Swedish Film 2 2019

Summer/Autumn 2019

438 Days • About Endlessness • Alone in Space • And Then We Danced • Aniara • A Piece of My Heart Bamse and the Thunderbell • Bitter Love • Britt-Marie Was Here • Charismatic Megafauna • The Comeback • Everybody Loves Madeline The Feminister • Goliath • Halvdan: Almost a Viking • The Heart is a Drum • I’ll Be Home for Christmas • Ninosca, the Return to San Fernando JerryMaya’s Detective Agency – The First Mystery • Josefin & Florin • Jozi Gold • Koko-Di Koko-Da • King of Atlantis • The Longest Day • Lucky One • Mating My Life as a Comedian • The Perfect Patient • Pity the Lovers • PUSH • Reconstructing Utøya • Ridge • Scheme Birds • Sune vs. Sune • Swoon Tiny Tim – King for a Day • Transnistra • The Unpromised Land • The Writer – 10 Chapters with Joyce Carol Oates • X&Y + 15 shorts

Welcome to the world of Swedish films.

Swedish films in 2019 display an impressively wide variety of genres, themes and outlooks on the world.

From Levan Akin’s Quinzaine des Réalisateurs selected love drama And Then We Danced to Rojda Sekersöz’ My Life as a Comedian. From the musical A Piece of my Heart by debuting director Edward af Sillén to Jesper Ganslandt’s political thriller 438 Days.

The success of Swedish short films continues as well, one of them being Elin Övergaard’s Who Talks in the Cannes Short Film Competition. Other highlights include Stig Björkman’s documentary The Writer – 10 Chapters with Joyce Carol Oates and long-awaited About Endlessness by Swedish master Roy Andersson.

In order to give you more info on what’s coming in 2020, we have a new section in the catalogue called

In Production, listing lots of exciting new titles such as Lisa Aschan’s Call Mum!, Ninja Thyberg’s Jessica and Göran Hugo Olsson’s La Société du Spectacle, co-directed with Roxy Farhat, to name but a few. We can guarantee that Sundance screened Koko-Di Koko-Da and Berlin dito kids film Sune vs. Sune was just the beginning of a great year for Swedish films!

Oh, and don’t miss Mikael Håfström’s journalistic thriller The Perfect Patient, Patrik Eklund’s absurd comedy The Comeback or … Well, just read the catalogue and see the films!

Please go to filminstitutet.se for updated ­information on Swedish features, docs and shorts.

ISSN 1654-0050 Art Director: Markus Edin Print: Lenanders Grafiska, Kalmar Cover photo: And Then We Danced, © French Film Quarter/Anka Gujabidze

Swedish Film Institute International Department P.O Box 27 126 SE- 102 52 Stockholm, Sweden Phone +46 8 665 11 00 Fax +46 8 661 18 20 filminstitutet.se twitter.com/swedishfilm instagram.com/swedishfilm

Contacts Head of International Department Steffen Andersen-Møller Phone: +46 76 051 36 97 sam@sfi.se

Festivals, docs & shorts Sara Rüster Phone: +46 76 117 26 78 sara.ruster@sfi.se

Head of Communications & Public Relations Rebecka Ioannidis Lindberg Phone: +46 76 501 20 73 rebecka.ioannidis.lindberg@sfi.se

Festivals, features Petter Mattsson Phone: +46 70 607 11 34 petter.mattsson@sfi.se

Festivals, docs & shorts Josefina Mothander Phone: +46 70 972 93 52 josefina.mothander@sfi.se

Press Officer Jan Göransson Phone: +46 70 603 03 62 jan.goransson@sfi.se

Festivals, features Theo Tsappos Phone: +46 76 779 11 33 theo.tsappos@sfi.se

Festivals, docs & shorts Maria Razakamboly Phone: +46 70 303 12 75 maria.razakamboly@sfi.se

Festivals, shorts & docs Jing Haase Phone: +46 70 420 32 74 jing.haase@sfi.se

Administrator Ömer Bulduk Phone: +46 76 501 20 71 omer.bulduk@sfi.se

Contents p. 6 Features and Documentaries p. 46 In Production p. 56 Shorts p. 60 Classics p. 62 Industry Contacts in Sweden

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438 Days (438 DAGAR) DIRECTED BY JESPER GANSLANDT

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On the eve of June 28th 2011, Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson put everything at stake by illegally crossing the border from Somalia into Ethiopia. After months of research, planning and failed attempts, they were finally on their way to report on how the ruthless hunt for oil effected the population of the isolated and conflict-ridden Ogaden region. Five days later they lay wounded in the desert sand, shot and captured by the Ethiopian army. There, as their initial reportage died, another story began.

Screenwriter Peter Birro Principal cast Gustaf Skarsgård, Matias Varela Produced by Miso Film/Sandra Harms, Karl Fredrik Ulfung, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Calle Marthin, Jenny Gilbertsson Duration approx. 120 min National Release August 31, 2019 Sales SF Studios

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Jesper Ganslandt Jesper Ganslandt, born 1978 in Falkenberg, Sweden. He shot his feature debut Falkenberg Farewell in 2003 with family and friends acting as themselves. Falkenberg Farewell, The Ape (2009) and Blondie (2012) all premiered at Venice International Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival. In his film Jimmie he stars together with his son Hunter. Jimmie, and Ganslandt’s first English-speaking feature Beast of Burden, starring Daniel Radcliffe, premiered in 2018.

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(OM DET OÄNDLIGA) DIRECTED BY ROY ANDERSSON

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Screenwriter Roy Andersson Principal cast Jan-Eje Ferling, Martin Serner, Tatiana Delaunay, Bengt Bergius Produced by Roy Andersson Filmproduktion/Pernilla Sandström, Johan Carlsson, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Jenny Gilbertsson Duration 80 min National release Fall 2019 Sales Coproduction Office

Roy Andersson Born in Gothenburg in 1943. Feature-length film debut with A Swedish Love Story (1970), followed by Giliap (1975). After this, numerous award-winning advertising films, the anthology Successful Freezing of Mr. Moro (1995), and the exhibition Sweden and the Holocaust. In 2014 the last part of The Living Trilogy, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014), was awarded The Golden Lion for Best Film at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.

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Cologne lies in ruins, a father ties his daughter’s shoelaces in the pouring rain, a midwife drinks champagne. With his new project, About Endlessness, Roy Andersson continues his cinematic oevre with a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendour and banality, its endeavours and mishaps.

Once more, we gain admission into Andersson’s singular world, one in which we are granted a fleeting reflection of our human existence.

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Alone in Space (ENSAMMA I RYMDEN) DIRECTED BY TED KJELLSSON FEATURE DEBUT

©NICE DRAMA

In a not too distant future, the giant spacecraft Svea travels with only two passengers – 12-year-old Gladys and her little brother Keaton. The children have fled from a broken Earth and are heading towards the planet Vial, but never seem to arrive. They spend their days exploring the giant ship and the only one they can talk to is the Japanese A.I. Otosan. But everything changes when something unknown crashes into Svea – suddenly they are not alone in space anymore...

Alone in Space is an epic, warm and entertaining space adventure for the whole family.

Screenwriters Ted Kjellsson, Henrik Ståhl Principal cast Ella Rae Rappaport, Dante Fleischanderl Produced by Nice Drama/Anna Knochenhauer, Sonja Hermele, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Magdalena Jangard Duration 83 min National Release September 21, 2018 Sales TrustNordisk

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Ted Kjellsson Ted Kjellsson has directed the tv-series The Junkyard Kids (2013) for SVT as well as the documentary Alla bara försvinner (2004) and the short films Tompta Gudh (2002) and Captain Sweden (2014). Ted also has an extensive background directing commercials and as a production designer. Alone in Space is Ted’s first feature film.

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(AND THEN WE DANCED) DIRECTED BY LEVAN AKIN

© ANKA GUJABIDZE/FRENCH FILM QUARTER

A struggling young dancer faces the challenge of his life when he finds himself falling in love with an ambitious rival, threatening to destroy everything he’s fought for.

Screenwriter Levan Akin Produced by French Quarter Film/Mathilde Dedye, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Juan Pablo Libossart, Madeleine Ekman Duration 105 min National release Fall 2019 Sales Totem Films

Levan Akin Leva Akin is a Swedish born filmmaker whose work often plays on class and gender. He most recently directed The Circle (2015, world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival) based on the bestselling book with the same title. He has also directed the feature film Certain People (2012) which had its international premiere at Tribeca Film Festival to rave reviews. He also directed several TV- series for SVT Drama most notably Real Humans (2012).

Currently Levan Akin is writing and directing a new TV-series for SVT titled Dough, set to premiere in the spring of 2021.

