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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?
- 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.
- 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.
- Filmmakers Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond document Philadelphia teachers facing challenges at an inner-city school.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A father and son showdown. The father visits his son uninvited.
- A tormented child escapes into fantasies to save his alcoholic father and salvage his shattered family.
- 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.
- About giving birth to a child. Gudrun Schyman, a controversial left wing politician, gives birth to her son Dan.
- 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.
- About a Swedish teenage girl's dreams and escape from reality, about the search for her own identity through the mythical movie star Marilyn Monroe, alias Norma Jeane Baker.
- We follow a group of babies and parents during a year in their Scandinavian maternity leave. Some of them have bigger plans, they want to move to the ocean and buy new properties. Some are stressed. What can babies eat? Cucumber? Is it ok with salmon? One father, Jon, is working as a teacher. The principal at his school call parents to keep their children home so they won't drag down the scores on the National test. The grown-ups are under pressure. They fill out forms on anxiety symptoms and divorce-papers. Sinking down in therapy-chairs and lying in each other's couches. The fragile nuclear-family structures are cracking down and other grown-ups step up to help. The babies are there, present in every picture, witnessing.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- The little boy is left alone with the TV as a babysitter.
- Depicts the Elm Conflict a.k.a. the Battle of the Elms, a dispute and public protest on 11-12 May 1971 at Kungsträdgården, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Kalle, 14 years old, loose his footing in reality when his family split up. During an escape trip, he lives alone for a few days at the family's cabin in the outermost archipelago, where he studies nature and writes "Sagan om Blixt", about an "übermensch" freed from all the problems in the world.
- A group of young amateur actors perform William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The intrigues on stage replace each other. In the dressing-room a similar but considerably more mundane drama is taking place. How important should the theatre be allowed to become?
- 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.
- Travelling across vast swathes of the Scandinavian hinterland, the life of the herdswoman is under threat from the ruthless global appetite for resource.
- About peace and reconciliation in a country that not so long ago was torn apart by bloody civil wars, El Salvador. In 1979, Jamie Hill, a spoiled multimillionaire, was kidnapped by the ERP guerrillas and released for a ransom of 4 million dollars. After his release, Hill suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, had marital problems and began drinking and using drugs. This went on for a couple of years until he realized he had to stop. Since 1986, Hill has been drug-free. The kidnappers' lives have also changed radically since the kidnapping. Joaquín Villalobos, the infamous guerrilla leader who funded his army with kidnappings, and his ex-soldiers have become high officials in the new democratic El Salvador and signed, among other things, the peace agreement with the United Nations in 1992. Today, Villalobos and Hill are close friends who work together to build the country.
- 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.
- Emilio's adoptive father Bengt has a hard time accepting Emilio's decision to move back to his birth-country Colombia. In an attempt to level with his adoptive son, Bengt travels there. When he arrives, Emilio has begun looking for his biological father. Bengt decides to help in the search, even though he is terrified of what will happen if they actually find him.
- 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.
- 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.
- About the homeless, German-born Horst Holtfreter, the Stockholm based street musician who used to play harmonica at Sergels Torg during the day and at Stureplan in the evenings.
- A letter to the editor performed as a film. It lacks statistical basis. No adults, experts or others have been consulted. However, a group of children are asked about one thing: What would it be like if they were to decide?
- About three cities - Dublin, Alger and Dimitrovgrad.
- About why it took over 50 years before Raoul Wallenberg was honored with a monument in his own hometown Stockholm. And memorials and more than 30 Wallenberg monuments worldwide.
- 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.
- About the role and significance of art in our lives. And how art is used, abused, exploited and commercialized.
- Having originated within a cultural space that was home to marginalized groups, mainly in Western Kingston, the Reggae music of Jamaica is an amalgam of numerous musical influences, including earlier Jamaican forms as well as Caribbean, North American and Latin strains. In time, Neo-African styles, soul and rhythm and blues from North America were incorporated into the element, gradually transforming Ska into Rock Steady and then into Reggae.
- About DDR in the 1980s, filmed with hidden camera among dissidents and artists in Berlin. But the trusted friend who takes care of the films is a Stasiagent and the authorities get to know everything about the film team's work.
- In a village deep in the rain forest live 11-year-old Pedro and 12-year-old Magdalena. They are Indians. They and thousands of other Mayans are hiding from the Guatemalan army in the pathless rain forest.
- I LOVE YOU MORE THAN MY SOUL is a movie about refugee children which in a heartfelt and honest way shows how life just has to go on in spite of experienced traumas and shattered families. In playful and spontaneous encounters we are invited to hang out with some of the children who, for the moment, are staying at the transit home Vintertullen. In this film, we see pain, love, the heartbreaking consequences of war, the joyful play among kids and their true wisdom. We get a glimpse of a special community with a huge heart.
- "Bedlam!" - a reconstruction of Moa Junström's summer in a closed psychiatric ward. Based on diary notes, the film mixes documentary images from inside the psyche with text messages and reconstructions of events.
- Wrapped in a dreamlike atmosphere, a drama about the existence of two beings - a little boy, who is the center of our world and his mother. The airy curtains, the window that slams shut with a bang, the boy's dance, the mother dressed.
- About the workers' theater in the 1930s. As part of the Soviet Union's reconstruction work in the 1920s, workers and students formed small theater groups to make important daily news and political messages understandable.
- 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.
- Early 2010, a number of party members are sitting in their secret party office in a garage on Södermalm. The conditions for the election campaign are better than ever and all candidates have been preparing for a long time.
- About how Japanese women get plastic surgery to live up to the Western ideal of beauty.