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