Fredrik Evers

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.

2011년 6월 28일 밤 스웨덴 기자 마틴과 요한은 소말리아에서 에티오피아로 불법 입국한다. 수개월에 걸친 연구와 계획 끝에 마침내 석유전쟁에 의한 오가덴 지역 주민의 피해상황을 밝히려 하지만, 5일 후 에티오피아 군대에 의해 붙잡힌다. 카프카에스크 재판 후 테러 명목으로 11년의 징역형을 선고받게 되는데… 자유의 억압에 저항하는 438일 간의 이야기

고집불통 까칠남 ‘오베’. 평생을 바친 직장에서 갑자기 정리해고를 당하고, 유일하게 마음을 터놓던 아내 ‘소냐’까지 세상을 떠난 이후, 그에게 남은 것은 ‘소냐’를 따라가는 것뿐이다. 모든 준비를 마친 ‘오베’. 마침내 계획을 실행할 결심을 하고, 마지막 순간을 앞둔 바로 그때! 그의 성질을 살살 긁으며 계획을 방해하기 시작한 누군가가 있었으니 바로!!! 아무 때나, 시도 때도 없이 막무가내로 들이대는 이웃들! 그의 삶에 제멋대로 끼어든 사람들! 과연 ‘오베’ 인생 최악의 순간은 반전될 수 있을까?

Mikko Virtanen feels like a Swedish soul trapped in a Finnish body. Full of disgust for everything Finnish, he sees Sweden as heaven. Upon meeting a suicidal Swedish psychologist Mikael Anderson, he seizes an opportunity for an identity switch. Raspberry Boat Refugee is a comedy about cultural differences in the Nordic countries, their nationalism and, not least, prejudices about our neighbours. It also proves how futile it is to try to escape oneself.

Mariken Halle first asked around her neighborhood if she might make a school film about one of her neighbors. When that didn’t work, she and her small film crew began addressing people on the streets of Göteborg. How would they imagine a movie that they would want to star in? The results were far from fantastic – she encountered dismissively amused responses and boring, confused ideas. But some of the people she talked to were different. They try getting into their “life role” – and she begins to direct them....