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Swedish Film Cannes #2 • 2022
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In this issue
SHORTS 19 Joyce Carol Oates – A Body in 33 Exodus 44 Håkan Bråkan
5 A Day After Work the Service of Mind 33 I am Zlatan 45 Hilma
6 Catcave Hysteria 20 Leaving Jesus 34 JerryMaya Detective Agency 45 Hunters on a White Field
6 Farewell 21 Love and Divorce – The Riddle of the Scorpion 45 The Hypnosis
7 Habib & the Thief 21 Motherland – A State of Fear 34 Locals 46 Kevlar Soul
and Violence 35 Mamma Moo Finds Her Way Home
7 LTMUC (*Letter To My Unborn Child) 46 Long Live the Bonus Family!
22 Movie Man 36 Maya Nilo (Laura)
8 One Minute 46 Love Proof
22 Nelly & Nadine 36 Mini-Zlatan and Uncle Darling
8 Powernapper’s Paradise 47 Madame Luna
23 Nota Bene 37 The Opponent
9 Reckless 47 Nelly Rapp
23 Prince of Dreams 38 The Schoolmaster Games – the Dark Forest
10 Smile
24 Prejudice & Pride 38 The Store 48 One Day All This Will Be Yours
10 The Longest Wait – Swedish Film Queer
11 Tortoise in Time 39 Second Act 48 Sisters
24 Song to Bergslagen
12 We Were Kids 39 So Damn Easy Going 48 Stockholm Bloodbath
FEATURES 40 Suedi 49 UFO Sweden
DOCS 26 Amina 40 Til the Sun Rises 49 Who Are You,
14 After Work 26 Bamse and the Vulcano Island 41 Triangle of Sadness Mamma Moo?
15 All of Our Heartbeats are 27 Boy From Heaven 42 Tuesday Club 50 Classics –The Swedish film
Connected Through Exploding Stars heritage digitised
28 Bullets 42 The Year I Started Masturbating
16 Behind the Swedish Model 52 Contact
28 A Christmas Tale
16 Calendar Girls IN PRODUCTION 53 Industry Contacts
29 Comedy Queen
17 Daughters 43 Bamse and the World’s Smallest
29 Diorama Adventure
17 Good Life
30 Day by Day 43 Black Bird
18 ILOVERUSS
31 Dogborn 43 Burn All My Letters
18 HISTORJÁ – Stitches for Sápmi
32 The Emigrants 44 Forever
19 How to Save a Dead Friend
32 Excess Will Save Us 44 From Malta to Oblivion
3 WE LC O M E SWEDISH FILM #2 2022
Swedish
Sensation!
We have all been waiting three years to meet in Cannes
again in person. And what a fantastic c oincidence that this
wait ends in a year when no less than two Swedish films,
Tarik Saleh’s Boy from Heaven and Triangle of Sadness by
Ruben Östlund are in Official Competition and How to
How to Save a Dead Friend
Save a Dead Friend by Marusya S yroechkovskaya screens
in ACID! © MAR USYA SYROECH KOVSKAYA
This is the state of Swedish films today. And it doesn’t Triangle of Sadness
stop there. So far this year Swedish films have screened in
Sundance, Rotterdam, Berlin, Clermont-Ferrand,
CPH:DOX and at Hot Docs. And the films waiting in line
promise even more in the months to come. Just you wait
and see…
Read through this catalogue and contact us so that we
can tell you more about what to expect.
Or why not come and visit us at our new Cannes location,
Scandinavian House, on 11, sq. Mérimée?
© FR E DR I K WE N Z E L
Petter Mattsson
Head of Internation Department
Boy from Heaven
Swedish Film Institute
© PI E R R E AI M/ATMO
Shorts
We Were
Kids
Directed by Alexander Abdallah and
Mustafa Al-Mashhadani
©CAR BS FI LM
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DIRECOR IN FOCUS
Lars Vega
© FR E DR I K WE N Z E L
Lars Vega is a director from Luleå in northern Sweden,
A Day After Work near the border to Finland. He’s born in 1989 and
graduated from the National Film School of Denmark
(En dag efter jobbet) Directed by Lars Vega
The simple man returns home from his work where he just got fired after 34 years of
in 2021. Lars has made several tragicomic short films
employment. He comes home to his wife who clings to him and is incomprehensible to about being human in the countryside. Lars is also a
the situation. He starts reflecting on his life and talks about his deceased brother who
collected broken light bulbs and ate half long subs.
car mechanic and a trained barista.
Screenwriter Lars Vega
Lars’ previous short Awaiting Death won the Canal+
Produced by Mammas Källare/Claes Hedlund Award at Clermont-Ferrand ISFF in 2020.
Release Autumn 2022
Genre Comedy, Drama
Duration 7 min
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©HAWA SAN N E H ©SUGAR R USH PRODUCTIONS
Catcave Hysteria Farewell
(Tjejtoan 4-ever) Directed by Angelika Abramovitch (Avsked) Directed by Maria Åkesson
A friendship is at stake when love comes in the way. A hurtful conversation is overheard. Agnes and Ellen fell in love and spent the following 50 years together. One day Ellen
Two sisters’ bond breaks when a bloody secret is revealed. The Girls Bathroom – it’s a dies and their dreams of moving on together shatters. This is where the story of
place full of conflict that forces the truth to the surface. But is at the same time forgiving determined Agnes starts.
and accepting.
Screenwriter Maria Åkesson
Screenwriter Agnes Jeppsson Produced by Sugar Rush Productions/Maria Åkesson,
Produced by Hawa Sanneh with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Ami Ekström
Release January 2022 Release March 2021
Genre Comedy, Drama Genre Animation, Drama
Duration 20 min Duration 5 min
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©TH E U N EVE N © BCD FI LM
Habib & the Thief LTMUC (*Letter To My Unborn Child)
(Habib & the Thief) Directed by Naures Sager BTMOB (*Brev till mitt ofödda barn) Directed by Ida Åkesson
Two Arab men are playing a sexy game but get interrupted by one of their biggest fears The pain after another failed pregnancy can be difficult to manage and a counselor
– a threat from the Arab world. urges a woman to write a letter to her unborn child. Several years later, the woman finds
a forgotten document, ltmuc.doc, on her laptop. LTMUC depicts what was then too
Screenwriter Naures Sager
difficult to type out in words.
