A summer morning turns into a game of cosmic hide-and-seek with something unseen.
Viktor, 15, and his family go to their summerhouse in the North of Sweden. On a bright, sleepless morning Viktor walks to a lake nearby. Things start disappearing, one after the other, like something in the forest was watching him and wanted to tease him.
Direction
Dahlström builds dread from absolutely nothing.
Cinematography
Endless Swedish light becomes deeply wrong.
Sound
Negative space does all the screaming.
Director
Alexandra Dahlström
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Swedish 'skogsrå' folklore—forest spirits that steal trinkets to lure humans deeper—haunts every frame without being named.
Dahlström, primarily known as an actress (Show Me Love), made this her directorial debut at 24, announcing a voice obsessed with what lurks in bright daylight.
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