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Children's Island
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed by	Kay Pollak
Written by	Kay Pollak
Based on	Children's Island by P. C. Jersild
Produced by	Bengt Forslund
Starring	Thomas Fryk Ingvar Hirdwall
Cinematography	Roland Sterner
Edited by	Thomas Holéwa
Music by	Jean-Michel Jarre
Distributed by	Svensk Filmindustri
Release date	25 December 1980 (1980-12-25) (Sweden)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Children's Island (Swedish: Barnens ö) is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1980, co-written and directed by Kay Pollak, starring Thomas Fryk and Ingvar Hirdwall. It is based on the novel of the same name by P. C. Jersild. Filming took place between July and October 1979. It won Sweden's most prestigious film prize, the Guldbagge, when it was released in 1980 and was Sweden's official selection for the 54th Academy Awards. The film became controversial in Australia, being banned in 2014, over thirty years after its original release.

Plot

The story is set in Stockholm where 11-year-old Reine is on the verge of puberty and afraid of sexual maturity. He lives in a suburb with his single mother who sends him to one of the traditional Swedish summer camps which were common at the time of the setting and were managed by the cities for children in need of visiting the countryside. The title of the film refers to an island that is home to many such camps. His mother then vacations on her own, but in fact Reine never goes to the camp. Instead he spends the summer exploring the city of Stockholm on his own, where he meets several strange adults.

Cast

Tomas Fryk as Reine Larsson
Ingvar Hirdwall as Stig Utler
Anita Ekström as Harriet Larsson
Börje Ahlstedt as Hester
Lars-Erik Berenett as Esbjörn
Hjördis Petterson as Olga
Sif Ruud as Mrs. Bergman-Ritz
Lena Granhagen as Helen
Majlis Granlund as Lotten
Malin Ek as Kristina
Maud Sjökvist as Maria
Hélène Svedberg as Nora

Reception

Awards

The movie was Kay Pollak's first commercial success, and won the awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor (Hirdwall) at the 17th Guldbagge Awards. In 1981 it was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

References

"Barnens ö" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 25 December 1980. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
Australia bans award-winning Swedish film Children's Island over child porn concerns The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 February 2014.
"Barnens ö (1980)". Swedish Film Institute. 9 March 2014.
"IMDB.com: Awards for Children's Island". imdb.com. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

External links

Children's Island at IMDb
Children's Island at the Swedish Film Institute Database

v t e Guldbagge Award for Best Film
The Silence (1963/64) Swedish Wedding Night (1964/65) Heja Roland! (1965/66) Persona (1966/67) Hugo and Josephine (1967/68) The White Game (1968/69) A Swedish Love Story & Mistreatment (1969/70) The Emigrants (1970/71) The Apple War (1971/72) Cries and Whispers (1972/73) A Handful of Love (1973/74) The Last Adventure (1974/75) Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975/76) The Man on the Roof (1976/77) The Adventures of Picasso (1977/78) A Respectable Life (1978/79) To Be a Millionaire (1979/80) Children's Island (1980/81) The Simple-Minded Murderer (1981/82) Fanny and Alexander (1982/83) Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain (1984) My Life as a Dog (1985) The Sacrifice (1986) Pelle the Conqueror (1987) Katinka & Back to Ararat (1988) The Miracle in Valby (1989) Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990) Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (1991) House of Angels (1992) The Slingshot (1993) A Pizza in Jordbro (1994) All Things Fair (1995) Hamsun (1996) Tic Tac (1997) Show Me Love (1998) Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen (1999) Songs from the Second Floor (2000) As White as in Snow (2001) Lilya 4-ever (2002) Evil (2003) Dalecarlians (2004) Nina's Journey (2005) Kidz in da Hood (2006) You, the Living (2007) Everlasting Moments (2008) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) Sebbe (2010) She Monkeys (2011) Eat Sleep Die (2012) The Reunion (2013) Force Majeure (2014) The Here After (2015) The Giant (2016) The Nile Hilton Incident (2017) Border (2018) And Then We Danced (2019) Run Uje Run (2020) Clara Sola (2021) Triangle of Sadness (2022) Paradise Is Burning (2023)

Guldbagge Award for Best Film

The Silence (1963/64)
Swedish Wedding Night (1964/65)
Heja Roland! (1965/66)
Persona (1966/67)
Hugo and Josephine (1967/68)
The White Game (1968/69)
A Swedish Love Story & Mistreatment (1969/70)
The Emigrants (1970/71)
The Apple War (1971/72)
Cries and Whispers (1972/73)
A Handful of Love (1973/74)
The Last Adventure (1974/75)
Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975/76)
The Man on the Roof (1976/77)
The Adventures of Picasso (1977/78)
A Respectable Life (1978/79)
To Be a Millionaire (1979/80)
Children's Island (1980/81)
The Simple-Minded Murderer (1981/82)
Fanny and Alexander (1982/83)
Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain (1984)
My Life as a Dog (1985)
The Sacrifice (1986)
Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
Katinka & Back to Ararat (1988)
The Miracle in Valby (1989)
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990)
Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (1991)
House of Angels (1992)
The Slingshot (1993)
A Pizza in Jordbro (1994)
All Things Fair (1995)
Hamsun (1996)
Tic Tac (1997)
Show Me Love (1998)
Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen (1999)
Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
As White as in Snow (2001)
Lilya 4-ever (2002)
Evil (2003)
Dalecarlians (2004)
Nina's Journey (2005)
Kidz in da Hood (2006)
You, the Living (2007)
Everlasting Moments (2008)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Sebbe (2010)
She Monkeys (2011)
Eat Sleep Die (2012)
The Reunion (2013)
Force Majeure (2014)
The Here After (2015)
The Giant (2016)
The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)
Border (2018)
And Then We Danced (2019)
Run Uje Run (2020)
Clara Sola (2021)
Triangle of Sadness (2022)
Paradise Is Burning (2023)

v t e Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1956–1975	The Staffan Stolle Story (1956) The Seventh Seal (1957) The Magician (1958) No Award (1959) The Virgin Spring (1960) Through a Glass Darkly (1961) The Mistress (1962) The Silence (1963) Raven's End (1964) Dear John (1965) Persona (1966) Here Is Your Life (1967) Shame (1968) Ådalen 31 (1969) A Swedish Love Story (1970) The Emigrants (1971) The New Land (1972) No Award (1973) No Award (1974) No Award (1975)
1976–2000	City of My Dreams (1976) The Man on the Roof (1977) No Award (1978) A Respectable Life (1979) Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1980) Children's Island (1981) Flight of the Eagle (1982) Fanny and Alexander (1983) Åke and His World (1984) Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1985) The Sacrifice (1986) Hip hip hurra! (1987) No Award (1988) The Women on the Roof (1989) Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990) The Ox (1991) House of Angels (1992) The Slingshot (1993) The Last Dance (1994) All Things Fair (1995) Jerusalem (1996) Tic Tac (1997) Show Me Love (1998) Under the Sun (1999) Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
2001–present	Jalla! Jalla! (2001) Lilya 4-ever (2002) Evil (2003) As It Is in Heaven (2004) Zozo (2005) Falkenberg Farewell (2006) You, the Living (2007) Everlasting Moments (2008) Involuntary (2009) Simple Simon (2010) Beyond (2011) The Hypnotist (2012) Eat Sleep Die (2013) Force Majeure (2014) A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2015) A Man Called Ove (2016) The Square (2017) Border (2018) And Then We Danced (2019) Charter (2020) Tigers (2021) Boy from Heaven (2022) Opponent (2023) The Last Journey (2024)

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