Sweden
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Part of Shorts Program 5: Mindbenders
Being a mother is supposed to be joyful. Being a child is supposed to be fun. Having a family is meant to be life-affirming. But nothing in this home is like it's supposed to be.
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screens before A BAD PLACE
A musical tribute to the poor victims in horror film history that didn't make it to the sequel.
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A crime-writer gets tangled in her own mystery. When her latest novel flops, the publisher sends the best-selling crime-writer, Robin Richards, to a Swedish Countryside Farm for inspiration. The charming, rustic farm turns out to be a ramshackle house of horrors that are revealed slowly and shockingly. The farmer has a secret, his eccentric sister never utters a word, but is surely up to something? The gun-nut son, the creepy driver who claims to be a big fan, and his jealous wife form a cast of intriguing characters. Will Robin finally find the inspiration she seeks? At what cost?
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A dad comes home after work and his daughter wants to play hide and seek. But is it really his daughter?
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Hi! You've never seen me before, but I know everything about you. Welcome to the 21st century ;) Part of Shorts Program 1
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Release your mind and body...and other, more primal instincts. A delightfully absurdist comedy finds a group of revolutionary thinkers during the peak of Swedish summer. Far from the nearest community, Sara and Simon have gathered their group in an effort to break free of societal constraints and expectations...to be free...to make their own rules. Although, it's difficult to tell if they really know where they're headed. Or, perhaps they really ARE onto something. But amidst all of their theories on mankind, it's easy to forget that even modern humans are driven by primal needs.
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Are we born to do good or are we here just to save ourselves? This animated film provides disconcerting answers.
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A story about being separated by force. It is about the merciless march of time, about knowing the exact date your world will end and how you cope with it. Lena and Karin have known each other for six years. They are extremely close, but due to their pasts and various external circumstances their relationship must end.
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Blood, sweat, and tears in memory sports? Sweden may be the host of the Nobel prize, but it is also home to another variety of the mentally-gifted: Grand Masters of Memory. Mattias became a countrywide sensation as a three-time Swedish national champion in the oddly fascinating mind sport of memory: memorizing superhuman amounts of information under time constraints. However, his dominance is threatened when two confident newcomers emerge onto the scene armed with their own idiosyncratic methods of training.
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Jessica is a transsexual who is working as a prostitute in the red-light district of Bangkok. She is faced with the toughest choice of her life. To follow her boyfriend abroad and start a new life, or to stay in Bangkok and keep supporting her mother. Whatever choice she makes it will determine her future and impact the people closest to her. Part of Shorts Program 6: Docu-Nation