40th Göteborg Film Festival (2017)

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Göteborg Film Festival 27 Jan - 6 Feb 2017, complete list

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1. Tom of Finland (2017)

Not Rated | 117 min | Biography, Drama

56 Metascore

Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.

Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Pekka Strang, Seumas F. Sargent, Chris Myland, Alf Myreen

Votes: 6,415 | Gross: $0.38M

2. Beyond Dreams (2017)

92 min | Drama

Mirja must find her place after serving jail time. When she gets a job as a hotel cleaner she starts living a double life. She's torn between her sick mother and her old group of friends, who have always been her real family.

Director: Rojda Sekersöz | Stars: Adel Ahmad, Evin Ahmad, Stina Almquist, Jimmy Backman

Votes: 671

3. Exfrun (2017)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

With equal parts of humor and seriousness, we follow three relationships and three women.

Director: Katja Wik | Stars: Eleazar Blomgren, Iza Boëthius, Love Carlsson, Hannah-Eloise Caulier

Votes: 175

4. Heartstone (2016)

Unrated | 129 min | Drama, Romance

70 Metascore

In a fishing village in Iceland, a boy develops feelings for his best friend as his best friend pursues his affections for a girl.

Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Stars: Baldur Einarsson, Blær Hinriksson, Diljá Valsdóttir, Katla Njálsdóttir

Votes: 6,174

5. Sami Blood (2016)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History

79 Metascore

A reindeer-breeding Sámi girl who is exposed to the racism of the 1930's at her boarding school, starts dreaming of another life. But to achieve it, she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.

Director: Amanda Kernell | Stars: Maj-Doris Rimpi, Olle Sarri, Ánne Biret Somby, Bo Lundmark

Votes: 8,291

6. Little Wing (2016)

100 min | Drama

Little Wing tells the story of 12-year-old Varpu (Linnea Skog), who's quickly growing to adulthood, and about her mother (Paula Vesala), who doesn't want to grow up.

Director: Selma Vilhunen | Stars: Linnea Skog, Paula Vesala, Lauri Maijala, Santtu Karvonen

Votes: 941

7. The Man (2017)

94 min | Drama

Simon, king of the Danish art scene, sees his life turned upside down when his unknown son Casper turns up.

Director: Charlotte Sieling | Stars: Søren Malling, Jakob Oftebro, Ane Dahl Torp, Sus Wilkins

Votes: 690

8. Handle with Care (2017)

102 min | Drama

After his wife's death, offshore oil worker Kjetil is having a hard time relating to his adopted son Daniel. In an act of desperation, he brings Daniel along to Colombia to search for the boy's biological mother.

Director: Arild Andresen | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Marlon Moreno, Kristoffer Bech, Ellen Dorrit Petersen

Votes: 412

9. Ouaga Girls (2017)

82 min | Documentary

A group of young women from the outskirts of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, meet at the feminist education centre to study to become car mechanics. Ouaga Girls is a poetic ... See full summary »

Director: Theresa Traoré Dahlberg | Stars: Chantal Niessougou, Bintou Konaté, Mouniratou Sédogo, Marthe Ouedraogo

Votes: 107

10. Citizen Schein (2017)

100 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A movie about the life of Harry Schein and his workings in the Swedish culture primetime.

Director: Maud Nycander | Stars: Maud Nycander, Harry Schein, Roy Andersson, Ingrid Thulin

Votes: 283

11. Shapeshifters (2017)

85 min | Documentary

Add a Plot

Director: Sophie Vukovic

Votes: 27

12. Nowhere to Hide (2016)

86 min | Documentary, War

82 Metascore

"Nowhere to Hide" follows a man - the medic and father Nori Sharif - through 5 years of dramatic change in the war-torn Diyala-province; one of the most dangerous provinces in the middle of... See full summary »

Director: Zaradasht Ahmed | Stars: Abu Fallah, Hans Husum, Mudhafar, Nori Sharif

Votes: 194

13. The War Show (2016)

100 min | Documentary, Drama, War

A Syrian radio DJ shares her experiences in the aftermath of the 2011 Arab Spring.

