Ziska is born and raised in Sweden. However, she is often asked where she comes froms since she does not look "Swedish". In ME & MY NOSE, Ziska is on a journey to find out if she is Swedish, how to get a Swedish nose and what a Swedish nose really looks like.
She ends her journey in Copenhagen (DK), where she lives with her family. She has found that she will never become Swedish or Danish in a way where she will be one of ‘us Danes’ – or one of ‘us Swedes’. She needs to be Swedish and Danish in her own way.
ME & MY NOSE is a film about identity. As audience, we join her on her journey when she takes off to find her identity. We are with her, experiencing her confusion about what she is – Swedish, Danish, Parsee, immigrant. The theme is up to date and hits the Zeitgeist – not only in the Nordic countries, but in the Western world as a whole. ME & MY NOSE is a documentary with added elements of animation and special effects. The film contributes to the debate on integration and national values, taking place in Danish and Swedish society.
Original title (Danish): Mig og min næse
Director: Ziska Szemes
Producer: Lise Saxtrup
Script: Ziska Szemes and Mikkel Hede
Editor: Charlotte Arnholtz
Cinematographer: Erik Molberg Hansen, DFF
Sound design: Christian Lørup
The film is co-produced with KRAFTFILM, Malin Söderlund.
ME & MY NOSE is developed by Ziska Szemes and Lise Saxtrup in KLASSEFILM in co-operation with the Danish Film Institute and MEDIA New Talent.
ME & MY NOSE is supported by Danish Film Institute, TV2 Denmark, Undervisingsministeriets Tips- og Lottomidler, the Swedish Film Institute, Swedish Television, Nordic Film- and TV Fund and Animationssammenslutningen.
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