Jättekul att se dig (So nice to see you)
The short film "So nice to see you" is a minimalistic Swedish Rashomon story told with great precision and sensitivity by director Niklas Holmgren. Two young women meet by chance in a store. A completely mundane and stress-free meeting. Later in the movie they tell in different monologues about how they experienced what happened. Their thinking and conclusions about the almost insignificant meeting differ in an astonishing way. Rashomon, with its characteristic ambiguity and essentially different perceptions of what has actually happened is evident in this film.
Boris Fogelman's music ("In Commemoration Of A Fallen Lover" from the album Waltzes & Leitmotifs) sets the tone from the first scenes. The orchestral and the a capella version are added to each other with a certain internal time delay. This seemingly asymmetrical opening gives the story a dynamic push. It causes tension in contrast to the low-pitched and thoughtful acting.
This short film was shown on Swedish National TV and was chosen to be a part of Uppsala Short Film Festival 2009.