Discoveries from Sweden World Cinema

Gustav tells us a little about himself

The rise and fall of the legendary Swedish music festival in Hultsfred

Arabella and her boyfriend David have just broken up. Not yet grounded in the decision, they take on the next question: how should they tell their classmates about it to avoid awkward situations at school? Instead, the discussion leads them into whether the breakup really is a mutual decision.

Two couples sail out to an island in the Swedish archipelago. Jocke and Malin just got engaged; Tom and Stella met recently. But the weekend of easygoing romance takes a turn as deep-seated tensions of envy and frustration unfold. —Simon Vahlne

Shams and Stella are in love and the relationship sprouts. But Shams has not told Stella that she is paperless and seeking asylum.

In this third documentary in the Jordbro suite, six years have passed since the end of ninth grade for the children. They're on their way into adult life, most of them have started working, and some of the girls have kids of their own now.

Anton, a maladjusted and yearning man is trying to find love, comfort and a new family to requite his feelings. This is a journey through the early days of autumn that ends up being a series of turbulent and chaotic trials for those who crosses his path.

This is what the filmmakers say about the film: We wanted to make a feature film about the class society Sweden. But we were not allowed by the Swedish Film Institute. At least we filmed some and cut it together into a short film. The class society is included. And a lot about the meaning of the work or lack of meaning. Because that’s what it’s about: the power over our work. That can be discussed based on this film.

About a boy who wants to bring a Christmas tree into his house for the first time.

Renée Nyberg meets the man behind the terrorist act in Bali in 2002 and the Swedes who were there and fought for their survival.

A little boy is standing on a platform at the railway station in Malmö, looking at a steam locomotive that is going to leave for Simrishamn. The machinery starts moving, passengers board the train. Before the boy enters the car, his mother gives him his bag, hoping he will manage this trip on his own. The boy sits down and starts looking at the other passengers. He picks up his ticket and gives it to the conductor. The stoker shovels more coal into the firebox, while the train passes across the plain outside Lund. Peasants working in the fields look up, and so do various animals along the track. The train makes a short stop to be refilled with water. When it continues, the train driver suddenly sees a cat between the rails. He blows the hooter, but the cat doesn't move. When the train has passed, the cat is still between the rails, but unharmed.

The consultant at a mental hospital receives a visit from one of the hospital's female doctors after a vacation trip. A client, Valdemar, has made improper advances and she's confused.

Rosemarie moves into Rosenhill, a residential home for the elderly. She is very uncomfortable in her new surroundings and finds the other residents unpleasantly confused or unsociable. However, it is not until she one night accidentally discovers what the staff are up to that the nightmare truly begins.

At a restaurant, the coats of flea expert Professor Loris and Lieutenant Juncker are mixee up. Thus Juncker finds the professor's notes for the next day, and makes a bet with his cronies that he should be able to carry out the professor's daily program without being exposed.

One day, Saturday October 5th, in a man's life.

Någon annan betalar is a film about politicians' irresponsible use of your tax money. The documentary is financed through voluntary donations and based on the book 365 sätt att slösa med dina skattepengar.

The tribulations during the recording of pornographic film.

Thriller set in northern Sweden during WWII where a regiment of ski-borne soldiers and guests in a tourist hotel experience and investigate acts of treason.

A story about Vincent Moro, an almost invisible man that works at a refridgerator factory when USA wasn't the A-nation it is today and therefor was called USB. Vincent has been working at the factory for 20 years when he suddenly finds out that he is fired.

Shoemaker Andersson has earned himself a minor fortune and is determined to give his children Fritz and Anna anything they want. But they don’t know to appreciate their dad, and begin to feel ashamed of his simple work while taking his money for granted.

Behind the scenes of the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest from Malmö, Sweden. See the stage builders create the giant viking ship that was the centre piece of that year and everything else that goes into creating the spectacle of Eurovision.

Ingvar lives a normal life until one day an old friend needs a ride home.

