Top 3 – a romantic comedy
If you can tell any story in the entire world, which one will you tell? In 2014, we wrote a simple brief on a post-it: make people laugh, make people cry.
Top 3 is the story of Anton, a chubby kid from the rural Swedish north, who falls for David, but has to face the fact that they have separate ideas of what a good life together means. It’s a blend of queer romance, MSN Messenger nostalgia, regional politics, and figuring out who the hell you are.
The film won Best Nordic/Baltic Feature Film at the Fredrikstad Animation Festival, the Tromsö Palm at Tromsö International Film Festival, and the Audience Award for Best Feature at Outfest Los Angeles. It’s been featured in 50+ film festivals, played on Swedish national TV as well as in Swedish cinemas.
”An endlessly rewatchable film about the compromises one needs to reach in order to have a healthy relationship. Well, that, and about buying strawberry costumes for small dogs online.”
Streaming options
US: Amazon
Sweden: SF Anytime
Credits
DIRECTED BY
Soja
PRODUCED BY
Soja in
co-production with Sveriges Television AB
© So ja film AB & Sveriges Television AB 2020
AS ANTON
Eric Ernerstedt
AS DAVID
Jonas Jonsson
AS MIRIAM
Caroline Johansson
Kuhmunen
DIRECTOR
Sofie Edvardsson
ANIMATION DIRECTOR
Jakob Nyström
PRODUCER
Simon Österhof
SCRIPT
Simon Österhof
DIALOUGE
DIRECTOR
Milad Alami
CASTING
Caroline Holgersson
Linn Ståberg
STORYBOARD
Sofie Edvardsson
ART LEAD
Sofie Edvardsson
DESIGN
Sofie Edvardsson
David Karlström
ANIMATION LEAD
Jakob Nyström
ANIMATION
Jakob Nyström
Salla Lehmus
EDIT
Jakob Nyström
COMPOSER
Patrik Öberg
Felix Martinz
SOUND DESIGN & SOUND MIX
Patrik Öberg
FOLEY
Andreas Estensen
Patrik Öberg
ADDITIONAL MUSIC
Jonas Andersson
RECORDING ENGINEER
Robin Larsson Asp
Ola Tappert
ONLINE
Simon Tingell