Set in a near-future Sweden, where jobs are scarce, margins are tight and corporate profit trumps all, this timely hybrid film reveals a frighteningly all-too-recognisable economic dystopia. Sköld highlights the effects of the ruthless system on families, friendships and communities. All but a hair’s breadth away from homelessness, zero-hours contract workers squabble over shifts at the discount supermarket while store manager Eleni, a new mother forced to return to work too soon, frantically pumps breast milk in the staff toilets. Poignant and compellingly performed, the film’s vignettes are punctuated with animated sequences, inventively exposing the dehumanising and absurdly wasteful effects of capitalism. And yet, beyond the store, an ever-growing ‘underclass’ offers a sense of hope through sustainability and true community.
Bianca
Two prostitutes make their living by selling love for the night. But they have never experienced it. True love.
The Clerk follows the daily office life of a young female clerk who works in a military conscription centre.
Patient
A young woman goes under the knife of a mad surgeon to find out what is wrong with her in the best way possible - a dreamlike exploratory surgery.
Writer
A young woman goes under the knife of a mad surgeon to find out what is wrong with her in the best way possible - a dreamlike exploratory surgery.
Makeup Artist
A young woman goes under the knife of a mad surgeon to find out what is wrong with her in the best way possible - a dreamlike exploratory surgery.
Producer
A young woman goes under the knife of a mad surgeon to find out what is wrong with her in the best way possible - a dreamlike exploratory surgery.
Josef's friend
Chess. Every move is like a choice in life, not always possible to correct if it goes wrong. The old man Johannes will not loose his faith in Leon that at an early age face a reality he cannot manage to master. Life becomes a grid of fast money, drugs and crime that punishes Leon’s closest. Checkmate? Choices made today will have consequences tomorrow.