Discoveries from Sweden World Cinema

The story of the swedish volunteer air force F19 during the winter war.

The life of Aboriginal Australians is presented.

Documentary about the business of Åhlén & Holms, in Insjön.

Highlights from the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm is shown

The home and everyday life of future king Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife princess Margaret is shown in this newsreel.

A short film that shows a meeting between two men that focuses more on the state of their situation than the story.

Two people, plagued with memory loss, find that they're stuck with each other in a cabin amongst the timber of a forest.

Some people spend a day on a beach.

A Swedish short drama.

The film is about a telephone conversation and a man´s chaotic search for Cookie Puss, on the run in Berlin. The mood shifts and the disjointed impressions of the two protagonists are shown in the coarse-grained texture and exaggerated contrasts of a documentary. The sound track, with its heaving panting, links the fragmented flow of images. Cookie Puss is conceived as a filmed live performance, shot in German sub cultural environment. In form, it closely resembles the anarchically charged British punk at the same time as it is reminiscent of American underground movies.

A lonely grandmother living in a neighborhood full of strangers, must confront her stubbornly independent nature, when she accidentally causes a pot of boiling rice to overflow, and turning into a flood threatening her house and neighborhood.

After the fall of communism, the Catholic Church wants to reintroduce a total abortion ban in Poland. The film describes what happens to women when the new law forces them to have an abortion illegally.

In a small attic in the middle of the woods somewhere in Dalarna, Sussie lives in her very own doll house. Like Alice in Wonderland, who falls into a rabbit hole, Sussie disappears into a world full of extraterrestrial beings and stories.

Torsten, 65, has returned to Sweden after a long journey. He has arranged to meet his daughter for the first time in five years. But the events do not unfold the way Torsten has planned.

An artist tries to get some money for food of the social wellfare but is denied, with the recommendation to start eating porridge instead. He claims that is exactly what he is doing at the moment.

Sivandivan is a documentary about an uncompromising royal singer who refused to adapt to the norm of how a female artist should behave. And for that, she has had to pay dearly. She is now 72, has no family, not many know who she is and to those who do, she is an outcast.This movie is about Siv’s revenge and comeback.

Axel Ringvall is on a hike, but to his imagination everything seems more exciting.

The wealthy Mr. W has two sons, but when one of them marries against his father's will he is disowned. On his deathbed, Mr. W has regrets and wants to reconcile with his estranged son. When the other son learn this, he plans to get rid of his brother.

Childhood friends MyNa and Farah form the artistic duo Mahoyo. Using art and friendship as boundless forces, they explore questions of identity and belonging in the strong...

Old Village in the New Age is a unique documentary about Näsby and Frövi. The film was shot in 1954 - 1955 on behalf of the Näsby Local History Association, at the same time that Frövi municipal community received "status" as a town. We meet the Frövi residents at work, at school, in the community, at home and at some of the year's holidays. The renovation of the church in 1953. We also get an insight into the business world of the time and several interesting meetings with the people of the village. As a local history film, it is very comprehensive and the production was very far-sighted and can be considered a valuable document of the time, not least from a film technical point of view

A chronic people pleaser will do anything to avoid missing out. When he unexpectedly befriends the often-overlooked Adam, he is forced to confront his own motives: is their friendship genuine, or just another way to soothe his own anxiety?

About Africans in Sweden

Lars Theodor Jonsson is Sami, 86 years old. Once upon a time celebrated ski king. For a couple of decades, he lives a secluded forest life in close dialogue with the animals, birds and trees. A man so deeply rooted in nature that he becomes a stranger to modern man.

Stop-motion animation about the deeply transformational experience of motherhood.

Swedish composer Jules Sylvain discusses his music and interpretations by other musicians play.

Several young people shared their thoughts on life and their dreams for the future. One of them expressed his dream of becoming a punk rock artist.

Misjurin was a cabbageworm. Therefore, or maybe not at all therefore, he enjoyed lying underneath the sofa or behind a cupboard sucking on dust... This is a short story about one man's daily routines, in the beginning of a lovely summer day...

A frustrated, underappreciated programmer is struggling to balance work and being father to a toddler. When his boss disrespects him once again in front of his colleagues, he finds a new way to channel all that built up rage - baking.

Just outside the city of Genoa, Italy, lies a vast, monumental cemetery. Alongside its graves, through the arcades and galleries, all kinds of people work and wander. For a place that’s all about death, the cemetery is curiously alive.

Does Shangri-La really exist? Mirka Duijn goes in search of the answer in this travelogue-cum-investigation. She travels to the mountains of Tibetan China and digs into the archives to unravel the history of this mythical place. At first sight, the answer is obvious: British author James Hilton invented Shangri-La for his 1933 novel Lost Horizon, in which four characters crash land in the Kunlun Mountains and later find a magnificent monastery—a paradise on earth.

During a compulsory information meeting for unemployed people, the friendly face of a ridiculous, Kafkaesque bureaucracy exposes the truth behind unemployment.

This documentary observes the conversations, primping and camaraderie that take place in the women's bathroom of a nightclub over the course of a night.

11-year-old Emma and Yasra fight to become Hollywood stars. They practice song and dance, read tabloids, and have set up a budget to reach their goal in a portrayal of not being seen, which is both humorous and moving at the same time.

A son loses his father because of alcoholism. The people in a mining town in northernmost Sweden see their community slowly disappear into a hole, little by little. These two situations beyond control create pain and anguish; however, is it possible to compare an act of personal mourning with collective suffering? This is the question that filmmaker and narrator Gustav Hillbom seeks to answer, returning to his native town of Malmberget gathering information about its gradual dismantling.

The truth about the true humanists. Evil wins as usual.

The innkeeper Schultze and his wife are broke and don't know how to pay their rent when a shipwrecked sailor shows up with a chest full of money. In despair the Schultze couple murders the sailor.

During a family party in the countryside, we follow Nia and her cousin Teo, whose relationship balances on the edge of what is considered normative. A film about power, sexuality, love and the urge to explore.

Combined cel/cutout animation exploring the relationship between two tiny characters living at the bottom of a giant film frame.

Pachamama is a modern interpretation of the earth, the human body as a metaphor for the earth.