Directors: Andreas Dalsgaard, Obaidah Zytoon | Stars: Obaidah Zytoon, Nawwara, Amal, Muhammad Houssam

Votes: 265

14. Death of a Child (2017)

80 min | Documentary

How does one live with the unbearable? When the worst has happened and the one to blame is yourself? Death of a Child is an exploration of the lives of parents who have caused their own children's deaths.

Directors: Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors

Votes: 203

15. The Good Postman (2016)

80 min | Documentary

A small and stubborn Bulgarian village facing the Turkish border has been resisting foreign invaders since the times of the Roman and Ottoman Empires. Now its electorate of 38 elderly ... See full summary »

Director: Tonislav Hristov | Stars: Ivan Fransuzov, Angela Jekova, Vangel Jekov, Ivan Halahcev

Votes: 368

16. Venus (III) (2016)

80 min | Documentary

A film born out of sexual frustrations.

Directors: Mette Carla Albrechtsen, Lea Glob

Votes: 597

17. In Between (2016)

R | 103 min | Drama

78 Metascore

Three Palestinian women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv try to find a balance between traditional and modern culture.

Director: Maysaloun Hamoud | Stars: Mouna Hawa, Sana Jammelieh, Shaden Kanboura, Mahmud Shalaby

Votes: 3,097 | Gross: $0.11M

18. The Impossible Picture (2016)

71 min | Drama, History

"Our memory is so unreliable - sometimes what we see might as well be the future." -Johanna F. What we see is the everyday life of a Viennese family in the 1950's, documented by 13-year-old... See full summary »

Director: Sandra Wollner | Stars: Jana McKinnon, Alexander E. Fennon, David Jakob, Eva Linder

Votes: 76

19. Bad Influence (2016)

89 min | Drama

Against the backdrop of an impending environmental crisis, two troubled adolescents strive to find their place in the world in this stirring debut film from Chile, which weaves together political themes both social and personal.

Director: Claudia Huaiquimilla | Stars: Andrew Bargsted, Eliseo Fernández, Francisco Pérez-Bannen, Francisca Gavilán

Votes: 410

20. Birdshot (2016)

TV-MA | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

"Birdshot" is a mystery-thriller film that tells a story of a young Filipina farm girl who wanders into the boundaries of a Philippine reservation forest. Deep within the reservation she ... See full summary »

Director: Mikhail Red | Stars: Arnold Reyes, Mary Joy Apostol, John Arcilla, Ku Aquino

Votes: 1,252

21. Knife in the Clear Water (2016)

92 min | Drama

Ma Zishan (Yang Shengcang) is an aging Muslim farmer, part of the Hui minority. He and his family eke out an existence farming on an arid moonscape in China's northwest Ningxia province. ... See full summary »

Director: Xuebo Wang | Stars: Shengcang Yang, Shengcang Yang, Chenghua Li, Chengyou Li

Votes: 162

22. Burning Birds (2016)

84 min | Drama

Burning Birds is Sri Lankan film written and directed by Sanjeewa Pushpakumara. The film world premiered at 21st Busan International Film Festival (2016) under its New Currents Competition.

Director: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara | Stars: Anoma Janadari, Samanalee Fonseka, Chandani Senevirathna, Leonie Kotelawala

Votes: 106

23. Manifesto (III) (2015)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

72 Metascore

Cate Blanchett performs manifestos as a series of striking monologues.

Director: Julian Rosefeldt | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Erika Bauer, Ruby Bustamante, Carl Dietrich

Votes: 7,246 | Gross: $0.14M

24. Lady Macbeth (2016)

R | 89 min | Drama, Romance

76 Metascore

In 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.

