliest school shootings in history. Dylan ended the shooting by committing suicide. Through the deeply personal and honest stories they share with us, the film explores themes like guilt, denial, failure and responsibility, harassment, sorrow, friendship, and love.
PRODUCTION FACTS
Duration: 74min & 58min
Directors: Frida & Lasse Barkfors
Photographer: Lasse Barkfors
Editors: Lasse Barkfors & Signe Rebekka Kaufmann
Composer: Julian Winding
Sound Designer: Clément Badin
Sound Mixer: Jonathan Vanneste
Colourist: David Chantoiseau
Editing Consultants: Yael Bitton, Heidi Fleisher
Producer: Anne Köhncke
Co-Producers: Sallah-Edine Ben Jamaa, Frida Barkfors, Thierry Detaille
A Danish, Swedish, French, Belgian Co-production.
Produced by Final Cut for Real in co-production with De Andra (SE), Les Films Grain De Sable (FR), Visible Film & RTBF (BE), Film I Skåne (SE)
With the support of:
Danish Film Institute
Swedish Film Institute
Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Nordisk Film & TV Fond
Procirep/Angoa
Strasbourg Eurométropole
CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée)
In association with:
ARTE France
BBC
DR
ERR
Movistar+
NRK
RTBF
RTS
SVT
VG TV
VPRO
VRT
CONTACT
Festival contacts:
Anne Marie Kürstein/DFI
kurstein@dfi.dk
Frederik Rune Kristensen/DR Sales
fkrf@dr.dk
Production contact:
Producer Anne Köhncke
+45 5354 6043
anne@final-cut.dk
International Sales:
DR Sales
+45 3520 3040
drsales@dr.dk
www.drsales.dk
Press & Publicity:
Sisse K. Ibsen
+45 26 27 09 00
skibsen@gmail.com
festivals
CPH:DOX 2021
Biografilm Festival 2021
Nordisk Panorama Film Festival 2021, nominated for Best Nordic Documentary
Bergen Int. Film Festival, nominated for Documentaire Extraordinaire
IDFA 2021, Best of Fests
Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival 2022