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- It follows friends Dylan and Youssef, who dream of becoming soccer players. When Dylan is paralyzed following an accident his dad and former coach wants him to accept his disability, but he is determined to play soccer again.
- Helen has fled to Sweden with her daughter and is struggling with making ends meet. One day Isaak visits and claims to be working for the resistance in her home country and brings news of her sister. But can he be trusted?
- Depicts a marriage where mental strength versus mental weakness creates an inevitable breakdown. In this case, it is the woman who represents the strength in terms of independence and elemental freedom needs, while the man represents the weakness in the form of egoism, propitiation, and unfounded jealousy, and this contradiction is the basis of an obvious conflict. The woman is becoming increasingly indifferent and contemptuous to the man's humiliating prayer for love and in fear of losing his wife, the man escapes into a fantasy world, where he can exploit his physical strength to get her love.
- A small hotel in Sweden during the 60's. An intense day and night. The proprietors family in decay. An alcoholic father, a morbid chain-smoking mother and their sons George.
- Jorginho, his white friend Rico, Lici and Paulinho are homeless best friends living in a slum in a hill in Copacabana. They spend their hopeless life playing with kite; trying to survive getting food from the street market or the fishermen; learning how to pickpocket; working on the streets polishing shoes. Rico escaped from an institution in Caxambu that symbolizes hell on Earth for them. When he gets ill, he decides to return to the place because he does not want to die on the streets.
- Director Mikel Cee Karlsson is working on a film with and about his best friend Mathias - a young father who one day reveals that he is living a double life. Circumstances have driven Mathias into a criminal underworld where debts seem impossible to pay off. In a spiral of threats, lies and violence, Mathias is desperately looking for a way out. When things finally seem to look up for him, the pressure he has lived under for several years has fatal consequences, leaving Mikel forced to make crucial decisions about the film he is working on. Fraemling is a distinct counterimage to conventional portrayals of violence and criminality. Through documentary footage, interviews and re-enacted scenes, Mikel shapes a story about the thin line between victim and offender in a dog-eat-dog world. A film about close friendship, deafening silence and becoming someone you never wanted to be.
- Ernst, a waiter, has moved from Stockholm with his family to open up a hotel and restaurant in a small town. They all struggle for their existence.
- About teenagers under the influence of start smoking pot.
- About giving birth to a child. Gudrun Schyman, a controversial left wing politician, gives birth to her son Dan.
- A tormented child escapes into fantasies to save his alcoholic father and salvage his shattered family.
- Allergies generally mean one has a sensitivity, // towards dust, cats, nuts or anything, really. // But Sandra's is a strange kind of allergy, // she's allergic to her mother, Anneli.
- About how and why conscription of military service was refused at the end of the 1960s. This is the reasoning of the Minister of Defense and the friends of non-violence and pacifists.
- The movie delves beneath surface appearances to reveal a strong resistance to assimilation and loss of identity, as the late Essie Coffey, a Murrawarri woman, takes us into the Aboriginal struggle for survival.
- A girl is out orienteering in the woods. Her mother sits in a room, surrounded by a jumble of pasted paper scraps, numbers and formulas. There's got to be a solution. But who has it?
- Based on movie and television archives, this film aims to demonstrate how the United States planned to crush Salvador Allende's attempt to institute Socialism in Chili, shortly after his election.
- Behind every suicide bombing there is at least one human story that ends, the story of the suicide bomber. A man gets into a car and makes a farewell address to his young daughter, explaining why he will blow himself up as a protest against the dictatorship he lives in.
- Travelling across vast swathes of the Scandinavian hinterland, the life of the herdswoman is under threat from the ruthless global appetite for resource.
- About the Swedish attempt to legalize drugs in the mid-60s. In April 1965, the legal prescription clinic opens in central Stockholm and is run by doctor Sven Erik Åström. What was supposed to be an experiment with about ten people ends up with an uncontrolled prescription of amphetamine, morphine and methadone to upwards of 120 people. Also about the situation in Zurich today in the mid 90's, where narcotics are distributed in government clinics.
