The plot revolves around a chance meeting or a planned confrontation between two individuals. There is an exchange of words, but the true communication happens in the pauses. The film explores the concept of "secondary gain"—a psychological term referring to the hidden benefits a person gets from maintaining a problem or a lie. The characters in Sekunder are trapped in a loop of their own making, unable to move to a "primary" state of living because they are anchored by their secondary deceptions.
In a 2015 interview with Short Film Weekly , Juhl stated: "I wanted to make a film where the special effect was not CGI, but patience. If you force the audience to stare at a clock for five minutes, they will start to hallucinate on their own. That is the true horror of 'Sekunder.'" sekunder 2009 short film