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And Then We Danced

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Aniara (ANIARA) DIRECTED BY PELLA KÅGERMAN, HUGO LILJA FEATURE DEBUT

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An adaptation of Nobel Prize winning author Harry Martinson’s Aniara. Aniara is one of the many spaceships used for transporting Earth’s population to their new home-planet Mars. But just as Aniara leaves the ruined Earth, she collides with space junk and is knocked off her course. Aniara’s passengers slowly realize that they’ll never be able to return; they will continue onwards forever, through an empty and cold universe.

Screenwriters Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja Principal cast Emelie Jonsson, Bianca Cruzeiro, Anneli Martini, Arvin Kananian Produced by Meta Film Stockholm/Annika Rogell, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Baker Karim, Calle Marthin Duration 106 min National release February 1, 2019 Sales Film Constellation

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Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja Pella Kågerman (born in 1982, educated at the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm) and Hugo Lilja (born in 1979, educated at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts) have collaborated since 2009. Together they wrote Hugo Lilja’s graduation film The Unliving (2010), that has won awards at – amongst other places – Berlinale, Stockholm International Film Festival and Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. In addition, they have directed the short films A Day in the Country (2010), and The Swedish Supporter (2011).

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A Piece of My Heart (EN DEL AV MITT HJÄRTA) DIRECTED BY EDWARD AF SILLÉN FEATURE DEBUT

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Isabella returns to the small town where she grew up, to celebrate her dad’s birthday. She runs into her childhood friend Molly who is getting married to Isabella’s ex Simon! This marks the beginning of a series of unexpected surprises that unfold after Isabella’s return.

Screenwriter Lars Johansson Principal cast Malin Åkerman, Christian Hillborg, Jonas Karlsson, Marie Richardson, Johan Ulvesson, Shima Niavarani, Per Andersson Produced by Unlimited Stories/Patrick Ryborn, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Yaba Holst Duration 112 min National release December 25, 2019 Sales Picture Tree International

Edward af Sillén Edward Af Sillén is one of Sweden´s most in demand show directors with several big musicals and stage productions to his credit. He also wrote the screenplays for A Holy Mess (2015) and Medicine (2014).

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Bamse and the Thunderbell (BAMSE OCH DUNDERKLOCKAN) DIRECTED BY CHRISTIAN RYLTENIUS

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In the quest for the Thunderbell, the secret ­ingredient that makes Bamse the strongest bear in the world, Bamse needs to learn something of utmost importance: that being true to yourself takes you further than you’d think. A truth that might also help Reinard the Fox get the girl of his dreams…

Voice director Maria Blom Screenwriters Tomas Tivemark, Fabian Nordlander Principal cast Peter Haber, Morgan Alling, Steve Kratz, Ia Langhammer (voices) Produced by SF Studios/Jon Nohrstedt, Ina Sohlberg, with support from the Swedish Film Institute Duration 65 min National release December 21, 2018 Sales SF Studios

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Christian Ryltenius Christian Ryltenius has worked as an animator on many productions, e.g.

ABC, Alfie Atkins and Dogdays. For many years, he worked in Asia as Overseas Supervisor before he launched Sluggerfilm in Sweden in 2004. He worked as animation director on Tarik Saleh’s Metropia (2009) and directed two of the most successful feature films in Swedish animation history; Bamse and the City of Thieves (2014) and Bamse and the Witch’s Daughter (2016).

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(BITTER LOVE) DIRECTED BY JERZY SLADKOWSKI

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A lovesick misfit, a mysterious beauty, a retired civil servant, a randy fortuneteller and a doubtful young couple meet in late summer on a Russian river cruise on Volga. What does fate have in store for them?

Screenwriter Jerzy Sladkowski Produced by Ginestra Film/Antonio Russo Merenda, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Klara Grunning Duration approx. 90 min National release TBA Sales TBA

Jerzy Sladkowski Jerzy Sladkowski was born in Poland in 1945. He immigrated to Sweden in 1983. Since then he has worked as a freelance director and producer making over fifty documentaries. Recipient of several prestigious prizes including the European Film Award for Vendetta (1996), the IDA Award for Swedish Tango (1999), the Golden Dove for Vodka Factory (2011) and the VPRO IDFA Award for Don Juan (2016).

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Bitter Love

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Britt-Marie Was Here (BRITT-MARIE VAR HÄR) DIRECTED BY TUVA NOVOTNY SECOND FEATURE

©JOSEF PERSSON

When Britt-Marie leaves her husband after 40 years of marriage, she ends up in the town of Borg, where life seems to be over for the few people that are still around. However, there are bigger dreams in Borg and they breathe new life into Britt-Marie’s belief in the future.

Screenwriters Tuva Novotny, Anders August, Øystein Karlsen Principal cast Pernilla August, Peter Haber, Anders Mossling, Malin Levanon, Stella Oyoko Bengtsson Produced by SF Studios/Nicklas Wikström Nicastro, Gustav Oldén, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Yaba Holst, Calle Marthin Duration 97 min National release Januari 25, 2019 Sales SF Studios

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Tuva Novotny Tuva Novotny is a Swedish director and actress. She has previously directed episodes of the popular Norwegian TV series Dag and Lillyhammer (2014) as well as her first feature the Norwegian Blind Spot (2018).

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(CHARISMATIC MEGAFAUNA) DIRECTED BY FREDRIK WENZEL, JESPER KURLANDSKY

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Charismatic Megafauna is a globe spanning odyssey, steeped in the tempo of the contemplative traditions.

Through the eye of the free-floating witness, we observe life at work and leisure, in play and through hardships, from the shanty towns of Cape Town, to the Waura Tribe by the Xangu river, through the mist of the Atlas Mountains to the coloured night skies of Beijing.

Screenwriters Fredrik Wenzel, Jesper Kurlandsky Produced by Fasad/Erik Gandini, Jesper Kurlandsky, Malin Hüber, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Magdalena Jangard Duration 70 min National Release TBA Sales Cinetic/Wide House

Fredrik Wenzel and Jesper Kurlandsky Fredrik Wenzel (born in 1978) is the director of Burrowing (2010) and the cinematographer on Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure (2014) as well as his Palme d’Or winner The Square (2017). Fredrik also directed As We’re Told (2017) winner of IDFA Special Jury Award.

Jesper Kurlandsky (born in 1977) produced the award-winning Avalon (2012), directed by Axel Petersén as well as Jesper Ganslandt’s Jimmie (2018).

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The Comeback (REVANSCH) DIRECTED BY PATRIK EKLUND SECOND FEATURE

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When the young and promising badminton player Annbritt loses the Swedish championship finals in 1983, her life collapses. Convinced that the loss was based on an incorrect judicial decision, she can’t neglect the defeat – not even today, 35 years later.

Screenwriter Patrik Eklund Principal cast Anki Larsson, Jimmy Lindström, Olle Sarri, Mikael Almqvist, Bengt CW Carlsson Produced by Art & Bob Film & Drama/Andreas Emanuelsson Duration 103 min National release TBA Sales TBA

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Patrik Eklund Writer and director Patrik Eklund has received global recognition for his films, including the Critics Week Award in Cannes for Seeds of the Fall (2009) and an Oscar nomination for the short film Instead of Abracadabra (2008).

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(EVERYBODY LOVES MADELINE) DIRECTED BY JANE MAGNUSSON

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Everybody Loves Madeline follows Madeline Stuart on her journey to becoming the World’s only ­professional model with Down syndrome, challenging our perception of identity, beauty and disability.

Screenwriter Jane Magnusson Produced by BR•F/Cecilia Nessen, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Klara Grunning Duration approx. 90 min National release Fall 2019 Sales Autlook Filmsales

Jane Magnusson Jane Magnusson (born in 1968) is an award-winning Swedish director and journalist. Her documentary Bergman – A Year in a Life premiered in Cannes Classics in 2018 and her short Vox Lipoma (2018) competed at Sundance Film Festival. Trespassing Bergman (2013), directed by Magnusson, screened at the Venice International Film Festival. Her documentary Ebbe – The Movie (2009) received an award for Best Documentary at the Swedish Guldbagge Awards in 2009. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University.

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Everybody Loves Madeline

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The Feminister (UTRIKESMINISTERN) DIRECTED BY VIKTOR NORDENSKIÖLD SECOND FEATURE

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Incredible coverage of 4 years in the office of the Swedish foreign minister, Margot Wallström, known for her fearless feminist agenda and sharp, empathic mind. We witness her arduous negotiations with Saudi Arabia, Israel and North Korea, as well as a highly competitive campaign for a seat in the UNSC, followed by a crash course in keeping it cool in the face of death threats and intimidation.

Screenwriter Viktor Nordenskiöld Produced by Freetownfilms/Viktor Nordenskiöld, Malcolm Dixelius Duration 86 min National release December 21, 2018 Sales Autlook Filmsales

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Viktor Nordenskiöld Viktor Nordenskiöld (born in 1969) is an award-winning Swedish director, producer and journalist. He has a Master of Arts from Stockholm University of the Arts. His short Out of This World (2014) premiered at Berlinale Generation.

