Bratislava International Film Festival 2013 Won Student Jury Award Anna Odell  "For choosing and taking an unconventional formal approach to an intimate subject that does not ...  More   Brussels European Film Festival 2014 Won RTBF TV Prize for Best Picture Best Film Anna Odell (director)  French Quarter Film (production company)  Won White Iris Best First Film Anna Odell (director)  French Quarter Film (production company)    CPH:DOX 2014 Nominated Doc Alliance Award Anna Odell    CPH:DOX 2013 Nominated CPH:DOX Award Anna Odell    Dublin International Film Festival 2014 Won Dublin Film Critics Award Best Film Anna Odell  French Quarter Film    Guldbagge Awards 2014 Won Guldbagge Best Film (Bästa film) Mathilde Dedye (producer)  Best Screenplay (Bästa manuskript) Anna Odell  Nominated Guldbagge Best Direction (Bästa regi) Anna Odell  Best Actress (Bästa kvinnliga huvudroll) Anna Odell    Göteborg Film Festival 2014 Nominated City of Gothenburg Award Anna Odell    Stockholm Film Festival 2013 Won Honorable Mention Best Directorial Debut Anna Odell  Motivation of the jury: "Bold, courageous, funny, provocative. Återträffen (The Reunion) is a ...  More Nominated Bronze Horse Best Film Anna Odell    T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland 2014 Won Grand Prix Films on Art International Competition Anna Odell    Venice Film Festival 2013 Won FIPRESCI Prize Parallel Sections Anna Odell  Won Fedeora Award - Special Mention International Film Critics Week Anna Odell  For complete author''s work.

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Återträffen (2013)

Anna Odell, a famous artist, doesn''t get an invitation to her class reunion. She then makes a film about what could have happened if she had gone to the reunion and confronted her former bullies. Later she shows the made-up filmed confrontation to her former classmates, and documents their reactions.

The Reunion (Swedish: Återträffen) is a 2013 Swedish drama film directed by Anna Odell. The film won the Guldbagge Award for Best Film at the 49th Guldbagge Awards.

Reunion hell
8/10
Author: stensson from Stockholm, Sweden
3 December 2013
It''s a not so uncommon movie subject, this one about reunions which become life-changing drama. But Anna Odel''s version is shakening. She meets her old class after 20 years and gives a speech. It''s about hierarchies, power, games and one of the greatest sadist joys: Falsely making somebody believe you''re in love with her.

The first half of the film tells about the party, which is a humiliating disaster for Anna. In the second part, she confronts some persons from the class. What''s the greatest bully victory? Making someone feel she wasn''t bullied at all.

It''s not a perfect film, but one you will remember if you have any experience at all of hierarchies in school and other places.