Discoveries from Sweden World Cinema

Sequences of photographic abstractions have been balanced against more realistic sections. A surrealistically charged encounter between two lovers, a young woman and a man.

A story about finding your own way of life, about exclusion and community.

Viktoria, a regular at Flygfyren, is out shopping when she bumps across Pia, an old classmate. Viktoria makes a spontaneous proposal, which creates an awkward atmosphere between her and her former classmate.

An experimental film about narrations of two journal photos from Iran's revolution in 1979.

The young Anders is in love with Marit, whose father, the farmer Bjur-Erik opposes their relation. He watches jealously his daughter and becomes furious when he hears that she sneaks off to see Anders.

A short film depicting the feelings of depression, anxiety, stress and other mental illnesses.

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.

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

A dark Saturday night in Skellefteå. A mother of four offers all girls in the streets a free ride in her private car.

Ahead of Sweden's perhaps most important election ever, Filip & Fredrik meet Prime Minister Stefan Löfven during the final sprint of his election tour.

Three true stories - experienced, animated and told by the director, about not coming home safely as a young girl/woman.

Is it possible to get a new relationship to a person who is no longer alive?

Sture Mars pointed his film-camera towards the cultural and social life of Stockholm. He recorded unique moments and events like the ongoings in Gamla Bro, Hippie forums, the Magnus Ladulås pub, the grand opening of Kulturhuset, festivities at the University of Uppsala, and those that are forced to live and work in the streets and corners of the big city.

The story of the circus family Bohlin.

Starting 2021 with a true cold-open, Magnus Betnér's latest special is not your average stand-up performance. Shot in a continuous take during a walk through western Stockholm, it's a creative way to deliver the usual sarcastic comedy in a year plagued by social distancing.

It's early in the morning. Alice, pregnant with her first child, is going to the local train station to meet her mother who is shortly to arrive. As she sits in the waiting room, her father - who she has not seen in ten years - enters ...

A story about 10-year-old Ruth and her life in Jakobstad in the years 1917-1918, during the Finnish Civil War. Based on a novel by Anna Bondestam.

A short film about women who is comfortable in their role as victims.

An eleven-year-old boy observes his neighborhood as its surface orderliness rots away.

Stand-up special with comedian Jonatan Unge.

Caroline Seger has hung up her shoes after an unparalleled career as one of the greatest female soccer players ever, both on and off the field. In this documentary, we get to follow the national team captain at the end of the last season, with retrospectives on his entire career. A unique career in Swedish and international football through her leadership and fight for equality in the sport.

A film about the community in sports between mainly parents and children.

A little girl doesn't want to eat and her nagging mother tries to persuade her by claiming that "you've got your mouth to eat with". The girl doesn't believe her and heads out into the world to find out for herself how things are with mouths.

Inuit seal hunting.

Karsten falls in love with Sonja, she rejects him, but not because of lack of interest. She travels to France and he goes after her. They get to know each other and become close.

A red shoe floats down the river.

Friday is disco-day. But everything will not go as planned. The girl you just met disappears when your friends are about to move on. And too much booze adds to regrets and angst in the abandoned suburb.

Farm girl Olga Ström is seduced by the Hans Brandt, who soon abandons her, even though she carries their child.

Evangelist Målle Lindberg drew much attention in the 60's. Headlines told of ecstatic tent shows with a rock'n'roll spirit, alcohol, gambling and sin. He is the gypsy who was born on a trip between two horse markets in Sävsjö and Nässjö. He who grew up as a delinquent, found god after a longer prison stay, found God and became one of Sweden's most debated free church preachers as well as rock singer in the 60's. His tent meetings drew hundreds, he performed on Nalen and had Cliff Richard as an opening act. A women's favorite, he made big money for a few years, that disappeared as soon as they came and left a big debt at the tax office. Målle cracked under the media attention about him being a charlatan. Today he is again an accepted preacher, and according to himself, a prophet in the Pentecostal church. With diligent touring in his motor home, preaching in churches and selling tapes and records, he has become the revivalist movements own little pet and outsider.

Revisiting a teenage crush on a female teacher, Angelica Ruffier embarks on a delicate journey of memory and desire. A finely woven, reflective essay on past longings and present selves infused with the subtle glamour of French cinema.

Father and son meet for the annual deer hunt while searching for some connection they never had. A hidden enemy forces them to face a harsh reality that none of them wants to face.

A film about the intersection of our inner and outer worlds, and the role our imagination plays in forming the reality we live in.

Selma Lagerlöf's classic The Changeling is her told in the perspective of the Changeling as a teenager.

A drama about a young couple where the sex act exposes their mutual roles.

Malkon is sent to the dentist while his parents are reindeer-scoring in Jukkasjärvi. The strange dentist does not behave as a dentist usually does, not at all.

Campaign film for the Swedish Högern party in 1936.

A documentary of the Inughuit people of Greenland. Qaanaaq a community of 450 people in Thule, the northernmost municipality of the world far up north in the west side of Greenland.

In the summer of 2010, Carola took the stage at Dalhalla with a show filled with immortal songs that have graced the fantastic careers of Elvis Presley and Brabra Streisand. Carola gives a personal interpretation of the classic songs with such empathy that the audience loses their breath. We have captured this entire magical evening at Dalhalla, and now it is your turn to be enchanted.

During a naive break-in, somewhere in a dystopian world, a woman discovers a hidden piece of art and develops a manic fascination for the forbidden.

'The King's Mountain Path' is a long line for wandering, with unmanned sleeping accommodation cabins at appropriate distances. It is not without dangers, in particular when narrow and shallow but speedily running creeks must be crossed. - When they were teenagers, a boy and girl wandered along this path, and had a sexual relation. They decided to meet again after exactly ten years, and at exactly this path. Both kept the promise.

Young Albert Ström struggles the ensure the money needed to keep after his sister and aging mother. But his mechanical skills serves him well.

After doing the jump from comic-artist to standup comedian, Simon finds himself forced to return to the world of comics, after a line of surprising disasters.

Philip gets a temporary job as a gofer for Mr Staaff. The job is simple. He's supposed to deliver goods to a light keeper. But Mr Staaff didn't tell him why the light keeper never leaves the lighthouse after sunset.

A movie about the desire to sing and the difficulty of singing right in tune.

An old lady lives alone with her cat. She misses her son. When she leaves home the cat follows her, with a lighter and a sinister plan.

"The Brothel Scandal" - In 1977, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (Daily News) published an article naming Sweden's former Attorney General Lennart Geijer as a threat to the security of Sweden. A shady story about teenage prostitution, concealing intimate sexual matters and political power takes off.

"Art" - A different kind of Art film. One that takes the liberty to amplify and invent freely along the basis of reality. A film that speaks for the artist.

A man goes on a difficult journey to the sea to meet his past – and his conscience.

About neighborliness.

Eva Rydberg, Eva Roos and Hampus Nessvold all take part in Andreas T. Olsson's new adaptation of the classic play "A traveling theater company". August Blanche's charming comedy is about a traveling theater company and their struggle to keep the dream of performing arts alive, despite chaos, conflicts and unexpected obstacles. Recorded in the summer of 2024.

Retelling of the Greek myth. Grada Kilomba's 'Oedipus' tells a story about violence, exploring the role that fate can play for those who live in a system that reproduces cyclical oppression.

A documentary short featuring Li Källström, an advocate for the rights of the physically disabled and special needs individuals.

Carsten Berg returns home after 15 years abroad. He gets into a fight with his father, who dies of a heart attack. Carsten must take over his fathers business. He is informed that he is suffering from an incurable disease.