INDIGO IS AN AWARD WINNING SHORT FILM ABOUT ALIENATION ON THE INSIDE BY PAUL JERNDAL. 

Two young, lost souls in New York City share a common struggle - they are stuck in lives they do not feel they belong. She is an adored actress and he, a bike messenger. On the outside they seem like each other’s opposite, but on the inside they are the same- dehumanized by an internal loneliness that alienates them from feeling alive.

by Paul Jerndal - Starring Cecilia Forss & Johan Matton with music from pop artist Frida Sundemo. 

2015.09.25 WINNER "BEST SHORT FILM" in MEXICO

2014.12.31 INDIGO - AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY 2014 - 

 TODAY - 16 International Awards, 12 Nominations and 48 Official Film Festival Selections – in 16 countries. 
A YEAR AGO - Indigo was completed and an emotional journey went into a new phase. With hopes of inspiring and encouraging people to reflect more about alienation on the inside – the film was now going to reach out to people all over the world...

Indigo premiered in its first film festival early April and Paul Jerndal traveled to Los Angeles to attend the QnA and to receive two Awards. In May, guests from the entertainment industry were invited to the exclusive members club Soho House in West Hollywood for the first private screening of Indigo.

In the summer the film reached out to several countries film festivals and received another five international awards. In July, Paul came up with an idea to make the film a catalyst for something stronger – something that could touch a wider audience. 

SWEDISH PREMIER
The start of this new concept took place in August where Indigo had its Swedish premiere at Way Out West Film Festival in Gothenburg. The success and now Oscar Nominated film Turist (Force Majeure) by Ruben Östlund also premiered at the festival. At Haga Bion Indigo hit the Swedish audience for the first time along with Jonas Åkerlund´s and Coldplay´s short film Magic. The biggest Swedish Newspaper, Aftonbladet, was present for Indigo and the campaign #Otillräcklig (Insufficient) started with Indigo as the core element. 

INDIGO A CATALYST 
For one week Indigo was screened free online to people in Sweden and that marked the start of #Otillräcklig. Aftonbladet along with actress Cecilia Forss and director Paul Jerndal started this nation wide campaign to make people "start talk about it". Cecilia and Paul did lots of interviews, wrote a debate article and launched a Podcast where they used their own personal experiences and the film Indigo to help inspire people to reflect and talk more about their inside. Aftonbladet also published ten different stories with Swedish celebrities opening up their hearts and shared their stories about anxiety, self esteem to encourage others to start “talking about it”. 

TV AND RADIO
Cecilia and Paul then introduced the film to 600 people at Skandia Bion in Stockholm and where interviewed in TV4, Studio1, Radio P4, Aftonbladet, Partiprogramet, Nöjesguiden, Dalademokraten and Dagens Nyheter about the project, the film and their own personal journeys. 

AWARDS 
With 2014 coming to an end, Indigo totally got 13 International Awards, 9 Nominations and 34 Official Film Festival Selections – in 16 countries.  The filmmaker Paul Jerndal sums up this year; 

PERSONAL WORDS
“With the Indigo project I wanted to encourage everyone feeling alienation on the inside. It’s all about that inside. And to make a choice. To choose to reflect, to try to get perspective of your own life – to start from within.” 

I’m so proud and grateful of Indigo’s journey and everyone involved. To be a part of the awesome campaign #Otillräcklig was a perfect way for Indigo to play an important role in today’s society with all demands we have on our selves. For Cecilia and I to share our personal stories was of course scary - but we hope that doing this will encourage others to start talk about their inside, to start reflect and stand still for a moment. 

This film did not have any sponsors or funding – it has all been a passion project. The dream that came trough would not have been possible without all of you guys who contributed in one way or another. LOVE to all of you!