Produced by The Uneven/Naures Sager, Basel Mawlawi,
with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Ami Ekström Screenwriter Ida Åkesson
Release October 2021 Produced by BCD Film /Caroline Drab, with support
Genre Drama from the Swedish Film Institute/Ami Ekström
Duration 15 min Release Autumn 2022
More info The Uneven Genre Drama
Duration 3 min
More info BCD Film
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©STE LLAN STE PH E NSON ©M IG DIG
One Minute Powernapper’s Paradise
(One Minute) Directed by Matilde Sköld, Marcus Svanberg (Powernapper’s Paradise) Directed by Samir Arabzadeh
Two young women are moving into a new apartment when they spot two people waving The accountant has fallen asleep on her desk. The waiter sleeps behind the cash
to them from an apartment across the street. When they realize it’s their doppelgangers, register. The guard is dreaming, slumbering on his chair outside the bank.
seemingly existing one minute ahead in time, the situation quickly goes from intriguing Powernapper’s Paradise explores life and the people in the Philippines, where it seems
to terrifying. okay to sleep at work.
Screenwriters Matilde Sköld, Marcus Svanberg Screenwriter Samir Arabzadeh
Produced by Bleck Film/Robert Feniger, Marcus Svanberg, Produced by MigDig/Kristina Meiton, with support
with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Ami Ekström from the Swedish Film Institute/Anna Weitz
Release Autumn 2022 Release May 2022
Genre Drama/Thriller/Horror Genre Documentary
Duration 10 min Duration 15 min
More Info MigDig
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DIRECTOR IN FOCUS
Pella Kågerman
©JOSUA E N B LOM
Pella Kågerman, born in 1982, holds a MA from the
Reckless Swedish Royal Institute of Arts and is represented by
ITG in the UK and WME in the US.
(Reckless) Directed by Pella Kågerman
Stockholm in 2121 is a city blasted into the bedrock underwater with the
Together with Hugo Lilja, she made her feature film
underground stations of the blue line metro as the oldest landmarks of the city. Here, debut in 2018 with Aniara – an adaption of Nobel
life goes on as usual. And despite society on the verge of being crushed by mounting
water pressure, Nikki’s highest wish is still to get together with her ex-boyfriend again.
laureate Harry Martinson’s sci-fi novel.
Screenwriter Pella Kågerman
The film had its world premiere at Toronto Interna-
Produced by Grand Slam Film/Eliza Jones, tional Film Festival and received wide critical acclaim.
Markus Waltå, with support from the Swedish
Film Institute/Ami Ekström It won four awards at the 2020 Swedish Guldbagge
Release October 2021
Genre Sci-Fi
Awards and was also shortlisted to be Sweden’s
Duration 10 min Oscar nomination. Pella is working on the script for
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More info Grand Slam Film her next feature.
©ALLAN SM ITTY
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©M E NADO ©MALI N N ICAN DE R
Smile The Longest Wait
(Smile) Directed by Jonas Forsman (Den längsta väntan) Directed by Lisa Meyer
GroM wakes up one morning to find that his mouth is stuck in a sour face. He, who Thelma and Sahlina have just been granted permission to hunt on their own without
wants to be happy and smile! His friend LobO comes visiting and together they embark adult supervision. The weekends they hunt together they create their own free space
on a journey to find GroM’s smile. away from parents, giving them a taste of upcoming adult life.
Screenwriter Jonas Forsman Screenwriter Lisa Meyer
Produced by Menado/Anders Wilhelmsson, Produced by Sisyfos Film Production/Mario Adamson,
with support from the Swedish Film Institute/ with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Jenny Gilbertsson
Jenny Gilbertsson Release Autumn 2022
Release July 2021 Genre Documentary
Genre Animation, Children Duration 15 min
Duration 7 min More info Sisyfos Film
Sales Premium Films
More info Menado, Trailer
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Read about
Tortoise in Time and
©N ICKLAS DAH LSTRÖM
over 93 000 docs,
Tortoise in Time features and shorts in
(Tortoise in Time) Directed by Nicklas Dahlström
A tortoise crawls across the floor as its former owner sits on the couch. Very dead.
Unfortunately, the man’s demise goes unnoticed by the outside world. Seasons pass,
the mail by the door piles up as the man rots away. Our tortoise is hungry and starts
Swedish Film Database.
going slightly mad from loneliness. www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/
Screenwriter Nicklas Dahlström
Produced by Dockhus Animation/Mikael
Lindbom, Nicklas Dahlström, with support from
the Swedish Film Institute/Ami Ekström
Release Autumn 2022
Genre Dark Comedy, Drama
Duration 15 min
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DIRECTORS IN FOCUS
Alexander Abdallah
©CAR BS FI LM & Mustafa Al-Mashhadani
We Were Kids Alexander Abdallah & Mustafa Al-Mashhadani have
(Vi var barn då) Directed by Alexander Abdallah, Mustafa Al-Mashhadani worked together since Alexander’s directorial debut
Alexander has made a film about the jargon at the bench in projects when he grew up. Can’t Shine Without You My Brothers (2019). Their
A film about suburban norms, macho norms, the talk that shatters dreams, the words
that kill. Now he has invited his childhood friends to show them the film. We get to stories are meant to break down barriers and create
follow them through a poetic and physical meeting as they realise what they have been movies that aim to touch people’s hearts. Both
a part of to finally daring to dream together.
directors are also acclaimed actors. Alexander stars
Screenwriters Alexander Abdallah, Mustafa A l-Mashhadani
Produced by Carbs Film/Adam Lunneborg, in the Netflix series Snabba Cash and Mustafa is
with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Ami Ekström
Release Autumn 2022 soon to be seen in the new season of Swedish
Genre Drama police series Thin Blue Line.
Duration 15 min
More info Carbs Film
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Leaving
Jesus
Directed by Ellen Fiske
©PIA LE HTO14 D O C S SWEDISH FILM #2 2022
DIRECTOR IN FOCUS
Erik Gandini
©FR E DR I K WE N Z E L
Erik Gandini has produced and directed a number of
After Work internationally acclaimed documentaries, including
Surplus (First Prize IDFA 2003), Sacrificio and Gitmo
(After Work) Directed by Erik Gandini
Most jobs that exist today might disappear within a few decades. As machines and
(together with Tarik Saleh). Videocracy, his feature doc
AI outperform humans, we may soon have to rethink the role work has in our lives as from 2009 about Berlusconismo was voted best
the central piece of our existence, our highest goal in life. The approach of this
documentary is existential, curious and cinematic. Exploring through characters and
documentary film at the Toronto Film Festival by a
stories in four continents, what work is today or, rather, what it could be. critics’ poll conducted by IndieWire and chosen as one
Screenwriter Erik Gandini of the best documentaries in 2010 by The Guardian.
Produced by Fasad/Jesper Kurlandsky with support from
the Swedish Film Institute/Klara Grunning He founded production company Atmo in 1999 and
Duration 84 min joined Fasad in 2013. His latest film The Swedish
Release Autumn 2022
Sales TBA Theory of Love premiered at CPH:DOX in 2015 and
was also screened at IDFA in the Masters section.
