Private Project

In My Mind

When a young man tries to get help with his unpleasant thoughts, he seeks help from psychiatric care and is given a medication, only to find that the medication made his thoughts 100 times worse.

A true story based on an anonymous person.

  • Simon Talvend Gillner
    Director
    Styrkan, More Than You Know
  • Daniel Pawela
    Director
    De Brutala
  • Daniel Pawela
    Writer
  • Simon Talvend Gillner
    Producer
  • Daniel Pawela
    Producer
  • Daniel Pawela
    Key Cast
    "Daniel Dahlin"
  • Ebba Bangoura
    Key Cast
    "Doctor"
  • Johan Mackegård Hansson
    Key Cast
    "Bully"
  • Dafvid Hermansson
    Key Cast
    "Father"
  • Simon Talvend Gillner
    Key Cast
    "Psychologist"
  • Simon Talvend Gillner
    Cinematography
  • Simon Talvend Gillner
    Sound
  • Simon Talvend Gillner
    Editor
  • Daniel Pawela
    Production Design
  • Simon Talvend Gillner
    Production Design
  • Simon Talvend Gillner
    Color Grade
  • Daniel Pawela
    FAD
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    In My Mind
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 6, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Sweden
  • Country of Filming:
    Sweden
  • Language:
    Swedish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.90:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Talvend Gillner Productions
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Simon Talvend Gillner, Daniel Pawela

Since high school Simon and Daniel has collaborated on numerous film projects together and made short films to evolve and reach their highest dreams of becoming a successful director and a successful actor.

Both directed their own feature film as their final high school project and won scholarships to keep studying, which they did in Australia. Simon at Sydney Film School and Daniel in Sydney Actor School.

In the picture is Simon and Daniel together with John Buckmaster, one of the founders of Sydney Film School, who tragically passed away winter 2017.

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Director Statement

"To create a character in a film is like therapy, you learn so much more about who you really are deep inside." - Daniel Pawela

"I was never really good at communicating with words, so to tell stories visually just felt natural to me." - Simon T.G