Doggerland
Alf, nearing 40, still lives with his overbearing mother, Monica, in the quiet town of Norrköping. She constantly pressures him to find a job and move out, but Alf’s true passion lies in his diabolo routine. When he gets the chance to tour Europe with his act, Monica struggles to let go of him – perhaps even more than she realizes. Shot on black-and-white 16mm film, this heartfelt, offbeat story blends raw realism with dreamlike ambition, featuring everyday people in their authentic settings.
Kim Ekberg is a director and film critic, born in Krokek, Sweden in 1989, and educated at Akademi Valand. His graduation film The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth had its international premiere at the São Paulo Film Festival. He has directed several music videos. The short film 2gether was awarded the Dragon Award at the Gothenburg Film Festival in 2022. In 2024, he co-directed the feature film XXL with Sawandi Groskind, which premiered internationally at FIDMarseille. Together with Groskind, Saarlotta Virri and Hannah Wiker Wikström, he has been running the independent anti-capitalist production company POST POST since 2022.