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

Financiers

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

Awards

  • Best Short Film, Nordisk Panorama, 2024

  • Best Nordic/Baltic Short Film, Fredrikstad Animation Festival, 2024

  • Winner of Finn Fantastic Film Award, Lund Fantastic Film Festival, 2024

  • Best International Short, Sydney Underground Film Festival, 2024


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

  • Animest Bucharest International Animation Film Festival, Romania, 2024

  • Bucheon International Fantastic FF (Bifan), South Korea, 2024

  • Cinemancia Film Festival, Colombia, 2024

  • Dark Dukes: Lancaster Horror Festival, UK, 2024

  • Ekrani I Artit, Albania, 2024

  • Fest Anča International Animation Festival, Slovakia, 2024

  • Filmfest Dresden , Germany, 2024

  • FRAMED International Film Festival, Netherlands, 2024

  • Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway, 2024

  • IndieLisboa, Portugal, 2024

  • Insomnia International Open-Air Animation Film Festival, Russia, 2024

  • Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine, 2024

  • L'Étrange Festival, France, 2024

  • New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, China, 2024

  • Nordix Festival, Romania, 2024

  • Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad, Norway, 2024

  • Odense International Film Festival, Denmark, 2024

  • Parish - Jersey International Film Festival, UK, 2024

  • Rooftop Films, USA, 2024

  • Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil, 2024

  • Seattle International Film Festival, USA, 2024

  • Short Film Festival Cologne, Germany, 2024

  • Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Japan, 2024

  • Sydney Underground Film Festival, Australia, 2024

  • Syncro Film Festival, Argentina, 2024