The Traffic Separating Device (2018)

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In order to rectify the poor bus accessibility at Slussen station, the city council, as per the municipal board’s recommendation, erects so-called ‘bus traps’ on the street. The ensuing chaos gives rise to a tragi-comic societal satire no one saw coming. – Annie Karlsson
 
Director and DoP: Johan Palmgren
Sound: Lisa Gustafsson
Editor: Julian Antell
Music: Niko Röhlcke
Sound mix: Istvan Stenberg
Graphics: Maria Kask
Additional photo: Lisa Gustafsson, Juan José de Viciola and Sebastian Lejon
Producer: Johan Palmgren
Produced by Vindelfilm in collaboration with Swedish Television/Helena Ingelsten
 
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“Spårviddshinder”
Niko Röhlcke

“Un Homme Et Une Femme”
Ferrante & Teicher, United Artists/ Leeds music

“Love is there”
Benny Goodman, United Artists/ Leeds music
  

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NEWS

– Official Selection, FLICKFAIR – On Demand Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA, 5/7 2021

– Official Selection, Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival 2020. Postponed due to corona

– Official Selection, Malescorto International Short Film Festival in Malesco, Italy, 26-31/7

– Official Winner, Kinofilm Festival, Manchester International Short film Festival, England, 10-16/5 2021

– Official Selection, The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival in Morgan Hill, Carlifornia, USA, april 2021

– Official Selection, Northwest Film Forum in Austin, USA, 20-22/3 2021

– Cinema Talks International Filmfestival in Graz, Austria 25-28/2 2021
Won the prize ”Entertainment”

A traffic measure in the Stockholm’s district Slussen becomes the starting point for Johan Palmgren’s wonderfully humorous documentary «The Traffic Separating Device». The film observes how car drivers regularly ignore the traffic ban and end up in the «bus trap», as a British tourist calls it. A student documents in her checklist how many cars have been caught in the trap (with broken tyres as a result). There are many. Passers-by, tourists and homeless people comment on the events with amusement: The place becomes a local attraction for pondering human (ir)rationality. The filmmaker never makes fun of the people, but always remains empathetic. How easily one could end up in this bus trap oneself!

– Official Selection, Ko:sh Film Fest, Tirana, Albania, 2-6/6 2019

– Official Selection, SA Indie Film Fest, Cape Town, South Africa, 24-26/5 2019

– Official Selection, 7th Snake Alley Festival of Film, Burlington, USA, 20/6 2019

– Official Selection, Door Kinetic Arts Festival, held at Door County, Wisconsin, USA, 9-14/6 2019

– Official Selection, The Georgia Documentary Film Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1/6 2019

– Official Selection, Santorini Film Festival, Kamári, Greece, 15/6 2019

– Official Selection, FEST — New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho, Portugal, 24/6-1/7 2019

– Official Selection, Okotoks Film Festival, Alberta, Canada, 31/5 – 2/6 2019

– Official Selection, 1st Northeast Mountain Film Festival, Dillard, Georgia, USA. 14-16/6 2019

– BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY, 20th Crossroads Film Festival, Jackson, Mississippi, USA, 11-13/4 2019

– Official Selection, Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival, Alipur, Delhi, India, 30/4 2019

– Official Selection, Le Prince International Film Festival, Caracas, Venezuela, 5/4 2019

– Official Selection, Il Varco International Film Festival, Pescara, Italy, 6-8/6 2019

– Official Selection, 15th ReelHeART International Film and Screenplay Festival, Toronto, Canada, 1-7/7 2019

– Official Selection, Reality Check – Shorts On Tap, London, UK, 8/5 2019

– Official Selection, 3rd Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival, Jim Thorpe, PA, USA, 25-28/4 2019

– Official Selection, 5th Lounge Vue sur le Court, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 24-28/5 2019

– Official Selection, South Europe International Film Festival, Valencia, 4-11/5 2019

– Official Selection, Sydney World Film Festival, Sydney, Australia, 7-11/4 2019

– Official Selection, Global India IFF, Pune, India, 23-24/3 2019

– Official Selection, 9th The Fort Myers Film Festival, Fort Myers, FL, USA, 1-14/4 2019

– Official Selection, Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine, 24-28/4 2019

– Official Selection, International Filmmaker Festival of New York, New Jersey, USA, 17-21/5 2019

– Official Selection, 49th Annual USA Film Festival, Dallas Texas, USA, 24-28/4 2019