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Goliath (GOLIAT) DIRECTED BY PETER GRÖNLUND SECOND FEATURE

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Goliath takes place in a forgotten industrial community in Sweden. When Roland, a family father, gets ­sentenced to jail, his sixteen-year-old son Kimmie is expected to take over the criminal affairs and the responsibility of the family, tasks he is not really ready for. The film depicts a boy’s brutal entry into adulthood and investigates aspects of social heritage and patriarchal structures, in a time when the welfare state is collapsing and Swedish society is changing.

Screenwriter Peter Grönlund Principal cast Sebastian Ljungblad, Joakim Sällquist Produced by BR•F/Frida Bargo, Mattias Nohrborg, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Calle Marthin Duration 85 min National release October 5, 2018 Sales Wild Bunch

Peter Grönlund In his two short films Jaukka Brothers (2010) and Gläntan (2011) and recently in the feature film debut Drifters (2014), Peter Grönlund shows a unique touch and an outstanding sense of stories from society’s bottom layers. With a consistent and enthralling image storytelling, Peter Grönlund has managed to merge amateur actors with professional actors, thus forming a universe with great authenticity and true naturalism.

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Halvdan: Almost a Viking (HALVDAN VIKING) DIRECTED BY GUSTAV ÅKERBLOM SECOND FEATURE

© ANAGRAM SVERIGE

Halvdan is but half a Viking. He has a limp and the other kids regard him a strange loner. The village blacksmith has taken him in since his parents left to go plunder. One day, Halvdan bumps into Maia only to find out she’s the daughter of the ruler in the enemy village.

Their meeting sets off an adventure about bridging differences and forbidden friendship.

Screenwriter Gustav Åkerblom Principal cast Vilgot Hedtjärn, Ellinea Siambalis, Peter Haber, Claes Månsson Produced by Anagram Film/Jessica Ask, Magdalena Jangard with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Calle Marthin Duration 97 min National release October 26, 2018 Sales SF Studios

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Gustav Åkerblom Gustaf Åkerblom’s feature debut was the family movie Sune i fjällen (2014), which had close to 600,000 admissions in Swedish cinemas and the most popular Swedish film to open in 2014. Besides film, he also directed high end music videos, written and directed comedy sketches. Halvdan: Almost a Viking is the first feature he’s made as both sceenwriter and director.

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(THE HEART IS A DRUM) DIRECTED BY JACOB FRÖSSÉN

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After a botched relationship with a Swedish girl in 1971, Klaus Dinger, a young drummer from Düsseldorf resorts to his drums in the band NEU!. By relapsing into a repetitive beat he is smitten by an overwhelming sensation of not giving up the attempt to regain his lost love. But his beat also throbs with post-war geist, and as a symbol of the new Germany, it progresses towards something new. NEU!

Screenwriter Jacob Frössén Produced by Backflip Media/Dylan Williams Duration 65 min National release March 2019 Sales TBA

Jacob Frössén Jacob Frössén (born in 1975) is a Swedish director and musician. His first feature documentary, the critically acclaimed En film om Olle Ljungström (2009), was produced by Story for SVT K Special and distributed theatrically

by Folkets Bio. It was followed by the films Henric de la Cour (2013) and Sara-Vide Ericson (2014), in co-production with SVT.

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The Heart is a Drum

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I’ll Be Home for Christmas (JAG KOMMER HEM IGEN TILL JUL) DIRECTED BY ELLA LEMHAGEN

© MISO FILM

The world-renowned singer Simon is coming home to his native Sweden to celebrate Christmas. His brother Anders is arranging the annual Christmas concert in the small town where they grew up, and Simon has been talked into participating in the show. Having spent his whole life in the shadow of his more talented brother, Anders is not pleased. Simon on the other hand takes everything with ease, until old memories from his childhood are brought up to the surface and he is confronted with buried family secrets.

Screenwriter Daniel Karlsson Principal cast Peter Jöback, Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Suzanne Reuter Produced by Miso Film Sweden/Sandra Harms, Rachel Bodros Wolgers with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Madeleine Ekman Duration 95min National release TBA Sales SF Studios

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Ella Lemhagen Ella Lemhagen made her feature film directorial debut in 1996 with Drömprinsen – filmen om Em and had her big breakthrough in 1999 with Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen for which she won a Guldbagge award for Best Director. Since then she has directed several feature films including Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008), The Crown Jewels (2011) and her first English language film All Roads Lead to Rome (2016) starring Sarah Jessica Parker. In 2013, Ella was awarded the Guldspira Children’s Film Award for her contributions to Swedish youth film.

(LASSEMAJAS DEKTEKTIVBYRÅ – DET FÖRSTA MYSTERIET) DIRECTED BY JOSEPHINE BORNEBUSCH FEATURE DEBUT

©PATRICK REDMON/SF STUDIOS

What actually happened when Jerry and Maya met for the first time? Come along for the very first case that JerryMaya’s Detective Agency have to solve – an exciting adventure that begins when the Hammarabi sisters’ book is stolen from Valleby School. The book has a mysterious secret, and suddenly everyone in the school is under suspicion: the shifty caretaker, the gym teacher with the tight overalls, the strange librarian?...

Yes, even head teacher Brynolfsson herself! So, which one is the thief? And will JerryMaya’s Detective Agency manage to solve their very first mystery?

Screenwriter Henrik Engström, Mattias Grosin Principal cast Frank Dorsin, Ester Vuori, Katrin Sundberg, Jonas Karlsson, Tomas Norström Produced by SF Studios/Pontus Sjöman, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Calle Marthin Duration 90 min National release June 1, 2018 Sales SF Studios

Josephine Bornebusch The film is Josephine Bornebusch’s feature film debut as a director. In addition to her successful acting career, her earlier work includes directing TV series (Rachel and Jossan, 2015) and writing children’s books (Keep off the white sofa, Born Phenomenal).

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JerryMaya’s Detective Agency – the First Mystery

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Josefin & Florin (JOSEFIN & FLORIN) DIRECTED BY ELLEN FISKE, JOANNA KARLBERG FEATURE DEBUT

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Despite their cultural differences, Romanian beggar Florin and Swedish single mother Josefin share a deep longing for love and a better life and get married.

Moving into a house in a Swedish village, they create a norm-beating life complete with chicken, pigs and a scrapyard. Florin’s friends and family visit from Romania, begging in the town center, and the locals start referring to their home as Little Romania. Florin studies Swedish and looks for work, but as the pressure from his family to send home money mounts, the relationship and their hopes for the future are put to the test.

Produced by Mantaray Film/Anna Weitz, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Klara Grunning Duration 74 min National release September 20, 2019 Sales TBA

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Ellen Fiske and Joanna Karlberg Ellen Fiske and Joanna Karlberg met during their documentary film studies at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. Joanna has made several films about migrants and Ellen’s films have often dealt with dysfunctional families. They now continue exploring these themes in their first joint feature documentary, Josefin & Florin.

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(JOZI GOLD) DIRECTED BY FREDRIK GERTTEN, SYLVIA VOLLENHOVEN

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Grandmother and environmental activist Mariette Liefferink is up against the richest mining corporations in Africa. The golden era has left 1,6 million people living on radioactive grounds, but she is on a mission to force the gold industry to clean up.

Screenwriter Stefan Sundlöf, Fredrik Gertten Produced by WG Film/Margarete Jangård, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Klara Grunning Duration 90 min & 60 min National release TBA Sales Autlook Filmsales

Fredrik Gertten and Sylvia Vollenhoven Fredrik Gertten is an award-winning director and journalist based in Malmö, Sweden. After founding WG Film in 1994 he has directed films such as BANANAS!* (2009), Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2011), Bikes vs Cars (2015) and Becoming Zlatan (2016). His films have met audiences in 100 countries, including leading festivals.

Sylvia Vollenhoven is a writer, award-winning journalist, founder of the media organisation Vision in Africa (VIA) and filmmaker, who has received two nominations at the 2016 SA Film & TV Awards. Producer and designer of a 26-part TV series for the SA Channel Via, using viewer created content to tell stories about South Africans in the Diaspora.

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King of Atlantis (KUNGEN AV ATLANTIS) DIRECTED BY MARINA NYSTRÖM, SONI JORGENSEN

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Since childhood, Samuel has been taking care of his schizophrenic father. When he meets Cleo, a young woman with an overbearing mother, he realises that there is no guilt in living his own life, but the love and compassion of his eccentric father hold him back and make it hard for him to leave. A drama-comedy based on a true story.

Screenwriter Simon Settergren, Ursula Fogelström Principal cast Simon Settergren, Philip Zandén, Happy Jankell Produced by Filmweaver/Emma Creed, Simon Settergren, Soni Jorgensen Duration 90 min National release March 1, 2019 Sales TBA

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Simon Settergren Simon Settergren is the screenwriter behind King of Atlantis, a film based on his own personal story. He is both the screenwriter, producer and plays the leading role in the film. As an actor he has appeared in both film and TV, inc. Modus (2015), Girls Lost (2015) and The Girl, the Mother and the Demons (2016).

