Discoveries from Sweden World Cinema

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.

Sebastian, a young boy living in a basement with his two brothers has to learn how to work together with his fellow prisoners to escape the man who's holding them captured.

Jag är inte beredd att dö än (I'm Not Yet Ready to Die) is a documentary that follows Laleh Pourkarim—one of Sweden's most celebrated musicians—over two years time. Laleh takes pains to maintain her privacy in spite of her popularity. This film is a rare opportunity for fans to glimpse her daily life, from her hometown of Hammarkullen to settings abroad.

Photographer Maria meets up with Ann, the wife of her lover Jim. Since Jim is in jail, the women fight over him in his absence.

What to do if you happen to stumble upon a crow, who is really dead.

Mother-in law comes to visit, which means mayhem at home....

In the magical world of visual effects, anything can happen. Making Magic is the story of how visual effects are created for films and video games - and how they are influenced by the laws of nature that govern the real world. Join Peter Stormare on a breathtaking journey and discover how effects are created - from equations to explosions.

The teacher Beata travel by train on her way home. Beata's husband has left her after that her affair with a young student, Misja, was exposed. He has taken care of their children.

Birgit Åkesson (1908-2001) was a Swedish a dancer, choreographer and dance researcher. She was one of the leading figures in European avant-garde dance.

High school students from two different schools are interviewed about future plans and hopes.

"I wonder if I left the cooker on?" For K this turns into a morning dominated by thoughts of fire. Her strategies to avoid catastrophe become increasingly absurd. But when eventually she feels safe, fire finds another way into her life...

"You are suffering from a mental fragility,” the doctor tells Ahang as she desperately tries to understand why she sometimes feels so terribly sad, as though everything has fallen apart. From the outside, she seems to live a sound and good life. For periods of time everything feels really good. But then it hits her: that horrific panic and despair that destroys everything and presses her down into a deep black hole.

Anthrax - Alive 2: (2005) The DVD movie was released Sep 20, 2005 by the BMG Video studio. The classic lineup of Joey Belladonna, Scott Ian, Charlie Benante, Dan Spitz, and Frank Bello has reunited. Anthrax - Alive 2: (2005) The DVD movie This DVD takes us to the actual reunion in which we see all five original members meeting together for the first time in over ten years, and shows the band rehearsing and on the road together on their much talked about reunion tour. This 2005 concert, held at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey, saw the refreshing return of the original lineup, and was held in memory of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott of Pantera, who was killed in a 2004 shooting Anthrax - Alive 2: (2005) The DVD video. It was also the band's 20th anniversary, and they played some of their classic songs, such as "Caught In A Mosh" and "Among The Living."

Concert film with Eva Dahlgren featuring an interview with her as well.

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

An up-and-coming boxer who is used to being number one finds himself struggling against a new opponent. In desperation he uses supernatural elements to help break down his rival.

Stage show with Frank Gunnarsson, Claes Malmberg and Mikel Lindberg

Robots avoid water. One drop is enough to cause a short circuit or rust, and that can be fatal for a robot. But even robots are willing to risk their lives if they find a beached whale and there is no help in sight…

An intro class for becoming a Swede.

Images of spring

An incredible Cowboy Story in a real Threshing Environment.

Blanche Benton is out on her morning ride with horse and carriage, when an automobile shows up and scares the horse. The driver in the car manages to intervene and takes Blanche to her home.

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.

"Bleeding Hearts" - Comedy with charming hussar lieutenants, indulgent landlord daughters, wild rides and romantic mansion balls.

An animated short film based on the sequence of events that led to the fatal shooting of the escaped chimpanzees at Furuvik Zoo on December 14, 2022.

Doctor Arthur Born tries to produce a cure for the plague.

Reality is distorted when Peter, while on vacation, enters in to a nocturnal relationship with a mysterious woman from the forest. He looses sleep and begins to obsess as he wants to know more about the woman who visits him in the dark hours.

The film will take place at a HVB home for young girls. It will be filmed in early 2026.

Girl struggles to overcome her anxiety over dancing in front of other people

Luft-Kalle and Kol-Jocke get into adventures in southern Stockholm around midsummer.

Viktor, 15, and his family go to their summerhouse in the North of Sweden. On a bright, sleepless morning Viktor walks to a lake nearby. Things start disappearing, one after the other, like something in the forest was watching him and wanted to tease him.

Linn is a model who started playing hockey at the age of ten. Now she plays with a bunch of guys. But it is difficult to combine the model job with hockey.

Stage revue with Björn Skifs.

A Swedish TV play about Joe Hill.

In the Nort Sea a flounder is hiding in the seaweed. The flounder feeds on mussels and small shrimps. Many dangers lurk on the bottom of the sea but the flounder is clever. One day the flounder is caught in a net and pulled up on a trawler. It dies on the deck. The fish is now entering a new phase of its existence. The flounder travels on, though life has come to an end.

A documentary about the miners' strike in Kiruna, Sweden, 1969.

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.

Åsa-Nisse and Klabbarparn teach Sjökvisten how to be a secret agent.

A blind man is confronted by a mysterious figure, whom he seems to know the presence of from before.

The story of a minor civil servant and his descent into madness.

A story about Frida, Jonas and their wedding in Småland.

Malmö's lonely shadow figures take us on a hypnotic journey into the fog, where intoxication is the main cure for darkness. In this hybrid between documentary and fever dream, we meet the cleaning lady who has worn out both her body and her dreams, the friends at the pub who are haggling over the next round and the man who, like a fallen hero, rambles along the streets of an empty town.

A portrait of Radio SMT 92.8, a small local radio station in Trelleborg, Sweden, and its importance to the community it serves. The film observes how everyday broadcasts—music, greetings, and conversations—bind listeners together.

The film depicts a young woman's first task as a homemade. The task is to help a disabled man with a toilet and dressing

One of the best and funniest productions from Fredriksdalsteatern with Eva Rydberg, Ola Forssmed and Kim Sulocki as the Marx Brothers. The whole thing takes place at the Central Park Theatre in New York in 1935. In the middle of a rehearsal of a new musical, the theater director Hector Chesterfield dies and in order for the musical to premiere in a week, it is extremely important to find a new theater director. Hector's wife, Patricia, asks her old acquaintance, the incredibly strange and stupid adventurer Captain Spoling, to take over the theater. After much deliberation, he agrees. Then the great mafia boss Don Calzone shows up and claims ownership of the theater. Hector bet the theater in a game of poker, and lost. Now the two candidates, together with their lawyers and the others, must find Hector's will to see who he wanted as his successor. Amidst all this, love stories, madness and misunderstandings unfold - all while the theater's existence is in danger.

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

A melodrama with humor about an actress who makes a comeback.

A portrayal of life aboard the cargo vessel M/S "Pedro Christophersen" of Stockholm during the Stockholm-Buenos Aires trade route.

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

Henrik returns home to the family he hasn't seen in fifteen years just in time for his father's funeral. The coffin is a couple of sizes too small and his mother wants to sleep forever. More then ever Henrik needs to unite with his older brother Ronnie, who has spent his whole life at home on the farm.

A documentary about the Swedish band Vulkano.

A lesson in the history of portrait art. A game with the camera's eye and our prejudices by artist Ola Billgren and filmmaker Carl Slättne.