This is Only the Beginning

A young reclusive man moves from his small town in Sweden to Osaka, in search of connection and an escape from the mundanity of life.

Fabian lives with his father in Sweden, but he spends most of his time alone. Like many his age, he spends his days buried in the overwhelming ocean of information the internet has to offer. But this does not give him the escape he needs. Seeking something beyond the familiar, he ends up in Osaka. Picking up a job as a bouncer in a cow suit, his life becomes fuller and stranger. This carefully crafted hybrid film follows Fabian’s passage from loneliness to connection.

This film will screen as part of the programme Shorts: More Than Words.