For the third year the festival presents the Finn Fantastic competition for the best Swedish short film! We are honored to have so many wonderful Swedish films to show you. We have puppet animation investigating the hidden parts of society and transformations in everyday life. Androids whose assistance may be boon or bane. Cautionary tales of the terror that lurks in the blend of technology and the supernatural.We have films that show the grim isolation, either in the web of a cult or in the desolation of a dystopian future. Enjoy the mix of Swedish short films showcasing fantastic films through different genres.
The Finn Fantastic competition celebrates the best of Swedish fantastic short films. After the screening there will be a Q & A with the film-makers.
Films featured are:
Final Show by Freddy Wallin
The Lovers by Carolina Sandvik
Killing R by Irene Altagracia Perez Lopez
Way Out by Fredrik Rönnqvist
115 by André Gogola, Vito Gogola
The Light by Nikolina Riselius
Director: André & Vito Gogola Country: Sweden, Language: English, Year: 2023,
Subtitles: english, Premier Info: World Premiere
Benji meets Erika on a dating app and decides to meet her, expecting to find the woman of his dreams. Instead, he finds the creature of his worst nightmare.
Director: Freddy Wallin , Country:
Sweden, Language: No dialogue, Year: 2023,
Premier info: none, Subtitles: no
The Final Show is a story of futile resistance. In a distorted reality defenseless creatures are imprisoned and forced to humiliate and hurt each other. Everything is recorded and streamed to thousands of paying customers. One day they have had enough.
Director: Irene Altagracia Perez Lopez,
Language: Swedish, Country:
Sweden, Year: 2023, Premier info: None,
Subtitles: english
In a not-so-distant future where AI technology is part of everyday life, Rebecka, an architect and a mother, receives help from her AI clone R. As the responsibilities pile on for Rebecka, she finds out that the android helper may not be so great at alleviating her stress.
Director: Nikolina Riselius, Country:
Sweden, Language: Swedish
Year: 2023, Premier info: no premiere
In this debut by a 19-year-old director, a blind woman and her dog try to survive in a seemingly deserted land after a nuclear war.
Director: Carolina Sandvik, Country: Sweden, Language: no dialogue, Year: 2023, Premier info:
no premiere
A stop motion relationship horror and unromantic comedy about a couple forced to deal with escalating bodily transformations.
Director: Fredrik Rönnqvist, Country: Sweden,
Premier info: no premiere,
Language: Swedish, Subtitles: English
Year: 2023
In the cult, you’re supposed to leave your old life behind – a rule that may need to be reinforced with violence.
