Amateurs
Directed by
2018
The small municipality of Lafors hopes to solve its economic drought by attracting a German discount supermarket. In order to bolster the municipality’s brand, the local youths are asked to produce films about their hometown, but the films do not turn out as thought. The project is called off, but two teenage girls continue working on their documentary film anyhow. Based on a manuscript that she wrote together with Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Pichler depicts both struggling citizens as well as anguishing politicans with precision, engaging humor and one-hundred percent loyalty. (Göteborg Film Festival / Jonas Holmberg)