Two arborists, Samir and Sara, are hired to cut down a healthy tree in a family’s backyard. Why the family wants the tree removed seems at first quite incomprehensible. It’s obvious there’s something they don’t want to talk about. While taking the tree down, Samir observes the backyard and the people he meets.

Jerry Carlsson is a Swedish screenwriter and director that has studied at Valand Academy and Alma Manus. His short films have competed at film festivals worldwide including Venice, Locarno, Toronto, Tribeca, Palm Springs, and Clermont-Ferrand. Awards include the Special Jury Prize and the Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand, the Palm Springs Best Live-Action Short Award, the San Francisco Golden Gate Award, and the Best Nordic Short Award at Nordisk Panorama, which he has received twice. Jerry’s films have been acquired by SVT, Canal+, French TV3 and Criterion Channel and been selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere.

Jerry has participated in Nordic Film Lab, Berlinale Talents and EFP’s program Future Frames: Ten filmmakers to follow at Karlovy Vary. Most recently, Jerry directed two episodes of the highly acclaimed Netflix drama series “Young Royals” and is now in financing with his debut feature film.