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DIRECTOR IN FOCUS
Jennifer Rainsford
©MOM E NTO FI LM
Jennifer Rainsford is a visual artist and director,
All of Our Heartbeats are educated at The Royal Institute of Art, and based in
Stockholm. Her short films and installations have
Connected Through Exploding Stars been shown at festivals such as Oberhausen,
(All of Our Heartbeats are Connected Through Exploding Stars) Berlinale, Rotterdam and CPH:DOX. Her film Lake on
Directed by Jennifer Rainsford
Fire was selected for the main short film competition
FIRST FEATURE
With the 2011 Tsunami as a backdrop, All of Our Heartbeats are Connected Through
at Göteborg Film Festival 2020.
Exploding Stars is a staggering odyssey told as an essay on grief, and on how humans
and nature rebuild after a trauma. It moves from the shores of Japan where Sashiko,
Yasu and Satoko try to find ways to accept their loss; via rarely seen places thousands
of meters below the sea level where new life-forms thrive; to one of the Hawaiian
Islands where a group of volunteers gather to clean a beach from Japanese trash
floating in from the Ocean.
Screenwriter Jennifer Rainsford Duration 80 min
Produced by Momento Film/David Herdies, Release 2021
Michael Krotkiewski, Mirjam Gelhorn, with Sales Taskovski Films 20
22
support from the Swedish Film Institute/Juan More info Momento Film Official Selection
©IGA M I KLE R
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©FR E ETOWN FI LMS ©LOVE MARTI NSE N
Behind the Swedish Model Calendar Girls
(Bakom den svenska modellen) Directed by Viktor Nordenskiöld (Calendar Girls) Directed by Maria Loohufvud, Love Martinsen
SECOND FEATURE FIRST FEATURE
A unique behind the scenes documentary following Sweden’s suddenly world famous A coming-of-old-age story about F lorida’s most dedicated dance team for women over
State Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell and Health Minister Lena Hallengren during their 60 – the Calendar Girls. A dance documentary that shakes up the outdated image of
controversial no-lockdown-fight vs Corona, examining how to stand firm against “the old lady” and shows the deep human need for creativity and f riendship.
criticism and hate, and how to deal with worship, doubt and disappointments. Still not
Screenwriters Maria Loohufvud, Love
knowing the final verdict, the Health Minister turns into a patient.
Martinsen
Screenwriters Viktor Nordenskiöld, Dylan Williams Produced by Pink Dolphin/Maria Loohufvud,
Produced by Freetownfilms/Viktor Nordenskiöld, Dylan Williams, Love Martinsen, with support from the
with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Anna Weitz Swedish Film Institute/Anna Weitz
Duration 90 min/58 min Duration 84/58 min
Release 2022 Release 2022
Sales Autlook Filmsales Sales CAT&Docs
More info Freetownfilms
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©WG FI LM/ITA Z B RON I EC-ZAJT ©M DE MC
Daughters Good Life
(Döttrar) Directed by Jenifer Malmqvist (Good Life) Directed by Marta Dauliūtė, Viktorija Šiaulytė
Sofia, Hedvig and Maja were only children when their mother committed suicide. From A group of young people at Tech Farm, a co-living start-up in central Stockholm where
the ages of 8, 10 and 17, they grew up with grief. In Daughters, we meet the sisters as entrepreneurs can rent a “sleeping pod” and become part of a lifestyle of nonstop
children as well as in their early adult years, as they reflect on what it is like to come of networking and self-management. In a time when we are all expected to be in a
age in the aftermath of trauma. constant mode of self-promotion and self-realisation, Good Life is a deep look at how
the entrepreneurial ideology really affects us.
Screenwriter Jenifer Malmqvist Screenwriter Marta Dauliūtė, Viktorija Šiaulytė
Produced by WG Film/Margarete Jangård, Produced by Marta Dauliūtė, Viktorija Šiaulytė, Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė,
Hanna Markkanen, with support from the Niklas Kullström with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Antonio Russo Merenda
Swedish Film Institute/Jenny Gilbertsson Duration 72 min
Duration 85 min/58 min Release Spring 2022
Release 2022 Sales TBA
Sales TBA More info Trailer
More info WG Film
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©TOVA MOZAR D ©BR•F
ILOVERUSS HISTORJÁ – Stitches for Sápmi
(ILOVERUSS) Directed by Tova Mozard (HISTORJÁ – Stygn för Sápmi) Directed by Thomas Jackson
FIRST FEATURE HISTORJÁ is a poetic and strikingly told story of the Sámi female artist Britta
20 years ago, Tova met an aspiring actor called Russ in Hollywood. Herself a would-be Marakatt-Labba. Her art describes the Sámi culture, today and historically, and the
director they quickly formed a bond. He practiced lines to get more parts and she reindeer husbandry, threatened by the global climate crisis.
honed her directorial skills with a video camera. Over the years the two kept shooting Screenwriter Thomas Jackson
together, unknowingly documenting both of their lives, or the lives they would like to live Produced by BR•F /Mattias Nohrborg, Pelle
through small scenes and in-between discussions. So years later, a film which was Nilsson, with support from the Swedish Film
never meant to be had already been shot. A film about the importance of fantasy in the Institute/Juan Pablo Libossart
face of social conventions and what true freedom really is. Duration 88 min
Release 2022
Screenwriter Tova Mozard Sales TBA
Produced by Picky Pictures/Daniel Pynnönen More info BR•F
Duration 75 min
Release 2022
Sales TBA
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© MAR USYA SYROECH KOVSKAYA ©MANTARAY FI LM
How to Save a Dead Friend Joyce Carol Oates – A Body in
(How to Save a Dead Friend) Directed by Marusya Syroechkovskaya the Service of Mind
Moscow, late 00s, and it’s the two of them – Kimi and Marusya. They are young, bored,
and madly in love. What could be better than first love? Only first love and heroin. (Joyce Carol Oates – A Body in the Service of Mind) Directed by Stig Björkman
At least that’s what they thought back then. A personal story of a director dedicated to After her great success of Blonde, director Stig Björkman sought out acclaimed writer
her first love and death of a loved one. Joyce Carol Oates. After 16 years she finally said yes to this documentary, the first ever
Screenwriter Marusya Syroechkovskaya
about her and we get to meet the woman behind over 100 books.
