Discoveries from Sweden World Cinema

In the cellar Tuppen in Stockholms Old Town the troubadour Bellman sits with his drinking buddies Fredman, Mollberg, Mowitz and Father Berg.

A mother and an aunt has a sister. She’s German and currently resides in the country's capital, Berlin. The three sisters are not related by blood, but by a strong familial love for one another. Her life’s story is a tragic and lonely tale of a little girl finding strength and solace within her chosen family. Who is this third sister? Well, why not let the three sisters tell you themselves?

In Almaty, Kazakhstan, 17-year-old Mila escapes her unstable home life by joining an elite swimming team led by Vlad. Amid intense training and suspicions of doping, Mila faces a complex attraction to Vlad, while traumatic memories and moral dilemmas threaten to undermine her new-found independence.

Minou and her mother check in at a hotel after leaving their home due to the big forest fire. When Minou glances into the hotel’s renaissance painting she opens her eyes to all the things the grownups are ignoring.

A girl is sacrificed to a lonely god

The Swedish filmmaker Gustav Osterman and his assistant Robert Matson travels to Russia to examine locations for an international project.

Strange things are happening in an old house in the middle of the woods where a woman lives. As a calling the woman hangs up a white dress and places matching shoes underneath. The spirit world makes itself known in a dark love story of grief, loss and sacrifice, as we try to determine whether the growing danger comes from the spiritual realm or the physical.

Actress Sara Sommerfeld's grandmother survived the holocaust and now Sara visits the places her grandmother were during World War 2.

Johannes is 11 years old and dreams of a rope blocking his and his friend's way when they are on their way home from school. When he grabs the rope, he realizes that it is "something dangerous going on". A huge spider pops up and chases the kids, who are eventually saved by a heroic old woman.

Some people take a short break.

Palle Hagman is a charming dreamer with great and dazzling powers of persuasion. His dream is to become a big star in the entertainment world. When he gets the chance to put on a variety show, he believes that the road to success is wide open. But Palle is a great optimist, and when the setbacks become too many, he is forced to resort to "white lies" to save himself and his family...

"Avoid Straight Angles" - Once upon a time Stefan Sundström was Farsta's Mick Jagger. Then he was influenced by the punk. Now he is one of Sweden's most productive, self-centered and socially critical artists - diligent in terms of both songwriting and touring.

As the character Jockiboi, Joakim Lundell was completely limitless and when he was a participant in the scandalous reality show "Kings of Tylösand" he gained hundreds of thousands of followers on his blog. In a long interview with Malou von Sivers, he talks about his broken childhood and about rising from absolute rock bottom. A conversation about reconciliation and forgiveness.

A pandemic spreads and the death toll soars. In a venerable hotel an elevator gets stuck. The pregnant Irene, the receptionist Mia, the janitor Kristof, and the actress Liz are trapped. On a radio they hear the world outside collapsing. As hunger and thirst increase the elevator turns from safe haven to death trap. As they lose hope they let go of built-in defenses and get under each others skin. Kristof and Mia have a common past laden with betrayal and sorrow. Irene is married to a man who abuses her. Liz is torturing herself over the death of a child. Finally Irenes water breaks and there is no alternative but to cut the cable that holds the elevator and plunge towards an unknown fate.

Macken – Roy’s & Roger’s Bilservice was first shown on TV in the fall of 1986. The series made Galenskaparna and After Shave popular. The last episode of the series was watched by 3.6 million viewers. The series has since been rerun a number of times on SVT and has had over a million viewers each time.

Young Jörgen Steenfeld is the heir of it over the chimney-indebted estate Steensgaard and unable to clear up its finances. He is being looked after by his old friend, "Mästerkatten", ie the enterprising, charming but somewhat irreplaceable Karl Konstantin Kattrup, who has been relegated from the university. Kattrup, involved as a manager at Steensgaard. Steenfeld receives visits by county governor Markdanner and her daughter Rose. The Countess is planning a marriage between Rose and Jörgen, but Jörgen is secretly in love with the orphan Helga Anthon, called Pips. The conditions are further complicated by the appearance of Kattrup and Rose.

When a documentary filmmaker returns to his native Kurdistan to document the refugees fleeing ISIS, he happens upon an abandoned 11-year-old girl lying in pain in the scorching heat and makes a fateful decision, which ends up shaping both their lives.

It is a great day for Albert and Yvonne. They will finally get divorced. Together with their lawyers they celebrate their new happy lives without each other, and all the fighting.

When teenagers are sexually assaulted, the perpetrator is often a peer. But do you dare to point out the guy you dreamed of having sex with? Sara, 15, thought no one would believe her version of what happened at the party with her schoolmates.

A homage to 1950s noir films, THE PRO is the story of an aging mobster who meets with an up and coming professional. A job interview late at night soon turns into a battle between life and death.

