Swans 2016
By living his entire life fearing the prejudice of others, Aksel inadvertently made himself the source of true bias. Now, the real victims of prejudice will be revealed, as his secret is laid out for the world to see.
By living his entire life fearing the prejudice of others, Aksel inadvertently made himself the source of true bias. Now, the real victims of prejudice will be revealed, as his secret is laid out for the world to see.
Ten year old Benjamin and his mother live on an isolated farm under the violent reign of his father. Mother takes the beating and tries to cover up to keep things normal. But when Benjamin one day witnesses this beating, his suspicions are turned into facts. Benjamin wants his father to apologize to his mother for hitting her. Benjamin naively believes that things can be set straight with words alone. When Benjamin worsens the situation by taking his father's puppy as a hostage things escalate to a point where his mother has to step up and do what she should have done a long time ago.
Amna is plagued by sleep paralysis and has difficulty concentrating. She lives with her family, who are orthodox Muslims, but are themselves in doubt about their faith. She takes off her veil when she is at the University of Odense, while she and her mother in the mosque follow the family's religious traditions.
Katrine, a high school student, has a very special date planned. Tonight she will meet with her brother for the first time since their early childhood. Her expectations are high and she hopes to connect with her brother to fill the gap that the separation has cost. But what if there is no connection? During the course of one evening and night, they try to bridge the years.
A coming of age story about fourteen year old Hanna and her full of romance summer.
Bojana, the local hand ball coach is put to test when parents of the little league team start questioning her stern pedagogical methods. Bojana feels trapped during a heated match where everyone seems to have an opinion on her behavior.
After several years together, William and Cecilie break up. To treat the sorrow with love the same night they decide to do the drug MDMA together. This results in a emotional roller coaster ride over a whole weekend, where they're isolated together in their apartment.
13-year-old Karl and Thomas have been childhood friends but are now drifting apart. Thomas likes Katzy and Katzy likes Karl. The boys have stolen 30,000 kroner because Thomas wants to impress Katzy with an unforgettable party.
The story of the young twins Miki and Vanja, who live with their foster father Kim. Kim works as a police officer and he proudly brags to the twins about his authoritative ways to take care of protesters - but the twins do not think highly of Kim. When Kim is not around, the twins escape to their parallel fantasy world, in this world they overpower Kim, but as he suspects what they are doing, the boundaries between fantasy and reality becomes blurred.
Mattis feels rejected by his dad and seeks attention from his male dancing teacher. But this night, something is different. Mattis induces a power struggle and when the dancing teacher desperately tries to set boundaries, they both loose control.
The relationship and identity of a young lesbian girl is thrown into storm as she sees her girlfriend kissing a boy.
A young woman's friend dies accidentally, but she doesn't cry. She finds a bag full of money and is more affected by the joy of the money than she is weighed down by the grief of her deceased friend. In dreams, she is haunted by her deceased friend who questions her lack of tears.
The young Samir accompanies the politician Stefan to a hotel room. Samir is in love and has set everything aside to be able to go with Stefan, as they had planned. But under the surface lies a big misunderstanding, and outside in the rain a journalist is waiting for the next big headline.