- Through the magic of stop-motion puppet animation, two puppet characters and their adventures are brought to life on screen in this collection of six short films for children.
- Nathalie was murdered by her ex. boyfriend on September 6, 2003 and was found buried five days later. The parents tell about their grief and process of forgiveness.
- When Aida was 36 she left her three children in order to go war. When David was 15 he enlisted as a volunteer for the front, to fight for Armenia. It took five years for Aida to return to her family. David came back in a wheelchair. During the early 1990s Armenia fought a bloody war against neighboring Azerbaijan. Armenia won the conflict, and repossessed the Nagorno Karabakh enclave, but at what cost to those involved? When Aida and David they did not find the community of brotherhood and justice that they thought they would. The theatre of war in the film is Armenia, but it could just as well have been Beirut, Kosovo, Bosnia or Palestine. The victims of war are to be found in all too many places. 'Is there really any victory?' Aida asks.
- It starts with the most vulgar stereotype of "bad" youth, who are super, fuck, abuse their teachers and knock over old aunties in the subway. Then, through a quote from Socrates, we learn that the older generation always dislikes the youth. The rest of the film is devoted to telling what it is really like to be young, to live between two worlds, the children's and the adults'.
- Swedish Match takes viewers on a captivating journey into the heart of modern dating, exploring the intricacies of love, connection, and the pursuit of happiness in the vibrant city of Stockholm. With its reputation as the singles' capital of Europe and a hub for dating app users, the Swedish capital becomes the backdrop for an insightful exploration of human relationships. The documentary's diverse participants, representing various nationalities, lifestyles, professions, sexual preferences, and age groups, create a kaleidoscope of perspectives on love. From the 20-year-old embarking on their first romantic journey to the 70-year-old reflecting on a lifetime of experiences, the film juxtaposes these stories to unveil the universal desire for love and acceptance. Guided by insightful commentary from demographics experts and psychologists, the documentary delves into the numbers behind modern dating. By contrasting personal stories with professional insights, the film seeks to uncover the nuances of attraction, the impact of appearances, and the role of chemistry in shaping romantic connections. In an era where looks play a significant role in the dating scene, Swedish Match raises thought-provoking questions about the depth of our connections. How much effort do we invest in truly understanding someone beyond their surface? Is chemistry the key to happiness, or does it contribute to our struggles? Swedish Match also sheds light on the often-overlooked aspects of single life, offering a raw and honest portrayal. From the exhilarating freedom to the daunting uncertainties, the documentary embraces the good and the challenging facets of solo existence, infused with a touch of dark humor. As the film unfolds, it encourages viewers to see their own lives and relationships reflected in the stories shared. Swedish Match aims to be a mirror, inviting audiences to contemplate their own openness to alternative scenarios and encouraging a deeper understanding of the complex landscape of modern love. In a world where relationships evolve, and individuals sometimes find themselves back at square one, Swedish Match captures the essence of the human experience - the quest for connection, the bittersweet nature of love, and the unwavering desire for acceptance.
- As a comment on all fountain sculptures with peeing boys and men, the artist/filmmaker Ann-Sofi Sidén cast herself in bronze, crouching and peeing.
- About getting a pass or fail in today's society, about how far people are prepared to go and about which limits they are prepared to go beyond in order to reach their goals.
- Sixten is a punk rocker, plays bass in the hardcore band Anti-Cimex, is unemployed, hangs out with his comrades, is kinda fond of a young girl, and worried about the future. After a concert, he is kicked in the head by skinheads.
- "The Rebel" - about social issues and existentialism concerning young people in Sweden.
