Better Go Mad in the Wild wins the Tempo Youth Award in Sweden
The film won the Tempo Youth Award, impressing the young jury with its authentic and unique portrayal of the brothers’ life beyond civilization. Blending poetic imagery, the harshness of nature, and childlike innocence, it lets viewers experience the characters’ emotions and find their own meaning in the story.
Better Go Mad in the Wild, directed by Miro Remo, has won the Tempo Youth Award at the Swedish Tempo Documentary Festival in Stockholm.
The young jury highlighted the film’s unique emotional power:
“This film depicts a love that does not turn a blind eye to the other person’s flaws. A love that rubs off on us in the audience. Beauty and ugliness coexist, cutting without warning between flower meadows and animal slaughter. With music, poetry, and a talking cow, director Miro Remo has managed to capture the brothers’ dynamic. The film does not hold our hand, but allows us to find our own meaning in it. The winner of this year’s Tempo Youth Award is Better Go Mad in the Wild by Miro Remo, an unconventional portrait of what true love can look like.”
The jury praised the film for portraying the brothers’ relationship in an authentic and uniquely original way. The award confirms that Miro Remo can captivate both critics and young audiences alike, and positions the film as a standout in contemporary Central European documentary cinema.
Tempo Documentary Festival is Sweden’s largest documentary film festival, held annually in Stockholm. Since its founding in 1998, it has built a strong international reputation as a platform for bold, auteur-driven and formally innovative works, bridging traditional cinema with experimental forms of storytelling. In addition to film screenings, the festival hosts discussions, an industry program, and networking opportunities, creating a space for reflection on contemporary social issues and the development of the documentary scene.