Discoveries from Sweden World Cinema

An examination of the music life in Stockholm and Gothenburg, what is the same and what is different?

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.

In the Swedish small town Kungshamn the journalist Fridolf Svensson writes for the local newspaper Allehanda.

Documentary about the making of Bo Widerberg's film 'Victoria'.

Emma Klink is devoted to preserve morality in 1912 and she is also a chairwoman for "The support for unmarried mothers". Her husband is a mustard manufacturer who has had a secret affair with a Spanish dancer twenty-five years earlier. His mistake is that he confides in a semi-senile vicar, and when a strange young man suddenly appears shouting "Daddy!" chaos enters the once peaceful house.

"Art is more precious than a hot dog" - Francis Picabia's (1879-1953) pamphlet is the title of this color animation of Cartsen Regild's art and the studio recording in black and white.

A sick man asks his friend to help him dig a pit.

After playing the infamous urban legend game "Madame in Black", Alex and his sister, Emma, experience the wrath of the evil witch Madame in Black.

It was as if the rock star costume didn't quite fit Ola Magnell. He was always in the middle of the flow, but never seemed to enjoy it. Jovial and nervous, but also angry and anxious. Somewhere between Bob Dylan and the Swedish poet Gustaf Fröding, a mix of Rock'n'roll and poetry. An outsider who endured hard beatings for his wayward choices but never saw any other way to go.

Open air theatre production about the Paris commune

Nine-year old Ella realizes the importance of fashion, and starts revolting against her childhood.

Why can't I hear the sound of sewing machines anymore? A meeting with my family and the history of all their sewing machines.

Leila Khaled was the first woman to hijack a plane. In 1969, she showed her grenades to the terrified passengers by order of the Che Guevara commando unit of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Through the ensuing media bombardment, she put the Palestinian nation on the global map. The pretty 24-year-old Leila became a hero to many Palestinians, including the Swedish/Palestinian teenager Lina Makboul, who is now a filmmaker. At least Leila dared to do something, Lina thought at the time. She visits Leila 35 years later with a camera, and finds a woman who does not regret anything.

Ullguden (The Wool God) is bitter because no one believes in it. Haunted by the important message it has tried countless times to convey to the world, without success, it dreams of finding a messenger.

Three people rushing through the city of Gothenburg connected through a fateful phone call.

In front of the salvation Army headquarters. An old man who is being teased by a flock of children, is almost run over by a car. Out of the headquarters gates march singing and playing female Salvation Army soldiers. One of the women is on her way to a nearby restaurant where the two sisters Ruth and Fanny works as waitresses.

What triggers the sparkle and juice of each persons life? What makes us open up to the unknown and just leap out of our comfort zones? And where is your secret place where you recharge your batteries? Don´t wait! It might be too late!

Sebastian is often beaten and kicked by a guy in school. David wants to be Sebastian's friend, but doesn't dare. Based on children's and young people's stories of bullying.

A spy is sent to the military service to monitor the soldiers.

Inspired by Hjalmar Söderberg's work. Made in collaboration with Stockholm Filmfestival.

Henrik Schyffert's acclaimed solo show, where he makes a personal view of his own shortcomings and fears in a Sweden where concern is increasing. At a time when more and more people are digging in trenches and desperately sticking to their views, Henrik wants to break the deadlock by at least trying to investigate himself. There will be a breakneck roller coaster between gravity and comedy, but the message is: Don't be afraid!

Follow the national teams behind the scenes in exclusive clips and personal portraits that celebrate Sweden's greatest football stars. Joy and sadness alternate and it all culminates in the awarding of the Gold and Diamond Balls.

A thirsty surfer tastes karma when he refuses to pay for a luscious glas of water.

Sara falls in love with everything that moves with a pulse. She gives her heart to guys on toll too quickly. She is a hopeless romantic who believes that every new guy is "the right one." It only results in her being heartbroken every time. Eventually, her friends take her out into the archipelago for a summer camp. There she gets to work in the kitchen, where she meets Lisbet and another new love, the janitor's son. Sara's time at the camp makes her stronger and happier. It all seems to go well until the new owner of the facility comes and fires everyone and rebuilds it into a rich man's resort. It all gets worse when an ex-boyfriend of the worst kind is the son of a new owner.

At the home of the famous scientist Count Knut Lagercrona the wedding preparations has begun. The Counts daughter Heléne Von Bohren is about to marry the young lawyer Sebastian Lavenius.

A middle-aged couple buys a dildo to liven up their sex life. At the same time, a younger, horny couple moves into the next door.

The words have run out long ago in Nils's and Ingegärd's marriage. But even though they don't show it, they love each other. In the opposite flat Suleiman lives, a divorced man longing for his daughter. When Suleiman discovers that he has a common interest with Nils, tennis, hopes of friendship awake.

