Discoveries from Sweden World Cinema

The title Killing Time refers to the act of waiting – a common state for people in occupied areas or surrounded by blockades. It also points to the imminent death of the individuals portrayed in the mobile phone images and videos, which were taken by people living in Gaza and given to Kent Klich by surviving family members. One of them was the lawyer Gareeb Abed, who filmed himself with his mobile phone, waiting. He was killed while working at police headquarters in Rafah on 27 December 2008, the first day of the Israeli offensive Operation Cast Lead.

This personal and compelling portrait follows Gudrun Schyman, spokesperson of Sweden's Feminist Initiative political party, as she moves between small towns, refugee camps, and the corridors of power.

Forty years ago, the first film about the Jordbro families was released. The latest one came out in 2006. When Rainer Hartleb once more trains his camera on the families, the children of the Jordbro children have grown up and live far from the area where the Jordbro story began.

Someone is murdered. Who is the killer? Members of all star cast are all suspects...

For a month, a documentary filmmaker has lived with the people in the small town in the forest in Hälsingland. We get to meet the prematurely retired game warden Örjan with a great passion for dogs, hunting and music.

Television adaptation of Ibsen's play about woman's role in society and marriage.

A bride sneaks away with her lover on the eve of her wedding.

A concert with Björn Afzelius at the Hovdala Castle during his summer tour of 1989.

An exploration of the final five eggs battling for their existence within Magdalena as she navigates around the voices of society, and her own body.

Stig Helmer is celebrating Christmas alone in his apartment when he dreams of a better life.

Documentary about Swedish singer/songwriter Kenta.

A bunch of young people travel to Gotland on their vacation - partying expected 24/7. But they get into trouble - with both the local population and a criminal gang.

July 1972 in Iran. Mohammed is arrested for illegal spreading of flyers. He is put in jail and tortured. After one year he is released and flees to Sweden. He arrives at a refugee camp where he is taught Swedish. He is surrounded by people without hope.

A mother and daughter prepare themselves for the return of the son.

Mr X and Mr Y both have a hidden past. Mr X committed manslaughter in his youth without being caught. Mr Y falsified a debt without being punished. Now they meet in a countryside house in the middle of a storm.

When the old University Professor discovers that some of his pupils often sneak into a speakeasy, The Blue Angel, to visit a dancer, Lola, he comes there to confront them. But instead he is attracted to Lola. He returns the next night to The Blue Angel to spend time with Lola and stays overnight. This causes problems at his work and his life takes a steep downward spiral.

The calm of Christmas Day turns to terror in Boden when a 57-year-old woman is stabbed to death in her home and her two teenage daughters are seriously injured. When the police arrive at the scene, the suspected perpetrator is shot dead. The case later sparks a major debate about compulsory psychiatric care and risk assessments. Leif GW Persson examines the case and the aftermath.

Two dairy farmers go out looking for a cow gone missing. Their search leads them deep into a mystery that will have them questioning themselves and their place in the milky way.

Patricio Galvey is in the middle of an almost unimaginable nightmare. He has not only lost his daughter, who allowed herself to be radicalised and travelled with her white, Swedish husband to Syria, where they both got killed. His seven grandchildren, aged 1 to 8, are now stuck in a prison camp in the war-torn country. The 50-year-old Swedish-Chilean Patricio has one mission: to get them out.

Swedish crime-drama directed by Kevin Bernal. It's the story of Diego, who hoped to never lose his friends after he ended school. However, five years go by and he finds himself alone, poor and living in a basement. Desperate for some money he agrees to run an errand for a dangerous criminal — which leads him to confront people he cared for in the past.

When Anita Ekberg celebrated her 75th birthday, she visited Filmhuset in Stockholm. Three filmmakers documented the visit, which became a unique encounter with the Swedish film icon one and superstar.

Jonna meets the prince in her dreams, but he does not come without luggage. In this case, an annoying daughter.

The young Tony will travel from Budapest to the countryside to marry his cousin Katinka, the oldest of the seven sisters Gyurkovics. Because Tony is already secretly married to another, the situation is problematic. Mizzi is the impish middle sister of seven who is glad to leave boarding school and has many adventures making her way back home. This includes impersonating a countess and meeting Count Horkay who is impersonating her cousin Tony, his friend whom Mizzi's mother intends to marry her oldest sister. The younger set all have their own ideas of who they love despite the plans of the older folks.

Dennis gets offended when his friend takes the last sausage without asking. This creates a strong inner conflict in him that almost ruins their relationship.

Michael, 17, is secretly in love with Veronicka. His best friend Faye has a crazy plan to get them together; a threesome! Two girls at one time is a fantasy for most guys... the only problem is that Michael is a virgin.

A strange illness spreads among the participants of an illegal rave.