Produced by Sisyfos Film Production/Mario Screenwriters Stig Björkman, Dominika
Adamson, Docs Vostok/Ksenia Gapchenko, Daubenbüchel, Stina Gardell
with support from the Swedish Film Institute/ Produced by Mantaray Film/Stina Gardell,
Anna Weitz with support from the Swedish Film Institute/
Duration 90 min Juan Pablo Libossart
Release 2022 Duration 90 min/58 min
Sales Lightdox Release 2021
More info Sisyfos Film Production Sales East Village Entertainment
More info Mantaray Film
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DIRECTOR IN FOCUS
Ellen Fiske
©PIA LE HTO
Ellen Fiske studied documentary filmmaking at
Leaving Jesus Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. Fiske’s feature
doc, Scheme Birds won Best Documentary Feature
(Leaving Jesus) Directed by Ellen Fiske
A group of Christian ex-fundamentalists come together at the Journey Free retreat in
and Best New Documentary Director award at
San Fransisco. Lost and with traumatic experiences in their past they attempt to free Tribeca Film Festival in 2019. Her second feature
themselves from the fundamental communities that they were born into. But how do
one find meaning, identity and a moral compass in our frantic world, while at the same
doc Josefin & Florin received a Guldbagge Award for
time having to question your closest friends and the truths you once took for granted? Best Editing and won the prestigious Prix Europa Iris
Screenwriter Ellen Fiske award in 2020.
Produced by Momento Film/David Herdies,
Michael Krotkiewski
Duration 88 min
Release 2023
Sales TBA
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©SUSAN N E WALSTRÖM ©SISYFOS FI LM
Love and Divorce Motherland – A State of Fear
(Kärlek och Skilsmässa) Directed by Maud Nycander and Violence
Johan and Lena have lived together for 25 years and they have three children together.
Life has entered a new phase. They have decided to divorce, as friends. The film span (Motherland – A State of Fear and Violence)
cover 25 years, from the time they fall passionately in love, through toddler years until Two filmmakers bring the frontline home when they expose the consequences of staying
they decide to divorce. silent against a tide of autocratic violence within the military system that bleeds over to
Screenwriters Maud Nycander, Mattias Johansson
the streets of Belarus. A journalist and former military conscript join together to expose
Produced by Maud Nycander in co-production both the personal and global consequences of autocratic and institutional violence when
with Swedish public broadcaster SVT used as a societal tool of suppression. Are we, ask the filmmakers, responsible for our
Duration 79 min world by being silent against it?
Release Spring 2022
Produced by Sisyfos Film Production/Mario
Sales SVT Sales
Adamson, with support from the Swedish Film
Institute/Anna Weitz
Duration 90 min
Release 2022
Sales TBA
More info Sisyfos Film Production
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©MANTARAY FI LM ©AUTO I MAG ES
Movie Man Nelly & Nadine
(Movie Man) Directed by Stina Gardell (Nelly & Nadine) Directed by Magnus Gertten
FIRST FEATURE Nelly & Nadine is the unlikely love story between two women falling in love on
What does a man do who has dedicated over 70 years of his life to live in the world of Christmas Eve, 1944, in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. For many years Nelly
movies when that whole world suddenly shuts down? When film productions stop and and Nadine’s lifelong relationship was kept a secret, even to some of their closest
cinemas are closing. In this new r estricted world of his, he spends his time going family. Now Nelly’s grandchild, Sylvie, has decided to open Nelly and Nadine’s unseen
through his rich film archive and calls directors and actors around the whole world: personal archives and finally read Nelly’s personal diary from the Nazi camps. G
radually
Isabella Rossellini, John Sayles, Oliver Assayas and many more. A film about the film’s Sylvie uncovers their remarkable love story.
ability to travel into other worlds and give us the strength to endure our own difficult Screenwriter Magnus Gertten
existence. Produced by Auto Images/Ove Rishøj
Jensen, with support from the Swedish Film
Screenwriter Stina Gardell
Institute/Klara Grunning
Produced by Mantaray Film/Stina Gardell,
Duration 90 min
with support from the Swedish Film Institute/
Release 2022
Juan Pablo Libossart
Sales Rise and Shine World Sales
Duration 75 min
More info Auto Images
Release 2021
Sales East Village Entertainment
More info Mantaray Film
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©G I N ESTRA FI LM ©J ESSICA N ETTE LB LADT
Nota Bene Prince of Dreams
(Nota Bene) Directed by Jeroen Pool (Drömprins) Directed by Jessica Nettelbladt
FIRST FEATURE When Erik looks at pictures of himself as a child, it’s like seeing a twin sister. A sister
Genoa, Italy. Tucked away in the hills just outside the city the Genoese bury their dead who’s disappeared, with Erik taking her place. It’s a reminder of the past, and the anxiety
at the vast, monumental cemetery of Staglieno. But alongside the cemetery’s graves, is palpable. Prince of Dreams takes us on a pilgrimage to the end of the world where
through its arcades, galleries and foresty parts, all kinds of people work and wander. At the protagonist, Erik, looks back on his life. The bullying and feeling like an outsider at
Staglieno the everyday and eternal continuously face each other through mundane acts school. The artistry. But most of all the battle to accept yourself and believe that others
of living. Indeed, for a place that at first glance seems all about death, Staglieno is can actually love you for who you really are. Prince of Dreams is filmed over 10 years,
curiously alive. following Erik from the age of 17 and until he turns 27.
Screenwriter Jeroen Pool Screenwriter Jessica Nettelbladt
Produced by Ginestra Film/Antonio Russo Produced by Jessica Nettelbladt
Merenda, with support from the Swedish Film Duration 87 min
Institute/Juan Pablo Libossart Release 2021
Duration 75 min Sales TBA
Release 2022 More info Trailer
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©VI NGAR N E 1916 BY MAU R ITZ STI LLE R ©WI LLIAM LONG, N I NA H E DE N I US
Prejudice & Pride Song to Bergslagen
– Swedish Film Queer (Sång till Bergslagen) Directed by Nina Hedenius, William Long
Bergslagen can’t be found on any map and yet it stretches over vast areas of central
(Fördom & Stolthet – en queer filmhistoria) Directed by Eva Beling Sweden. The iron-ore below has always determined its borders. Swedish kings traded
FIRST FEATURE this iron to fuel and fire their wars far away in Europe and in exchange, they always left
these Bergs-men alone. B ergslagen simply means, “the law of the mountains”. In this
A rainbow-coloured rollercoaster ride through a stunning collection of films. From
film the passage of the seasons forms a framework for views of the past, present, and
Mauritz Stiller’s filming of the world’s first gay romance in 1916 to Sweden’s exciting
future of this densely forested area. Subtle changes are now occurring since many of
new wave of Scandinavian transgender films along with all the highs and lows of the
the mines have closed down, but the traditions of yesteryear still remain.
century-long struggle for queer liberation.
