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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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