The Lovers
2025 NOMINEE - BEST ANIMATED FILM
2023
Sweden
13 mins
Animated Film Competition
| Carolina Sandvik | |
| Kerstin Übelacker | |
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.
About the Director
Carolina Sandvik is a filmmaker and artist with a Master in Fine Arts. She is based in Malmö, Sweden. Her short film THE EXPECTED won the Best Swedish Short Dragon Award at Göteborg Film Festival and Børge Ring Award at Odense Film Festival 2021. In addition to film festivals, her work has recently been shown at art venues such as Malmö Art Museum and Färgfabriken in Stockholm.
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Awards
2021 Torino Short Film Market – Best Short Comedy Pitch
