Tag Archives: essay

Blackmail

What makes the Canadian embassy sponsor a film festival in Hessen, Germany? After having encountered the same mystery year after year, Frans and Björn decides to investigate the case further. Behind the curtain, they find a chain of astonishing and farfetched conspiracies.

Collaboration with Frans Einarsson.

Blackmail, film still, Frans Einarsson and Björn Perborg in white robes.
Photo: Björn Perborg
Blackmail, film still, wall with text Invasion.
Photo: Björn Perborg
Blackmail, film still, paper cuts for the words Botschaft von Kanada.
Photo: Björn Perborg

Year: 2019
Dialogue language: German and English
Duration: 4.33 min
Cast: Frans Einarsson & Björn Perborg

The Trip to America

Photographic images come into the field of vision with a typical mechanical »clack« of a slide projector. Soberly but with a touch of admiration, an off-camera voice explains what happened at the airport on the way from Copenhagen to America.

Long story short: a small package of laundry detergent, a three centimetre pocketknife and a book on Islam caused such an uproar with the airport security personnel that the trip could only be continued after a long inspection.

The Trip To America, film still, paper box covered in tape labelled Checked Bagage is being opened by a knife.
Photo: Magnus Petersson
The Trip To America, film still, paper box covered in tape labelled Checked Bagage is being opened by a knife.
Photo: Magnus Petersson

Year: 2008-2009
Technique: Animation SD PAL, English voice-overDuration: 2.05 min
Voice: Dave Morris

Procrastination

Procrastination is a pretty universal phenomenon. The possibility of instant satisfaction often appears far more attractive than some vague reward in the future. That is why many of us suddenly start to do the dishes, vacuum clean or tidy up the flat when we really should be preparing for an approaching deadline. In this film the artist Björn Perborg reveals how his plans for a two month residency in Copenhagen turned into something else and how he, in the end, had produced nothing but a short film about procrastination.

Procrastination, film still by Björn Perborg, time clock and books.
Photo: Björn Perborg

Year: 2015
Duration: 6.10 min
Narration: Andrew Mottershead
Music: Astor Piazzolla: Nightclub 1960, performed and recorded by Björn Perborg
Theatrical mix / Mastering: Niklas Skarp
Distribution: Filmform