Iris Prize Shorts 2021
The Night Train
Oskar is on the night train, heading home after an interview in Stockholm. With a long night ahead of him, he makes eye contact across the aisle with Ahmad, an exchange of looks expressing mutual desire.
DIRECTOR:
Jery Carlsson
PRODUCER:
Frida Mårtensson
WRITER:
Jery Carlsson
RELEASE YEAR:
2020
Sweden, 15 Minutes
Oskar is on the night train, heading home after an interview in Stockholm. With a long night ahead of him, he makes eye contact with Ahmad. For the first time he meets the gaze of someone who feels the same desire as he does.
Jerry Carlsson graduated from Valand Academy in 2014. His award-winning short films have been screened at numerous international film festivals, including Locarno, Tribeca and Clermont-Ferrand, where his short film Shadow Animals received both the Special Jury Prize and the Canal+ Award in 2018.