Dyke Hard

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Dyke Hard
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Directed by Bitte Andersson
Written byBitte Andersson
Martin Borell
Alexi Carpentieri
Starring Lina Kurttila
Release dates
  • 8 November 2014 (2014-11-08)(SIFF)
  • 20 February 2015 (2015-02-20)(Sweden)
Running time
82 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguagesEnglish
Swedish
BudgetKickstarter

Dyke Hard is a 2014 Swedish comedy film directed by Bitte Andersson. It was screened at the 2014 Stockholm International Film Festival [1] and was shown in the Panorama section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. [2] The film was funded by Kickstarter.

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References

  1. "Dyke Hard". SIFF. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. "Panorama 2015: Probing the Past to Shape the Future". Berlinale. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. "Dyke Hard årets vinder Publikumspris" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.