Alice is engaged with Sven. She is interested in having fun and dancing, preferably with Faustino della Novarro. Sven gets upset by her behavior. They break the engagement. Alice finds work as a maid on a farm.

Freddy and Stickan is working at a weapons factory, one day Freddy comes across a key to some secret weapons blueprints. But Freddy and Stickan gets drafted as the crooks trying to get a hold on the keys tries to follow them.

About the cuckoo Ulla, who lays her egg in Bettan’s nest, but regrets it.

Centres on a couple, from their first meeting, through to becoming parents until their separation

Inés travels to Kiruna, a town on the Swedish Arctic Circle, more than thirteen thousand kilometers from Uruguay. She revisits her past of exile captured in hundreds of handwritten letters, written between her and her father, imprisoned for 14 years. Letters in which they shared dreams and difficulties, fighting against absence, where writing and family became a bridge to be together, wherever.

Filmmaker Johan Palmgren returns to Slussen in Stockholm and captures both major crises and small observations this special year.

Loffe and his friend Pelle are called to the military service.

A reflection on the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet captured in its economic and social causalities. Originally shot for a TV youth program but canceled before broadcast.

Anna, 12, lives in a village by the sea. She helps her dad in his shop, but does not like the summer guests in the village.

This documentary travelogue of New York City was made by a team of cameramen with the Swedish company Svenska Biografteatern, who were sent around the world to make pictures of well-known places.

Documentary about the music festival Dansbandsveckan in Sweden that is the biggest gathering for fans of that music and dancing.

Widower Robert Rossiter lives in New York with his two teenage children. When he visits a fashion house one day, he falls in love with the store clerk Joyce Roamer.

A man digs a hole in the earth while he describes and reflects on his life. By looking back on parts of his own history he comes closer to some form of reconciliation with it. The work brings to mind how words anchor us in reality but also keep us imprisoned in our own narratives.

The children of the three houses that forms the Bullerby village are afraid of the shoemaker and his dog, but still have to go there to have their shoes mended.

You probably recognize the name Hampus Hedström, the comedian who for over ten years has been, and is, one of Sweden's most well-known profiles from TV, YouTube and Instagram. Now he will be doing his first solo show live at Scalateatern in Stockholm.

Nappe and Johan are two friends who gets cheated by the trickster Johnny.

Maj Doris follows the 74-year-old legendary Sámi woman Maj Doris Rimpi. Twenty years ago she had another kind of life. She traveled all around the world and she experienced a lot. Nowadays Maj Doris lives alone on a farm above the arctic circle in Sweden. She keeps reindeer but she’s also a sought-after artist, painter and actress.

Victor is new to his job as a s Security guard. He has some lofty ideals and does not want to be a bad guy. but the job is worse than he thought.

Martin Steen goes to his therapist to find out why nothing is 100 percent.

A journey through different youth cultures and their relationship to different forms of substance abuse.

In a colorful and imaginative world, no challenge is too big for adventurous friends Snipp, Snapp and Snut when they put their ideas together.

A charismatic womanizer is deprived of his leadership and betrayed by his own people.

Documentary about Swedish wildlife.

A husband, jealous of his wife's flirtations with another man, hatches a plot to make his wife jealous.

The film consists of sketches featuring Robert Gustafsson and Sven Melander from Skåne. The sketches were broadcast on Swedish Television between 1987 and 1997.

A political election is coming up, in which Governor van Wieten is challenged by the liberal party's William Thompson, a newspaper editor. Thompson also happens to be engaged to van Wieten's daughter, Ilka. To make matters even more complicated, Thompson is suspected of stealing money from his party.

With the help of drawings, Nestler provides a historical overview of the types of work associated with industries that are crucial to Scandinavia, particularly those related to ore mining.

Life on an idyllic horse farm in Skåne crumbles in a poignant yet hopeful family drama about the struggle with postpartum depression.