World premiere!

Miss Kicki has been selected to compete in the Flash Forward section of the Pusan International Film Festival. The festival is the foremost of its kind in Asia, and the Flash Forward section features works by newcomers from outside the region.

“The film was 90 per cent shot in Taiwan, and for a half Chinese director like me it’s amazing to have the world premiere of a Swedish film at Asia’s hottest film festival,” says diector Håkon Liu.

South Korea’s 14th Pusan International Film Festival runs from 8-16 October. For further information go to www.piff.org

Long time no see

It has been a while. We have been busy with the post production and now the film is finally completed. A sneak peek of the poster.

poster design: Dagfinn Sagen

A big thanks

We really want to send a big thank you to the cast and crew in Taiwan and Sweden. Without all of you we never could have made this. Everyone has worked hard for this film and we are very proud that you did this journey with us.

Big Thanx!
Lizette Jonjic, producer and Håkon Liu, director

Le Grande Finale!

Today it was the last shootingday of Miss Kicki. We wished for snow for a specific scene but all the snow in Gothenburg was gone. Suddely, like someone pushed a button, the snow finally came. We were all very happy but happiest of all was the Taiwanese crew that wanted to see the snow.

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Director and Producer

Beautiful sun

photo: Lizette Jonjic

New country, new team

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

First shooting day in Sweden

The first shooting day in Sweden starts tomorrow, more to come…

Bye Bye Taipei

Now we have done the last day of shooting in Taiwan.

photo: Daniel Wannberg

photo: Daniel Wannberg

Happy-sad

photo: Daniel Wannberg

Old Mountain Hotel

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Sleep

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Camera

photo: Daniel Wannberg

Director Liu

photo: Daniel Wannberg

Ninja theme

photo: Daniel Wannberg

photo: Daniel Wannberg

photo: Daniel Wannberg

photo: Daniel Wannberg

photo: Daniel Wannberg

Pernilla

photo: Daniel Wannberg

photo: Daniel Wannberg

Some souvenir shopping

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Five days left

photo: Lizette Jonijic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Taxi

Long and hard night with taxi scenes and a broken down Hummer.

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

The Mask

photo: Lizette Jonjic

The house of Mr. Chang

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Arrow studio

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Salty liquorice

Daniel, (first assistant camera) brought Swedish candy and salty liquorice to set. Not everybody enjoyed it…

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Studio

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

The director and the cast

photo: 吳祈緯 Wu Chi-wei

Lunch

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

The Police

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Didis apartment

Today we are shooting in a very small apartment.
photo: Lizette Jonjic

The nightmarket ouside the apartment.
photo: Lizette Jonjic

Sun, Moon, Lake

Sun Moon Lake is the largest lake in Taiwan and it is located 748 meters above sea level. The lake and its surrounding countryside have been designated one of thirteen National scenic areas in Taiwan.

photo: Ari Willey

We are filming scenes at The Lalu hotel. It is located on Sun Moon Lake’s Lalu Peninsula. In the past, the building served as Chiang Kai Shek’s travel accommodation. www.thelalu.com.tw

photo: Daniel Wannberg

photo: Daniel Wannberg

photo: Daniel Wannberg

photo: Daniel Wannberg

In the meantime, calculations at the office

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Some of the crew

First assistant director, Ching-wen and DOP Ari Willey
photo: 吳祈緯 Wu Chi-wei

Script supervisor, Tess
photo: 吳祈緯 Wu Chi-wei

Grip, Wang Wei-liu
photo: 吳祈緯 Wu Chi-wei

Tea with the police

Didi (Huang Ho), Viktor (Ludwig Palmell), Kicki (Pernilla August) and the Policeman (Tsai Jen-nan)

photo: 吳祈緯 Wu Chi-wei

In a bad mood

Kicki (Pernilla August) and the receptionist (Ken) outside the hotel.

photo: 吳祈緯 Wu Chi-wei

Makeup and coffee

photo: 吳祈緯 Wu Chi-wei

photo: 吳祈緯 Wu Chi-wei

Monitor and dog actress

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Focus

Cinematographer Ari Willey and first assistant camera, Daniel Wannberg

photo: 吳祈緯 Wu Chi-wei

New years eve on Rooftop

Happy New Year 2009 from Taiwan!
We watched the fireworks from the rooftop of Ocean Deep Films office.

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Lonely

photo: 吳祈緯 Wu Chi-wei

Mr Chang & Kicki

photo: Kuo Cheag-Chang 郭政彰

Snake alley

We are filming hotel scenes at a location near Huaxi Street Nightmarket, better known in English as Snake Alley for its sale of snake meat.

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic

The young ones

Actors Ludwig Palmell and Huang Ho

photo: 吳祈緯 Wu Chi-wei

Watching

photo: 吳祈緯 Wu Chi-wei

Directors balance act

photo: 吳祈緯 Wu Chi-wei

Laugh of the day

Today was the first day of shooting for Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang.

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Legs on set

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Lunchbox

吳祈緯 Wu Chi-wei

At 89th floor

Todays shooting started 04:00 at Taipei 101.

photo: Lizette Jonjic

As of November 2008, the title of “world’s tallest building” still rests with Taipei 101. The elevator, running at 1010 meters per minute, takes you from the 5th floor to the 89th floor in 37 seconds.

photo: Lizette Jonjic

How to spend Christmas in Taipei

Watch dailies at the lab, TMPC

Christmas dinner for the Scandinavians

Eating old eggs ( thousand-year egg )

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Christmas morning view from hotel window

photo: Lizette Jonjic

Looking good

Make-up test for Pernilla at Ocean Deep Films.

photo: Lizette Jonjic

photo: Lizette Jonjic