Filled with new energy from this journey I´m right now working on new film projects with similar goals; It my belief that we all need have one eye looking outside and one eye focusing inside.” // PAUL JERNDAL

2014.09.21 Indigo "Official Selection" in three new US Film Festivals. 

After the important nationwide campaign #otillräcklig in Sweden where Indigo was the core element to help people reflect more about their inside - the film has now been invited to three new international film festivals; Hollywood Film Festival, Grenada Afterglow Film Festival and INDIE FEST USA.

"This stylish meditation on loneliness and destiny uses opposite ends of the economic and privilege spectrum within the city of New York. A male bike messenger (Johan Matton) and a female celebrity (Cecilia Forss) have similar disconnected and depressed lives, but endure a different kind of existence while experiencing their ennui. There is interesting superficiality that both characters must undergo in their separate worlds, and despite the privileged circumstances of the celebrity, her world seems even more fraught with being alone than the messenger who is practically invisible.

Beautiful imagery of New York city becomes a distinct character unto itself, while theindigo of the title refers to the deepest depth of midnight blue that the characters suffer. Each are searching for redemption, but can their psyche live up to that promise?"  - reviewed by Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com

2014.08.23 - Cecilia and Paul interviewed in live nationwide TV shows. 

TV4 Morning Show "Nyhetsmorgon" interviewed Cecilia Forss and Paul Jerndal about self esteem, Indigo and the "not good enough"-campaign. They were also interviewed in Aftonbladet TV.   

2014.08.19 - Indigo, Cecilia and Paul, core in nation wide campaign about alienation on the inside. 

Sweden´s biggest Newspaper Aftonbladet releases nation wide campaign to make people "start talk about it". Actress Cecilia Forss and Director Paul Jerndal has a key role in the project with interviews, debate article and the launch of a Podcast where they use their own personal experiences and the film Indigo to help inspire people to reflect and talk more about their inside. Indigo will be official online in Sweden for free.  

"We are so proud to be a part of this awesome campaign. This is a perfect way for Indigo to play an important role in todays society with all demands we have on our selfs. For us to share our personal stories is of course scary - but we hope that doing this will encourage others to start talk about their inside, to start reflect and stand still for a moment. It is our belief that we all need have one eye looking outside and one eye focusing inside. / Cecilia Forss and Paul Jerndal 

2014.08.19 - Exclusive Screening at one of Europe´s most famous movie theaters. 

Indigo was screened for 600 people at Skandia Biografen in Stockholm. Paul Jerndal introduced the film and was interviewed on stage together with Cecilia Forss. Colin Nutley and Helena Bergström was present for their screening of Medicinen.  

2014.07.31 - Scandinavian Premier in Sweden at Way out West Film 2014

Along with Jonas Åkerlund´s premier of "Magic" with Chris Martin from Coldplay - Indigo will have it´s Nordic Premier in Gothenburg, Sweden. The actress Cecilia Forss, pop star Frida Sundemo who did the soundtrack and director Paul Jerndal will attend. 

REVIEW: "This stylish meditation on loneliness and destiny uses opposite ends of the economic and privilege spectrum within the city of New York. A male bike messenger (Johan Matton) and a female celebrity (Cecilia Forss) have similar disconnected and depressed lives, but endure a different kind of existence while experiencing their ennui. There is interesting superficiality that both characters must undergo in their separate worlds, and despite the privileged circumstances of the celebrity, her world seems even more fraught with being alone than the messenger who is practically invisible.  

Beautiful imagery of New York city becomes a distinct character unto itself, while theindigo of the title refers to the deepest depth of midnight blue that the characters suffer. Each are searching for redemption, but can their psyche live up to that promise?"

  - reviewed by Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com

2014.06.17 - EXCLUSIVE SCREENING AT SOHO HOUSE, WEST HOLLYWOOD

At the members club Soho House, West Hollywood in Los Angeles an invited audience gathered for the first screening of Indigo. In the private cinema people from the industry was introduced to film by director Paul Jerndal who talked about the importance of reflecting about your inside.