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Koko-Di Koko-Da (KOKO-DI KOKO-DA) DIRECTED BY JOHANNES NYHOLM SECOND FEATURE

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A couple goes on a trip to find their way back to each other. A sideshow artist and his shady entourage emerge from the woods, terrorizing them, luring them deeper and deeper into a maelstrom of psychological terror and humiliating slapstick. A vicious tale of dark woods, an old man in a straw hat and a bunny family shattered to pieces.

Screenwriter Johannes Nyholm Principal cast Leif Edlund, Ylva Gallon, Peter Belli Produced by Johannes Nyholm Produktion/Johannes Nyholm, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Yaba Holst, Andreas Foch, Andra Lasmanis Duration 84 min National release August 23, 2019 Sales Stray Dogs

Johannes Nyholm Johannes Nyholm is a Swedish, Gothenburg-based, writer and director, managing his own production company. He has made a bunch of music videos, some short films and one feature (The Giant, 2016). With a background in classical animation he often mixes different styles and cinematic universes, moving freely on the border between dream and reality.

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The Longest Day (DEN LÄNGSTA DAGEN) DIRECTED BY JONAS SELBERG AUGUSTSÉN

©ART & BOB FILM & DRAMA

Midsummer in Sweden, somewhere above the Arctic Circle. The people of a small Finnish speaking community bravely soldier on with their pursuits under the merciless never setting sun. But it sure is hard to keep feeling bad on the brightest day of the year…

Screenwriter Jonas Selberg Augustsén Principal cast Maria Heiskanen, Ville Virtanen, Bianca Kronlöf, Sara Melleri, Marja Packalén, Asko Sarkola, Timo Nieminen, Peter Viitanen, Henna Tanskanen, Kari Hietalahti Produced by Art & Bob Film & Drama/Andreas Emanuelsson with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Helen Ahlsson Duration 120 min National release Autumn 2019 Sales TBA

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Jonas Selberg Augustsén With his own distinctive and humorous voice, Jonas Selberg Augustsén tells stories about people and places that seem to exist in a borderland. The Longest Day is the fourth in a suite of five films, each featuring one of Sweden’s official minority languages.

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Lucky One (LUCKY ONE) DIRECTED BY MIA ENGBERG SECOND FEATURE

©STORY

Gangster Vincent works long nights and dreams of another life. When he unexpectedly gets to take care of his teenage daughter Adina, his existence starts to change. The film tells the story in a cinematic language approaching silence and darkness. This is the second part in Mia Engberg’s trilogy that begins with Belleville Baby (2013).

Screenwriter Mia Engberg Principal cast Olivier Loustau, Lorette Nyssen, Diana Rudychenko Produced by Story/Tobias Janson, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Magdalena Jangard Duration 80 min National release March 15, 2019 Sales TBA

Mia Engberg Mia Engberg is a director and producer known for her cutting edge shorts and documentaries. She was the producer of Dirty Diaries (2009) – 12 shorts of feminist porn, which gained a lot of international attention. Her previous film Belleville Baby premiered in Berlinale 2013 and was awarded with a Guldbagge Award and several international awards.

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Mating

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(PARNING) DIRECTED BY LINA MARIA MANNHEIMER

©FRENCH QUARTER FILM

For a year, Naomi and Edvin film themselves, the result is an intimate and raw portrait of their lives. They meet, fall in love and break up. However, they don’t give up on each-other, and a unique friendship emerges. Their filming allows us behind the social media - or any facade. We get to take part in two 20-year old’s uncensored thoughts about life’s challenges and relationships.

Screenwriter Lina Maria Mannheimer Produced by French Quarter Film/Mathilde Dedye, Isabella Rodriguez with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Klara Grunning Duration 90 min National release March 29, 2019 Sales Film Republic

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Lina Maria Mannheimer After studying Film and Art History at Universidad de Nebrija in Madrid, Mannheimer embarked on the Master’s and Science program at Stockholm School of Economics. She also has a Master’s Degree from the Gothenburg Film School. Her film The Ceremony premiered at CPH:DOX 2014 and got selected at SXSW 2015.

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My Life as a Comedian (EN KOMIKERS UPPVÄXT) DIRECTED BY ROJDA SEKERSÖZ SECOND FEATURE

©ANAGRAM

Juha, 12, class clown in the suburb of Sävbyholm 1975.

To be funny is the only thing he is good at and all he wants is to fit in the social peckingorder at school.

When Juha performs the show My Life as a Comedian to sold out theatres in 2019 and tells the horrid and funny stories from his childhood to the audience he gets an unexpected visit from an old friend from school which makes him return to Sävbyholm and deal with his past.

Screenwriter Jonas Gardell Principal cast Johan Rheborg, Loke Hellberg, Jakob Eklund, Klara Zimmergren, Fredrik Hallgren, Ulla Skoog, Maria Sid, Gizem Erdogan, Cilla Thorell Produced by Anagram/Martin Persson, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Calle Marthin Duration 90 min National release Fall 2019 Sales The Yellow Affair

Rojda Sekersöz After filmschool, Rojda Sekersöz (born 1989) directed short films and made her feature film debut Beyond Dreams (2017) which won the Angelos Award at Göteborg Film Festival. She won the prestigious Swedish film award Guldbaggen for Best Newcomer 2017.

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Ninosca, the Return to San Fernando (NINOSCA, THE RETURN TO SAN FERNANDO) DIRECTED BY PETER TORBIÖRNSSON

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©GÖRAN GESTER

A dramatic Central American story from one woman’s point of view told over almost 40 years. Ninosca, the Return to San Fernando continues filmmaker Peter Torbiörnsson’s intimate portrait of Ninosca, who after years of struggling for her independence sets off as an undocumented worker in Europe.

Screenwriter Peter Torbiörnsson Produced by Mantaray Film/Stina Gardell, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Juan Pablo Libossart Duration: 115 min & 3 x 52 min National release TBA Sales TBA

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Peter Torbiörnsson Peter Torbiörnsson has made more than 20 documentaries from Central America, Africa, Bosnia and Sweden, including a series of films about the Nicaraguan village San Fernando: The Border (1985), Reyno (1987), The Ceasefire (1988), The Lovers of San Fernando (2001), The Last Chapter (2010) and now Ninosca, the Return to San Fernando.

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The Perfect Patient (QUICK) DIRECTED BY MIKAEL HÅFSTRÖM

©BRAIN ACADEMY

The Perfect Patient is the captivating story about the biggest legal scandal in Swedish history, the story about the reporter who questioned an entire legal system and a journalistic thriller about a man who sacrificed everything in his search for truth. Hannes Råstam was dedicated to proving the innocence of convicted serial killer Thomas Quick and unmask the legal chaos which sentenced Quick to a life in psychiatric prison. However, no one was interested in exonerating and freeing the worst serial killer in Sweden, a cannibalistic rapist who had been sentenced for eight murders and confessed to another twenty-five.

Screenwriter Erlend Loe Principal cast David Dencik, Jonas Karlsson, Alba August Produced by Brain Academy/Helena Danielsson with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Helen Ahlsson Duration 110min National release September 20, 2019 Sales TrustNordisk

Mikael Håfström Mikael Håfström is an award winning director and screenwriter, born in Lund, Sweden 1960. He has studied film at the University of Stockholm and attended the School of Visual Arts in New York. Mikael made his directing debut with Swedish crime films Hassel in the early nineties which led to several feature films as well as tv-series, and eventually landing him the Oscar nominated Evil (2003). The film opened up many doors and Mikael continued his work overseas. He went on to direct such movies as Derailed (2005) with Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen, 1408 (2007) with John Cusack, The Rite (2011) with Anthony Hopkins and several episodes of the hit Netflix series Bloodline (2016).

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Pity the Lovers (VESALINGS ELSKENDUR/STACKARS ÄLSKANDE) DIRECTED BY MAXIMILIAN HULT SECOND FEATURE

©LITTLEBIG PRODUCTIONS

Brothers Óskar and Maggi are longing for love but have a difficult time with close relationships. A problem they exhibit in opposite ways. Anna is facing a decision that Óskar unwittingly influences, while 13-year-old friends Danni T and Danni M’s daily life increasingly takes place in Óskars house.

Screenwriter Maximilian Hult Principal cast Björn Thórs, Jóel I Sæmundsson, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir Produced by LittleBig Productions/Anna G Magnusdottír Duration 105 min National release TBA Sales Green Lighting Studio

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Maximilian Hult Born in November 1982, grown up in Stockholm, Maximilian’s journey in filmmaking began in his early teens with his parent’s video camera. After high school graduation he went straight to film school and has since worked in many fields of film before beginning to write and direct his own material.

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(PUSH) DIRECTED BY FREDRIK GERTTEN

©WG FILM

Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities worldwide.

Incomes are not. The working and middle classes are getting pushed out of cities, while financial powerhouses use housing as a place to park money.

