Ping Mon H. Wallén

Elin is 8 years old when she realizes that children are divided into richer and poorer. She tries to fit in at her new school where the children go on vacation to skiing resorts instead of staying home. A short film based on a true story.

The Disciple is set in the summer of 1939, when 13-year-old Karl arrives in the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea to work as lighthouse master Hasselbond’s assistant. Hasselbond, however, turns him down because of his young age. Karl struggles desperately to stay on and makes friends with Hasselbond’s oppressed son, Gustaf, but their friendship changes to rivalry and hate when Hasselbond starts to favor Karl over his own son.