Discoveries from Sweden World Cinema

SVT's (Swedish television) summary documentary about the 2026 World Cup, focusing primarily on Sweden. It will be released in December 2026.

The young widow Louise von Winge and her mother-in-law are obsessed with hatred and revenge because the husband and son von Winge, the famous army aviator, were killed in air combat with the enemy's most feared aviator, August Ferrer.

A documentary about the remaining people in Malmberget in north Sweden, a small town collapsing into the mines beneath it. As residents reflect on the once vibrant community, the town itself is slowly dismantled around them

Beautiful young Eva is comfortably married to the wealthy Georg Bonnet, who enjoys the company of several artists and painters. When Eva finds herself drawn to handsome young artist Paul Verdier, she sets off a series of devestating events.

A year ago, she came out as transgender and faced the world as Lee. In a long interview with Malou von Sivers, she talks about the long and painful process of becoming who she wants to be. Now Lee feels free and the friction she has felt throughout her life is finally gone. In addition, her new love, veterinarian Petra, participates in the program and they tell how it was when they met.

Documentary in two parts about homeless men in Stockholm.

A summer worker tasked with mapping the most desolate parts of Stockholm's archipelago finds an unexplored country road that turns out to reveal a dark secret.

Portrait of the Swedish artist, sculptor, estradeur, author, designer, and professor, Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd (1934-2016).

About the dominance of plastic in everyday gadgets and design.

The boundary between dream and reality becomes blurred when a jogging woman encounters a dog in the forest that leads her to a mysterious cocoa ceremony. Through suggestive mood-building, Hel becomes a dense narrative about confronting one's demons and the quest for inner truth.

Municipal councilor Håkan Davidsson in Hjo is the strong man of the small community. A film about power and people in a very ordinary Swedish society.

Erik was born as a girl but always felt like a boy. As an 18-year-old, he began the process of gender reassignment. This is where ‘Dream Prince’ starts too. Shot over a full 10 years and with no filter. Isolation, bullying and anxiety have followed Erik throughout his life, while he has struggled with recognition from his surroundings and himself. Now he is 27 years old and decides to go on a pilgrimage to the end of the world, the Camino de Finisterrae, to finally find peace with himself. With his beloved girlfriend Martyna as a guardian angel, the journey forces Erik to confront the demons of the past. Jessica Nettelbladt’s trustful portrait tackles a difficult topic with seriousness but also with warmth, humour and love. A film about identity, mental health and healing, which goes beyond Erik’s own story.

Five seconds of Fear, a short film that tells the story about a young woman in distress, who quickly learns to not judge a book by its cover as she seeks the help of a stranger in a parked car.

As Ante goes out for his regular Friday binge, he gets a unpleasant surprise. The genre of the pub and people's attitudes change with every drink he takes. And it all ends in the deepest horror.

In 2009, two family fathers in Budapest who had lost their jobs and all their money decided that the solution to their problems would be to rob a post office, with a Wartburg. Lacking any previous experience, they studied movies to learn the trade. The robbery did not go as planned and ended with the escape vehicle breaking down in front of a prison. Who where they and why would anybody chose such a solution? The film explores the real events of an absurd and tragic story from 2009 through the eyes of a Swedish filmmaker.

An newly arrived immigrant to Sweden is dazzled by the culture, conveniences and excesses of western lifestyle.

"The Shag Tree" was a Swedish campaign promoting a more open and more honest relationship to our sexuality and the use of condoms at the same time.

The character in the red dress is self-confident but a bit numb. The character in the blue dress is full of feelings but hasn’t found her place in life.

The unaccompanied refugee Sevko, 12, tries to cope with his new life in Sweden. He is struggling between hope and despair, waiting for news from the war zone in Bosnia. Being bullied by the other young refugees, he decides to throw a party his own way.

Second part of collaborative project Brise-Glace. Directed by Titte Törnroth.

Travel documentary where the narrator describes each scene exactly as it is seen.

Eric Sandström interviews and the artist, Olle Olsson-Hagalund, himself narrates — it will be a walk both in a nice old Stockholm suburb and in a naïve painting with beautiful colors.

A documentary about young girls forced into marriage.

About wanting to have the "peak".

Images from Sundsvall and Mariefred.

The documentary portrays a boy’s vulnerable childhood and upbringing with his single mother. It was filmed while Robban was staying at a treatment facility, after a prison sentence had been converted into care.

Sarah works at a hardware store. One day she meets Salim and instantly connects with him. They both share roots that might divide or unite them.

A visual poem from southern Bolivia that follows the myths and stories of the Guarani Indians through a suite of poems from the creation myths to the notion of the downfall of the earth. The first part of the trilogy "Jordan minne".

Atmospheric Lucia celebration from Sala in Västmanland, with a Lucia procession in Sätra Brunn church where singers from Sjöviks Folk High School and Sala Youth Choir participate. We also get solo singing down from the silver mine as well as music from the mining village and Brunnsgården. This year's Lucia is called Lova Fredling.

The bags are packed and the transport is waiting in the courtyard, because Edit Falk is to be moved today. Ösbyholm is to be closed down, her home for 27 years where she thrived so well, cozy, beautiful, no locked doors. Her next address will be a locked ward at Beckomberga. All the other old mentally ill women have already been moved there. Now only Edit remains. The Ösbyholm case is closed. The decision has been made. By talented people who really only want to do well.

The film is mainly based on slides from the horticulturist and life philosopher Anders Björnsson's garden along the northern Klarälven River in Sweden. The film is an early attempt to portray our threatened relationship with ecology. The tableau-like still images underline the shifts of light and the biological cycle.

A personal portrayal of Peter Weiss’ period as a painter and filmmaker in Sweden before his rise to fame.

Performances and an interview with the musician Mikael Wiehe.

Travelogue from Cologne, Kevlaer and the Rhine Valley, shot during production of The Pilgrimage to Kevlaar.

A daughter gives voice to the aching physical and psychological toll experienced by two hotel cleaners who work in silence, track time and wear exhaustion in ways that are rarely seen or heard. Their bodies communicate the conditions of their labour, reflecting the rhythm, precision, strength and beauty of everyone who must work to survive. - Angie Driscoll

A worker takes time off from the post office to become a crime writer, but he is disturbed by a workmate who always seems to have some reason to visit his little cabin.

A short film composed out of images from the directors life, that takes us through a 30 year old journey through the city's lures and traps. A story about abandonment, loneliness and forgiveness.

Robots avoid water. One drop is enough to cause a short circuit or rust, and that can be fatal for a robot. But even robots are willing to risk their lives if they find a beached whale and there is no help in sight…

Some eggs in a car accident. Made of sour milk.

When Hjalmar Hagerts son, Bertil, returns after graduated at Alnarps agricultural school Hjalmar gets a phone call from his friend and lawyer Friberg. He want's to talk about commonly known Törner that is very sick and needs help.

The Old Town of Stockholm has been threatened many times. The worst was when, in 1959, a large motorway was pulled through the heart of the city, a sword cut that split the Old Town in two. The Riddarholm church, where the Swedish regents are buried, is trapped by the traffic that roars forward a few meters away. Who in France would come up with the idea of building a motorway next to Nôtre Dame?

Shows what happens on a completely ordinary day in the year 2000 in Kronoberg. We enter the plot in the middle of a local news broadcast about a flood disaster. There is practically an emergency situation in the area.