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Lina Vain Illalla

Director
Class #12
Members

Lina Vain Illalla

Director
Class #12

Lina Vain Illalla is a Sweden Finnish and non-binary writer-director, born and raised in southern Stockholm. They started their path as a comics artist and illustrator, discovering their love for collaborative work through a comics collective in Malmö.

Since 2015, they have made several short films and video works which have been screened at international film festivals. They have a bachelor in film composition from the art academy in Gothenburg where they directed, wrote, produced and edited (and much more) most of their films themselves.For Lina, film is a weapon against life. With a sweet tooth for the raw, dirty and confrontational, they are interested in characters who can’t handle - or refuse to handle - the cards life has dealt them. Through stories and art, Lina tries to make sense of life and the contradictions and sorrows it brings. They are driven by a hungry curiosity of the world around them combined with a grief of how society is structured.

Lina has an ambition with breaking the expected, both in terms of the film’s form and the characters within it. They want to embrace the intuitive and accidental part of filmmaking, where mistakes and spontaneity are welcomed guests. For them, filmmaking is just a way of living life, where exploration within the artistic process and the social aspects of filmmaking are just as important as the finished film. Even though they constantly hoard facts and knowledge, art for them is the freedom from logic and clear answers - a space for thinking and speaking loudly without being interrupted.

Parallel to Super16, they are working on their first feature film.

Lina Vain Illalla
was a part of Class #
12
as a
Director
and made
Super16 films of
Lina Vain Illalla
Caretakers

While at work, the dutiful caretaker Ellis is sought out by his long-lost sister Mira. Under the guise of being in training as a caretaker, she comes with him to work. Throughout a hectic workday, they try to find each other again, through a confrontation of old traumas, open wounds, and unrequited sibling love.

First-year film
#
12
12
30 min
2022
Caretakers

While at work, the dutiful caretaker Ellis is sought out by his long-lost sister Mira. Under the guise of being in training as a caretaker, she comes with him to work. Throughout a hectic workday, they try to find each other again, through a confrontation of old traumas, open wounds, and unrequited sibling love.

Filmography
Caretakers
Instructor
Producers
Screenwriter
2022
No film
Films of the same year
All films
Faded

FADED is a coming-of-age tale about a group of suburban boys whose carefree, hash-fueled days are suddenly shaken by family turmoil and the harsh reality of adulthood closing in.

Final film
#
12
Class #12
49 min
2024
Faded

FADED is a coming-of-age tale about a group of suburban boys whose carefree, hash-fueled days are suddenly shaken by family turmoil and the harsh reality of adulthood closing in.

Ritardando

While the bombs fall in a war-torn Copenhagen, the harp player David practices scales in his barricaded apartment. He believes in art. Not in war.

Mid-term film
#
12
Class #12
11 min
2023
Ritardando

While the bombs fall in a war-torn Copenhagen, the harp player David practices scales in his barricaded apartment. He believes in art. Not in war.

Companion

'Companion' is a new technology that allows for the implantation of relationships through a chip. Saga is anti-tech, lonely, and struggles to connect with others, as popular technology creates distance between people. When she reunites with her childhood friend Etta, whom she misses in her life, she sees an opportunity to rekindle a genuine and deep relationship. However, Etta herself has a 'companion,' making it challenging to reestablish their bond. This drives Saga on a journey where she must compromise and turn inward in the pursuit of a genuine relationship.

Mid-term film
#
12
Class #12
14 min
2023
Companion

'Companion' is a new technology that allows for the implantation of relationships through a chip. Saga is anti-tech, lonely, and struggles to connect with others, as popular technology creates distance between people. When she reunites with her childhood friend Etta, whom she misses in her life, she sees an opportunity to rekindle a genuine and deep relationship. However, Etta herself has a 'companion,' making it challenging to reestablish their bond. This drives Saga on a journey where she must compromise and turn inward in the pursuit of a genuine relationship.

Amala

Amala is tired of being her mother's good Tamil girl. A wish brings her into the white neighbor family.