Director: William Oldroyd | Stars: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie

Votes: 27,240 | Gross: $1.13M

25. The Music Box (2017)

14 min | Short, Mystery

A family vacation and birthday celebration in Skagen, Denmark, is beset by the unexpected.

Director: Johannes Nyholm | Stars: Leif Edlund, Ylva Gallon, Katarina Jacobson

Votes: 8

26. Turkkiosken (2017)

7 min | Short, Drama

Film that deals with exactly this situation. The film that looks at political correctness, kindness and covert racism; is inspired by the events of the director's life.

Director: Bahar Pars | Stars: Astrid Bävertun, Emil T. Jonsson, Jonas Malmsjö, Fanni Metelius

Votes: 83

27. The Burden (2017)

15 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A dark musical enacted in a market place, situated next to a freeway. The employees of the various commercial venues deal with boredom and existential anxiety by performing cheerful musical turns. The apocalypse is a tempting liberator.

Director: Niki Lindroth von Bahr | Stars: Sven Björklund, Mattias Fransson, Carl Englén, Olof Wretling

Votes: 676

28. Push it (2017)

8 min | Short, Drama, Family

Push It is a film about never being able to win, even though you're the best. Hedda tries to approach Adam in every way she can, but no matter what she does it turns out wrong. There are unwritten rules that she's not allowed to break.

Director: Julia Thelin | Stars: Geneth Gurmu, Jeremiah Jeppsson, Per Lasson

Votes: 23

29. Stranded (VI) (2017)

12 min | Short, Drama

Tariq is about to be deported from Sweden, but with the help of Nathalie and her dirt bike, they head towards a mysterious refugee island across the ice.

Director: Viktor Johansson | Stars: Lovisa Justusson Lahti, Arman Tingelholm

Votes: 5

30. Stay Ups (2017)

12 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

A middle-aged woman is about to get nightly visits from a young man. Her child is, as usual, in the way.

Director: Joanna Rytel

Votes: 10

31. Picture World (2017)

14 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A model agent tries to do a good deed during a fashion shoot. 'Picture World' plays with our own judgemental gaze.

Director: Elin Övergaard | Stars: Alexandra Dahlström, Marcus Dineen, Cecilia Milocco, Axel Petersén

Votes: 8

32. Because the World Never Stops (2016)

10 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy

Shot live in the studio during the evening broadcast on Swedish public television, the film shows the news like you've never seen them before.

Directors: Maximilien Van Aertryck, Axel Danielson

Votes: 32

33. The Unknown Girl (2016)

Unrated | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

65 Metascore

A doctor gets obsessed with the case of a dead woman after learning that the woman had died shortly after having rung her door for help.

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Adèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Jérémie Renier, Louka Minnella

Votes: 10,337 | Gross: $0.15M

34. Rosetta (1999)

R | 95 min | Drama

76 Metascore

Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux, Olivier Gourmet

Votes: 15,576 | Gross: $0.26M

35. The Kid with a Bike (2011)

PG-13 | 87 min | Drama

87 Metascore

Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run youth farm. In a random act of kindness, the town hairdresser agrees to foster him on weekends.

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Thomas Doret, Cécile de France, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione

Votes: 28,633 | Gross: $1.38M

36. Two Days, One Night (2014)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama

89 Metascore

Liège, Belgium. Sandra is a factory worker who discovers that her workmates have opted for a EUR1,000 bonus in exchange for her dismissal. She has only a weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses in order to keep her job.

Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Baptiste Sornin

Votes: 50,531 | Gross: $1.44M

39. Their Finest (2016)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

76 Metascore

A former secretary, newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films, joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them.

Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Richard E. Grant

Votes: 21,288 | Gross: $3.60M

40. Italiensk for begyndere (2000)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

77 Metascore

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives.

Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Anette Støvelbæk, Peter Gantzler

Votes: 13,843 | Gross: $4.45M

41. The Riot Club (2014)

R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller

54 Metascore

Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.

Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Sam Claflin, Max Irons, Douglas Booth, Jessica Brown Findlay

Votes: 24,115

42. Blind Alley (2017)

86 min | Drama, Thriller

Malmö 2010. A masked man is shooting innocent people who appear to have immigrant backgrounds. One of these gunshots forever changes two brothers' lives. Blind Alley is a film about the ... See full summary »

Director: Manuel Concha | Stars: Daniel Cvetkovic, Mikael Cvetkovic, Miodrag Stojanovic, Kjell-Åke Andersson

Votes: 226

43. Epifanía (2016)

71 min | Drama

On the remote island of Fårö in Sweden a woman experiences the death of her mother. "As she died, my dream was born, for her return". In Colombia a mother attempts to soothe her spirit by ... See full summary »

Directors: Anna Eborn, Óscar Ruiz Navia

Votes: 28

44. Rum 213 (2017)

TV-PG | 80 min | Horror, Mystery

When twelve-year-old Elvira goes to summer camp strange things start to happen in her room. Things that can not be explained - unless you believe in ghosts.

Director: Emelie Lindblom | Stars: Lisette T. Pagler, Anki Lidén, Arman Fanni, Paula Sundberg

Votes: 526

45. The Return (IX) (2016)

52 min | Documentary

A Yazidi refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan is home tomore than 20,000 refugees, many of whom are victims of terrorist attacks by ISIS. Shilan is a young Kurdish nurse who volunteered to take ... See full summary »

Director: Zahavi Sanjavi

Votes: 10

46. Ghostbrothers (2017)

68 min | Documentary, Family, History

How do you know that someone is a ghost? You can't see his legs.

Director: Richard Dinter

Votes: 7

47. A Bastard Child (2016)

58 min | Documentary, Animation, History

A 58 minute hand-painted documentary about Hervor Wester's childhood growing up with an unmarried mother in a cruel and undemocratic Sweden 100 years ago.

Director: Knutte Wester

Votes: 40

48. Prison Sisters (2016)

90 min | Documentary

PRISON SISTERS takes us through the journey of two young women who have been released from prison in Afghanistan. Outside prison, the respite they experienced in prison is replaced with ... See full summary »

Director: Nima Sarvestani

Votes: 74

49. The Traffic Lights Turn Blue Tomorrow (2017)

72 min | Documentary

"Graffiti brought them together and within the gang they created a sanctuary where they temporarily not have to adapt to the outside world." This world is not for me. " Wrote Jussi in his ... See full summary »

Director: Ragnhild Ekner | Stars: Ragnhild Ekner, Jussi Hirvilammi, Frida Berglund, Johannes Eriksson

Votes: 6

50. One Ticket Please (2017)

65 min | Documentary

A 78-year-old Indian woman in New York is the world's most passionate theatergoer. Nicki Cochrane has been going to at least one play every day for more than 25 years, acquiring free tickets using a variety of ingenious means.

Director: Matiss Kaza | Stars: Andris Berzins, Brendan Kyle Cochrane, Nicki Cochrane, Aminata Grieta Diarra

Votes: 89

51. The Inertia Variations (2017)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary

The man behind the legendary British band The The attempts to challenge the contemporary political landscape through his own 12 hour live, shortwave radio broadcast. But is he really done ... See full summary »

Director: Johanna St Michaels | Stars: Matt Johnson, Johanna St Michaels, Tim Pope, Jackson Ewald Johnson

Votes: 62

52. Loving Lorna (2017)

60 min | Documentary

Lorna lives in Ballymun in Dublin, and, like many other children, she loves horses and is lucky enough to have her own pony. Her dream is to become a farrier, even though that is generally considered a job for men.

Director: Annika Karlsson

Votes: 52

55. Ingen tid för kärlek - En film om Johnny Bode (2017)

85 min | Documentary, Biography

A film about Johnny Bode. Schlager diva, Operetto hero, filth musical innovator, enfant terrible, compulsive liar and amoral rogue.