Following Leilani Farha, the UN Special Rapporteur on Housing, PUSH sheds light on why it has become so expensive to live in our cities and who’s getting rich in the process.

Screenwriter Fredrik Gertten Produced by WG Film/Margarete Jangård, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Juan Pablo Libossart Duration 90 min & 60 min National release TBA Sales Autlook Filmsales

Fredrik Gertten Fredrik Gertten is an award-winning director and journalist based in Malmö, Sweden. After founding WG Film in 1994 he has directed films such as BANANAS!* (2009), Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2011), Bikes vs Cars (2015) and Becoming Zlatan (2016). His films have met audiences in 100 countries, including leading festivals.

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PUSH

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Reconstructing Utøya

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(REKONSTRUKTION UTØYA) DIRECTED BY CARL JAVÉR

©VILDA BOMBEN FILM AB

Four survivors from the Utøya massacre of 2011 reconstruct their memories in a black box studio together with twelve young participants in order to share and remember their experiences.

Screenwriters Carl Javér, Fredrik Lange Produced by Vilda Bomben Film/Fredrik Lange, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Antonio Russo Merenda, Juan Pablo Libossart Duration 94 min National release October 19, 2018 Sales Cinephil

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Carl Javér Carl Javér (born in 1972), is a documentary director and editor. Since leaving film school (Biskops Arnö, 1993–94), he has directed seven documentaries including three major documentary series. His latest documentary Freak Out (2014) was released on cinema in Sweden and was awarded on several festivals as well as broadcasted on ARTE and in several other countries.

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Ridge (SÄSONG) DIRECTED BY JOHN SKOOG FEATURE DEBUT

©PLATTFORM PRODUKTION

Ridge portrays people living at the foot of the ridge Söderåsen in the most southern province of Sweden.

It takes place from May to September: one season, one summer.

Screenwriters John Skoog, Anna Karisinska Principal cast Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Artur Krajewski, Mateusz Wieclawek, Grzegorz Falkowski, Aron Skoog, Billie Åstrand Produced by Plattform Produktion/Erik Hemmendorff, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Helen Ahlsson Duration 71 min National release May 3, 2019 Sales Plattform Produktion

John Skoog John Skoog has previously made a number of short films, which have been featured at film festivals and art museums around the world, including the Berlinale, Rotterdam International Film Festival and the museums of modern and contemporary art in Vienna and Frankfurt am Main to name a few.

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Scheme Birds (SCHEME BIRDS) DIRECTED BY ELLEN FISKE, ELLINOR HALLIN FEATURE DEBUT

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Scheme Birds is the story of Gemma, a teenage troublemaker, growing up in a world of pigeons and violence. From childhood to motherhood, her life unfolds as innocent games turn towards serious crime.

Screenwriter Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Hallin Produced by Sisyfos Film Production/Mario Adamson, GID Film Production/ Ruth Reid, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Juan Pablo Libossart Duration 89 min National release TBA Sales Syndicado Film Sales

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Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin Ellen Fiske studied Documentary Film Directing at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. She directed the award-winning and criticaly acclaimed short films Keep Me Safe (2014) and Lone Dads (2015). She co-directed the documentary Josefin & Florin (2019).

Ellinor Hallin is a director and cinematographer with a background in documentary. She worked on numerous productions, moving freely between documentary and fiction working often with Swedish Television SVT and Zentropa Sweden.

She currently works on Lukas Moodysson’s Gösta, the first ever Swedish original HBO series, premiering in the autumn 2019. Scheme Birds is the third film co-directed by Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin and their first feature.

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Sune vs. Sune (SUNE VS. SUNE) DIRECTED BY JON HOLMBERG FEATURE DEBUT

©UNLIMITED STORIES

On his first day as a fourth-grader, Sune is welcomed by an unwanted surprise. A new boy is in his seat, and he’s everything Sune wants to be. Not only that, but his name is also Sune - it’s the worst possible start to the fourth grade.

Screenwriters Jon Holmberg, Daniella Mendel Enk Principal cast Fredrik Hallgren, Sissela Benn, Elis Gerdt, Baxter Renman, Tea Stjärne Produced by Unlimited Stories/Malin Söderlund, Linus Stöhr Torell, with support from the Swedish Film Institute Duration 86 min National release November 30, 2018 Sales Global Screen

Jon Holmberg Sune vs. Sune is Jon Holmbergs first feature, after working mainly with television comedies, both as director and scriptwriter. He has also directed several theatrical plays based on his own scripts. In 2019 Jon Holmberg will shoot a new feature about Sune.

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Swoon (ELD & LÅGOR) DIRECTED BY MÅNS MÅRLIND, BJÖRN STEIN

©ATMO RIGHTS

Swoon is the story about two rivaling amusement parks in a raging feud. Gröna Lund is the respected and bourgeois alternative in contrast to Nöjesfältet across the alley that offers cheap beer, strippers and run-down attractions. The two families, ruling their miniature nations of rides, fortune wheels and cotton candy are determined to destroy one another when their young heirs Ninni and John unexpectedly fall in love. In the shadow of the Second World War, the conflict escalates between the families in a magical and swirling tale of war, treachery and forbidden love.

Screenwriter Måns Mårlind Principal cast Frida Gustavsson, Albin Grenholm, Robert Gustafsson, Pernilla August, Helena af Sandeberg, Lennart Jähkel, Edvin Endre Produced by Atmo/Kristina Åberg, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Calle Marthin Duration 100 min National release February 14, 2019 Sales TrustNordisk

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Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein live and work in Stockholm and Los Angeles.

Over the last decade, they have co-directed several award-winning feature films and TV series. Their latest creation was the award-winning TV-series Midnight Sun (2016), which has been sold to more than 90 territories. Their feature Shed No Tears (2013) won two Guldbagge Awards. They directed the successful Hollywood production Underworld: Awakening (2012) with box office receipts of over $160 million, as well as the thriller Shelter (2010) with Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. Mårlind and Stein are also two of the creators of the critically acclaimed TV series The Bridge, sold to 161 countries with two remakes already produced.

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(TINY TIM – KING FOR A DAY) DIRECTED BY JOHAN VON SYDOW

©BARON WOLMAN

Once Tiny Tim was one of the most famous persons on four continents. His rise is the ultimate fairy tale.

And so is his downfall. Through his intense diaries and interviews with family and friends, this film paints an intimate portrait of one of the oddest careers in showbiz, ever.

Screenwriter Martin Daniel Produced by Momento Film/David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Juan Pablo Libossart Duration approx. 80 min National release Spring 2020 Sales DR Sales

Johan von Sydow Johan von Sydow is a director and producer at SVT. His first two documentaries Mare Kandre (2009) and The Jussi Bjoerling Saga (2011, nominated as Best Documentary in the Swedish TV-award Kristallen) were called “the two best Swedish cultural docs in the 2000s” by a leading tv-critic, and his latest, Ratata through the 80s (2013) “a benchmark for future Swedish pop music documentaries”.

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Tiny Tim – King for a Day

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Transnistra

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(TRANSNISTRA) DIRECTED BY ANNA EBORN

©MOMENTO FILM

Atmospherically shot on 16mm film, Transnistra is an intimate and vital account of love and friendship in a complex, contradictory world. Award-winning director Anna Eborn intimately follows a group of young people as they move from a sweltering, carefree summer through an unforgiving winter in the self-proclaimed state of Transnistria, where the national flag still holds the hammer and sickle.

Screenwriter Anna Eborn Produced by Momento Film/David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Klara Grunning Duration 95 min National release April 17, 2019 Sales CAT&Docs

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Anna Eborn Anna Eborn was born in 1983 on the island Skaftö in Sweden. Her debut and self-edited film Pine Ridge (2013) premiered at Venice Film Festival and won the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary at Göteborg Film Festival in 2014. Her second feature Epifanía (2016) premiered at Busan Film Festival and her latest film Transnistra (2019) won the VPRO Award at Rotterdam Film Festival and the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary at Göteborg Film Festival.

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The Unpromised Land (TILL DRÖMMARNAS LAND] DIRECTED BY VICTOR LINDGREN FEATURE DEBUT

©RASMUS WEST

Sabina has traveled with her Roma brothers from Romania to the small Swedish town of Holmsund. She is looking for a job. Summer is about to start and Sabina will get to know Elin. Together they will revolt against the old ways and find something new in each other. At the same time society around them collapses in fear and Elin’s dad becomes insane by sorrow.

Screenwriter Victor Lindgren Principal cast Andreea Petre, Elin Marklund, Mattias Fransson, Ingrid Nyström, Christian-Victor Priboi, Madalin Mandin Produced by Bautafilm/Therese Högberg, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Helen Ahlson Duration 87 min National release March 22, 2019 Sales TBA

Victor Lindgren Victor Lindgren (born in 1984) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. He grew up in Holmsund, a small industrial society in northern Sweden, in a family without university education tradition. Victor’s recent short films have been well received internationally, i.e nominated for a Golden Bear and awarded with a Teddy Award. The Unpromised Land is his feature debut.

