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A short Swedish documentary directed by Arne Sucksdorff, produced for the Royal Swedish Waterfalls Board (Kungliga Vattenfallsstyrelsen). With appearances by Kalle Signal and Nicke Strindlund, the 11-minute film was released in 1948.
A young woman prepares to meet her biological mother for the first time. The twist? Her mother is imprisoned.
A documentary about the rise, fall, and subsequent return of the Swedish roleplaying games industry.
"Mr and Mrs Art" - Getting attention is like being struck by the light of the sun, says artist Karin "Mamma" Anderson. If you are lucky you are hit by its rays for a short while during a lifetime, but the light is transient. Artists Karin "Mamma" Andersson and Jockum Nordström bathing in the light of fame. Few other artist couples in Sweden can compete with them in terms of attention and success. They exhibit at all the major galleries and fairs around the world, win prizes and are constantly in demand. Filmmaker Bengt Bok has followed the couple from studio to venue and talked about the conditions of creation and the sweetness and the taste of blood in fame and being famous.
Two gays talk about when they came out and about their first love.
A young couple is arguing about a pregnancy, getting a job and about an uncertain future.
Young Lieutenant Jeff Gordon is placed in an English town and he meets his loved one Mary. When the war starts in Africa his regiment is being sent to the desert.
What started out as a pleasant school trip has now turned to tragedy. Twelve-year-old Maria is standing on a bridge threatening to throw herself onto the railway tracks below. Her schoolmates are cheering her on, insulting her and daring her to jump, while her teacher is reasoning with her to get her to climb down.
An illustrator is commissioned to illustrate a badger, but how can she find one to depict?
About the Siemens Geheimschreiber - G printer - a crypto machine that Hitler's engineers designed in the 30's. The mathematician Arne Beurling at Uppsala University revealed the G-printer's secret.
In this New Year's special, Ernst invites you to an atmospheric New Year's dinner. There will be beautiful New Year's decorations and a tasty three-course menu.
At an old photo shop on Bergsgatan in Malmö, a treasure trove of memories awaits. Amongst a myriad of cameras, film rolls and lenses, we meet Lennart - the grumpy yet irresistibly charismatic owner. His shop seems frozen in time, but when a wave of younger customers disrupts his well-worn routines, Lennart's knowledge of analogue photography becomes a rare and invaluable gift. Through funny misunderstandings, the film captures a warm meeting of generations as Lennart guides his new customers.
Siblings Axel and Sophie grew up as the ultimate it-duo of the 18th century, the influencers of their time but suddenly, the family is canceled by King Gustav III. When their status is stripped away, they fight to protect their family's future and discover that love might be the key to saving it.
Ensam Tillsammans (Alone Together) is a coming of age movie, about the time when all the boundaries are tested and everything is at stake. We follow a group of friends on their journey to a music festival. Dreams and hopes of how it will be and how the journey develops puts their friendship at stake and their roles change. Ensam Tillsammans is a film about the breaking point between being a child and a grown up. The film is made from the target groups perspective, using their language, tone and humour. A true coming of age movie!
Leif GW Persson takes a closer look at the case of the murder suspect Peder Madsen, which is one of the most high-profile criminal cases in the Nordics. He analyzes evidence, motives and the psychology surrounding Madsen's actions. The presenter is also Soraya Lavasani.
Morocco. Ali Bourequat belongs to a distinguished family with contacts to the royal family. When Ali gets to know that a coup is planned for the king, he tries to warn this, but gets himself imprisoned as well as his two brothers. He was first interrogated for 7 years in a prison and then incarcerated 11 years in the dark in the secret prison Tazmamart.
The film about the station master's son, "Kalle mellan bommarna" who became Skåne's very own Mick Jagger and James Dean in a lively combination.
Joakim Lundell talks about a difficult upbringing, the scandals and the change to a life as a family man and entrepreneur. He takes us to Östergötland where, as a six-year-old, he was placed in a foster home - but also to the villa where he lives today with his family.
When a woman is looking for a yellow coat in her closet, she finds a hidden door that leads out into the woods.
This documentary film features plenty of archival material, also showing Alice Babs from her private side: as a vivacious lady who has held on to her happy and "up-beat" nature into old age.
Olivia is dating Novalie, who has a special gift - she can predict when and how people are going to die.
The law is protecting society. If you violate the rules and don't watch out - BZZZ!
Pontus Hultén's X consists both of animated, geometric sequences and of other photographic scenes reminiscent of home movies. In the geometric part of the film, Hultén works with the rhythmic displacement of contrasts and patterns in bright primary colors. Geometric images are intertwined with jazz to illustrate analogy of form. The photographic part consists of family sequences of various persons. The catalogue of Arbetsgruppen för film of 1960 lists the work as unfinished. (Filmform)
A director falls into insanity because of the films he is making, and we follow his attempt at making his last film, an anthology of surreal films.
