David Gülich

A young man named Johan works for the Swedish government and creates permits that enable the sale of protected lands. Johan thinks a lot, he always wants to do a good job, act right and wants to be considered right in the eyes of others. He is awaiting a bonus that he has been promised. The bonus is suddenly given to another colleague, Johan continues to work with the condition which wears on his already hard-pressed psyche. He experiences a disappearance from this world with a strong anxiety.

The story is composed of fragments of lives lived in northern Scania. Some of them are mundane, while others border on the magical. But like shadows over the landscape, some protagonists are distinguished: Beata, a seasonal worker who comes to Sweden for the first time; Aaron, a young man with a broken heart returning to the place where he grew up, and Billie, a girl lost in her first summer vacation. As the film follows their lives, which slowly merge with the landscape.

In a world that is in constant and unstoppable change, it is easy to become historyless, lose clarity of perspective, and be blinded by the moment. The circumstances shape our belief of what is possible and much of what once was a struggle for many has now become taken for granted. Can a longer perspective increase our understanding of our surroundings?

In a world that is in constant and unstoppable change, it is easy to become historyless, lose clarity of perspective, and be blinded by the moment. The circumstances shape our belief of what is possible and much of what once was a struggle for many has now become taken for granted. Can a longer perspective increase our understanding of our surroundings?

In a world that is in constant and unstoppable change, it is easy to become historyless, lose clarity of perspective, and be blinded by the moment. The circumstances shape our belief of what is possible and much of what once was a struggle for many has now become taken for granted. Can a longer perspective increase our understanding of our surroundings?

Short film exploring various American film locations which have substituted for other locations all over the world.

The mapping of a desolate house in southern Sweden encased in iron and cement, standing as a monument of one man's loneliness and paranoia.