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The Writer – 10 Chapters with Joyce Carol Oates (THE WRITER – 10 CHAPTERS WITH JOYCE CAROL OATES) DIRECTED BY STIG BJÖRKMAN

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©MANTARAY FILM

Imagine if we could have made a documentary about the iconic writers Jane Austin, Virginia Wolff, or Ernest Hemingway while they were still alive. Joyce Carol Oates is, and she has invited us into her world.

Screenwriters Stina Gardell, Stig Björkman, Dominika Daubenbüchel Produced by Mantaray Film/Stina Gardell, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Juan Pablo Libossart Duration 90 min/58 min National release 2019/2020 Sales East Village Entertainment

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Stig Björkman Known for Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words (2015) which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival where it received the Golden Eye Special Mention.

He is also known for his films about Ingmar Bergman …but Film is My Mistress (2010) and Images from the Playground (2009). In addition, Björkman has directed seven feature films.

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X&Y (X&Y) DIRECTED BY ANNA ODELL SECOND FEATURE

©B R•F

Swedish director and visual artist, Anna Odell (The Reunion, 2013), conducts a social experiment in which she aims to challenge the gender roles that men and women have in the society of today. In a purpose-build warehouse set she confronts herself with the Swedish actor and masculine icon Mikael Persbrandt, and invites seven other top Scandinavian actors to live with them and act as alter egos of herself and Mikael. The group embarks on a game without rules, which leads to real conflicts and funny, absurd and emotional situations.

Screenwriter Anna Odell Principal cast Anna Odell, Mikael Persbrandt, Vera Vitali, Shanti Roney, Sofie Gråbøl, Jens Abinus, Thure Lindhart, Trine Dyrholm, Ville Virtanen Produced by BR•F/Frida Bargo, Mattias Nohrborg, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Yaba Holst Duration 100 min National release November 23, 2018 Sales New Europe Film Sales

Anna Odell Anna Odell is an original and unique talent in the world of Swedish art and cinema. What has primarily shaped her is her willingness to take risks, to dare to challenge and to push boundaries. This is reflected in her art installations and her films. Anna Odell’s feature film debut The Reunion (2013) shocked and surprised the Swedish establishment and the film world. Her second feature takes a firm view of the male and the female identity.

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Always Amber

Breaking Surface

(ALWAYS AMBER) DIRECTED BY LIA HIETALA, HANNAH REINIKAINEN BERGENMAN FEATURE DEBUT

(BREAKING SURFACE) DIRECTED BY JOACHIM HEDÉN

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Amber and Sebastian are 17, best friends and ­transgender. They share a world far away from the judging eyes of society. But when Sebastian falls in love with Ambers girlfriend everything falls apart.

Screenwriter Lia Hietala, Hannah Reinikainen Bergenman Produced by Story/Göran Hugo Olsson Duration 85 min National release TBA Sales TBA

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Two sisters fight for their lives when they suffer an accident during a winter dive in the north of Norway, leaving one of them trapped under water.

Screenwriter Joachim Hedén Principal cast Moa Gammel, Madeleine Martin Produced by Way Creative Films/Julia Gebauer, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Madeleine Ekman Duration 90 min National release TBA Sales TrustNordisk

Parents wait all their lives for their children to say thank you and children wait all their lives for their parents to say I’m sorry. This impossible equation is the starting point for Call Mum!

Charter tells the story of Alice who realizes she is about to lose custody of her two children. In a last desperate attempt to win them over she abducts them, taking them on an illicit charter trip to the Canary Islands.

Screenwriter Lisa Aschan Principal cast Sanna Sundqvist, Nina Gunke, Alexander Karim, Jonatan Rodriguez, Evin Ahmad, Eric Ericson, Julia Corti Kopp Produced by Garagefilm International/Anna-Maria Kantarius with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Calle Marthin Duration approx. 90 min National release 2020 Sales TBA

Screenwriter Amanda Kernell Principal cast Ane Dahl Torp, Sverrir Gudnasson, Tintin Poggats Sarri, Troy Lundkvist Produced by Nordisk Film Production Sverige/Lars G Lindström with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Jenny Gilbertsson Duration approx. 100 min.

National release TBA Sales TrustNordisk

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(CHARTER) DIRECTED BY AMANDA KERNELL SECOND FEATURE

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(RING MAMMA!) DIRECTED BY LISA ASCHAN

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Call Mum!

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Clara Sola

Inland

(CLARA SOLA) DIRECTED BY NATHALIE ÁLVAREZ MESÉN FEATURE DEBUT

(INLAND) DIRECTED BY JON BLÅHED SECOND FEATURE

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In a mountain village in Costa Rica, Clara, a 30-year-old woman, takes off on a journey to break free from social and religious conventions and become the master of her sexuality and newfound powers.

Screenwriters Nathalie Álvarez Mesén, Maria Camila Arias Produced by HOB AB/Nima Yousefi with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Madeleine Ekman Duration 110min National release TBA Sales TBA

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A young woman from Stockholm moves to her boyfriend’s home town, but the relationship ends before they get there. She finds a job and stays, for reasons she doesn’t even get herself. The town has other, unknown, codes. How do you become part of ­something new? Based on the Swedish novel Inlandet

by Elin Willows.

Screenwriter Jon Blåhed Principal cast Irma von Platen, Albin Grenholm Produced by Bd Film AB/Andreas Emanuelsson, Tony Österholm with support of from the Swedish Film Institute/Helen Ahlsson Duration TBA National release TBA Sales TBA

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JerryMaya’s Detective Agency – The Secret of the Train Robber

Jessica

(LASSEMAJAS DETEKTIVBYRÅ – TÅGRÅNARENS HEMLIGHET) ­DIRECTED BY MOA GAMMEL FEATURE DEBUT

Ambitious 20-year-old Jessica moves from a small town in Sweden to Los Angeles for a shot at a career in the adult industry. She shares a house with three other girls in the same profession. Jessica’s goal is to “reclaim the slut” and become a contracted girl, a real porn star.

Screenwriters Henrik Engström, Mattias Grosin Principal cast Polly Stjärne, Nils Kendle, Rani Pyne, Tomas von Brömssen, Alexej Manvelov, Anna Bjelkerud ocn Tomas Norström Produced by SF Studios/Filippa Torstensson, Annika Sucksdorff with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Jenny Gilbertsson Duration 90 min National release February 2020 Sales SF Studios

Screenwriter Ninja Thyberg Principal cast Sofia Kappel, Revika Reustle, Dana DeArmond Produced by Plattform Produktion/Erik Hemmendorff, Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Yaba Holst Duration approx. 120 min National release TBA Sales Versatile

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(JESSICA) DIRECTED BY NINJA THYBERG FEATURE DEBUT

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Clara, daughter of imprisoned murderer Ferdinand Fransson escapes from an orphanage. Now she wants help to prove that her father is innocent. Jerry and Maya see a chance to prove that children can solve mysteries and crimes.

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Doc ­Director Tomas Alfredson.

Jönssonligan

La Société du Spectacle

(JÖNSSONLIGAN) DIRECTED BY TOMAS ALFREDSON

(LA SOCIÉTÉ DU SPECTACLE) DIRECTED BY ROXY FARHAT, GÖRAN HUGO OLSSON

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After a failed heist, gang-leader Charles Ingvar ’Sickan’ Jönsson ends up in jail. When released, his gang have given up their criminal life and Sickan has to continue on his own. Directed by Tomas Alfredson, Jönssonligan is one of Scandinavia’s most beloved film-series.

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Screenwriter Tomas Alfredson, Henrik Dorsin, Rikard Ulvshammar Principal cast Henrik Dorsin, Hedda Stiernstedt, Anders Johansson, David Sundin Produced by FLX/Pontus Edgren, Gila Bergqvist Ulfung, Joshua Mehr, Fatima Varhos, Anna Carlsten with support from the Swedish Film Institute Duration TBA National release 2019 Sales TBA

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A discussion on Guy Debord’s 1967 classic essay, unpacking the fucktangular dynamics of alienation, powerlessness and emptiness under the tr(i)ump(h) of information technology and capitalism.

Screenwriters Roxy Farhat, Göran Hugo Olsson, Joslyn Barnes Produced by Story/Tobias Janson, Louverture Films/Joslyn Barnes, Final Cut For Real/Monica Hellström Duration 90 min National release TBA Sales TBA

Pelle No-tail

(MIN PAPPA MARIANNE) DIRECTED BY MÅRTEN KLINGBERG

(PELLE SVANSLÖS) DIRECTED BY CHRISTIAN RYLTENIUS

After breaking up with her boyfriend, 28-year-old Hanna returns to Alingsås, Sweden, for a temporary position at the local news station. Her world is soon turned even more upside down when her beloved father, the local priest with the big beard, reveals that his greatest desire is to become Mary Ann.