Screenwriters Nina Hedenius, William Long
Screenwriter Eva Beling
Produced by William Long, with support from
Produced by Eva Beling
the Swedish Film Institute/Juan Pablo
Duration 99 min
Libossart
Release: Spring 2022
Duration 111 min
Sales TBA
Release 2021
More info Trailer
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Diorama
Directed by Tuva Novotny
© NOR DISK FI LM26 F E A T U R E S SWEDISH FILM #2 2022
©AN DE RS N ICAN DE R ©NOR DISK FI LM PRODUCTION SVE R IG E 2021
Amina Bamse and the Vulcano Island
(Amina) Directed by Ahmed Abdullahi (Bamse och vulkanön) Directed by Christian Ryltenius
FIRST FEATURE Bamse, Lille Skutt and Skalman on a new exciting adventure – this time to the middle of
The young, talented woman Amina is a former MMA-fighter who is fighting to get back to the Earth. They must rescue the scientist Beanka, a dear old friend of Skalman, who
her passion. With no support from her parents, she battles with raising her seven-year-old mysteriously disappeared during an expedition. The adventure includes wolves,
daughter. Against all odds she’s selected for the world c
hampionship, but struggle with life-threatening climbs up mountains, and a journey to the center of the Earth. To find
handling her role as a mother. She’s facing her worst ultimatum – to be a successful the most valuable – a treasure, which means different things to different people.
athlete or an unsuccessful mother. Screenwriter Calle Marthin
Screenwriter Mona Masri Principal cast Rolf Lassgård, Johan Ulveson,
Principal cast Nimo Ahmed Ali, Ariane Castellanos Johan Glans, Sissela Kyle
Produced by Art & Bob Film & Drama/Veronika Öhnedal, Produced by Nordisk Film Production/
with support from the Swedish Film Johanna B
ergenstråhle, with support from the
Institute/Helen Ahlsson Swedish Film Institute/Jenny Gilbertsson
Duration 90 min Duration 69 min
National release Autumn 2022 National release December 22, 2021
Sales TBA Sales TrustNordisk
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Boy From Heaven
(Boy From Heaven) Directed by Tarik Saleh
Adam, the son of a fisherman, is granted a scholarship at the prestigious Al-Azhar University in Cairo. When Sheikh Al-Azhar, the highest
authority in sunni Islam suddenly dies, a power struggle starts; who will become the next Grand Imam? At State Security, investigator Ibrahim
has been ordered to make sure it will be the one the president wants. When his informant inside Al-Azhar gets brutally murdered, Ibrahim needs
a replacement, someone without connections or contacts. Adam fits the part perfect.
Screenwriter Tarik Saleh
Principal cast Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares,
Mehdi Dehbi, Markam J Khoury, Mohammad
Bakri
Produced by Atmo Rights/Kristina Åberg,
Fredrik Zander, with support from the
Swedish Film Institute/Madeleine Ekman,
Hanna Lejonqvist
Duration 130 min
National release Autumn 2022
Sales Memento Films International
Tarik Saleh, born 1972. The Nile Hilton
Incident won the 2017 Sundance Grand Jury
Prize and received five Swedish Guldbagge
Awards. The thriller Tommy premiered 2014.
Metropia, an animation feature with Vincent
Gallo and Juliette Lewis premiered in Venice
2009. Tarik has directed an episode of
Westworld, co-directed several award-win-
ning documentaries and a number of music
videos with Lykke Li.
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Bullets A Christmas Tale
(Bullets) Directed by Peter Pontikis (Sagan om Karl Bertil Jonssons julafton) Directed by Hannes Holm
SECOND FEATURE Karl-Bertil’s future is predestined by his rich father. But one day he meets Vera, a poor girl
Bullets is a story about a gifted 10-year-old boy growing up in a disadvantage area living at an orphanage in the slum, and realises that some people are less fortunate than
outside Stockholm. With the help of a supporting teacher, he tries to do good in school his family... Inspired by Robin Hood, Karl-Bertil decides to “steal from the rich and give to
but is drawn into a local gang war when trying to help out a friend in trouble. the poor”. At his job in the post office he puts aside Christmas packages from rich people
and hides them away. On Christmas eve he dresses up as Santa and heads for the slum
Screenwriter Peter Pontikis to give away Christmas presents to the poor.
Principal cast Tomas Samir, Khalaf Ayoub, Kardo Razzazi,
Helen Al Janabi, Jörgen Thorsson Screenwriter Hannes Holm based on a story Duration 104 min
Produced by Thin Skin Films/Patrick Sobieski, developed by Tre Vänner, based on a short National release November 12, 2021
with support from the Swedish Film institute /Helen Ahlsson story by Tage Danielsson Sales REinvent International Sales
Duration 94 min Principal cast Simon Larsson, Sonja Holm,
National release Autumn 2022 Jonas Karlsson, Jennie Silfverhjelm, Vanna
Sales TBA Rosenberg
Produced by SF Studios Production/Henrik
Widman, Anna Odenhall, with support from
the Swedish Film Institute
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Comedy Queen Diorama
(Comedy Queen) Directed by Sanna Lenken (Diorama) Directed by Tuva Novotny
SECOND FEATURE Diorama is about togetherness, monogamy, and all the chemical processes we go
Comedy Queen is about 13-year-old Sasha. Sasha suffers from immeasurable grief but through in a relationship – love, passion, jealousy, etc. It’s about evolutionary reproductive
she is determined to save both herself and her father from the sorrow. Her plan is to make theory and religious condemnation, the animal kingdom vs humanity, and how an average
everyone laugh again, she wants to become a stand-up comedian – a Comedy Queen! couple truly behaves. How life affirming and yet destructive love can be, and how we seek
it again and again, no matter how much it hurts.
Screenwriter Linn Gottfridsson, based on
Jenny Jägerfeld’s novel Screenwriter Tuva Novotny
Principal cast Sigrid Johnson, Oscar Töringe. Ellen Taure, Principal cast Pia Tjelta, David Dencik
Anna Bjelkerud, Iggy Malmborg Produced by Nordisk Film Production Sverige/René Ezra,
Produced by FLX/Rebecca Lafrenz, with support from Eva Åkergren, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Anders Nylander
the Swedish Film Institute/Jenny Gilbertsson Duration 96 min
Duration 94 min National release May 6, 2022
National release February 11, 2022
International release Berlinale Generation, 2022
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©FLX/OLA KJ E LBYE
Swedish Film
Day by Day
www.filminstitutet.se
(Dag för dag) Directed by Felix Herngren
Day by Day is a life-affirming dramedy showing us it’s never too late to change one’s life. facebook.com/swedishfilminstitute
On a RV journey from Sweden to Switzerland, five unlikely characters come together to
fulfill an elderly man’s last wish. Cross-generational friendships blossom, an autumn instagram.com/swedishfilm
romance awakens and life-changing decisions are made.