Director: Bo Sjökvist | Stars: Johnny Bode, Lillemor Dahlqvist, Mattias Ehn, Ingmar Norlén

Votes: 66

56. Tystnadens Språk (2017)

60 min | Documentary

A suitcase full of photos, diaries and a tape with Finnish tango sets Swedish filmmaker, Frans Huhta, off on an odyssey to get to know his mother who took her life when he was 10 years old.... See full summary »

Director: Frans Huhta Karlsson | Stars: Frans Huhta Karlsson, Jean-Louis Huhta, Sia Huhta, Marja-Liisa Huhta

Votes: 11

58. Brev till Sverige (2017)

8 min | Short

A portrait of a mother and daughter - one living in Sweden and the other in Somalia - who correspond by letter to one another.

Director: Salad Hilowle

Votes: 15

59. Bad Victim (2017)

14 min | Short

A pregnant woman is soon to be homeless and discusses her difficult situation with the filmmaker.

Director: Jonas Eskilsson | Star: Jonas Eskilsson

60. The Dinner Party (II) (2017)

6 min | Animation, Short, Family

A mysterious host invites to a dinner party. However, he has strange friends, with even stranger eating habits...

Director: Jacob Stålhammar | Star: Freddie Wadling

61. Nr 153 (2017)

28 min | Short

A personal view of the penitentiary system from the filmmaker, and coping with stigma of having an incarcerated parent from a family's perspective.

Director: Angela Bravo | Stars: Angela Bravo, Jamila Bravo, Jose Bravo, Maryam Bravo

62. Meaningless Conversations in Beautiful Environments (2016)

8 min | Short

Against a backdrop of magnificent landscapes and epic tableaus, banal conversations take place between characters who are comically oblivious to their surroundings.

Director: Lisa Östberg

Votes: 19

64. Amalimbo (2016)

15 min | Animation, Short, Drama

Amalimbo is the story of TIPUANA, a five year-old girl who experiences "the limbo" when she tries to pass to 'the other side' in her desperate urge to mourn the recent death of her beloved ... See full summary »

Director: Juan Pablo Libossart | Stars: Örjan Byström, Sven-Åke Gustavsson, Fredrik Helgesson, Annalena Persson

Votes: 22

65. The Dog (I) (2017)

15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Albin get's the role as The Dog in Aurelia's theatre. It's a short story about the degrading work he has go through to be able to work as an young actor in Sweden.

Director: Emerson Berglund

66. Genderness (2016)

7 min | Animation, Short

The aquarelle animated art film Genderness is an exploration of a beehive that does not like bees, or even itself for that matter. It would rather be human, but once transformed into human,... See full summary »

Director: Anders Ramsell | Star: Rutger Hauer

67. Mother (III) (2016)

TV-MA | 14 min | Short, Drama

16 year-old Andrea leaves her neighborhood in the hills of Medellin to attend a downtown casting call for a porno film.

Director: Simón Mesa Soto | Stars: Yurani Anduquia Cortes, Paulo De Jesús Barros Sousa, María Camila Maldonado

Votes: 75

68. Familjeliv (2017)

19 min | Short, Biography, Drama

25-year-old daughter returned home to her elderly parents. We follow family members in their sexual dreams, their attempts at family solidarity and their struggle for health.

Director: Anna-Karin Örander | Stars: Serenade Stormfalk, Ingvar Örner, Anna-Karin Örander, Alexi Carpentieri

Votes: 15

70. Fuckgirls (2017)

15 min | Short

Three women discuss their experiences of oppression, self-esteem and being able to dictate their living conditions themselves.

Directors: Saga Becker, Christofer Nilsson | Stars: Saga Becker, Carl-Michael Edenborg, Oliver Haase, Heidi Ingensdotter

Votes: 13

72. The Comet (I) (2017)

11 min | Short, Drama

Two men go to Sweden in order to escape the oppression and persecution of gay men in their country.

