Short Film Competition

The Happy Chimp

11 min. | Drama, Comedy | Pegi 13

Agnes is a newly engaged woman, with what can be considered the perfect soon to be husband Ville. But now they find themselves at a dinner with Ville’s brother Leo, someone a lot of people would refer to as a “free spirit”. Agnes has a dark secret she wants to remain hidden, an affair of infidelity with Leo, that she has called off because of the engagement. But her worry of the secret being exposed, is instead turned into jealousy and disgust when Leo’s new girlfriend SASHA turns up unannounced. Now Agnes needs to find her footing at this awkward double date, trying to figure out what Leo is trying to do without losing Ville in the process.

Love Lundgren, Axel Gillberg, Karl Lyth Bellman

Love Lundgren, Axel Gillberg, Karl Lyth Bellman

Three educated screenwriters in Gothenburg. In the last year we have all turned ourself into short film directors. Between us we have done 5-9 short films. Us a trio we are referred to as "the three tigers". This is our second film produced as a trio. We wanted to explore the duality in humans. How we evolved from the animal kingdom and how we have adapted to our modern civilized society. A key part of it was to drift away from the classic drama and actual let the characters embody their inner animal. A question we tried to explore, was the controversial "can cheating on your partner be good?"
Languages
Swedish
Subtitles
English, Lithuanian
Original title
Den lyckliga Schimpansen
Produced
2024: Sweden

Film information

Director
Love Lundgren, Axel Gillberg, Karl Lyth Bellman
Producers
Love Lundgren, Axel Gillber
Screenplay
Love Lundgren, Axel Gillber, Karl Lyth Bellman
Cast
Maja Thoresen, Johan L Hienstedt, Simon Rajala, Sharzad Rahmani
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