Parning

Director Lina Maria Mannheimer places a personal ad in a dating app. The premise is clear: She intends to follow two children of the nineties and their dating habits for one year. After having cast her two main characters, who are to separately provide insight into their lives as young people on the mating market, something happens that takes the film down an unforeseen path – they start dating each other! The result is an intimate portrait of youthful effervescence, startling infatuation, and bitter-sweet heartbreak. Since Mannheimer never meets the main characters, they are allowed to create themselves and their relationship through the screen. It is as brutally honest as genuinely heart-warming. (Göteborg Film Festival)