THE LOVERS

The Lovers - A relationship horror and unromantic comedy about a couple forced to deal with escalating bodily transformations.

A man and a woman are having a candlelit dinner at a restaurant. All of a sudden the man's appearance begins to change. The Lovers is a stop motion relationship horror and unromantic comedy about a couple forced to deal with escalating bodily transformations.

Credits

Director
Carolina Sandvik

Screenplay
Carolina Sandvik

Producer
Kerstin Übelacker

Cinematography
Carolina Sandvik

Editing
Carolina Sandvik

Sound design
Carolina Sandvik

Sound mixing
Martin Hennel


Music
Leo Berg

Set design
Carolina Sandvik

Costume design
Annie Sörhammar

Animation
Carolina Sandvik

Colourist
Michael Cavanagh

Post-production
Mikey Jones

Screenings

  • Locarno Film Festival, (Special Mention in the Pardi di Domani competition) Switzerland, 2023

  • Concorto Film Festival, Italy, 2023

  • IndieCork, Ireland, 2023

  • Lima Alterna IFF, Peru, 2023

  • Monsters - Taranto Horror Film Festival, Italy, 2023

  • Denver Film Festival, USA, 2023

  • PÖFF Shorts, Estonia, 2023

  • Winterthur Int Short FF, Switzerland, 2023

  • Black Movie, Switzerland, 2024

  • Shortsscreen, Belgium, 2024

  • Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2024

  • Glasgow Short Film Festival, UK, 2024

  • Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey, 2024

  • Hong Kong International FF, Hong Kong, 2024

  • Go Short, Netherlands, 2024

  • Kaboom Animation Festival, Netherlands, 2024

  • Dresden Filmfestival (Honourable mention), Germany, 2024

Financiers

SFI, Film i Skåne, SVT, Film i Väst, Scen & film