On the night of a major power outage in Stockholm, two strangers trapped in a stalled elevator must decide who they are to each other before the doors open and reality returns. The Story
One rainy evening, during the final run of the night, Lars’s train stops at a remote, poorly lit station. As he waits for the departure signal, he glances out his window and sees a young woman standing alone on the platform. She seems distressed. Before he can process the image, the train lurches forward. In a flash of motion blur and rain-streaked glass, he sees a man grab the woman from behind and drag her into the shadows. sekunder 2009 short film
His breathing changes. Shallow. Quick.
: At the International Film Festival of Wales in 2009, Marie Boda won the Judges Award for Best Young Actress for her performance as Mathilde. Logline: On the night of a major power
If you are trying to track down a specific short film from 2009, you know how frustrating the internet can be. Unlike feature films, shorts often disappear when filmmakers move on to other projects or when their festival distribution rights lapse. Here are the best ways to find them: She seems distressed
What makes the Sekunder 2009 short film so effective is what it doesn’t show. Ebbe subscribes to the Hitchcockian school of suspense: It is not the explosion that terrifies, but the waiting for it.