Debut

Jan 31, 2016

0h 29m

★ 2.7

Overview

A short film about Philip who dreams of becoming a model. At a casting he gets the chance to be photographed with the well-known model Sebastiaan; they fall in love. During the photo shoot, Philip pushes his limits more and more in order to keep the photographer's interest. Philip and Sebastiaan lose control of the situation when Philip is doing everything he can just to be able to stay in front of the camera.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Stockholm University of the Arts

Debut Trailers

Cast

Philip

Hannes Fohlin

Sebastiaan

Karl-Henrik Franzén

Chloé

Oldoz Javidi

Coordinator

Adia Smith-Eriksson

Bartender

Alexandra Drotz Ruhn

Daniel (uncredited)

Marko Randelovic

Extra - Model (uncredited)

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