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By Indiana Drones

Updated 18 March 2023

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Artist	Photo by Flickr user Sune Frack
Credit	http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunefrack/3040909716/in/photostream/
License	cc-by-sa-2.0
Desc	Swedish actor Börje Ahlstedt
Usage	Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0

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1980 film directed by Kay Pollak

Children's Island

Released	25 December 1980 (42 years, 9 months ago)

Director	Kay Pollak
Duration	108 minutes
Genre	coming-of-age story and drama film
Composer	Per Carleson
Country of origin	Sweden
Screenwriter	Kay Pollak
Producer	Bengt Forslund

About Children's Island

Children's Island (Swedish: Barnens ö) is a Swedish Drama Film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1980, directed by Kay Pollak, starring Thomas Fryk and Ingvar Hirdwall. It is based on the novel of the same name by P. C. Jersild. Filming took place between July and October 1979. It won Sweden’s most prestigious film prize, the Guldbagge, when it was released in 1980 and was Sweden’s official selection for the 54th Academy Awards. The film became controversial in Australia, being banned in 2014, over thirty years after its original release.