Connected - Short film

Set in the distant future, Connected is a story about survival and greed with a post apocalyptic wasteland as its backdrop. Survivors of an unknown disaster shuffle through a desolate landscape, as it quickly becomes clear that not everybody has the strength to survive.

About the film

Shot in deserted Faxe Kalkbrud, Denmark, and directed by Jens Raunkjær Christensen and Jonas Drotner Mouritsen, Connected is a unique short film, a sci-fi western with a tiny budget, but huge ambitions. A relatively small, but very enthusiastic and talented crew helped bring this bleak vision of the future to the screen. The film is produced with support from The Film Workshop / The Danish Film Institute

I love the look of the film, which makes the most of what I assume to be a fairly low budget. It looks like an old strip from Heavy Metal come to life. You won’t see faces or hear dialogue, but a great set of costume designs and a solid trio of physical performances provide all the character you’ll need. I want to know more about the science and systems behind what is happening here, but you don’t really need that info. That I’m curious about it at all suggests that the film is working.

My only qualm here is the music. The western theme would make more sense in a story where that sort of music might be heard at all. Here, rather than referring to anything about the world or the people in it, the tune basically says, “hey, we’d like this to be a western!” That’s not a huge deal, but it was a bit distracting.