Elsa is afraid to sleep, actually she has not slept a wink for thirty years. Early one morning she finds an uninvited guest underneath her sofa. The creature turns out to be none other than the Night itself.
Somewhere in the Balkans, in a garden hidden by a large house, a story unfolds of a great love between two young women. Neither of them wishes to accept that their relationship might ever end. What happens, then, when one day fate takes an unexpected turn? Is it possible to part so suddenly from your beloved?
Images of spring
A girl in the Swedish archipelago finds herself in trouble with her fiance, when rumors about her engaging with other boys starts to emerge.
Fotage of the boxing gala at Cirkus in Stockholm on February 22, 1921. The match between Georges Carpentiers and Jules Lenaers isthe main event.
It's time to celebrate New Year's Eve with all the beloved characters in Happy Weekend! We meet Anton and Linus, among others, who wish for completely different things from the coming year. Gunnar celebrates in a way that is both exaggerated and unexpected, while Yvonne gathers Tom's "friends" for a grand dinner - just like every year. In addition, Präst-Björn offers a sparkling New Year's show!
Lisa Larson is one of Sweden’s most beloved ceramicists, known for her round, playful animal and child figures. But when director Emilia Ekman Larson digs up her grandmother’s 30-year-old discarded sculptures, she can’t help but wonder why they look so sorrowful.
A warm declaration of love for life with Carl-Einar Häckner. The stage show 'In a land far away' promises 'timeless magic, songs and spontaneous humour, a certain amount of anxiety but also desire, a lot of desire'. Everyone is welcome to Häckner's universe as they are. The stage is filled with hilarity, raw emotions and magic. After touring to sold-out houses around Sweden, the show is shown here in a recording from Aftonstjärnan in Gothenburg.
Peter wakes up in the forest. He is nude and pissed off. What happened last night?
About the competition of new technology with traditional ways.
The Detective Brothers find themselves with the looming threat of being evicted as they can't pay their rent. Only one chance to right the wrongs presents itself: A special case which makes the Brothers ask: "Who's seen Santa Claus?"
As every morning at the ranch, the father is the first to go down to the stable. This morning, he has a rifle with him, and a violent act occurs. Through a few episodes, we see the day that led up to the deed.
The Konsum cooperative strikes a blow for equality in a film directed by one of Sweden's few female film directors: Ingrid Luterkort.
The legendary sexual enlightenment Elise Ottesen-Jensen (1886-1973), nicknamed Ottar, was the first to speak about the unspeakable. She was a traveling lecturer on contraception, childbirth and the woman's right to her own body in the 1920s and 30s. Despite the fact that it was forbidden. Ottar was born in a Norwegian high-church environment where her mother Karen gave birth to 22 children.
Viktoria, a regular at Flygfyren, is out shopping when she bumps across Pia, an old classmate. Viktoria makes a spontaneous proposal, which creates an awkward atmosphere between her and her former classmate.
A pre-program cabaret by Svensk Filmindustri (SF) including the vocal trio Sorbon Sisters, The Two Alverados and the SF orchestra.
A somewhat dark film
Omeprazole, meditation, and vertabrae adjustments, as Boonsri’s health suddenly worsens, leading her to desperately set out on a journey into the world’s medicinal teachings. In the animated diary Now I Live Again, we get an entertaining deep-dive into a year with stomach trouble.
Shot in Sweden, the short film, ‘LAGOM: Breaking Bread With The Self-Righteous’ sees an appearance by Lhola Amira. She does not perform, she just appears. She looks a little lost in a field of flowers in bloom, a vista of beauty, yellow everywhere; she does not pluck a single flower. ‘LAGOM’ is the Swedish ethos of “not too much, not too little – just the appropriate amount.”
Documentary following the artist Eva Dahlin's work examining how we view our environment.
At Kyrkbyn, an elderly home on the outskirts of Stockholm, many of the residents will soon turn 100 years old. Wheelchaired or with very low mobility, some of them didn’t even know each other’s names until an activity coach was hired to break this solitude. With no nursing education but with personality and a bunch of ideas, Monica reawakens their youthful spirits, turning them into a playful gang who are always ready to crack an unexpected joke or participate in spa sessions, boxing lessons and themed dinners.
The second part of the video series Man with balls on hands and feet, also including Man on air (2001) and Man on ice (1998). Man with balls on hands and feet is the name of the video series containing three films. The two first, Man on ice (1998) and Man on water (1999) shows a man venturing on the physical contradictory; to stand straight up on an ice or a water surface, with balls attached to hands and feet. In the third, Man on air (2001), the support obtained by friction is altered with a heavy stream of air. Through this very simple and obviously impossible combination of hard, spherical forms contradicting the ice, the water and the air stream, an excruciating yet human situation is stressed.