MÄLAREN (2022) - Mystery / Sci-fi Short Film (Award Winning)

Fatcat Films presents... A film by Olle Strömne MÄLAREN Damn this is nice! Yeah, granddad wasn't joking when he said the island was big... No, he didn't... Hey, Otto I was thinking we put the stuff in the cabin so we can go out fishing right now? Yeah, absolutely. What are we waiting for? Yeah let's go right now. What the- How's it going dad? It worked just a second ago?! But- Is it out of gas maybe? It had a full tank when we left home! What the hell are we going to do? I guess I have to call d

ad then... Tell him to get his boat and come get us... What the fuck? It's dead. Otto, could you check your phone if it works? It's dead too... I can't turn it on? Fun. Then I guess we'll be stuck here for a while... What the hell do you mean by that? We're not gonna be stuck here, right? Well, im not fucking swimming home. This vacation turned out fun... Heh, no kidding. Stuck on an island in the middle of Mälaren... Hope dad is enjoying his retirement... I thought granddad liked his job... Yea

h... He did, but- it had to end sometime... But... Maybe now we'll never have to hear him ramble on about how he's gonna revolutionize the world with his company... I thought that whole AI-thing seemed pretty cool... I think it's just frightening. Haven't you seen Terminator? This coffee won't last forever, you know... No, I know. Soon all our snacks will be gone. Yeah... I was thinking we could try to find some food tomorrow... The question is- if I could try to do some fishing... Then maybe I'

ll catch something... And I also think I'm gonna take a look at the engine... But I don't know how much I can fix without tools... No... But if we paddle our way home? If you can't fix the engine tomorrow? Paddle? It's not a canoe... But, I mean- Look at the island. Trees everywhere- Just forest and a house. I mean... We have a lot of potential to find sticks, wood or logs to take us home... Yeah, maybe... The next day... *Singing swedish song* Looks like it's strong enough! Great. There's no- T

here's no power at all... Maybe somethings up with the battery... Well, what do we have here? Otto! Otto?! Otto? I found a flare gun! This... What the fuck- No... Shit. A little too bright maybe... Fucking hell! Hello? Hello? Dad, dad, dad! We gotta go! We have to go now! What are you talking about? We can stay a while. Dad. I was on the other side of the island... And I saw a person. It looked like me... No. Now you're just being hysterical. We can wait until our phones start working again. And

then everything will be alright. You can't be serious. We gotta go now! The fuck is this? There's a used shell for my flare gun here... I didn't bring that? Or did you put it in the boat? Stop fooling around over there... But... The boat is there, the shell is here- What the hell? Did you take out the flare gun? What was that? I swear I heard something... Otto, it's probably nothing... Dad, something made a noise up there. The sound is that way! It's coming from in here! No, calm down now! Ther

e's something in here. What the hell... Are you okay, Otto? It's okay. You're fine? What the hell?! Dad, that looks like some kind of robot, kill it! What the fuck! Shoot it, dad!! How is this even possible?! Now we're rowing home. Before my clone gets here. What?! There's another one?! Shoot him. Shoot him, dad! Yeah. Do you have more? I have more, I have more! Now we're leaving, no matter if we have to row or swim. MÄLAREN Written and directed by: Olle Strömne Otto: Teo Wennertorp The father /

Bob: Henrik Forsberg Cinematographer: Olle Strömne Audio technician: Valter Nadelius Music by: Traditional, Edward Karl Hanson licensed from Epidemic Sound Editing, VFX, grading by: Olle Strömne A FatCat Films production