Discoveries from Sweden World Cinema

Five music videos from the album Musik für alle and some sketches.

The Skåne farmer Jeppsson has a tax debt and gets into trouble when he refuses to pay.

Maj Doris follows the 74-year-old legendary Sámi woman Maj Doris Rimpi. Twenty years ago she had another kind of life. She traveled all around the world and she experienced a lot. Nowadays Maj Doris lives alone on a farm above the arctic circle in Sweden. She keeps reindeer but she’s also a sought-after artist, painter and actress.

Commedia dell'arte story, in which Harlequin attempts to convince Colombine to marry him.

In a Swedish newspaper, a social worker from Stockholm described how he often receives messages in the middle of the night from the young offenders he supervises. Their question is always the same: “Why can’t I sleep?”

Set in the Stockholm archipelago, where a man nicknamed ”Kometen” ("The Comet") runs a very successfull business of liquor smuggling, while the customs service and police try their best to stop him.

When Saddam Hussein is captured, Malik's family moves back to Iraq from Sweden. Upon arriving Malik starts experiencing the same feeling of foreignness as he did in Sweden. What is home? What does it feel like, what does it mean to belong.

The documentary refers to five contemporary trans people’s testimonies of living in Sweden. These persons are between 17 and 70 years old. The film highlights their stories of life’s different journeys. One describes themself as a binary trans person, another as a man with trans experiences and a third as neither a man nor a woman but non-binary, beyond gender. One may dream of the day when the gender confirmation surgery is complete while another feels it’s enough to express their gender using hormones.

A life marked by murder threats. Gina Dirawi broke through on Youtube as a 20-year-old by recording sketches on the toilet. She was the super talent who quickly became popular by leading the Swedish edition of Eurovision Song Contest and being a Christmas host on National Swedish Television (SVT). But as her popularity increased, hatred towards her also grew. Behind the glamorous facade was a life of murder threats and bodyguards. We get an exclusive insight into Gina Dirawi's life. Friends, family and stars like William Spetz, Kristian Luuk and Danny Saucedo talk about how it was when a young comedian from Sundsvall took the stage in the big arenas. Gina Dirawi is currently writing a novel.

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.

She has a lot of rules at home. Is the toilet lid supposed to be open or closed? Should you remove your shoes upon entering? How are the bananas supposed to lie in the fruit bowl? The most natural thing for oneself can be uncomfortable for someone else.

Eva performs a stand-up gig and her intention is far from pleasing the audience.

Count de Raymond has a secret relationship with the married Marcelle. He is a gambling addict and looses large sums of money. He puts his hope in an inheritance.

A man lives in alcoholic isolation high up on a mountain in the north of Sweden. A strange presence in the form of a young man haunts the loner. Is the young man real, or just an image from the past? In flashbacks the story unfolds.

Tells the inspiring and humorous tale of Håkansson, who at age 65, defied race officials who barred him from competing in the inaugural Sverigeloppet in 1951 because of his age. Undeterred, he rode the grueling 6-day national cycling tour anyway, without official entry, eventually outlasting many competitors and becoming a beloved folk hero across Sweden.

Reverend Samuell Parris, a failed businessman, does his best to condemn Tituba, the enslaved Native American housemaid accused of witchcraft by Parris' own household, daughter and niece.

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

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.

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.

Two quotes from Paul Valéry: "Humanity is threatened by two dangers: order and disorder." and "Nothing is more contrary to your nature than to see things as they are." A quote from the Swedish writer Thorild : "To think freely is great ! To think correctly is greater."Sentences which ring like thoughts. A bookseller, a flea market, drunken students and avant-garde musicians... The film was shot in the university town of Uppsala. "Wanting to do something "new" at any cost can lead to quite a bit of nonsense."

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'.

Gerel Byamba, a 33-year-old woman, leads the Mongolian organization Gerel Khas, an ultra-nationalist group composed entirely of women.

March 1978, Stockholm Museum of Modern Art, during the exhibition “Museo Salvador Allende” a collective mural was made, there the Chilean painter José Balmes worked, together with the Swedish artists Enno Hallek, Jan Háfström, Ulf Ramberg, Stefan Telemen and Hans Viksten.

A group of left-wing activists, rebelling against all and nothing, are holding a pair of right-wing fanatics hostage. An unfocused hitman is, sort of, hunting them down. It all ends in lots of blood without any obvious reason. At the end of the day it’s all about as politically incorrect as possible. Sort of…

A boat trip via canal in this short travel film of Dalsland and the surrounding Swedish countryside, hosted by Prince Wilhelm, the Duke of Södermanland.

A school kitchen teacher works on a farm under a fake name.

A secret underground group whose final goal and purpose is unclear. We do not know what they are preparing for, as they perform different tasks.

An endearing story about Leif, a classic curmudgeon who is forced to spend some time with a young boy whose imaginative spirit is very contagious.