– Official Selection, 1st Heart of England Film Festival, Coventry, UK, 28-31/3 2019

– AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD, Rebel Film Festival, Bristol, UK, 23-24/2 2019

– Official Selection, 5th Beeston Film Festival, Beeston, Nottingham, UK 13-17/3 2019

– Official Selection, 61st Rochester International Film Festival, Rochester, New York, USA, 9-11/5 2019

– Official Selection, 21st Mecal Pro – Barcelona Int’l Short and Animation Fesitval, Spain, 28/3-14/4 2019

– Official Selection, 8th Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, Llanelli, Wales, UK, 27-30/5 2019

– Official Selection, 42nd Internationale Grenzland-Filmtage, Selb, Germany, 25-28/4 2019

– Official Selection, Arc Film Festival, Mainz, Germany, 25-28/4 2019

– Official Selection, Moscow Shorts Film Festival, Moscow, Russia, 31/3 2019

– Official Selection, Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2019, Tokyo, Japan, 29/5-16/6 2019

– Official Selection, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Portland, USA, 23-24/3 2019

– Official Selection, San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, California, USA, 12-17/3

– Official Selection, 20th Crossroads Film Festival, Jackson, Mississippi, USA, 11-13/4 2019

– Official Selection, 4th Annual SOMA Film Festival, Maplewood, New Jersey, USA, 20-24/3 2019

– Official Selection, The Myrtle Beach International Film Festival, South Carolina, USA, 23-27/4 2019

– Official Selection, Richmond International Film Festival, Virginia, USA, 23-28/4 2019

– AWARDED BEST DOCUMENTARY, International Film Festival of Sriganganagar, India, 19-23/1 2019

– Official Selection, 11th Go Short – Int’l Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands, 3-7/4 2019

– Official Selection, 4th The Undependant Film Festival, Edinburgh, UK, 6-7/4 2019

– Official Selection, 13th Flatpack Festival, Birmingham, UK, 30/4-5/5 2019

– Official Selection, 13th Annual Suncoast Credit Union Gasparilla Int’l Film Festival, Florida, USA, 19-24/3 2019

– Official Selection, Indie-Lincs International Film Festival, Lincolnshire, UK, 14-16/2 2019

– Official Selection, International Film Festival of Sriganganagar, India, 19-23/1 2019

– Official Selection, 15th Akbank Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 18-28/3

– Official Nominee, Red Dirt Film Festival, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, 1-3/3 2019

– Official Selection, StarFilmfest, Freising, Germany, 6-7/6 2019

– Official Selection, 5th Manchester Film Festival, Manchester, UK, 3-10/3 2019

– Official Selection, 5th Filmkreis Shorts Event, Darmstadt, Germany, 31/1 2019

– Official Selection, Red Dirt Film Festival, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, 1-3/3 2019

– Official Selection, Beyond Earth Film Festival (BEFF), Kolkata, India, 22-23/12 2018

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– Official Selection, Bristol Rebel Film Festival, Bristol, UK, 23-24/2 2019

– Official selection, STOCKmotion filmfestival, Stockholm, 12-13/10 2018

– Official selection, Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival, 28-31/3 2019

– Special mention, 7th Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival, Mumbai, India, 2/12 2018

– Work-shop, Kalmar, 27/11 2018

– Official selection, Dumbo Film Festival, Brooklyn, USA

– Official selection 6th Tally Shorts Film Festival, Tallahassee, FL, USA, 25-26/1 2019

– AWARDED BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM, Falcon International Film Festival, London October 2018

– Official selection, Leeds International Film Fest, 1-15/11 2018

– Official selection, DOC NYC, 8-15/11 2018

– Official selection, Asiana International Short Film Festival, 1-6/11 2018

– Official selection, Dehli Shorts, 28/10 2018

– Official selection, Valladolid International Film Festival, 26/10 2018

– Official selection, Short Riga, 24-27/10 2018

– Official selection, New Swedish Docs, Switzerland 11/9 2018

– Official selection, Live at heart, Örebro 2-8/9 2018

– Official selection, Ammarnäs Filmfestival, 4-7/7 2018

– Official selection, Hot Docs, 1/5 2018

– Official selection, Film Fest Sundsvall, 12/4 2018

– Official selection, Tempo International Film Festival, 10/3 2018

– Official selection, Göteborg international Film Festival, 27/1 2018

– The film was broadcasted on Swedish Television during the spring 2018.

– The film has been accepted at Moscow Film Festival and Aspen Film Festival.

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