An actress is happy when she is finally contacted by a famous director, but the director is more interested in her cat.

During a flight to Örebro, two childhood friends crash but survive. At the hospital, Karl-Johan experiences fever dreams where he lives in the Viking age.

An art film contrasting a cat and broken glass with a masked naked woman and her lover.

Hasselgård died in a car accident 75 years ago, aged just 26, he became a legend like so many other young dead in jazz history. The clarinetist Åke Stan Hasselgård managed to play with many of the greats both in Sweden and in the USA.

An artist with drinking problems is depressed because his career didn't turn out so good. He puts his faith in his daughter to carry the artistic heritage further.

During August 1943 the Nazis advance is stopped. In Sweden there are both German Gestapo agents and Norwegian Resistance men active.

The matriarch of the family is worried. One of her grandchildren doesn’t come to visit and she doesn’t understand why. Time passes and everyday life continues, but soon a phone call comes that changes everything.

Ricky is 16 years old and lives with his older brother Frank and Mom and dad in a hotel that the family run. The time is the mid-fifties. The family is not happy, the brothers can not stand each other and dad Martin is weighed down by economic concerns.

With rip-roaring action, humor, romance, sound effects and dubbing lines, we get to follow the fight between these animated figures in human guise - a fight that usually ends with Dr. Mugg laughingly fleeing into the nearest toilet. Also, we meet all the other characters again.

S:t Bernhard, agent with licence to kill 50 minutes.

A cold winter day, a stranger knocks at the door to the farmer Linus and his wife Nina in their distant forest farm in Sweden. A story by Vilhelm Moberg.

The film was recorded during the filming of Bo Widerberg's "Kärlek 65".

Portrait documentary of the Swedish drag show pioneer Christer Lindarw and his life both on and off the stage.

A story about an evening in a restaurant. Six tables, seven stories, a tragicomedy about the fantasies and realities of love.

Hilding brings a German businessman back to Buskaby to show the artificial snow made of sawdust

Somewhere sits two men, Vladimir and Estragon, waiting for a man named Godot. Internationally acclaimed Swedish TV dramatized version of the classic stage play.

'Pojken' (The Boy) has been a student in Uppsala for many, many years. Many years ago he found a baby girl outside the fraternity house during a party. 'Pojken' made sure that the girl could grow up in the countryside and has ever since sent money to the foster mother. However, the girl, Carolina, has moved back to Uppsala. She now lives with her real mother who has married the nutty professor Hambreus. Carolina does not know anything about 'Pojken' or the money he has sent. But now he has decided to reveal the truth for her.

Tobias who works as a bouncer. One night he accidentally shoves a drunken guest. He is sentenced to be shoved in return, but he is not told when it is supposed to happen. It is about the feeling of living with uncertainty. How tormenting it can be to go around waiting for something you know is going to happen to you. But you don't know when or how. Through its Kafkaesque story, we want to pose serious questions while simultaneously making you laugh.Our aim is to make films that strike a chord in people with their subtle humor as they waver between the real and the surreal.

Linerboard is a film about thin paper between cardboard. It’s about how fragile items need to be properly protected and about a hesitant but long-term relationship.

Anderssonskans Kalle is the typical 'Söderkis'. It's a boy growing up on Söder in Stockholm and he is very fond of practical jokes. His mother sees him as a good natured boy but his victims, mostly the local policeman and two old crones in the same house, see him as the devil himself.

After more than seven years and 92 international matches as head coach of Sweden, Janne Andersson stepped down in November 2023. In an interview with Viaplay’s Richard Henriksson, Janne reflects on the highlights and setbacks from his time with the national team.

The conductor starts a symphony by the Swedish composer Hugo Alfvén in front of a sea of ​​graying heads. But playing to an aging crowd is proving to have its challenges. Questions about the survival and relevance of classical music are brought to a head in a satire that feels relatable to anyone who has visited the country's cultural institutions.

Lasse Larsson works as a baker at the bakery Gyllene Trappen in Stockholm. He loves to sing while he bakes.

This short film consists of 16mm home-movie footage recorded by Ingmar Bergman during the first two years of his son Daniel’s life, beginning shortly before his birth and continuing through early childhood. The material was edited by Bergman as an independent segment for inclusion in the 1967 Swedish anthology film Stimulantia.

A man and a woman meet once a year in different hotel rooms. Their passionate love affair has been going on for 30 years. But this year things have happened in their lives, things that might change everything.

Misfits to Yuppies is the last of three films (Dom kallar oss mods, Ett anständigt liv, Det sociala arvet) that shows conditions for addicts in Stockholm and try to find out how social legacy have been transferred to their children from previous films.

The ladies man Georg is finally about to get married, but a misunderstanding lead to his new wife break up the wedding.