Pelle No-tail lives a quiet life in the countryside when a storm takes him to the big city of Uppsala. There he finds out that it takes guts to be the new cat in town, especially when you have no tail.

Screenwriters Daniel Karlsson, Ida Kjellin, based on the novel Min pappa Ann-Christine (2014) by Ester Roxberg and a screenplay by Cilla Jackert Principal cast Rolf Lassgård, Hedda Stiernstedt, Lena Endre Produced by Avanti Film/Charlotta Denward, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Madeleine Ekman Duration approx. 100 min National release February 2020 Sales TrustNordisk

Screenwriter Johan Bogaeus Principal cast TBA Produced by SF Studios/Jon Nohrstedt, Gila Berqqvist Ulfung with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Jenny Gilbertsson Duration approx. 70 min National release January 2020 Sales SF Studios

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My Father Mary Ann

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­Director Mårten Klingberg.

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Psychosis in Stockholm

Sagres

(PSYKOS I STOCKHOLM) DIRECTED BY MARIA BÄCK

(SAGRES) DIRECTED BY LOVISA SIRÉN FEATURE DEBUT

Psychosis in Stockholm is a surrealist drama set in Sweden and outer space. The film is based on four illusive days in the director’s life, when at the age of 14 she was supposed to go on holiday with her mother.

Two sisters - uptight Nilo and fucked up Maya - have to drive through Europe when their mother gets sick. On the road they face their own failures and eachother’s.

Screenwriter Maria Bäck Principal cast Josefine Strofkoper, Josefin Neldén Produced by Garagefilm International/Anna-Maria Kantarius, with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Helen Ahlsson Duration approx. 90 min National release 2020 Sales TBA

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Screenwriters Lovisa Sirén, Peter Modestij Principal cast Bahar Pars, Zhala Rifat, Nadja Rosenberg Produced by [sic] film/Siri Hjorton Wagner with support from the Swedish Film Institute Duration 100 min National release TBA Sales TBA

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Stories From The Debris

Sune Untitled

(STORIES FROM THE DEBRIS) DIRECTED BY JENNIFER RAINSFORD

(SUNE UNTITLED) DIRECTED BY JON HOLMBERG SECOND FEATURE

Stories From the Debris is a staggering odyssey told as a philosophical and emotional essay on grief and loss, and how humans and nature rebuild after the tsunami that struck Japan in 2011.

Sune is in love, and so is his Grandfather. Everything could have been fine, but grandpa’s wedding and Sunes class trip is on the same day…

Screenwriter Jennifer Rainsford Produced by Momento Film/David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski , Les films du balibari/Estelle Robin You with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Juan Pablo Libossart Duration 90 min National release Fall 2020 Sales Syndicado

Screenwriter Jon Holmberg Principal cast Elis Gerdt, Baxter Renman, Lily Wahlsteen, Sissela Benn, Fredrik Hallgren, Tomas von Brömsen, Marika Lindström.

Produced by Unlimited Stories/Linus Stöhr Torell, Malin Söderlund with support from the Swedish Film Institute Duration 90 min National release December 2019 Sales TBA

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Tigers

Uje

(TIGRAR) DIRECTED BY RONNIE SANDAHL

(UJE) DIRECTED BY HENRIK SCHYFFERT

Tigers is a life and death journey through the modernday football industry, a world where everything can be bought. It’s the story of a childhood dream becoming a chilling nightmare. And a young man who breaks free.

About running through life and how that all changes the second a doctor say those “I’m afraid you have...” words.

About what to keep running for, what to rebel against and what to let go of.

Screenwriter Ronnie Sandahl Principal Cast Erik Lönngren, Frida Gustavsson, Gianluca Di Gennaro, Maurizio Lombardi, Liv Mjönäs, Antonio Bannó, Johannes Bah Kuhnke Produced By Black Spark Film/Piodor Gustafsson with support of from the Swedish Film Institute/Jenny Gilbertsson Duration 100min National release October 2020 Sales Wild Bunch

Screenwriter Uje Brandelius Principal Cast TBA Produced By Filmlance International/Tomas Michaelsson, Anna-Klara Carlsten with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Anders Nylander Duration approx 80 min National release 2020 Sales TBA

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With Love

Yung Lean

(WITH LOVE) DIRECTED BY MAGNUS GERTTEN

(YUNG LEAN) DIRECTED BY HENRIK BURMAN

With Love is a documentary thriller about love, betrayal, spies and the longing for a brother, lost in a desert prison called The Place of No Return.

This contemporary tale is about a young boy’s passage into adulthood: his journey through fame, money, drugs and friendship. A success story of a magnitude never before enjoyed by a Swedish hip hop artist.

Screenwriters Henrik Burman, Clara Mannheimer, Agnes-Lo Åkerlind Produced by Momento Film/David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski, RMV Film/ Ludvig Andersson with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Klara Grunning Duration 90 min National release Spring 2020 Sales TBA

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Screenwriter Magnus Gertten Produced by Auto Images/Ove Rishøj Jensen with support from the Swedish Film Institute/Klara Grunning Duration 79 min National release Early 2020 Sales Auto Images

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Among the Birds

The Bear

Bermuda

The Collective

Our world spins and spins in its gigantic cycle. Vibrates. Constant progress. Over the past hundred years, humanity has faced enormous changes. Inventions have changed Man’s living conditions forever. Can we, with the aid of a longer perspective, gain greater understanding of each other?

A successful woman at the top of her career is fed up with being a human being, buys herself a bear suit and emigrates to the wilderness. When civilization finally catches up, she has to choose which world to belong to.

Jonna, a young waitress, is compelled by her boss to make small talk with the only customer of the day. A conversation that rapidly develops from harmless to something absurd and potentially life changing.

A group of freelance actors are rehearsing an unconventional version of Euripides’ Medea. When they get interrupted by a group of teenage girls they need to realize that they might not be as progressive as they think.

Original title The Bear Director/Screenwriter Johannes Stjärne Nilsson Produced by Kostr-Film/Johannes Stjärne Nilsson, Katja Brigge Production year 2018 Genre Drama Duration 19 min

Original title Bermuda Director/Screenwriter Erik Warolin Produced by Social Club Film/ Henrik Lagercrantz, Sam Safinia Production year 2019 Genre Dark comedy, drama Duration 8 min Sales interfilm Berlin Sales & Distribution

Original Title Bland fåglar mång Director/Screenwriter/Producer David Gülich Production year 2019 Genre Documentary, Experimental Duration 15 min Doc

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Original title Kollektivet Director Siri Hjorton Wagner, Nadja Hjorton Screenwriter Nadja Hjorton Produced by [sic] film/Siri Hjorton Wagner, Nadja Hjorton Production year 2019 Genre Drama, Comedy Duration 13 min

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Involuntary Activist

Jamila

In a small village of the North of France, an attack alert has been set off due to the combination of two events: the beginning of the dove hunting season and an argument between drunk Polish workers.

A married, openly gay teacher in Wales faces the choice of betraying his family or his core values when his older sister asks him to step back into the closet for her wedding in Turkey.

Jamila and her friends are practising for the talent show, and nothing can get in the way of Jamila’s focus. Not even her little sister Leila’s question about the family’s asylum case. But when the police suddenly appear at school, Jamila starts to worry. Will performing risk the safety of Leila and herself, or should she skip the talent show and disappoint her new friends.

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Original title Den ofrivilliga aktivisten Director/Screenwriter Mikael Bundsen Produced by French Quarter Film/ Isabella Rodriguez, Grant Vidgen Production year 2019 Genre Drama Duration 20 min

Original title Jamila Director/Screenwriter Sophie Vuković Produced by Grand Slam Film/Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå Production year 2019 Genre Drama Duration 13 min

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Original title Sigrid och Natten Director Jöns Mellgren Screenwriter Hans-Åke ­Gabrielsson Produced by HOB AB/Nima Yousefi Production year 2019 Genre Animation, Drama Duration 9 min

Original title Excess Will Save Us Director/Screenwriter Morgane Dziurla-Petit Produced by Vilda Bomben Film AB/Fredrik Lange Production year 2019 Genre Documentary Duration 14 min

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Excess Will Save Us

Elsa has not slept a wink for thirty years. Early one morning when she’s sitting at the kitchen table, she finds an unwelcome guest underneath her sofa. The creature turns out to be none other than the Night itself.

Elsa tells it of her life, and of the death of her best friend – an elephant named Olaf. The Night accompanies her on a moving journey that tells the story of an extraordinary friendship.

Finally the Night carries her – sleeping – through the town in its arms.

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My World in Yours

Psychic

Sorry Not Sorry

Shams and Stella are in love. Shams hasn’t told Stella that she seeks asylum, nor about Hanine who’s still in Palestine waiting for Shams to help her come to Sweden. Stella works at the Swedish Migration Office. When Shams has her interview with the Swedish Migration Board, Stella shows up as the assistant judge.

Shams has to tell the truth to get asylum.

