Discoveries from Sweden World Cinema

Love is everything! A documentary about love in Sweden, a journey through everyday life from Karesuando in the north to Ystad in the south over ages, genders and nationalities.

A few of the former Greek Gods, living among us in normal society without any powers left, are forced into group therapy together in order to continue receiving their welfare money.

A gangster pastiche. The movie was named after the Dodge Dart model -68, used in the hot car chases.

Anderssonskans Kalle is the horror of the neighborhood due to his mischief.

A unique insight into the love life of two millennials, their relationships, and their personal growth during an entire year.

Since early childhood, Björn has secretly carried an insurmountable fear. When his father dies of old age, he and his four sisters are each left with a video message, that makes him question everything.

Kalle and his girlfriend Blenda is on his way home from Tivoli, when he says that he will be away for two years as mate on a sailing ship, but swears her eternal fidelity. During the trip takes on board Bessie that has wrecked his vessel, the Donald withstand the temptation of a beautiful woman on board while Blenda waiting at home?

Three love poems on a red background, whispered many times over

A travel documentary following writer Sigfrid Siwertz and photographer Gustaf Boge's trip to Sumatra.

Damorkestern was an all female band that was the house band of Kurt Olsson. In this documentary we get to follow them on their tour bus and interviews with the members are mixed with performances by the band.

The utopia of a society in which people do not live in alienation is possible. Solar power in Skellefteå started to meet the patients when the mental hospitals were closed. There are 700 people who work and are needed, even former criminals and addicts are welcome.

Summer revue from 1963

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.

A group of schoolchildren on a class trip to Jämtland get separated from the rest of their class and have to survive on their own in the wilderness.

Award-winning filmmakers Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck turn their lens on us once more—chronicling the impact of Camera Obscura, the advent of the personal phone camera, and the explosion of social media communication upon society’s concepts of self and images.

An important man's death brings forth a secret, revealing a daughter from another woman, previously unknown to his wife - and bringing about the meeting of the two sisters.

Peter Nestler illustrates a poem by Hans Sachs from 1540.

A fight breaks out between two men in medieval Stockholm, Sweden.

The self-proclaimed manager/coach Florian tries to teach mythological beings how to cope with modern life.

When Hjalmar Hagerts son, Bertil, returns after graduated at Alnarps agricultural school Hjalmar gets a phone call from his friend and lawyer Friberg. He want's to talk about commonly known Törner that is very sick and needs help.

‘Lulin’ is a joint creation of electronic duo Gidge, film production company Lampray and arts platform Norr – all friends from school in Umeå, Sweden. Usually, a film comes with a soundtrack and an album comes with music videos, but Gidge and Lampray wanted to make something different: a project where film and music are separated, yet strongly connected.

Liam, a ten-year-old boy, desperately yearns for the love of his emotionally distant mother. Despite his efforts, he is constantly rejected. Will Liam ever find the love he's searching for, or is he destined to live without it?

Video films online have become a world where people talk, meet and perform. Some have reached out to the world with their videos, others have gained a small but enthusiastic audience at home. We meet four Swedish Youtube phenomena.

The activist group Empty Cages (Tomma Burar) practices civil disobedience. They carry out well-planed actions against industrial animal husbandry and release a few individuals to bring attention to a problem. Follow a group of activists in behind closed doors as they fight animal oppression.

Anders works at a telemarketing company. He is ambitious and works hard, but it's difficult when he has a little son whose only wish is to go to Norway and meet his mother. And at the company they have to fire one person.

Why are gooseberries so much more valuable than deer trees and why did the Sami men lay naked on the marsh in the past? How do you respond to a mock execution and what is actually panic attack? Ella and Moa are two girls with more questions than answers and during a summer night they approach a little cautiously of their Sami origin. —Jonas Selberg Augustsén

An old woman with unusual complaint visits a district medical officer.

A man end up in a spiritual crisis when he discover a genetic mental disease in the family history.

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

An Argentine actor comes to Sweden. He has pictured Sweden as a paradise. From his small rented room, he tries in vain to make contact with the Swedes.

