International Competition

When Jakob becomes a father, he is overcome by fierce anxiety attacks and is forced to contemplate why his reaction is so strong. Thinking back to his childhood, and wondering if this anxiety runs in the family, the filmmaker visits his father, a taciturn hunter. Slowly, a deeper contact develops between them. Wild Wounded Animals is a deeply personal story about fatherhood, anxiety, and the breaking of vicious circles. Through expressive and suggestive images, it is also a visual meditation on the feelings of anxiety. Filled with a sense of the tragic inhabiting the spaces of daily life, the film takes its natural place in the long tradition of harsh Nordic family portraits.