Discoveries from Sweden World Cinema

The story follows Vivian's life from young girl through two marriages, divorce, liberation and class trip, to a baglady.

A Holocaust survivor explores how events from the past shaped the outcome of the present not only for herself but by also examining how people in Israel and their actions in Palestine are formed by history.

Shams and Stella are in love and the relationship sprouts. But Shams has not told Stella that she is paperless and seeking asylum.

"Apricots" (Aprikoser) is an animated children film about a boy that spends the day at the seaside with his uncle. During the adventurous games he learns the power of nature.

Liv is tired of working in the film industry and is looking for something else. She meets a woman who works as a funeral director. Liv gets curious when the woman says it's the most fun job she's ever had. A film about the fact that life doesn't always turn out as you imagined and about dreaming of becoming a funeral director in a small town called Borås.

As the members of the Stockholm Boys' Choir's voices begin to crack, they are placed in a quarantine choir. As they inhabit this liminal space between boyhood and manhood, these young men share with us their most intimate hopes, fears, desires—and, of course, the music that is so central to their lives.

Shoemaker Andersson has earned himself a minor fortune and is determined to give his children Fritz and Anna anything they want. But they don’t know to appreciate their dad, and begin to feel ashamed of his simple work while taking his money for granted.

The prince of a small state amuses himself by temporarily switching roles with a cobbler, partly to avoid a visit from a princess, to whom his minister wants to marry him off. In his new role as prince, the cobbler causes one scandal after another.

A story about the last man on earth.

Among the goodies on this video are their only music video recorded in Lanzarote, Birger in top form talking about football hooligans and the visit to Stockholm. Sven-August & Kristian have concerns with the tax authorities and a health check etc. etc. Here I guarantee that your laugh muscles will be working at full speed when these two offer bon vivant comedy and madness...

A short film depicting the feelings of depression, anxiety, stress and other mental illnesses.

Singer Cyndee Peters recalls a childhood memory.

Tailor Vipperup in Ebberöd has problems with liquidity: customers are bad at paying for his services while his own creditors are all the more intrusive. His consolation in life consists of his daughter Ellen and the faithful companion Tadeus. However, the repulsive trader Klemmensen, the town's richest man and most ruthless usurer, casts more and more lustful glances at Ellen.

Documentary about the making of a pair of skis using old methods, from the scouting for the perfect tree to finished product.

"Final Decision Floyd vs. Ingo" - Depicts the prelude to and the match between Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Patterson at Convention Hall in Miami Beach on March 13, 1961. Johansson failed to take back the heavyweight championship title.

A short animated film about a lonely little girl and the adventures she has with her fantasy friends.

When Halfdan’s old flame, Karina, comes to town, the reaction of his jealous wife Märthe begins to concern him. But Halfdan has no clue that they’re in fact childhood friends, and the two women agree to keep Halfdan in the dark for a little while longer. When Märthe is on her way out of town, Halfdan sees an opportunity to replace his jealous wife with an actress in order to impress Karina. Karina tells Märthe about the incident and they decide to teach Halfdan a lesson.

Julia Eriksson is a 25 year old girl who has been working in different service occupations, like most young people. Although she is indeed educated, she can't get a real job in her profession due to the current situation on the job market. When she is once again unemployed after a short deputy job, she decides to attend to her situation herself - she is starting her own business. Whilst not having any real money to begin with, she turns to the government's employment agency to apply for a grant to start her own company, a service available in special circumstances in Sweden.

Interbeing is based on documentation of social structures and their different approaches to trust and fear. The material is presented through a thermal camera, the optics of which do not register what is visible to the eye but render shades of temperature; a perspective granting all living beings the same conditions of representation.

Torsten is a special guy who wants nothing more than to be ordinary. Except in the eyes of Beatrice Melin, of course.

As a symbol from a bygone heyday, the white mansion rises out of Hälsinglands forest landscape. The mill, which became a factory, is gone but the people remain. Those who did not escape or pass out of time want to say.

The nightmare continues in Living Bloody Corpse 2 as the poodle rocker Sören searches for and tracks down his missing sister to the village of Gunsta outside the city. There is apparently a zombie outbreak going on there…

Stockholm sunset with night lights.

In the late 70s/early 80s, the so called "skomakarligan" (shoemaker league) was a drug smuggling operation with a shoemaker business as a front. This documentary follows the group whose job it was to track down and arrest the people involved.

10-year-old Siri tries to keep her younger siblings away from the family in which a conflict has blown up between their parents. But maintaining control over her brothers without alarming them is far from easy. Especially when Siri herself is a child trying hard to keep panic at bay.

A three-part short film of women's roles, power, frustration and desires. Three small movies that form a unit together. The first film treats the anxiety of being subordinate, the second film treats the frustration of being near somebody who wants to kill and the third film is about wanting someone.