Director: Victor Lindgren | Stars: Ali Dayah Abdi, Abdi Aziis

Votes: 57

73. We Could Be Parents (2016)

Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Drama, Family

Erik's boyfriend Marely left him. Now, the last chance for Erik to get him back is to make this movie to explain, that the only reason he sold sex was so they could afford to become parents one day.

Directors: Björn Elgerd, David Färdmar | Stars: Björn Elgerd, Pär Brundin

Votes: 71

74. Bitchboy (2017)

15 min | Short, Drama, Family

Dark family secrets come to light, and when opportunity comes, Lukas seeks revenge.

Director: Måns Berthas | Stars: Isa Aouifia, Åke Arvidsson, Manne Gidlund, Lo Kauppi

Votes: 13

75. Väntan (2017)

10 min | Short, Drama

A couple is thrilled of the birth of their baby, but then nothing turns out the way the expected.

Directors: Linda Källgren, Louise Ryme | Stars: Louise Ryme, Mattias Lech

77. The Silence (V) (2017)

4 min | Short

The Silence is a poetic film with a political edge. It reflects on themes such as communication, memory, isolation, integration / exclusion, and around the concept of the Other. About being... See full summary »

Director: Mandana Moghaddam | Star: Maryam Moghadam

78. My Father (2017)

25 min | Short

A film about unexpected friendships, sacrifices and hopes of a better life.

Director: Alireza Teimori | Stars: Atefeh Amini, Atefeh Amini, Sa'eed Amiri, Elham Bazmavar

79. Freak (2017)

7 min | Short, Drama, Family

Ahead of the upcoming swimming competition, 11-year-old Ziggy discovers something that's happening to his body. A transformation that makes him want to hide.

Director: Dawid Ullgren | Stars: Loke Hellberg, Matez Monir Garci, Lola Zackow, Jonathan Eriksson

Votes: 9

80. Once Upon a Time (III) (2017)

17 min | Short, Drama

The Refugee Ess is tired of walking and makes a deal to get a drivers license.

Director: Roozbeh Behtaji | Stars: Sajid Nazari, Melissa Aydogan, Kid Soleil Soufi Behtaji, Roozbeh Behtaji

82. Last Breath (II) (2017)

7 min | Short, Drama

Last Breath is a reconstruction of a moment I will never forget; when my father drew his last thousand breaths. A moment most private, but also completely universal.

Director: Gunnar Bergdahl | Stars: Gunnar Bergdahl, Eivin Dahlgren

83. Lev! (2016)

29 min | Documentary, Short

When Stella's mother Gunilla was diagnosed with fatigue syndrome, she tattooed the word "Live!" on her left arm. To remind herself that she had been working too much and forgot to live. ... See full summary »

Director: Stella Michelet | Stars: Gunilla Burstedt, Christina Molander, Vijeesh Vimalan Munroe

84. Oslo Traffic (2016)

22 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A Norwegian woman and a woman - who is a victim of sex trafficking - are facing a troublesome night after accidentally killing a sex buyer.

Director: Johanna Pyykkö | Stars: Madalina Anea, Andreas Cappelen, Iselin Shumba Skjævesland

Votes: 7

85. Burka Songs 2.0 (2017)

45 min | Documentary

In 2011, France introduced a ban on the full veil in public. Hanna Högstedt received money to make a film where she would wear a burqa in Paris, singing the French national anthem until she was arrested by the police.

