Johan Cederholm

"Forest of Illusions" is a short film about a person who has just moved to his new house where unexplained things take place. A woman appears, who seems to know the place better, and explains that the phenomena originate from the mysterious forest nearby. She describes it as an open door out there. Just a little, but enough for the supernatural phenomena to seep out. The story has elements of magic, strange events and time jumps.

After a boating accident, the protagonist is missing and unconscious, hovering between life and death. The film takes us into this state, which manifests itself by following the character in a skewed version of reality, riddled with amnesia. Mysterious pearls start to appear and the sounds they make trigger memories in our protagonist, which eventually help him to return. The story can be described as magical realism, suggestive and at times terrifying.

A space traveler is awakened from stasis by Tekk, the ship's AI. What begins as a routine revival quickly turns ominous: he's not alone with his cats. An alien stowaway lurks aboard, posing a growing threat to both man and machine.