The Happy Cow ”is a documentary about the love and concern of a human being for animals. At the same time, it is a story about a person's great sacrifices and the stubborn struggle to maintain a lifestyle and culture that are irrevocably about to disappear. Rune has chosen to stay out of EU regulations. He refuses to fill out forms and refuses to mark his cows with yellow plastic markings in their ears. Therefore, he cannot even deliver his milk to the dairy. Some of the milk is given to the calves, but most of it ends up in the manure pile. Thousands of litres of milk are thrown away every year.

Björn Borg is not only one of Sweden's greatest athletes but also one of its most eccentric and mysterious icons. In an emotional portrait, Borg travels back to Wimbledon to relive memories and show new sides of himself.

A man sees a woman in a mirror. In a disturbed state, he breaks the mirror.

Short film.

Caught on opposing sides of a debate about a proposed centre for refugee children, two parents try to navigate the turbulent tides of public opinion.

10-year old Cleo joins her lesbian sister Gabbi and her girlfriend to her summerhouse. In the center of attention is the biggest question: Who is Cleo in love with, is it a girl or is it a boy?

A collage film and a journey through the Swedish landscape, traversing stellar distances in units of 5878 trillion miles. It is a film acutely in the present reflecting our temporal existence ... continuous and imperfect.

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

Brothers Rolly and Ricky hunt boat thieves and smugglers in the Stockholm archipelago.

Repainting Cuba takes a critical look at communist Cuba, where both the facades and the aging regime were given a coating of colorful paint in connection with the 50 year anniversary of the revolution. Two young Cubans under house arrest talk about being imprisoned for dealing with foreign tourists in a society where gossip and backstabbing is endemic, and where the heavy varnish can’t conceal the cracks.

A gory action comedy, about a hobo who goes out for revenge after being brutally beaten by two crazed hoodlums.

An experimental film about a lost young man among stagnant people.

A couple have a conversation about a potential move to the States, whilst the news regarding an escalating twitter-war amongst politicians keeps interrupting them.

Lili is a young and courageous woman. She does things that create confusion. She suddenly begin to act in a film's plot in a movie theater, or take a mannequin from a shop.

Hans suffers from insomnia. But there is help available! A self-appointed specialist guides us through this absurd study of sleep.

"Our Daily Bread" - Revolves around a group of women who start working at a pizza bakery.

The ice is melting at the poles, and the oceans overflow, while the water trickles through the survival capsule made of transparent plastic in the artist Eliel's reflective cinematic poem.

In a small attic in the middle of the woods somewhere in Dalarna, Sussie lives in her very own doll house. Like Alice in Wonderland, who falls into a rabbit hole, Sussie disappears into a world full of extraterrestrial beings and stories.

Set in 1880's, an aged woman sentimentally recalls a time of love and heartache from her own past in segments of flashbacks. Based on the novel by Danish writer Jenny Blicher-Clausen.

Torsten is a special guy who wants nothing more than to be ordinary. Except in the eyes of Beatrice Melin, of course.

Alex tells the children in his class what he wants to be when he grows up; after he uses an "adult word", his teacher tries to make the children understand it revealing a devastating past experience.

Four tourists travel to to the Swedish island of Gotland in the month of September hoping for the time of their lives. They soon discover however that in the time of year of their choosing for the vacation, is a time of year where Swedes are anywhere but on the island. The four tourists soon discover that the few inhabitants of the island are carrying a secret; a secret that is about to make the four wish they had never come to Sweden.

The Creutzerhjelm's are in search of an authentic haunted castle. Therefore, the owner of the castle SkiöldBorg decides to play ghost himself to sell his castle.

A naked guy wakes up in an elevator. He must somehow get out of there to be on time for his wedding.

First Swedish puppet film. A witch offers a soldier a wealthy life if he retrieves a tinderbox from a hollow tree.

Jonas has to stay at home on the farm and look after his seven younger siblings, because stepfather and stepmother are going to a wedding with eldest daughter Anna. But Jonas is curious about how the party goes and when it might be his turn to get married.

Partially autobiographical film about little Sara who grows up in a home with a neurotic mother.

During a night at the big department store a gang of thieves are active, while the CMO is staging a pr coup to increase sales of swimsuits. The clerk Ann Marie and CEO's son Erik, manages to catch the thieves and then spend the night in the store dining and dancing.