- About the German artist George Grosz (1893-1959) and his paintings from the World War I and the Weimar Republic. The political climate and mental atmosphere of the German 20th century is nowhere captured as in Grosz. In his heart-breaking intersections of satire and realism, the whole menagerie of currency hogs and coupon clippers, politicians and jacks, war invalids and whores, the happy 20th century's desperate "hop we live" stand out against a fund of bottomless misery. Here, inflated nationalism, the spirit of domination and subjugation, corruption and incompetence, the paradoxical mix of clairvoyance and blindness with the paralyzing sense of impending disaster are mixed.
- A film about a teenage boy, his father's suicide and the emotional vacuum that occurred afterwards.
- A hot summer evening at a youth club in the city of Stockholm. 13 youngsters talk about their experiences of police violence and their views on the police.
- A father and son showdown. The father visits his son uninvited.
- Once upon a time Stefan Sundström was Farsta's Mick Jagger. Then he was influenced by the punk. Now he is one of Sweden's most productive, self-centered and socially critical artists - diligent in terms of both songwriting and touring.
- May 21, 1985, civil engineer Ingvar Bratt appeared in public. He had provided the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Association with classified documents proving that Sweden's largest arms manufacturer, Bofors, had illegally sold 304 robots.
- A high school student as a result of setbacks in school begin to play hooky. He teams up with new friends in strange places.
- On the embankments along the railway leaving Guatemala City, a slum area has arisen. Five women work in one of the houses. They call themselves "brujas", witches, and help people talk to San Simón, the saint of the Indians and the poor.
- About strong women now and then. Women who needed to be strong to be able to work hard in agriculture, on house construction, in mines, as rowing ladies - and also take care of houses and homes, husband and children.
- About how Japanese women get plastic surgery to live up to the Western ideal of beauty.
- Two friends on a boarding school in Krasnoiarsk in Siberia join a Show competion arranged by teachers in the school. Their friendship will be questioned and will they manage to come over the envy. A documentary about loyalty and fidelity.
- A short philosophical reflection about receiving a fatal medical diagnosis in springtime when the power of nature is as strongest. It is a surreal state and all beauty and happiness is in contrast to the bleakness of the situation. Abruptly confronted by the question what is truly important the turmoil is within...Wordless. Life becomes painfully clear and the strongest feeling of all is that we have each other now, not tomorrow. there may never be a tomorrow.
- When 12-year-old Rebecka realizes that her mother does not intend to give up - the class party stays at home in their house - her world collapses. What if they tease him because he sounds weird, or laughs at his waving arms? Rebecka puts her severely disabled little brother Jonathan in hard training but is at the same time tormented by conflicting emotions. Everything looks hopeless till Rebecka meets Charlotte. Born short, Charlotte knows everything about feeling/being different.
- "Zigenare / Gypsies" was an artistic/political teamwork of actors/writers at The Royal Dramatic Theatre. The idea of the play/performance was the writings and collected material of Ove Tjernberg. Gunnar Ohrlander developed the play further while the rest of the team all added their ideas och staging of the Romas/Gypsies situation in the Swedish society.
- In the Baltic Sea outside Forsmark Nuclear Plant is SFR (Final repository for reactor waste), which will receive the low and medium level waste from the nuclear power plants. In 2010, the warehouse will be closed forever. Many believe that the stockpile must be stopped, as research has shown that radioactivity will leak into the sea. About the warehouse and about some of the people who feel they can no longer close their eyes.
- About Michail Kazinik a Russian music lecturer, teacher, television and radio presenter, and a popularizer of classical music. From the age of six he began to play the violin and piano.
- A depressed 35-year-old man is released from prison with 75 kronor in his hand. Now he once again collide with the world outside the walls - a world that soon lead him on to the path of immeasurable misery.
- A contemporary documentary film about four teenage girls as fearless, but on wobbly legs takes a step from nine to high school, from the teen chaos on the way to adulthood.
- About the Swedish artist Carl Graffman (1801-1862) and his sad life story. In 1938, he was arrested and detained at Danvik's asylum without any investigation or sentence.