Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

10 YEARS STRONG

Incident by a Bank

Händelse vid bank

Sweden
2009 — 12' / Color

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Synopsis

”Incident by a bank” is a detailed and humorous account of a failed bank robbery: A single take where over 96 people perform a meticulous choreography for the camera. ”Incident by a bank” recreates an actual event that took place in Stockholm back in June 2006; it’s an observation in real-time and a study of how people act and react to the unexpected.

Director Biography

Directed films on skiing in the late 90s, some of them now world-famous. After a documentary 2000 he made his award-winning feature debut, The Guitar Mongoloid, in 2004. Involuntary (2008) was selected for Cannes 2008 and has since been in major festivals worldwide. It was also Sweden´s nominee for Best Foreign Language Oscar that year.

Director

Ruben Östlund

Producer

Erik Hemmendorff

Marie Kjellson

Cinematographer

Marius Dybwad Brandrud

Editor

Ruben Östlund

Sound

Niklas Skarp

Contact

Plattform Produktion
Vallgatan 9D
S-41116 Göteborg
+46 31 7116660
[email protected]