The young beautiful sisters Lilly and Ragni are motherless. They live with their father, a horse dealer. During a horseback ride, Lilly and Ragni come to a pond of water lilies. They undress and swim naked. A local watches them play.

Camilo, from the projects outside of Stockholm, sees city girl Amina on her way to a party. He borrows his friends expensive jacket and approaches her, offering to show her the way. The two connect, and Amina invites Camilo to the party. When one of the guys mistakes Camilos jacket for his own, it becomes clear Camilo will never be anything but a project kid to Amina and the other people at the party.

A sunshine story in a pouring rain.

Ewelina Janiszewska Smolianka Stolnikowna Smolenska & Willhelm 2ed The Hunter, Malga Kubiak great grandmother 1862-1886.

An introduction to the basics of cross-country horse riding with tips from professionals.

Nine people and a dog are living in a three-story apartment building. An urban story, where the drama of the building mixes the ordinary and the absurd with humor and seriousness.

A young man comes to Stockholm, Sweden and experiences several bizarre and surrealistic situations.

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

A singer in a bar full of weird people and mutants sing the story of an abandoned robot that is reactivated hundreds of years after an apocalyptic war. Wandering off searching for his origins, the robot meets characters of the ruined world, mutants, adventurers and common people. Always set to help humanity he makes both friends and enemies.

On July 3rd, 2011, Metallica headlined the Big 4 at Ullevi in Gothenburg, Sweden. The concert was broadcasted live on Swedish national television.

Roland, a retired engineer, gets an iPad from his family to keep him updated in the modern digital world. Instead of digital euphoria the new technology breaks him down in to bits. Roland longs for the the world that he understood and for love of his ex wife that still cares about him, but left him when the world was still analogue.

A report of the 60th anniversary of the Children's Day, which also included the talent competition "Vi som vill opp" from Humlegården in Stockholm.

Sixten reluctantly go to a ski resort in Åre to write a script to a movie.

81-year-old Sabine's message is clear: "Love is a million times stronger than hate.". She is not afraid to make her voice heard in the demonstration against the Nazis.

After a series of bad card game experiences Carl Gustafsson and Arne Arnesson are forced to run away. A while later they are on a boat to America.

Birgit Norén is the new teacher at a small town school and falls in love with the principal.

A collection of four odd short films.

The animals hold a congress to decide what to do about humanity and the nuclear bomb.

Noni is 10, and during the week she lives with her mother in Vasastan and at weekends with her father in Skärholmen. One weekend with her stepsister Elizabeth, Noni sees the world for what it is - upside down.

The ex pro boxer Knuttis Svensson suspects that his wife has a secret admirer.

Laundry detergent commercial.

A Sámi woman fights for her right to claim a tax deduction against the purchase of a dog. Why the Swedish authorities fail to recognize the dog's use as a reindeer herding tool versus a pet opens up a larger discussion about Indigenous rights and economic discrimination in this humorous takedown of the Swedish government's ignorance of Sámi culture.

16-year-old girls Alma and Bea had managed to lure the middle-aged football coach Carl into a changing room at the football club. They got him where they wanted. He wanted to see them naked. They wanted to see him suffer. They shouldn’t have done that, or should they?

Sean Banan travels to Africa and brings along pop diva Kikki Danielsson, also known as Kikki Dee, to shoot a music video. Something that should be very uncomplicated instead turns into a chaotic road trip.

Sweden during the years 1897-1914 comes to life through newsreels and scenes from early feature films.

A tormented photographer makes a comeback with freshly taken photos at the very location where his son once disappeared. During the exhibition, visitors suddenly realize that there's someone lurking in the background of several photos.

Nisse received a lizard from his mother shortly before she passed away. At first he finds the lizard very boring but then it starts talking to him.

A group of old friends reunite for an evening. Something ugly is bubbling up to the surface.

Theo, Siri and Wilma form a detective club in a suburban cellar. Robert, whose father owns the place , joins the three in trying to solve a series of mysterious events in the neighborhood.

A few friends spend a nice evening together.

The story of a new Ireland and its vibrant music scene, but also that of a postcolonial society wrestling with its heritage. A society where folk music carries both the oppression of the past and the dream of a bright future.

Protagonist Johan Ekberg has apparently worked at the railway, but is now relegated to a passive existence as a pensioner. He walks through the city as a spectator and lives in a retirement home, where life is characterized by passivity and boredom.

Live performance by the group Ainbusk Singers.

Against the celebration, in 1992, of the 500 years of the so-called "Discovery of America." Short that claims our language and culture.

Nisse and Greta, a middle-aged married couple, sit and watch TV. To their surprise they get to experience their own life's in a TV show being broadcasted.