Bild: still från DETESTED
Linnéa Sonka – DETESTED, Faultline, filmvisning och konstnärsamtal
Fredag 12 juni kl. 16:30
SITE:s lilla studio, Mårbackagatan 5C, Hus H, 123 43 Farsta
DETESTED is a dance short film shedding light on men’s violence against women and the normalization process. A process where control is introduced gradually, where boundaries are shifted and erased, where isolation takes hold, and where the cycle between violence and affection becomes routine. DETESTED immerses the viewer in these stages, illustrating how the abnormal becomes normalized.
Globally, one in three women – approximately 736 million – is subjected to physical or sexual violence by a man at some point in her life. Nearly 38% of murders of women worldwide are committed by intimate partners. This film emerges from anger, frustration, and the urgency of a reality that continues to be ignored. Violence against women is not isolated incidents — it is structural. It is present across all societies.
Krediter
Director, Creative Director, Choreographer, Editor & Producer – Linnéa Sonka
DOP & Colorist – André Forsström
Dancers: Rebecca Livaniou, Tove Rådmark, Amanda Rodriguez, Ana Strandberg, Emma Graufelds,
Julia Leoni, Linnea Sällqvist, Emmy Wiman Westberg, Kirsi Kekki, Alma Hakim, Ronja Strid, Sofia
Almfjord, Mattis Johansen, Carl Selvén and Omar Velasquez Rojas
Gaffer: Albin Hallgren Åkerman
Music: ”Origins” written and Performed By Max Cooper Licensed courtesy of Mesh and Manners McDade
Music Publishing: ”Origins Throwing Snow Remix” written and Performed By Max Cooper Licensed courtesy of Mesh and Manners McDade Music Publishing, ”Sandwurm” by Stimming, ”Memory Arc” by Rival Consoles, ”Kite Hill Theme” by Catching Flies
Bild: still från Faultline
FAULTLINE is a dance short film exploring masculinity, macho culture, and society’s expectations of
men, and how these structures shape, limit, and sometimes harm both individuals and their surroundings. At the same time, the film is also a striving for a new narrative – a space of freedom, empathy and compassion.
The film is grounded in an extensive research process based on academic studies, literature on masculinity, multiple in-depth interviews with men of different ages and backgrounds, as well as an anonymous survey. Across these conversations, similar patterns began to emerge: emotional repression, the pressure to perform strength, and the difficulty of expressing vulnerability. How rules can exist without ever being spoken. A silent authority. A silent system of rules. A silent agreement. Many men described growing up navigating these invisible rules. The constant search for identity while at the same time having to hide parts of it in plain sight. Through dance and movement, FAULTLINE explores the tension between the external image of strength and the internal emotional fractures that can form beneath the surface. The film moves through emotional repression and silence, through pressure and aggression, and toward the possibility of something else – a space where these structures begin to dissolve.
Krediter
Creative Director, Choreographer, Director, Producer & Edit – Linnéa Sonka
DOP & Color Grading – André Forsström
Original Music – Eli Ben Avi (Chelono)
Dancers: Arūnas Mozūraitis, Robin Sabazade, Gautier Mambambu, Carl Selvén, Mohamed “Shika” Saleh,
Younes Majri, Mattis Johansen, Louie Nelson Nagode Indriana Adargo, Evan Zayya, Laurenz
Sontheimer and Marvil Iglesias
Gaffer – Alex Franco Fogelström
Set Design & Execution – Lina Sundkvist Strindberg
Set Dressers – Amanda Artberger & Matilda Zeitz
Costume Construction – Clara Norborg
Project supported by The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
Biografi
Linnéa Sonka is a dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker rooted in street dance, with House as a central foundation in her practice. Her work moves between stage and film, creating politically driven art that challenges and provokes, making visible what is often silenced or ignored. Alongside her artistic practice, she co-runs Kultiverse, a mobile culture house with a vision to democratize the Swedish cultural landscape.
Filmerna DETESTED och Faultline av Linnéa Sonka visas även löppande på torsdag och fredag kl. 15:00 – 21:00.