Discoveries from Sweden World Cinema

A young woman carries a dark secret and is in desperate need of help. A Bosnian taxi driver thinks he can help her and at the same time deal with his past. A film about loss, grief and inexorable disaster.

Two women dressed for party in front of a door. Even though one of them is injured and in despair she refuses to accept help from the other woman.

One night the man wakes up because the TV is on. He decides to turn it off. But it is not always easy to defend against the noise.

Idris and Kojo are the two last survivors of a group African refugees who have inhabited the Swedish woods for almost 10 years. They live their lives independently until they encounter a 9-year-old boy, Stellan, and a riskful friendship begins.

Do you really go to heaven when you die? It’s just air; you would fall down! Seven-year-old Christoffer and his sick grandfather discuss death. The grandfather thinks that you probably go to the moon. When his grandfather dies Christoffer builds a rocket to visit him on the moon.

Made in 1953, Study in Optical Rhythm is an examination of the visual functions of rhythm. His best known film, it was drawn and painted directly onto the film stock at intervals of 4, 8, 12, 16 and 24 frames to find concurrence with a predetermined musical accompaniment. The film was intended to be screened both with and without music to explore differing audiovisual relationships. Technically Study in Optical Rhythm is thus reminiscent of the animations of Norman McLaren, Len Lye and Oscar Fischinger.

"I Break In" - A woman drifts around with a feeling that something is wrong. She questions the existence and the long lasting relationship with her partner. At the same time, she meets a man. The situation forces her to face her inner self.

A television production for the playwrights debutant scene.

A couple of punk teenagers looking for a place for their festival and find an empty lot into a luxury villa.

Few rock genres have been as formulaic, anodyne, and unhip as AOR, a late 70s acronym for Adult Oriented Rock or Album Oriented Rock. Among the juggernaut bands that drove its melodic lite-metal sound into the early 80s, Foreigner scored huge with Feels Like the First Time, Cold as Ice and other strained emotings. As with kindred spirits Boston, Journey and more, they delivered at least one redeeming beauty of a hit, the ardent, desperate Waiting for a Girl Like You. The faux-gospel opus that was I Want to Know What Love Is has fans such as Mariah Carey, who covered it last year.

Östersunds FK is a sensation in the world of football. After climbing to the Allsvenskan in record time, they became the first Swedish team to reach the Europa League playoffs. Behind their success lies, among other things, a well-known cultural initiative that has forced the football guys far outside their comfort zone.

A young machinist loses his lottery ticket in the wind. A washing girl finds it.

Activities of recreation and entertainment in the city of Östersund is shown.

Video photage of a military maneuver in Östergötland, Sweden.

Documentary film, featuring newsreel segments from the life of Swedish king Gustaf V, put together due to his death on 29 October 1950.

A short feature that follows the training of a group of new recruits to the Royal Swedish Air Force.

Documentary about a skate hall in Kiruna that has become a lifeline for young people in a city that is literally being moved.

A strange double-date goes sideways after an embarrassing incident.

A one-minute film split in two—one side heartbreak, the other heartwarming.

The classic story we all know

More than half of India's imports today come from the United States, and American banks and companies are gaining an ever-tighter grip on the Indian economy. How do these companies work? Who benefits from their investments? How are the Indian workers who build their giant buildings doing? A film about how American companies are establishing themselves in India.

Set at a recreational resort in the mountains, where a group of people have their lives and loves interveined.

The humor group Klungan's quirky show about eight tragicomic characters who live next door to each other.

A year that changed Emmy's life...a year abroad.

Amiga demoscene short film that showcases computer animation, art and music.

Gloria’s attempt to kidnap the heir of a wealthy family succeeds in getting him through her apartment door. But once there, mistakes will soon plague her less-than-perfect plan.

A close mother-daughter relationship is put to test by the extreme right-wing rise in Brazil. As the distance between them grows into an abyss, the mother decides to try to bring them together, but not by using words... using a camera.

On the streets of Beirut, Marc works in a thrift store as he goes through a personal transformation that will lead him to while he goes through a personal transformation that will lead him to discover his true discover his true essence.

A group of young men are hanging out together when they are suddenly attacked by Radioactive Nazi Zombies. How can they possibly survive the attacks?

Children's film from Sweden.

A short film about seeds and hypnotic transformations around them.

Documentary about Helge Andersson. 85-year-old Helge became something of a TV idol after the program "Helge och hans värld" which was broadcast on TV2 in 1988. At that time Helge lived in his very primitive cabin outside Borås. Nowadays, Helge lives in a serviced house where he has found himself well at home, despite his more than fifty years of living alone. Mats Segerblom has now met a "new" Helge - with flashbacks to his old life.

A subjective film about a big city. The city tells, the filmmaker reproduces the stories in his personal vintage.