Screenwriter Tapio Leopold
Principal cast Sven Wollter, Marianne Mörck,
Tomas von Brömssen, William Spetz, Martina
Haag, Felix Herngren, Peter Magnusson
Produced by FLX/Anna Carlsten, Anna
Anthony, with support from the Swedish Film
Institute
Duration 109 min
National release December 2022
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DIRECTOR IN FOCUS
Isabella Carbonell
©MAJA DE N N HAG
Isabella Carbonell is a director and screenwriter from
Dogborn Stockholm. She was selected for Semaine de la
Critique in 2015 with her short film Boys, earning great
(Dogborn) Directed by Isabella Carbonell
reviews. Boys continued to compete at festivals such
FEATURE DEBUT
Brother and Sister. Despite being homeless they aim for another life. Poverty is what as SXSW, Giffoni, and AFI FEST where it won the
stands between them and a chance for a brighter future. Their desperation leads them Grand Jury Award. Other films she has written and
into a criminal industry of ”Import-Export”. It’s a world of its own where your lineage and
your education doesn’t determine your fate. Things take a radical turn when the merchan- directed are Yustina’s Revenge (2018) and Brother
dise they’re supposed to transport turns up in the form of two young girls. They are now (2019). Dogborn is Isabellas debut feature film.
forced to make a decision; do they become the people they used to fear? Or do they
return to the streets? We follow the twins during two intense days where all our notions of
self-evident moral are turned upside down.
Screenwriter Isabella Carbonell Duration 90 min
Principal cast Silvana Imam, Philip Oros, National release 2022
Emma Lu, Mia Liu, Lukas Malinauskas Sales TBA
Produced by Momento Film/Farima Karimi, More info Momento Film
David Herdies, Erik Andersson,
with support from the Swedish Film Institute /
Helen Ahlsson © ISAB E LLA CAR BON E LL
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The Emigrants Excess Will Save Us
(Utvandrarna) Directed by Erik Poppe (Excess Will Save Us) Directed by Morgane Dziurla-Petit
The Emigrants is the story of Kristina N ilsson, a mother who leaves a p overty-stricken FIRST FEATURE
Sweden with her family in the 1850s and sets out on a long, d angerous journey, hoping to A director makes a film about her family in the little village Villereau in northern France, just
find a better life for herself and her children in America. The film is based on Vilhelm by the border to Belgium. She follows what happens in the village during a time of severe
Moberg’s much loved suite of novels The Emigrants, and the story is now being told on crisis, where lack of information creates fear, paranoia and excesses among the villagers
film for the first time from Kristina’s perspective. and her family. Based on the award winning short documentary Excess Will Save Us, the
Screenwriter Anna Bache-Wiig, Siv Rajendram Eliassen universe established in that film expands into a feature hybrid film depicting life in the
Principal cast Lisa Carlehed, Gustaf Skarsgård, Sofia Helin, countryside at a time of fundamental crisis in Europe and the Western world. This new
Laurence Kinlan, Diana Bermudez, Tove Lo, Florin Zhang account will retain its humor and visual force, but give a deeper understanding of the
Produced by SF Studios Production/Fredrik Wikström Nicastro, people that live there and the meaning of returning.
with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Jenny Gilbertsson
Duration 148 min Screenwriter Morgane Dziurla-Petit Duration 105 min
National release 25 december 2021 Principal Cast Patrick Petit, Marie Christine National release 5 april 2022
Sales REinvent International Sales Carlier, Roger Petit, Jean-Benoit Ugeux, Sales Cinephil
Produced by Vilda Bomben Film/ Fredrik
OFFICIAL SELECTION Lange, supported by the Swedish Film
2022 Institute/Helen Ahlsson
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Exodus I am Zlatan
(Exodus) Directed by Abbe Hassan (Jag är Zlatan) Directed by Jens Sjögren
Two worlds collide when Sam, 40, a professional human trafficker, reluctantly saves Amal, SECOND FEATURE
a 12-year-old girl whose whole family has gone missing in the Syrian war. Amal believes A coming-of-age story depicting Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s upbringing in a rough Swedish
that they are on their way to Sweden so she sets out on a journey to find them. Sam suburb. Born to Balkan immigrants, football was Zlatan’s release in a tough environment
hesitates but is troubled by the thought of leaving the girl alone in a no-mans land and where his remarkable talent and self-reliance catapulted him against all odds to the top of
gets dragged in. This will be the beginning of an unexpected, strong, warm and crazy international football playing for clubs like Ajax Amsterdam, Juventus, Inter, Milan,
friendship on a journey that will change their lives forever. Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United.
Screenwriter Abbe Hassan, Kristoffer Cras Screenwriter David Lagerkrantz, Jakob Duration 105 min
Principal cast Jwan Alqatami, Ashraf Beckman National release 2022
Barhoum, Isa Aouifia Principal cast Dominic Andersson Bajraktati, International release Rome Film Fest, 2021
Produced by BR-F/Mattias Nohrborg, Granit Rushiti, Cedomir Glisovic, Merima Sales TrustNordisk
Anna-Klara Carlsten, Dizdarevic
Olle Wirenhed, with support from the Swedish Produced by BR•F/Mattias Nohrnborg, Frida
Film Institute/Anders Nylander Bargo, Fredrik Heinig, with support from the
Duration 95 min Swedish Film Institute/Jenny Gilbertsson
National release Autumn 2022
Sales LevelK
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JerryMaya Detective Agency Locals
– The Riddle of the Scorpion (Stammisar) Directed by Måns Nyman
Locals follows an ensemble of normal people trying to keep their relationships alive
(LasseMajas Detektivbyrå – Skorpionens gåta) Directed by Tina Mackic without losing themselves. The film takes place in bars, cafés and restaurants during a
On the eve of the town’s 500-year anniversary, a series of robberies strike against the summer evening in Stockholm. Someone wants to find out if she’s in a in a relationship or
small town of Valleby. When all attempts to foil the thief fail, the JerryMaya Detective not. Someone is accused of being whipped. Someone has to be stopped by a friend from
Agency seek help from a retired criminal mastermind. calling his ex. Someone gets an introduction to how to market y ourself on dating apps.
Through playful dialogue on rhyming verse, they reveal their shortcomings and weakness-
Screenwriters Henrik Engström, Mattias Grosin es, their f rustration and their unsatisfied desires.
