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Directing

The Landlord

When newly dumped Stella (40) finds a new tenant, 21-year-old incel Anton, she thinks her life can’t get any worse. Lonely and longing, she makes the ill-advised decision to have sex with him. Despite struggling with guilt over having abused her power as a landlord, she can’t let go of the fact that Anton rejects her. After several failed attempts to reach Anton, the power dynamic shifts, and Stella’s existence in the apartment becomes consumed by Anton’s absence. She eventually realizes she must fully embrace the humiliation in order to be free.

20 min | Drama, Comedy

Premiering 2026

Info & Credits

Director and scriptwriter
Vera Sjunnesson
Cast
Eleftheria Gerofoka, Jonatan Bökman
Producers
Mirjam Gelhorn
David Herdies & Michael Krotkiewski
Cinematographer
Milja Rossi FSF
Production Design
Lisa Berkert Wallard
Gaffer
Samantha Wikmark
Costume designer
Sofi Gregersdotter & Maria Lundqvist
Composer
Ted Krotkiewski
Editors
Vera Sjunnesson & Simon Carlgren
With support by
Swedish Film Institute, SVT, Film Stockholm, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee


Infantile

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Short film, 2016

An affectionate moment in synchronized swimming class raises twelve-year-old Mira's courage to test the boundaries of her friendship with the coach.

Starring :
Momo Burns-Min
Eileen Weisinger

Contact:
Vera Sjunnesson
+46 (0)763-196-231 (se)
vera.kastrup@gmail.com

Available here:
https://www.folketsbio.se/film/infantile/
https://www.drakenfilm.se/film/infantile

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Screenings

Jan 2016:
- Gothenburg Film Festival, Startsladden (Best Swedish Short) Nominee
April-May 2016:
- Svensk Kortfilm c/o Folkets Bio
- Stockholm Experimental & Animation Film Festival

June 2016:
- Capalbio International Film Festival
Sept 2016:
- Nordisk Panorama Film Festival
- Cinema Queer Int Film Festival
Oct 2016:
- Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Dec 2016:
- KORT og KALD in Hammerfest, Norway


The businessman, the mosquito and the dragon

Documentary in 5 parts, 2013
By vera sjunnesson


To present my obsession with chinoiserie, i worked as an investigator through a documentary filmmaker approach, and also as an utopist looking for a dreamt world which is actually born in my upside down mind. This documentary series was part of a video installation.


Legs
Short film, 2013