Mating / Parning

Year
2019
Country
Sweden
Duration
90’
Director
Lina Maria Mannheimer

For a year, Naomi and Edvin film themselves; the result is an intimate and raw portrait of their lives. They meet, fall in love and break up. However they don’t give up on each other, and a unique friendship emerges. Their filming allows us behind the façade of social media - or any other kind. We get to witness the uncensored thoughts of two 20-year-olds about life’s challenges and relationships.

 

Recommended age 14+

CREW:
Director: Lina Maria Mannheimer
Producer: Mathilde Dedye, Isabella Rodriguez – delegate producers, Kirstine Barfod – co-producer
Cinematographer: Kristoffer Jönsson
Editor: Simon Carlgren
Sound: Jacques Pedersen
Production
French Quarter Film
Sales:
Film Republic
Director
Lina Maria Mannheimer

After obtaining a degree in Film and Art History from the Universidad de Nebrija, Madrid, Lina Maria Mannheimer embarked on a Master's and Science programme at the Stockholm School of Economics. She has a Master’s degree from the Gothenburg Film School. Following internships in New York and London, she met the French director Gilles Bourdos (Afterwards, Renoir) and worked as his assistant for a year. In 2009, Mannheimer began working on a documentary The Ceremony. The Contract, her debut film, constituted the first part of The Ceremony. The Ceremony premiered at CPH:DOX 2014 competing for the NORDIC:DOX awards and the Nordic Awards at Göteborg Film Festival, and was selected at SXSW in spring 2015. Mannheimer’s second feature Mating premiered at the Göteborg Film Festival, and was nominated for the Best Nordic Doc’s Award as well as the Nordic:Dox award at CPH:DOX.

Selected Filmography

The Ceremony (2014), Mating (2019)

Hall «KINOMAN»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Original language with English and Ukrainian subtitles
Hall «ANSHLAG»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Extended discussion: The Right to Intimacy: How Does Generation Z Build Its Relationships?
Original language with English and Ukrainian subtitles
Blue Hall
Kyiv Cinema
vul. Velyka Vasylkivska, 19
Original language with English and Ukrainian subtitles
Hall «LEFT»
Boomer Cinema
vul. Lavruhina, 4
Original language with English and Ukrainian subtitles
22 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
 6 — 13 
June 2025
Girls’ Stories
DOCU/YOUTH
Girls’ Stories
Year
2023
Country
Poland
Director
Aga Borzym
Duration
62’
DOCU/YOUTH
Plasticine Dreams
DOCU/YOUTH
Plasticine Dreams
Year
2023
Country
Ukraine
Director
Vadym Makarov
Duration
15’
DOCU/YOUTH
KIX
DOCU/YOUTH
KIX
Year
2024
Country
Hungary, France, Croatia
Directors
Bálint Révész, Dávid Mikulán
Duration
92’
DOCU/YOUTH
Madeleine
DOCU/YOUTH
Madeleine
Year
2023
Country
Canada
Director
Raquel Sancinetti
Duration
15’
DOCU/YOUTH
Girl Away From Home
DOCU/YOUTH
Girl Away From Home
Year
2023
Country
Denmark, Norway
Directors
Simon Lereng Wilmont, Alisa Kovalenko
Duration
22’
DOCU/YOUTH
Nelson the Piglet
DOCU/YOUTH
Nelson the Piglet
Year
2023
Country
Netherlands
Director
Anneke de Lind van Wijngaarden
Duration
15’
DOCU/YOUTH