Principal cast Nils Kendle, Polly Stjärne, Suzanne Reuter, Henrik Hjelt
Produced by SF Studios/Jonathan Ridings, Annika Sucksdorff, Screenwriters Måns Nyman, Kristoffer Malmsten
with support from the Swedish Film Institute Principal cast Carla Sehn, Sofia Kappel, Linda Pira,
Duration 83 min Mona Mansour, Joel Spira
National release Autumn 2022 Produced by Grand Slam/Markus Waltå, Eliza Jones,
Sales REinvent International Sales with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Helen Ahlson
Duration 86 min
National release Autumn 2022
Sales TBA
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DIRECTOR IN FOCUS
Christian Ryltenius
©SLUGG E R FI LM
Christian Ryltenius is a well-established Swedish
Mamma Moo Finds Her Way Home director of animated films. He started his career in
animation at Penn Film studios in 1987 and studied
(Mamma Mu hittar hem) Directed by Christian Ryltenius
Mamma Moo wants to see the world. Crow has already seen everything. When Stork
Animation at Sheridan College in Canada
shows up at the Farm and starts building a nest, Crow is challenged by someone who (1989–1991). He has worked both in Sweden and
actually travelled the whole world. Mamma Moo gets the feeling that there is so much
more out there to see than her usual pasture, Crow tries his hardest to convince her to
abroad on several Animated features. He is always
stay where she belongs – like a normal cow. striving for good storytelling and high quality in his films.
Screenwriter Peter Arrhenius 2019 he received the Swedish Film prize ‘Gullspiran’ for
Principal cast Rachel Mohlin, Johan Ulveson
and Tiffany Kronlöf his work on three animated features on Bamse.
Produced by SF Studios/Filippa Torstensson,
Jon N
ohrstedt, with support from the Swedish
Film Institute/Jenny Gilbertsson See also: Bamse and the Vulcano Island and Bamse
Duration 60 min
National release Autumn 2022 and the World’s Smallest Adventure.
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Maya Nilo (Laura) Mini-Zlatan and Uncle Darling
(Maya Nilo (Laura)) Directed by Lovisa Sirén (Lill-Zlatan och morbror Raring) Directed by Christian Lo
FIRST FEATURE Everything is set for a perfect stay at Tommy’s, Ella’s favorite uncle and BFF. But the dream
A humorous and dramatic journey of two sisters and a teenage daughter from cold and week that Ella has envisioned turns into a disastrous nightmare when Steve shows up. He
grey Stockholm to their mother’s house in Portugal. From family arguments in Sweden to is Tommy’s new boyfriend, from the Netherlands! In a rage of jealousy Ella concocts all
teenage heartbreak in Germany, through an unrequited fling in a French karaoke pub, we sorts of creative schemes to get rid of Steve, and to win back her best friend.
reach the culmination of a conflict- and laughter filled journey at the cliffs of Portugal. The Screenwriters Ella Lemhagen, Jan Vierth,
reunion there turns out to be a tragicomic chaos that noone had expected. Sara Sjöö
Principal cast Agnes Colliander, Simon J
Screenwriter Lovisa Sirén, Peter Modestij
Berger, Tibor Lukacs, William Spetz
Principal cast Bahar Pars, Zhala Pehrsson,
Produced by Snowcloud Films/Petter
Nadja Rosenberg
Lindblad, Sara Sjöö, with support from the
Produced by [sic] film/Siri Hjorton Wagner,
Swedish Film Institute/Jenny G
ilbertsson
with support from the Swedish Film Institute /
Duration 81 min
Madeleine Ekman, Hanna Lejonqvist
National release Spring 2022
Duration 100 min
Sales Dutch Features
National release Autumn 2022
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DIRECTOR IN FOCUS
Milad Alami
©SE BASTIAN WI NTE RØ
Milad Alami graduated from the National Film School
The Opponent of Denmark in 2011. His short films Void premiered at
Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes 2014 and Mommy won
(Motståndaren) Directed by Milad Alami
the Danish Film Awards Robert Prize 2015. Alami’s
SECOND FEATURE
A wrestler is forced to leave Iran with his family when a devastating rumor first feature The Charmer has been screened at 30
spreads about him. festivals worldwide and is multi-awarded. Alami was
Screenwriter Milad Alami the conceptualising director for the DR series When
Principal cast Payman Maadi, Marall Nasiri,
Björn Elgerd The Dust Settles, sold worldwide to rave reviews.
Produced by Tangy/Annika Rogell, with
support from the Swedish Film Institute
Duration 110 min
National release 2022
Sales Indie Sales
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The Schoolmaster Games The Store
(Magisterlekarna) Directed by Ylva Forner (Butiken) Directed by Ami-Ro Sköld
FIRST FEATURE SECOND FEATURE
At St Sebastian University, where all are gay men and everything pulsates of eroticism Homeless women steal food from a dumpster behind a discount grocery store, whose
and power games, the strict Schoolmaster works. In his secret affair with his pupil employees struggle to maximise profits while preserving their own private lives. Conflicts
Charles, he’s developed the Schoolmaster Games, a BDSM game where Charles makes and relationships take place between the employees and the homeless.
mischief and the Schoolmaster punishes.
Screenwriter Ami-Ro Sköld
Screenwriter Ylva Forner Principal cast Eliza Sica, Daysury Valencia, Arbi Alviati,
Principal cast Johan Ehn, Christian Arnold, Johan Charles, Eleftheria Gerofoka, Linda Hellström, Lana Chahto, Alisa Sofia Paulsen,
Joel Valois, Simon Kling Fredrik Evers.
Produced by Northern Fable/Sofia Ferguson, Produced by Tangram Film/Lovisa Charlier, with support
with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Helen Ahlsson from the Swedish Film Institute/Hanna Leijonqvist
Duration 82 min Duration 143 min
National release 22 april 2022 National release Autumn 2022
Sales LevelK Sales TBA
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Second Act So Damn Easy Going
(Andra akten) Directed by Mårten Klingberg (Så jävla easy going) Directed by Christoffer Sandler
Eva’s life isn’t great; she’s divorced, her son doesn’t need her and she’s newly retired. FIRST FEATURE
When she accepts a job to help rehabilitate a stroke patient, things change. She soon Joanna’s mind is like a flashing amusement park at peak season. She is 18 years old and
realises that life might not be over. In fact, it may only just have begun… needs ADHD meds to keep her buzzy brain in order. With a depressed father whose sick
Screenwriters Vera Kiiskinen, Anna Heinämaa pay is barely covering the rent, money runs out and Joanna can’t afford her medication. To
Principal cast Rolf Lassgård, Lena Olin not become a disturbing and unfiltered version of herself, Joanna has to be creative in her
Produced by Nordisk Film Production/ hunt for money. In the midst of the chaos the charming and c onfident Audrey appears.
Johanna B
ergenstråhle, with support from the Now Joanna’s got both a bursting mind and an exploding heart to deal with.