The neon signs of the Psychics cut through the darkness. Beckoning, like temples of a secular religion promising guidance through the confusion that is life. A lost soul in a strange post-consumer empire, stripped of inhabitants, a society where everything is suspended in limbo. In search of belonging. To be defined is to be erased, a new beginning.

Feride is on her way home from a party when she meets a group of young choir singing boys in a wooden boat. When she helps them with their motor problems she is unwillingly taken out for a ride in the Swedish summer night.

Original title Min värld i din Director Jenifer Malmqvist Screenwriter Figge Heurlin, Jenifer Malmqvist, Mariam Altamimi Produced by Anagram Sverige/ Emma Åkesdotter Ronge Production year 2019 Genre Drama Duration 29 min

Original title Psychic Director/Screenwriter Tova Mozard Produced by Picky Pictures/Daniel Pynnönen Production year 2019 Genre Documentary Duration 16 min Sales Filmform Doc

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Original title Sorry Not Sorry Director/Screenwriter Julia Thelin Produced by Grand Slam Film/Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå Production year 2019 Genre Drama Duration 15 min

Tomorrow the Birds Will Sing A blindly striving individual entering the dark and amusing state of the nameless artist, inside an officially beautiful world of art and creativity.

Her desperate aspiration turns it into her own purgatory of bitter competition and constant crave for validation. The proud artist is reduced to desperate pettiness.

Original title Tomorrow the Birds Will Sing Director/Screenwriter Arvin Kananian Produced by Makeriet/Petter Selvehed, Vilma Ljunggren Production year 2019 Genre Drama Duration 12 min

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Who Talks

Zlatan in the Slopes

A poetic short film about the fear that religious doctrines can create in children growing up in religious homes. About children’s exposure to, and difficulty of dealing with, abstract religious messages at a young age.

The new refugee home for children is being discussed at a public council meeting. Two people standing on opposite sides try to get heard. Who Talks raises questions about whose opinions actually matter and what creates polarization.

The snow falls on the ski slope while Zlatan is dragging a snow-blind lady.

“Madam, what’s your plan?” he shouts, “You are heavy!” One of the worlds biggest sports star has gone on a ski vacation, but it doesn’t turn out the way he expected. About what can happen when our given prerequisites change and get replaced by new rules of the game.

Original title Ingen lyssnar Director Elin Övergaard Screenwriters Elin Övergaard, Manne Indahl Produced by Elin Övergaard, Manne Indahl Production year 2019 Genre Drama Duration 15 min Cannes

Original title Zlatan i Alperna Director Monne Lindström Screenwriters Monne Lindström, Kristina Meiton Produced by MigDig/Kristina Meiton Production year 2019 Genre Animation Duration 14 min

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Original title Sanningssagor Director Ida Lindgren Screenwriters My Roman Fagerlind, Ida Lindgren Produced by Idali Images/Ida Lindgren Production year 2019 Genre Hybrid Duration 10 min

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­ reviews, digital still images and p posters, as well as text materials available along with the films.

For the autumn 2019 we especially present the pioneering feminist work Loving Couples – the debut of Mai Zetterling, Duet for Cannibals, by the writer, filmmaker and activist Susan Sontag, and finally the extensive work by artist Marie-Louise Ekman, among them The Secret Friend, an absurd chamber piece which draws gender roles into question.

For more information and films, see filminstitutet.se/digitized-films Contact: kajsa.hedstrom@filminstitutet.se

THE FILMS Loving Couples Original title Älskande par Director May Zetterling Production Year 1964 Duration 118 min

Duet for Cannibals Original title Duett för kannibaler Director Susan Sontag Production Year 1969 Duration 106 min

The Secret Friend Original title Den hemliga vännen Director Marie-Louise Ekman Production Year 1990 Duration 79 min

©MATS WIDÉN

In 2013, the Swedish Film Institute­ ­initiated the work of digitizing the Swedish film heritage – everything from silent era films to films from the 2010s, including world famous classics to lesser known gems that are worth discovering or being rediscovered.

In our “Classics” series we present recently digitized films that we want to offer to the international audiences. In addition to providing new ways of accessing Swedish cinematic history, our hope is that the Classics series will generate an interest and curiosity around the Swedish film heritage.

The films are available on DCP, with English subtitles. We also offer

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Premium Films olivier.heitz@premium-films. com www.premium-films.com France Rise and Shine World Sales info@riseandshine-berlin.de www.riseandshine-berlin.com Germany SF Studios international@sfstudios.se www.sfinternational.se Sweden Stray Dogs sales@stray-dogs.com www.stray-dogs.biz France StudioCanal ww.studiocanal.com France

Syndicado Film Sales www.syndicado.com greg@syndicado.com CANADA Taskovski Films sales@taskovskifilms.com www.taskovskifilms.com UK Telepicture Marketing charlotta.bjuvman@dial.pipex. com www.telepicturemarketing. com UK Totem Films hello@totem-films.com www.totem-films.com France TrustNordisk info@trustnordisk.com www.trustnordisk.com Denmark

D I STR I B UTOR S UR International anna.birgersson-dahlberg@ ur.se www.ur.se Sweden Wide infos@widemanagement.com www.widemanagement.com France Wide House infos@widehouse.org www.widehouse.org France Wild Bunch International Sales fbeauville@wildbunch.eu www.wildbunch.biz France/UK The Yellow Affair miira@yellowaffair.com www.yellowaffair.com Finland/Sweden Zodiak Rights contactus@zodiakrights.com www.zodiakrights.com UK

Edge Entertainment info@edgeentertainment.se www.edgeentertainment.com Folkets Bio info@folketsbio.se www.folketsbio.se Lucky Dogs info@lucky-dogs.se www.lucky-dogs.se Njutafilms nicolas.debot@njutafilms.com www.njutafilms.com Noble Entertainment info@nobleentertainment.com www.nobleentertainment.com NonStop Entertainment info@nonstopentertainment. com www.nonstopentertainment. com Nordisk Film contact@nordiskfilm.com www.nordiskfilm.com Novemberfilm info@novemberfilm.com www.novemberfilm.com Scanbox Entertainment Sweden info@scanbox.com www.scanbox.com

SF Studios info@sfstudios.se www.sfstudios.se Studio S Entertainment seo@studiosentertainment.se www.studiosentertainment.se TriArt Film info@triart.se www.triart.se Twentieth Century Fox Sweden www.foxfilm.se United International Pictures sandra_norden@uip.se www.uip.se Walt Disney Company Nordic mattias.vestin@disney.com

FI LM FE STIVALS Arctic Light Film Festival info@articlight.org www.articlight.org November, 2019

Monsters of Film info@monstersoffilm.se www.monsteroffilm.se October, 2019

Bergman Week info@bergmanveckan.se www.bergmancenter.se/ bergmanveckan June/July, 2019

Novemberfestivalen info@novemberfestivalen.nu www.novemberfestivalen.nu November, 2019

BUFF – The International Children and Young People’s Film Festival info@buff.se www.buff.se March 23-29, 2019 CinemAfrica info@cinemafrica.se www.cinemafrica.se October 3-6, 2019 Cinema Queer info@cinemaqueer.se www.cinemaqueer.se September 24-29, 2019 Göteborg International Film Festival (GIFF) info@giff.se www.giff.se January 24-February 3, 2020 Lund International Fantastic Film Festival info@fff.se www.fff.se October, 2019

Stockholm International Film Festival (SIFF) & Stockholm International Film Festival Junior (SIFF J) info@stockholmfilmfestival.se www.stockholmfilmfestival.se SIFF November, 2019 SIFF J April, 2019 Tempo Documentary Festival lisa.taube@tempofestival.se www.tempofestival.se March 2020 Uppsala International Short Film Festival info@shortfilmfestival.com www.shortfilmfestival.com October 21-27, 2019 Way Out West film@wayoutwest.se www.wayoutwest.se August 8-10, 2019

ORGAN I ZATION S Creative Europe Desk MEDIA Swedish Film Institute kreativaeuropa@filminstitutet. se www.kreativaeuropa.eu Film i Skåne info@filmiskane.se www.filmiskane.se

Nordisk Film & TV Fond info@nordiskfilmogtvfond. com www.nordiskfilmogtvfond.com Swedish Arts Grants Committee info@konstnarsnamnden.se www.konstnarsnamnden.se

Film i Väst info@filmivast.se www.filmvast.se

Swedish Film & TV Producers Association info@filmtvp.se www.filmtvp.se

Filmpool Nord susann@fpn.se www.filmpoolnord.se

Swedish Institute si@si.se www.si.se

Filmregion StockholmMälardalen mia.uddgren@frsm.se www.frsm.se

Visit Sweden reception@visitsweden.com www.visitsweden.com

Independent Film Producers’ Association kansliet@off.se www.off.se The Ingmar Bergman Foundation info@ingmarbergman.se www.ingmarbergman.se International Sámi Film Institute info@isfi.no www.isfi.no/eng

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