Johan Sjöborg and his wife Karin are on their way back to Sweden from New York. They arrive to Gothenburg just as the big exhibition is opening.

Nasim and his mother are on the run and hiding away in a house in the forest.

At a closed facility for young people a strong friendship grows between Olga and Felicia.

A quartet of refined elderly ladies gets together for coffee. Neatly dressed in houndstooth and pearls, they sip from elegant china and nibble on sweet cakes while discussing Viagra, cock rings, orgasms and quickies. Nothing's off the table as they reminisce about the past and revel in the sexual revolution that's come up around them, empowering their pleasure well into their twilight years.

A film story about the composer and musician Bo Hansson, once half of Hansson & Carlsson. Bo Hansson is now better known abroad than in Sweden. He has composed numerous books including Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings'.

Two friends travel to Örebro with a map that's too big.

What we would like to show a foreigner who wants to get to know Sweden. Silent travelogue.

Documentary about the Swedish artist and painter Philip von Schantz.

Passages was filmed in Malmö, a city in the south of Sweden. It is a non-narrative film based on time, place and movement, which forms a trilogy with Landscape (1985 – 1987) and Labyrinth (2013). 48 different locations in the city were documented using circular pan shots.

Documentary short made for Swedish public television (SVT) about the past and current situation for Native Americans in the US. The film was produced as an introduction to the American documentary Navajo Girl (Robert Young, 1973). Något om USA:s indianer [Something about the Indians in the USA] is another example of Nestler's method of combining still photos, drawings and moving images from different sources.

Anton shows his true self for Bea, who has to solve an awkward situation.

Anna-Stina Ehrenfeldt and I were in Seville for a few of months in 2002. We decided to make a film. We had excellent wordless communication and had made several films together over the years. We decided on the following setup: I was to film, choose location and props, she would work with the material in front of the camera. I chose the Plaza de España in Seville and built a giant wheel. We had to hire a horse cart to get it there in four pieces and then assemble it in situ. Then we filmed it. (Håkan Dahlström)

The touching story of an elderly brother and sister who have lived together in their small Swedish town their entire lives. The film shows their special bond, the kind of world they inhabit, and provides an inspirational look at family values and the simple joys of life.

With four sold-out gigs at Cirkus in Stockholm, one of the year's most acclaimed and watched Swedish tours kicked off in 2012. The album Beväpna Dig Med Vingar, which came out earlier this year, has been praised in unison, among other things in the words of Jan Gradvall in DI - "One of Sweden's greatest artists throughout the ages at the absolute peak of their ability". To sum up this fantastic year, parts of the two concert nights are now being released, partly from Cirkus in Stockholm and also from Sentrum Scene in Oslo.

Documentary about the Swedish equestrian Peter Eriksson

Documentary about the music festival Dansbandsveckan in Sweden that is the biggest gathering for fans of that music and dancing.

An acclaimed stand-up show about getting together, sticking together and breaking up. With a high recognition factor and great accuracy, comedian Messiah Hallberg takes us through the different challenges one can face in a relationship. The show is based on stories from his own relationship combined with everyday observations.

Anders and Maria never dared to believe in love, until they met one another. Life, which had been filled with tragedy, abuse and sleeping rough, suddenly had a meaning. This film recounts the wedding of the couple and their journey to find hope through love.

A settlement between two brothers. A decision must be made and an everyday family tragedy develops into existential struggle.

Documentary about the security of a hometown somewhere in Sweden, with a church in the middle of the village, many generations of farming, a newly opened restaurant, and neighbors who usually get along. A community that welcomes but also excludes.

The parents lie on the couch and drink wine when their son comes in and tells about a nightmare.

Marianne wants to live a boring life. Because from experience, she knows that time goes way too fast when she is having fun. A short film inspired by the cartoonist Jan Stenmark.

A writer and his girlfriend are attacked by a homicidal madman.

Eddie, a 65-year-old man from Sudan, seems to have been living for countless days on a remote stone-covered Swedish island. Surrounded by screaming birds and carrying a silent past, Eddie wanders around in nature, recollecting moments with a broken video camera. Accompanied by Jan, a ghostly hermit living deep in the forest, Eddie penetrates an otherwise hostile environment that is oblivious to his isolation. ​Despite his circumstances, Eddie looks for the miraculous in the overlooked present time.

A short arthouse documentary about mental illness as seen through the eyes of Niklas Kvarforth of Shining. Cold Void is a personal portrayal of the man behind headlines of suicide, drugs and self-destruction. Addiction, bipolar disorder, passion and schizophrenia.

Nice musical about a baby bird that is left with friends and a babysitter when the parents fly south.