Archive of films Catcave Hysteria / Tjejtoan 4-ever
Sweden
2021, 20 min
Section:
Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema
Year: 2022
If you thought that the ladies’ restroom is a place where women do their make-up while engaging in friendly banter, Catcave Hysteria will disabuse you of that idea. It’s time to tear down the stereotyped image of women as the “fairer sex” who always hold each other’s hair back over the toilet bowl.
Synopsis
Anything can happen behind the closed door of the women’s restroom. But if you thought that the toilet is a place where women do their make-up while engaging in friendly banter, Catcave Hysteria will disabuse you of that idea. Sure, once the door closes girls will engage in relaxed conversation, but it can take an unexpected turn at any time. Confiding in one’s sister leads to expressions of concern, while gossip has the power to hurt those not meant to hear it. Angelika Abramovitch’s vividly dynamic and playfully confrontational exploration of female relationships tears down the stereotyped image of women as the “fairer sex” who don’t know how to bare their claws.
Sandra Hezinová
About the director

Angelika Abramovitch. Selected filmography: The Horse (2014, short), Blue Moon (2017, short), PAPPA (2019, short doc.), Pacific Patch People (2020, short), Catcave Hysteria (Tjejtoan 4-ever, 2021, short).
Contacts
Swedish Film Institute
Box 27126, S-102 52, Stockholm
Sweden
Tel: +46 866 511 00
Fax: +46 866 118 20
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.sfi.se
About the film
Color, DCP
Section: | Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema |
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Director: | Angelika Abramovitch |
Screenplay: | Agnes Jeppsson |
Dir. of Photography: | Malin Lq |
Music: | Javad Safari |
Sound: | Tove Lidman |
Editor: | Tove Lindblom |
Producer: | Hawa Sanneh |
Production: | Stockholm University of the Arts |
Coproduction: | Swedish Television |
Cast: | Asta Kamma August, Camila Bejarano Wahlgren, Dilan Apak, Doreen Ndagire, Vivi Laakko, Klara Hodell Risberg, Tina Po |
Contact: | Swedish Film Institute |
Guests

Angelika Abramovitch
Film Director