Simon Vahlne

A western Swedish beach during high summer. A variety of people come together to socialise and enjoy the heat. A family with children, a watercolour artist, a group of upper middle-aged friends and a bunch of middle school adolescents. The situation that arises will be called Fight on a Swedish Beach on Youtube.

Two couples sail out to an island in the Swedish archipelago. Jocke and Malin just got engaged; Tom and Stella met recently. But the weekend of easygoing romance takes a turn as deep-seated tensions of envy and frustration unfold. —Simon Vahlne

The American photographer Nick is in an idyllic coastal town in Sweden, working for a tourism campaign. During her stay, Nick gets drawn into an infected conflict between the town’s locals and the tourists.