Best Short Film
Best Actress Short Film
Best Director Short Film
Felicia, a trendy millennial, receives a necklace from the 1920s in the mail from her grandmother. Putting it on, she slowly transforms into Cassandra, who moved to Stockholm in 1924 expecting it to be a haven for free-spirited young women. Instead, she ends up abused by the married man she has started a relationship with and falsely accused of his death, committing suicide in prison. 100 years later she seeks redemption through Felicia, seducing and avenging men who remind her of the man who deprived her of her freedom.
Cassandra Insköld’s Last Word (its title also alluding to the popular 1920s cocktail) is a visual love letter to a forgotten era in Stockholm – the 1920s. It’s full of vibrant hues, flappers, art deco locations and glowing neon signs. At the same time the film serves as a reminder that everything wasn’t better in the past, that the veil of nostalgia hides dark secrets and grave injustice (especially for young women).