While We Live

{{short description|2019 Swedish film}}

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| name = While We Live

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| native_name = {{Infobox name module|sv|Medan vi lever}}

| director = Dani Kouyaté

| producer = Maria Larsson Guerpillon
Julien Siri

| writer = Dani Kouyaté
Olivier Guerpillon

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| starring = Josette Bushell-Mingo
Adam Kanyama
Richard Sseruwagi

| music = Andreas Unge

| cinematography = Alex Lindén

| editing = Philip Bergström

| studio = DFM
Film i Skåne
Way Creative Films

| distributor = Njutafilms

| released = {{Film date|df=y|2016|10|07}}

| runtime = 91 minutes

| country = Sweden

| language = Swedish
English

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While We Live ({{langx|sv|Medan vi lever}}) is a 2016 Swedish comedy-drama film written and directed by Burkinabé filmmaker Dani Kouyaté{{Cite web |title=Films from Africa: Personen-Details |url=https://www.filme-aus-afrika.de/EN/film-database/persons/personen-details/w/148/ |access-date=2021-10-01 |website=www.filme-aus-afrika.de}} and co-produced by Maria Larsson Guerpillon and Julien Siri.{{Cite web |title=While We Live (Medan vi lever, Dani Kouyaté, 2016) {{!}} Short North, Columbus Ohio |url=https://shortnorth.org/events/live-medan-vi-lever-dani-kouyate-2016/ |access-date=2021-10-01 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2017-07-17 |title=Swedish film wins award at 'African Oscars' |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/6739548 |access-date=2021-10-01 |website=Sveriges Radio |language=en}} This is his first Swedish film.{{Cite web |title=Kouyaté, Dani - African Film Festival, Inc. |url=https://africanfilmny.org/directors/dani-kouyate/ |access-date=2021-10-01 |language=en-US}} The film stars Josette Bushell-Mingo, Adam Kanyama and Richard Sseruwagi in lead roles, whereas Marika Lindström, Sten Ljunggren and Philip Lithner made supportive roles.{{Cite web |title=While we live - Kinoprogramm und Veranstaltungen in Gruppe |url=https://www.cineplex.de/film/while-we-live/351502/ |access-date=2021-10-01 |website=cineplex.de |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=While We Live (2016) |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/while-we-live/ |access-date=2021-10-01 |language=en}} The film was shot at

Malmö, Sweden.{{Cite web |title=While we live - Film 2016 |url=https://www.moviepilot.de/movies/while-we-live |access-date=2021-10-01 |website=moviepilot.de |language=de}}

The film won award for the Best Film by an African Living Abroad at Africa Movie Academy Awards, Lagos, Nigeria.{{Cite web |title=Sweden’s While We Live awarded an "African Oscar" |url=https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/331511/ |access-date=2021-10-01 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |language=en}} The film also nominated for the Best Editing award and Best Screenplay award at the ceremony.