First-year film
#
12
Class #12
22 min
2022
Amala

Amala is tired of being her mother's good Tamil girl. A wish brings her into the white neighbor family.

The Translator

THE TRANSLATOR follows a girl who in a very young age has to be the adult in her family, when she and her mother bump their heads against a life-threatening bias in the Danish health system.

Final film
#
12
Class #12
15 min
2024
The Translator

THE TRANSLATOR follows a girl who in a very young age has to be the adult in her family, when she and her mother bump their heads against a life-threatening bias in the Danish health system.

A Predictable Tale of Powerless Men

In a near future, where a pill can extend only women's lives by 400 years, and men everywhere lose influence as a result, we meet the now-deposed Prime Minister, Kim Harding, as he gathers a group of aggrieved men behind him in an attempt to regain power and influence. Everything is going according to plan, until Kim's disciple, the younger, angrier and more idealistic man, Karl, wins over the group and challenges Kim in an internal struggle for power and honor. Life and death.

Mid-term film
#
12
Class #12
35 min
2023
A Predictable Tale of Powerless Men

In a near future, where a pill can extend only women's lives by 400 years, and men everywhere lose influence as a result, we meet the now-deposed Prime Minister, Kim Harding, as he gathers a group of aggrieved men behind him in an attempt to regain power and influence. Everything is going according to plan, until Kim's disciple, the younger, angrier and more idealistic man, Karl, wins over the group and challenges Kim in an internal struggle for power and honor. Life and death.

Super16 movies
All movies
Guds Bedste Barn

Den lovlydige Monica er sanger i det lokale frikirkeband. Men da hun igen overskygges af bandets karismatiske leder, beder hun om en indgriben fra Gud, der skal vende op og ned på det hele.

First-year film
#
14
Class #14
15 min
2026
Guds Bedste Barn

Den lovlydige Monica er sanger i det lokale frikirkeband. Men da hun igen overskygges af bandets karismatiske leder, beder hun om en indgriben fra Gud, der skal vende op og ned på det hele.

I tilfælde af følelser

Johan inviterer vennerne Nadir og Viktor på et skræddersyet, terapeutisk forløb efter tabet af deres fælles ven. Invitationen viser sig hurtigt at dække over noget andet end omsorg.

First-year film
#
14
Class #14
14 min
2026
I tilfælde af følelser

Johan inviterer vennerne Nadir og Viktor på et skræddersyet, terapeutisk forløb efter tabet af deres fælles ven. Invitationen viser sig hurtigt at dække over noget andet end omsorg.

TÆVE

Da Sif pludselig ikke længere kan tale, bliver det vigtigere end nogensinde at bruge sin stemme.

First-year film
#
14
Class #14
13 min
2026
TÆVE

Da Sif pludselig ikke længere kan tale, bliver det vigtigere end nogensinde at bruge sin stemme.

Scener efter et selvmord

Efter et selvmordsforsøg og 18 dage i koma vågner 23-årige Rasmus med en hjerneskade og må genfinde krop, sprog og vejen tilbage til livet.

First-year film
#
14
Class #14
15 min
2026
Scener efter et selvmord

Efter et selvmordsforsøg og 18 dage i koma vågner 23-årige Rasmus med en hjerneskade og må genfinde krop, sprog og vejen tilbage til livet.

Charlie

Noget farligt rumsterer i Kristine. Dagen inden hendes fars bryllup, tager det farlige form. Kristine vil gerne være den gode datter og brudepige, men nogen kalder på hende fra mørket.

First-year film
#
14
Class #14
15 min
2026
Charlie

Noget farligt rumsterer i Kristine. Dagen inden hendes fars bryllup, tager det farlige form. Kristine vil gerne være den gode datter og brudepige, men nogen kalder på hende fra mørket.

Smæk

En børnetegning tvinger Lea og hendes søn til at konfrontere det uudtalte imellem dem.

First-year film
#
14
Class #14
13 min
2026
Smæk

En børnetegning tvinger Lea og hendes søn til at konfrontere det uudtalte imellem dem.