Professor Barclay travels with the young Dorian Holbein to the big city to oversee his violinist education.

Hasse Ekman speaks about his career, films, colleagues, inspirations and role models.

A young man's heart is crushed by the fact that his ex girlfriend tries to hurt him mentally. When his mind is far away, he does what his interior has long wanted but been afraid to do.

Mr and Mrs Stockholm visit the Paul U. Bergström (PUB) department store to buy a new wardrobe after their home had previously been destroyed by a fire. They visit different departments, where the future Greta Garbo is one of the models showing outfits for Mrs Stockholm.

The artist, in his youth subject to sexual molestation, confronts a pedophilic sex offender and policeman, still in duty. Half-way through the process of subtle exploration of the policeman’s reflections on his pedophilic behaviors, the artist sets a trap. The policeman finds himself trapped on film in a sexual interaction with the artist, resulting in a change of the set social construction between the both. The artist transforms into the offender and the policeman now becomes the victim – of the film. After this event the policeman starts “spilling the beans” in his more and more desperate attempts to find a way out of the project. But the policeman had given his consent to the film and all of its content.

During an innocent party game at the friends' annual dinner on Walborg night, the hostess discovers that her husband is cheating on her with one of the friends. The discovery has significance for all the guests, as old relationships change and new ones are created.

Documentary about the Swedish band Di sma undar jårdi mixed with recordings from one of their shows.

The law is protecting society. If you violate the rules and don't watch out - BZZZ!

The morning calm is broken in Skultuna and Rönnby in Västerås when a VMA is sent out and residents are asked to stay indoors. The police are hunting a 38-year-old suspect after two brutal violent crimes. A child calls 112 and says that his mother is being attacked. Shortly afterwards, a woman is found dead in her home. Leif GW Persson examines the case and the legal process.

Gerda runs a farm in the shadow of a nuclear power plant. She has just been widowed. For the first time in 15 years, her sister Marie comes to visit. Much is unsaid between them, and dark memories emerge as the hours pass.

A school kitchen teacher works on a farm under a fake name.

Six new Swedish directors give us their views of the big day when school is finally over. A documentary that follows 24 hours of five students from different parts of Sweden as they prepare for and celebrate their big day. The day when you step out into the real world, the grown-up's world.

After being brought together by a stolen cape, Habib and his new love interest soon find themselves in a precarious situation, despite their attempts to play it safe. A look at the potential cost of being authentic and finding connection in a sometimes dangerous world.

Yngve is an artist and paints clowns, but is also engaged in another way.

Unemployed season worker Göransson sits on the Stockholm Central Station and waits for something to happen.

The architect Gösta complains to Dr. Holm about his wife Gunilla's introverted character. Holm proposes a drug that will make her more outgoing.

Fackklubb 459 - the last battle of the baker, is a Swedish documentary film from 2004 that covers the Food Workers' Union and its last union battle.

Lovers are torn apart by a noble's desire for the female half of the couple.

Alfons finds a new companion, Viktor, and Mållgan disappears. Just tie Alfons! Alfons has learned to tie knots and tangles properly.

With the Swedish police on his tail the Ghost Rider takes to the streets for another insane mission. Reaching speeds of at 200mph, the authorities have little hope of catching him. Over three hours of pure adrenaline!

The family's daughter throws herself out of a window in an attempt to take her own life. She survives and the family tries to figure out what they did wrong. A relative comes to visit and the daughter's tries to seduce him.

A young Norwegian woman lives in a remote fishing village Dreaming of life in the big city, she sends her photo to a beauty contest. She is appointed to represent Norway in a competition for the "Nordic Venus".

Gösta Werner makes an unsentimental trip back to his old student city. gauging it's past and it's future.

The film follows alcoholic Leja, who has grown isolated. But things change when she meets Lukas.

"Extraneous" - It has been funeral. The elderly couple, Emma and David, pamper their deceased friend. After the funeral, they invite the guests for a drink and a little nostalgic conversation about what has been. When the guest are getting ready to leave, two men remain.

Sten meets Nina on a train ride. He feels attracted to her but he is already engaged to his fiancee Marie-Louise.

On the island of Åstol, everything is peaceful and joyful. Around two hundred people live there. One of them is Åke. He works at the island's herring salting factory. The salting factory is the livelihood of the people of Åstol. One day, the owner of the salting factory, the terrible manufacturer Ivar, shows up and announces that he has sold the factory to a summer visitor who plans to tear it down and build a summer house instead. A crisis erupts on the otherwise peaceful Åstol. What will happen to the islanders if their main source of income disappears? It's a terrible thought. Åke is persuaded to start a course on the mainland, Tjörn. Tjörn is just over 10 minutes by boat from Åstol, but for Åke it becomes a nasty journey into a terrible world. The course turns out to be a computer training course, and Åke has a brainwave. He's going to sell herring over the internet!