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1) Tove
Publisher
Juno Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Swedish
Description
Set from 1944 to 1956, the Swedish-language film shows how painter Tove Jansson finds worldwide success from an unexpected side project, in the midst of artistic struggles and an unconventional personal life. Tove Jansson is best known as the creator of the Moomin comics.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Swedish
Description
Four friends, all teachers at various stages of middle age, are stuck in a rut. Unable to share their passions either at school or at home, they embark on an audacious experiment from an obscure philosopher: to see if a constant level of alcohol in their blood will help them find greater freedom and happiness.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Swedish
Description
Ove, an ill tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife’s grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors. Based on the bestselling novel. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling at the **Academy Awards.** Winner of Best European Comedy at the **European Film Awards.**...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Swedish
Description
Essayist, novelist, critic, cinephile, and all-around intellectual dynamo Sontag made her directorial debut with this definition-defying, dryly funny psychological serio-comedy, the result of a Swedish studio’s invitation to her to make a film in Stockholm. The result, revolving around the quadrangular relationship between an arrogant ex-revolutionist German intellectual exile, his elegant wife, their Swedish student secretary, and the earnest secretary’s...
9) Word of God
Publisher
Dark Star Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Swedish
Description
Three brothers live at home where their father is the self-appointed God and rules in his robe. After deciding to write his memoirs - turning the home insane - the boys must fight their father's rule in a showdown with 'God'. The newest from award-winning madcap director Henrik Ruben Genz and based on the best selling novel. Official Selection at the **London Film Festival**.
10) Hotell
Publisher
Mk2 Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Swedish
Description
Erika is a beautiful young woman with a perfect life. Until the day it all falls apart. She starts going to group therapy and meets other people suffering from various forms of trauma. One day this eclectic group decides to take matters into its own hands and heads off together in search of a way out. They start checking into hotels – a place of complete anonymity where you can wake up as a different person.
11) Together
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
Swedish
Description
Goran runs a Stockholm commune in the 1970s. The easygoing Goran does his best to keep the peace between the politically contentious people around him, many of whom are drunk or stoned on a regular basis. When Goran's sister Elisabeth (Lisa Lindgren) flees from her abusive husband, her arrival at the commune significantly changes its dynamics. Elisabeth's two children bring change, agitating for TV and meat and driving away the commune's purists as...
12) You, the Living
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Swedish
Description
In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket and so on. Nominated for an Un Certain Regard Award at **Cannes Film...
13) Koko-di Koko-da
Publisher
Dark Star Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Swedish
Description
As 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 into a maelstrom of psychological terror and humiliating slapstick.
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Swedish
Description
After the end of a long marriage, Britt-Marie is starting over at age 63. In the small town of Borg, the only job she can find is quite challenging: to coach the town’s youth soccer team. Based on the bestselling novel by author Fredrik Backman (A Man Called Ove).
15) Who Talks
Publisher
New Europe Film Sales
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Swedish
Description
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.
16) The sacrifice
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Swedish
Description
Tarkovsky's haunting vision of a world threatened with nuclear annihilation. Made as he was dying of cancer, The sacrifice is Tarkovsky's personal statement, a profoundly moving, redemptive tragedy steeped in unforgettable imagery and heart-wrenching emotion.
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Swedish
Description
Traveling to accept an honorary degree, Professor Isak Borg—masterfully played by veteran director Victor Sjöström—is forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults, and make peace with the inevitability of his approaching death. Through flashbacks and fantasies, dreams and nightmares, WILD STRAWBERRIES dramatizes one man’s remarkable voyage of self-discovery. This richly humane masterpiece, full of iconic imagery, is a treasure from...
18) Play Time
Publisher
SND Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Swedish
Description
There are times when we could all do with a break. Little Nico is tormenting his young mother in a vast shopping mall. He wants everything and will not stop ramming the displays with his trolley. When his mother tries to move him on he kicks up a stink and starts screaming his head off. She stops short of giving him a slap, and instead runs out into the car park where she lights a cigarette. When she returns, Nico is gone. A member of staff is looking...
19) Lilya 4-ever
Publisher
Arrow Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Swedish
Description
Lilja lives in poverty and dreams of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her to her aunt, who neglects her. Lilja hangs out with her friends, Natasha and Volodya, who is suicidal. Desperate for money, she starts working as a prostitute, and later meets Andrei. He offers her a good job in Sweden, but when Lilja arrives her life quickly enters a downward spiral.
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Swedish
Description
Sam and Jonathan take us on a kaleidoscopic tour of the human condition in reality and fantasy. The journey unveils the beauty of single moments, the pettiness of others, life’s grandeur, and the humor and tragedy hidden within us all. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. **Venice Film Festival** winner.
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