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Safe Harbor

Monika meets her daughter Sara for the first time in almost twenty years.

  • Daniel Ståhl
    Director
  • Daniel Ståhl
    Writer
  • Mimmi Kandler
    Key Cast
    "Monika"
  • Johanna Smitz
    Key Cast
    "Sara"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Efterdyning
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 36 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 1, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Sweden
  • Country of Filming:
    Sweden
  • Language:
    Swedish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Daniel Ståhl

Daniel Ståhl was born November 5th 1988 in Älmhult, Sweden. Between 2016 and 2018 he attended Katrineberg Community College's Film School. Daniel tends to write stories about human relations - often combined with sociological and/or political undertones.

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Director Statement

The premise of "Safe Harbor" had been in the back of my mind for several years but I never put it down on paper because I felt something was missing from the story. After experiencing a minor health scare a couple of years ago I started to read a lot about dealing with trauma, which in turn made me rediscover "Safe Harbor" - a story that deals with trauma of a different kind. So, in a sort of pseudotherapeutic way, I was able to find the pieces that I felt was was missing from the story by incorporating some of my own recent experiences into it.

Although "Safe Harbor" deals with a mother and daughter coming to terms with their troubled past, I hope that the ones watching the film will find themselves - like myself when writing it - touched not only by Sara and Monika's journey, but perhaps also by something that they have struggled with personally, whatever it may be. Like Sara says in the film : "You have to try to live with what has been. Not forget it". I believe we can all relate to that.