A bus driver is accused by a passenger of being tired and nodding off at the wheel. Worry spreads and the situation becomes increasingly charged in a surefire everyday drama about group dynamics and about being questioned in your professional service.

There's nobody quite like Gunnar and Anette, an old and bitter couple who are bored with life and each other. They no longer have any affection left for each other to the point that Gunnar thinks of getting rid of Anette. A pastiche on the Swedish TV classic "Farbrorn som inte vill va' stor".

Fourteen-year-old Emma goes to a party with friends of her brother's and ends up passed out on a bed with an older boy who takes advantage of the situation. Later her brother Markus senses that something is wrong, but Emma keeps her thoughts to herself. She has trouble dealing with her own emotions. But then she meets Aron, an easy-going guy who spends his days on a skateboard.

For one night only, Victor Leksell and Stockholm Concert Orchestra, lead by conductor Karl-Johan Ankarblom, performed a stunning fusion of pop and classical concert when the first-ever Red Bull Symphonic came to Cirkus in Stockholm, Sweden. Together with guest artists such as Astrid S, Louise Lennartsson from Estraden, Johan Dalene and Theo Hillborg among others, they delivered a heartfelt and unique performance.

Mini-space epic starring two headstrong young heroines, taking on the mechanical scum of the galaxy.

Join us in an unknown world where everything is about living live. Nabbe is about to arrange the biggest fight of his life where the fight between Munna and the Hand Grenade will be decided in live broadcast. The testosterone boils in the room but the match will not end as they had expected ... At the same time, Zandra starts a live from inside the strip club to attract new Swedish girls to her agency. Swedish documentary from 2019.

A documentary about the girls at Marabou and their work situation.

Is it true that if you kiss the frog, it becomes a prince?

1944. Norway is under Nazi occupation. Two sámi help the Norwegian resistance on a sabotage mission, but the bridge they’re about to blow up is guarded by a man in Nazi uniform. A fellow sámi in Nazi uniform.

The director Shahriyar Latifzadeh follows four elderly people in their daily lives. Can their life wisdom help him understand how life should be lived if we had all the wisdom at the age of 35?

Director and cartoonist David Liljemark tries to make contact with Bernhard Redenstedt, a mysterious 82 year old widower, who has been putting up little hand-written notes all over the streets of Lund for many years. David is deeply fascinated by these strange notes, and gets more and more curious about the lonesome man who writes them. However, Bernhard himself isn't as easy to find as his notes ... At the same time as David is chasing him for an interview, Bernhard is threatened to be evicted by his municipal landlord. When the time comes, David turns out to be the only person who's there for Bernhard, and things take a new turn. An unusual documentary about an unusual friendship.

An ex-mercenary is enlisted back into the life to rescue the boyfriend of the daughter of a powerful mogul.

Interview-based documentary on the Swedish actor Keve Hjelm where he discusses his career.

Sam is transferring between two airports during his stopover in London, carrying a big suitcase with a broken handle. While waiting for his bus in the city center, he wanders away from the bus terminal in search for a toilet. During this night odyssey it soon becomes apparent that that trust is hard to find, and that things seldom are what they appear to be.

The circus director is trying to make Pelle Jöns stop smoking. After making the director disappear in a smoke cloud, Pelle Jöns draws a women who comes to life and starts doing tricks with a horse.

A summer trip to northern Sweden.

“A retrospect of European events during the past forty years, composed from early documentary material, and including one of the earliest extant specimens of news-reel film dating from 1897.” - The [London] Film Society, 1936.

Sara Parkman has, through her very unique expressions revolutionized Swedish folk music and her album Vesper proves a big breakthrough. Yet, there's something about this sucess tale that doesn't feel quite right. The devotion to art can make you feel alone, because as the fire burns strong it also hurts. Now we meet the person behind Sara Parkman's strong stage persona, as a new album begins to take shape based on a topic Sara has long avoided – love.

In 1999, some of Sweden's most read and award-winning crime novelists formed a secret club called the Blood Group. At the meetings, everything from murder methods and intrigue is discussed.

Gösta is a trainee for the brutal Algren. He runs away and get to know a friendly drifter.

A documentary about Swedish indie rock outfit Bob Hund. Following the band from stages so small the band could barely fit, to huge festival stages the film mixes home-movie footage with interviews, tour movies and music videos.

Ruth ties the laces of her white sneakers, combs her hair in front of the changing room mirror and tries on different bows. This Swedish teenager has just been selected to compete for Twisters, her cheerleading team, and today is her first day with her new teammates. Ruth is passionate about her sport and she socializes easily, so she quickly feels at home among the other athletic girls – munching on their apples as they chat about annoying muscle aches. In this youth documentary, we follow Ruth with her team and at home. Even when surrounded by her family Ruth finds time to focus on her beloved sport – in between squabbling with her brother Johan and joking around with her more levelheaded parents.

A coming of age documentary where the young person's teenage years has been characterized by domestic violence and adult responsibilities.