RED CAT

Two friends with benefits lose their chemistry in bed and find themselves in a chaotic world of storms, anxiety, and death. Meanwhile, their neighbor Kjell Höglund sits at his piano, writing the song "I Hear Them Making Love in the Apartment Above."

ABOUT

Background

Red Cat is a fictional short film directed and written by Tove Näsström. The story unfolds during the time when Kjell Höglund sat at his piano composing the song “I Hear Them Making Love in the Apartment Above.”

The plot revolves around friends with benefits, Vera and Svante, who struggle to communicate their feelings for each other, instead expressing them through awkward intimacy and immature escape behaviors.

Genre: Drama/Comedy
Duration: 15 min
Filming Location: Umeå/Flurkmark, Västerbotten
Directed and written by: Tove Näsström
Produced by: Samuel Olsson, JAQ Studios
Co-financed by: Nya Röster-Västerbotten
Production Year: 2022–2023
Premiere: Winter 2024–2025

The film is an excerpt from Tove Näsström's own journals, with fictional elements added. The story is based on a past relationship with a friend with benefits, where their sex life became complicated due to repressed feelings for each other. It is a love without acknowledgment—a destructive relationship filled with power struggles and a mix of love and hate.

  • Knull med dålig kemi

    Vera and Svante don’t have great chemistry in bed because they pretend they don’t have feelings for each other.

  • Kjell höglund

    Kjell Höglund and his wife are in the kitchen while they hear the sounds of lovemaking in the apartment above.

  • Svante primalskrik

    Svante lets out a primal scream during the couple's nighttime adventure.

  • Rötterna blir starka när det blåser

    The roots grow stronger when the wind blows.

  • The day after a night of turmoil and debauchery.

  • Something difficult has happened.

Sex, anxiety, and death

Sex, anxiety, and death

✺ CAST✺

  • Tove Näsström

    Charlie Petersson

    Göran Hansson

    Karin Larson

  • Director and script
    Tove Näsström


    Producer:
    Samuel Olsson

  • A-foto:
    Gustav Orvefors

    B-foto:
    Kenneth Ly

  • Scenografi & kostym:
    Bianca Pripp

    Ljudtekniker:
    Kiwii Eriksson

    Scripta:
    Manna Bergström

    Runner:
    Oscar Mehtala

    Kock
    Finn Hedin

  • Sound mix:
    Andreas Hammarström

    Original score by:
    Kjell Höglund

    Music recreated by:
    Gustav Orvefors
    Johannes Behndig

  • Producerad av Samuel Olsson, JAQ Studios, och medfinansierad av Nya Röster-Västerbotten, Film i Västerbotten, Filmkonsulent Lill Casslind.

    Inspelad i Flurkmarksgården/Flurkmark, Västerbotten.

    Producerad 2022-2023.
    Färdig hösten 2024.