Swedish Film Institute
Duration 100 min Screenwriters Christoffer Sandler, Lina Duration 90 min
National release Autumn 2022 Åström, L
inda-Maria Birbeck, Jessika Jankert, National release Spring 2022
Sales TrustNordisk based on a book by Jenny Jägerfeld Sales TrustNordisk
Principal cast Nikki Hanseblad, Melina Benett
Paukkonen, Shanti Roney, Emil Algpeus
Produced by Cinenic Film/Annika Hellström,
Erika Malmgren, with support from the
Swedish Film Institute/Jenny Gilbertsson
NORDIC COMPETITION
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Suedi Til the Sun Rises
(Suedi) Directed by Manuel Concha (Tills solen går upp) Directed by Peter Dalle
SECOND FEATURE When Peder runs into his old flame, Hanna, many years have passed and they are both
A comedy about Mahmod who wants to be seen as Swedish – changes his name, now happily married. Nevertheless, they are still attracted to each other, though neither of
gets a Volvo, blue contact lenses and a Swedish wife. them wants to break up their marriage. By chance, they come across an ancient book
about dreams. With the help of this book they enter the dream-world, living a life together
Screenwriter Manuel Concha where everything is possible, whilst continuing to live their normal lives during their
Principal cast Kardo Razzazi, Agnes Lindström Bolmgren, waking days. But as their dreams start to enter reality, they experience some u nforeseen
Suzanne Reuter, Johan Ulveson, Ann Petrén consequences.
Produced by Concha Productions/Claudia Galli Concha, Manuel Concha
Duration 89 min Screenwriter Peter Dalle Sales Picture Tree International
National release October 1, 2021 Principal cast Mikael Persbrandt, Vanna More info Unlimited Stories
Sales Nordic Entertainment Group Rosenberg, Peter Dalle, Helen Sjöholm
Produced by Unlimited Stories/Patrick
Ryborn, with support from the Swedish Film
Institute
Duration 98 min
National release December 25, 2021
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Triangle of Sadness
(Triangle of Sadness) Directed by Ruben Östlund
An uninhibited satire where roles and class are inverted and the tawdry economic value of beauty is unveiled. Models Carl and Yaya are
navigating the world of fashion while exploring the boundaries of their relationship. The couple is invited for a luxury cruise with a rogues’
gallery of super-rich passengers. At first, all appears Instagrammable. But a storm is brewing, and heavy seasickness hits the passengers.
The cruise ends catastrophically. Carl and Yaya find themselves marooned on a desert island with a group of billionaires and one of the
ship’s cleaners. Hierarchy is suddenly flipped upside down, as the housekeeper is the only one who knows how to fish.
Screenwriter Ruben Östlund
Principal cast Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean
Kriek, Woody Harrelson
Produced by Plattform Produktion/Erik
Hemmendorff, Philippe Bober, with support
from the Swedish Film Institute/Anders
Nylander
Duration 150 min
National release Autumn 2022
Sales Coproduction Office
Ruben Östlund was born in 1974 in Styrsö,
has become well known for his humorous and
accurate portrayals of human social
behaviour. His Force Majeure (2014) was
awarded with the Un Certain Regard Jury
Prize in Cannes, and won several Best
Foreign Film awards, was nominated for a
Golden Globe and a BAFTA. The Square was
the fourth of Östlund’s films to premiere in
Cannes and his first feature to be selected to
compete for the Palme d’Or. It won the Palme
d’Or in 2017 and was an Oscar® Nomination
for Best Foreign Film in 2018.
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Tuesday Club The Year I Started Masturbating
(Tisdagsklubben) Directed by Annika Appelin (Året jag slutade prestera och började onanera) Directed by Erika Wasserman
FIRST FEATURE FIRST FEATURE
Karin and Sten are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary with a bash when Karin Ambitious overachiever Hanna just needs one more kid before her life is perfect.
discovers that Sten’s been unfaithful. Karin has spent her life taking care of her family Instead, her baby daddy unexpectedly dumps her. Suddenly, she finds herself without a
and now all is shattered. A friend makes her join a cooking class led by a renowned place to live, job or family. With every fiber of her being set for victory, Hanna refuses to
chef. In the hot kitchen, among spices, food and friends, more than one of Karin’s give up and decides to win him back. But to get there means having to win something
passions are reborn. But can she give up her life to pursue her dreams? And is it too much more important, love and desire for herself and who she is.
late for love?
Screenwriter Christin Magdu, Erika Wasserman
Screenwriter Anna Fredriksson Principal cast Katia Winter
Principal cast Marie Richardson, Peter Stormare, Produced by Gimme a break/Frida Mårtensson,
Björn Kjellman, Ida Engvoll, Sussie Eriksson, Carina M Johansson, Erika Wasserman with support from the Swedish Film
Maria Sid Institute/Anders Nylander
Produced by Anagram Sweden/Jessica Ask, Åsa Karlsson, Duration 100 min
with support from the Swedish Film Institute National release Autumn 2022
Duration 100 min Sales TBA
National release February 18, 2022
Sales Beta Cinema
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Bamse and the World’s Black Bird Burn All My Letters
Smallest Adventure (Black Bird) Directed by Mia Engberg (Bränn alla mina brev) Directed by Björn Runge
Director Mia receives life-changing news which starts a Based on the 2018 best-selling book, the film spans 70
(Bamse och världens minsta äventyr) Directed by journey in the borderlands of death, and all that she has years and several generations. After a jealous argument
Christian Ryltenius taken for granted is turned upside down. Black Bird is with his wife, Alex realises that he must get to the bottom
Mary-Anna accidently drinks XYZ-juice and shrinks to the third and final part of the Belleville trilogy that started of the issues that plague him to save his marriage.
the size of an ant. Her new size leads her to the greatest with Belleville Baby and was followed by Lucky One. Through books and letters left behind from his maternal
(yet smallest sizewise) adventure ever. Will the others grandparents Alex discovers secrets about his family’s
find her when she is the size of an ant? Can you make a past that not only shed new light on his current situation,
Screenwriter Mia Engberg
difference for others being that small? Principal cast TBA
but also force him to revisit memories from his own
Produced by Story/Tobias Janson, with support from the childhood.
Screenwriters Calle Marthin, Mikael Syrén
Swedish Film Institute/Hanna Lejonqvist Screenwriter Veronica Zacco
Produced by Nordisk Film Production/Johanna Bergenstråhle
Duration 75 min Principal cast Asta August, Gustav Lindh, Bill Skarsgård,
with support from Swedish Film Institute
Release Spring 2023 Sverrir Gudnason, Sten Ljunggren, Marika Lindström, Sonja
Duration 65 minutes
Sales TBA Richter, Ossian Skarsgård
Release December 2023
Sales Trust Nordisk Produced by SF Studios/Annika Sucksdorff, Jonathan
Riddings, with support from The Swedish Film Institute/Anders
Nylander
Duration 115 minutes
Release September 2022
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