In a set-up competition, a gang of young robbers make their victims race for their belongings. The film follows the events and elaborate role-play between the robbers and the victims in “real-time” preceding the competition

Prod companies: Plattform Production (Sweden), Coproduction Office (Germany, Denmark) 

Co-prod companies: Swedish public broadcaster SVT, Film i Väst

Producer: Erik Hemmendorff 

Budget: $2.3m (€1.8m) 

Intl sales: Coproduction Office 

Director/Screenplay: Ruben Östlund 

DoP: Marius Dybwad Brandrud 

Production Design: Pia Aleborg 

Locations: Gothenborg, Västra Götaland (Sweden)

Shooting from when until when: Autumn 2009-Spring 2010 

Contact: Erik Hemmendorff, Plattform Production, erik@plattformproduktion.se 

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