Director: Hanna Högstedt | Stars: Ramla Abdullah, Shahab Ahmadian, Fatima Doubakil, Athena Farrokhzad

Votes: 16

86. Killing Grandma (2017)

21 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

There are 90s and two young girls practicing for QuakeCon. When they are forced to spend time with one of the girls' grandmother, they discover that she is a world-weary woman of strong ... See full summary »

Directors: Lars Vega, Lars Vega | Stars: Bengt Braskered, Jimmy Lindström, Astrid Lövgren, Gunvor Pontén

Votes: 8

87. Svenskarna (2017)

30 min | Documentary, Short

Svenskarna (The Swedes) is a folk fusion band whose members are four middle-aged Swedish actors with roots from Turkey, Russia, Uganda, France and Spain. Manolo Diaz Rämö starts filming ... See full summary »

Director: Manolo Diaz Rämö | Stars: Richard Sseruwagi, Vladimir Dikanski, Roberto Gonzalez, Fikret Cesmeli

88. Syskon (2017)

40 min | Short, Drama

Emilia and Adrian don't know when their parents are coming back. They spend the summer at home alone in Gothenburg, Sweden, emotionally disconnected from one another and riddled by the fear of their family falling apart.

Director: Aurora Alange | Stars: Gabriel Alänge, Gustaf Blix, Viktoria Blix, Elly Ekholm

90. Meet Me in Holmsund (2016)

15 min | Short

A short film about how friendship can develop between two people of different cultural backgrounds, and in spite of language barriers.

Director: Victor Lindgren | Stars: Erik Lundholm, Madalin Mandin, Elin Marklund, Ingrid Nyström

Votes: 18

91. Det händer äntligen något (2016)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

An old man searching for the last puzzle piece gets in to an argument with two skating youngsters, which changes his perspective.

Director: Henrik Dahlbring | Star: Robin Lundberg

Votes: 20

92. Exercise One (2016)

14 min | Short, Drama

Juli has undergone a gender reassignment surgery, man to woman. A film about a transperson's loneliness and desire for closeness and love .

Director: Victoria Verseau | Stars: Mattias Malmros, Anna Paavilainen

Votes: 6

93. The Committee (2016)

13 min | Short, Comedy

The Committee deals with the absurdity of democratic decision-making processes. It makes a humorous portrait of an international collaboration. A comedy investigates the nature of ... See full summary »

Directors: Gunhild Enger, Jenni Toivoniemi | Stars: Cecilia Milocco, Tapio Liinoja, Kristin Groven Holmboe, Martin Slaatto

Votes: 72

94. Hold Me Down (2017)

30 min | Short, Drama

Based on true events, Hold Me Down depicts a day in the life of a 19-year-old single mother in the Bronx who works as a stripper at an illegal nightclub to support her child.

Director: Niclas Gillis | Stars: Tianna Allen, Prince Richard Combs, Tanisha Lambright, Nicole Cochran Adams

Votes: 24

96. I Will Always Love You Conny (2017)

30 min | Short, Drama, Family

It's minus 30 degrees and Conny (20 y/o), walks around like a restless criminal with his hoodie up in a small forgotten village in northern Sweden. He's not welcome anywhere and the whole ... See full summary »

Director: Amanda Kernell | Stars: Tage Hervén, Iza Westman, Saga Isaxon, Erik Friman

Votes: 60

97. 2060 (2017 TV Movie)

45 min | Comedy

2060 - an absurd and beautiful love story, a kind of prison drama set in an elderly home in the dystopian future of 2060.

Director: Henrik Hellström | Stars: Bahador Foladi, Sten Ljunggren, Marie Göranzon, Anneli Martini

Votes: 29

98. Mephobia (2017)

25 min | Short

A gang of girls aged 6 to 8 wander the neighborhood, throwing trash around. A group of older girls is just as frustrated, but their restlessness expresses itself in other ways.

Director: Mika Gustafson | Stars: Elmira Arikan, Jasmin Farran, Iggy Malmborg, Alexander Öhrstrand

Votes: 10

100. Who Will Fuck Daddy? (2017)

65 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

A meditation of death for the inner and outer man.

Director: Lasse Långström | Stars: Emil Anderson, Anna Bjereld, Alexi Carpentieri, Kim Ekberg

Votes: 24



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