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Two male graffiti artists are partners in their work, but they are also having a sexual relationship with each other which they haven't disclosed to others. In the midst of planning a big job with some of their graffiti artist colleagues, that work to be painted on the side of a commuter train car, the two are having problems with each other based on what seems to be different things that they want from their personal relationship. The first man is more animalistic in that he wants their relationship to be purely sexual, whereas the second man has more romantic thoughts on his mind. Added to their obstacles is one of their females colleagues who seems to be attracted to the first man, who does not dissuade her. While each evaluates their relationship, one may come to the realization that what they want may be more similar than they had originally envisioned, but has to convince the other for their relationship to survive.

Vandals is a short film that was part of a collection of short films with a similar theme under the title &quot;Protect Me From What I Want&quot; This is one of the films that stand out, because it presents a really realistic relationship in a harsh murky urban-like environment. The main characters are Jonas Ullmann who plays Sebastian and Nils Althaus who plays Johannes. They&#39;re a pair of graffiti artists in a gang, but they&#39;re also hiding the fact that they&#39;re a couple behind closed doors. Sebastian is the group picked leader of the graffiti gang, his image as a self confident ladies man means everything to him. Johannes wants him to go out with him properly, but Sebastian just can&#39;t bring himself to do that and makes excuses. Getting caught by one of their own doesn&#39;t help matters either. It drives Sebastian towards a new female member who is an old friend of his. The gang are planning a train type spray paint piece, but Sebastian drops Johannes as his second in command. With their relationship on the line, Johannes is not a happy vandalising bunny. The cast fits well and the leads have chemistry. this film is well worth a look.

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This is the first directorial effort and also screen writing effort by Swiss Simon Steuri. And also so far his only one. Short films are actually a pretty popular genre for stories about homosexual characters, but when there is a lot in quantity, there is usually very little in quality and these 17 minutes are really not a quality film at all. We have a gang of Swiss males and one of them is a homosexual. Of course, the other gang members are all homophobes, so they should not find out. And still, when the guy makes out in an elevator, another gang member sees him and is about to tell the others. Oh yeah, the film starts with an argument between the gay couple, which is really a prime example of how not to do it. How are we supposed to feel something when we have no clue who these people are or for what pseudo-dramatic reason they are arguing. Oh by the way, the gang are a bunch of vandals as the title also says, so no idea why he wants to be a part of them in the first place as in the long run he will probably get in trouble with the law. The ending here takes place at a beach and the filmmaker tried to make it artistic with the couple, but it all turned out pretentious. Steuri still has a very long way to go if he wants to be a decent filmmaker one day. Or maybe he has given up his career already. Judging from his effort here, a change in profession may not be the worst idea.

I don&#39;t understand graffiti, especially tags. If you&#39;re going to do it, do it like Banksy. Create something for people to enjoy, not just a scribble on a wall. It makes a change to see these characters in a romantic situation however and although I can&#39;t see what Johannes ever saw in Denni, it might have made a good feature length film, especially as there is not what I would call any resolution at the end. I don&#39;t think there was a lot of point to it, which is a shame, because it could have meant something and provided an important message about judging people and internalised as well as external homophobia. The soundtrack was quite harsh on the eardrums too.

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