"One of us is trembling"
Isaac Productions new mini series "One of us is trembling" created by the acclaimed filmmaker Selma Sunniva ("An Example"), and produced by Christian Lønhart and Maja Klit will have its international premiere at Series Mania and will screen on Monday 24th of March followed by a Q&A session featuring the director, screenwriter, and producer. The series is part of the Short Forms Competition, competing for the Best Short Series Award.
"One of us is trembling" is a bold and deeply personal new mini-series that redefines how love and mental health is represented on screen. At its core, the series is an unfiltered portrait of Silvia (Frederikke Dahl Hansen), a young woman battling intrusive thoughts and self-destructive tendencies. When she falls for Mikkel (Alex Høgh Andersen), their love story unfolds with an intense, almost desperate passion—one that soon turns toxic. As Silvia’s struggles with anxiety and paranoia clash with Mikkel’s inability to open up about his own past trauma, their relationship becomes both magnetic and suffocating.
More than just a love story, the series examines the complexities of relationships when mental illness is involved. The series refuses to romanticize suffering and instead portrays the raw, often painful reality of navigating intimacy while struggling with psychological vulnerability.
Filmmaker Selma Sunniva draws from personal experiences with mental health and psychiatric treatment, making "One of us is trembling" an authentic and necessary contribution to on-screen representation of neurodivergent individuals. “Romance in film often ignores the impact of mental illness on relationships,” says Sunniva. “There’s a tendency to depict destructive love as something inherently beautiful. I wanted to strip away the romanticized lens and show the raw, often painful reality behind it.”
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