When we’re not making commercials, we create fiction. Here’s a short list of films we’ve produced during the last couple of years. Most of them have travelled the world, being presented at numerous film festivals. Some of them are still out there touring, just like rockstars.
Year
2021
Title
Department of Detachment
Director
Elina Sahlin
Official selection
Aesthetica Film Festival
Nordic International Film Festival
Filmfest Sundsvall
Synopsis
The lovesick Eloise is taken to the world's first state-funded love rehab for patients unable to digest loss. The headmistress, the opponent of passion, wants Eloise to undergo treatment. But Eloise fights for her right to give love without receiving – even if this grief threatens to steal 25 years of her life.
Year
2021
Title
Yellow Cross My Heart
Director
Elina Sahlin / Inga Kempe
Official selection
Festival Internacional de Cinema de Cerdanya
Filmfest Sundsvall
FILMETS - Badalona Film Festival
Visioni Corte Film Festival
Aesthetica Short Film Festival
Muestra de Cine sobre Igualdad
CortogeniAl
Synopsis
The spirited 12 year old Siri and her strict grandmother head on a mission to get their stolen car back. While the duo ambush the car thief in his own backyard, Siri meets her first love Meio –a 17-year-old neo-Nazi. Unaware of the meaning of symbols, she enters a movement that neither her nor her grandmother understands.
Year
2020
Title
Alive
Director
Jimmy Olsson
Official selection
Danzante
Shortshorts
Hollyshorts
Festival De Cine
Zaragoza Film Festival
Huesca International film festival
Flickers
Leeds
Giffoni
Leuven Short Film Festival
Cleveland International Film Festival
+25
Synopsis
Victoria is in a wheelchair after an accident that resulted in a brain injury. Ida works as her assistant. One day when Viktoria and Ida meets Ida's boyfriend, something happening within Viktoria. She also wants closeness and love. Ida helps her make a Tinder profile and soon afterwards Viktoria gets a match with Håkan, who wants to come home to Viktoria. Ida becomes worried about how she will handle the situation, even more when she sees how Håkan looks. Viktoria tells Ida that she can’t be in the apartment when Håkan arrives. When Håkan arrives, Ida waits outside and is worried about what might happen.
Year
2020
Title
I, Julia
Director
Arvin Kananian
Official selection
Buff
Nordiskt Panorama
Telluride Film Festival
Nordische Filmtage Lubeck
Curtas Vila Do Conde
Cinekid
Asiana International Filmfestival
Stockmotion
NIFF
Synopsis
Julia is a 14 year old, living what seems to be an idyllic life. But there is a darkness growing inside. Her father controls the family with physical and mental abuse. A story about every day struggle and resilience, told from a young girls perspective.
Year
2019
Title
Tomorrow the birds will sing
Director
Arvin Kananian
Official selection
Evolution Mallorca Film Festival
Aesthetica Short Film Festival
Experimental/Dance/Music Festival
Synopsis
A striving artist enters an obscure world where a gate keeper guards the possibilities of her art coming to life. The artist's crave for validation demands her to give up her soul, and let it be cut into bloody pieces.
Year
2018
Title
2nd Class
Director
Jimmy Olsson
Official selection
Giffoni Film Festival
Flickers
Leeds International Film Festival
Cleveland
Indielisboa
Sao Paulo Short Film Festival
Tirana International Film Festival
Jaipur International Film Festival
Woodgate
+44
Synopsis
Charlotte has got a new job as a second grade teacher. One night she is attacked by a nazi and is severely injured. When she comes back to her students she discovers that one of her students is the son of that nazi.