Discoveries from Sweden World Cinema

In a not-so-distant future where AI technology is part of everyday life, Rebecka (41), a successful architect and mother to Nonno (5), works from home with her sick daughter while her partner Carl (39) is away. Rebecka needs assistance to focus on an important deadline and receives help from her AI clone, R. However, R not only provides support but also constantly criticizes Rebecka, reminding her of her limitations as both a mother and an architect, which creates feelings of insecurity and guilt within her. The increased pressure from R, coupled with Rebecka's ambition to excel both at work and at home, leads Rebecka to fantasize about different ways to get rid of the clone, but getting rid of a version of herself proves to be not a simple task.

A man disconnected from reality who has lived his entire life in a suitcase is abducted and forced to face a new day.

Paris, 7th of May 2017, day of the results of the french presidential elections. During this historic evening, the paths of four people intertwine while Europe is divided.

From the beginning, it looks like a single accident with a tragic outcome. But the picture of 16-year-old Alexander Storåker's death will soon change - and teenagers are starting to talk about something that some had reason to keep quiet about. The police may only chase mopeds if they suspect serious crimes. So why are two cops at the scene where Alexander dies after fleeing his tuned moped?

Linda Västrik's personal documentary about her father who has been unwilling for most of her life to remain in contact, and suggests there may be a chance that she is not his biological daughter. This prompts Linda to insist on a DNA test, which sets in motion a frustrating process of connecting with her elusive father, and convincing him of the importance of such a test.

Experimental film by Hans Esselius.

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 documentary about dreams that run away when you wake up, but above all about fragments from dreams that linger. And about fears as driving forces.

A love story between the 1920s and 30s. A teacher, who has difficulty showing emotions, is invited to dance by the caretaker Ove.

A relationship is being tested during a war.

Kalle is sleeping when the snowman enters his room and starts melting.

The interactions between three seventeen-year-old boys in Sweden. Thomas and Helge are born in Sweden while Jack is born in Libanon.

Firefighter Wester's happy life with wife, son and two dogs, is threatened when he injures his leg.

Stina Pilbom suspects that her husband is having an affair, and when he leaves home for a "meeting" she follows him.

Short film about aluminum production

Performance with Ken Dewey and Erkki Kurenniemi, et al. Shot in 8mm.

Stranded in the middle of nowhere in Sweden, a Belgian couple is picked up by a local...

Bengt's wife has died, and now he is having a hard time continuing his life on his own. An encounter with a friendly stranger changes everything, and instead of continuing outside, he comes back into the warmth again.

Amir visits his family's hunting grounds for the annual hunt. However, things take a dramatic turn early on when something goes terribly wrong. How will Amir navigate his way out of this dire situation?

A mysterious calling from the forest lures a human into a cave, where he is met by the wrath of nature's spirits.

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

About Russia's transformation from communism to a market economy was coming to an end with disaster. Out of the ashes rose a powerful president who rules his country with an iron fist. How did it happen? SVT's former correspondent Peter Löfgren tells what happened when a bunch of young capitalists from the West were invited to reform Russia. Some became immensely rich while the majority continued to live in misery. The attempt failed and the road to power was soon open to a new type of leader. His name: Vladimir Putin.

Dina, a legendary fashion agent in Hollywood, took her clients' money and disappeared. Johanna St Michaels meets her old friend and former colleague to find out what really happened — and why she had all the cosmetic surgeries.

Images from Härnösand, among them Sami people selling reindeer meat from sleds.

Live at Suuri Kasarifestivaali - The Great 80's Festival, Humppila, Finland - June 1, 2024

A documentary about Swedish animator and director Victor Bergdahl.

Tommy visits his former gang leader for a final showdown about his past.

Documentary about the state of El Salvador in the late 70's.

Crust has been teleported into the Void and has to escape together with Pockets and her homunculus, Purple.

A simple and ubiquitous pose: two glossily made-up women gaze into the camera’s eye and smile. But what begins as an ordinary image of femininity descends into raw uncanniness as the camera audaciously lingers and zooms, illuminating the tense and gruelling bodily labour involved in holding onto something that may have seemed so natural.

Memories from childhood in the 1950s intertwined with today's reality, where the village is empty, and the fields are overgrown.

The girls at the refugee home in Färjestaden, in the south of Sweden, tell their own story about love, friendship and how they ended up living at a campground. A story filled with just as many traumatic memories of displacement as insightful hopes for the future and inspiring dancenumbers.

A heart appears to the sound of a heartbeat, bringing with it a song

Svea and Bertil are competing on TV and one of them risks being eliminated.

A man wakes up in an empty school. Is it a dream or not?