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The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf

December 2020 •German

The extraordinary story of Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940), creator of Nils Holgersson, a memorable and legendary literary character, and the first female storyteller to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1909); a woman as pioneering in her life as in her remarkable work.

The Slussen Misery

December 2020 •Swedish

Filmmaker Johan Palmgren returns to Slussen in Stockholm and captures both major crises and small observations this special year.

The Pulse of the Big City

January 1963 •Swedish

An experimental film about the city of Stockholm.

Ultimate Scandinavia

August 2007 •English

In this ultimate guide to Scandinavia travelers Megan McCormick, Ian Wright and Neil Gibson explore Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Lapland, Finland and the Baltic States. From enjoying a traditional Viking festival to crossing the Arctic Circle into Lapland for dinner with reindeer herders to a visit to the capital of Lithuania, Vilinus, and the Midsummer Night Festival in Kernave, these hosts will introduce the viewer to a variety of sites and attractions during their Scandinavian tour.

Djurgårdsfärjan 2

June 2012 •Swedish

A paraphrase on Eric M. Nilsson's film Djurgårdsfärjan from the early 1960s.

This Is Söderstadion

March 2015 •English

The days of being a supporter of the Hammarby football team are hard, even for the most dedicated fan. The unwilling step into the future is embodied by the leaving of the classic home stadium Söderstadion.

Det goda livet

October 2001 •Swedish

"The good life" is a documentary about Alf, a broker who sells expensive apartments in Stockholm. Alf lives the good life. But even the good life has several sides.

Chess på svenska: The musical that came home

November 2003 •Swedish

A film about Chess - from reading to first night

Misfits to Yuppies

April 1993 •Swedish

Misfits to Yuppies is the last of three films (Dom kallar oss mods, Ett anständigt liv, Det sociala arvet) that shows conditions for addicts in Stockholm and try to find out how social legacy have been transferred to their children from previous films.

The Traffic Separating Device

April 2020 •Swedish

In order to rectify the poor bus accessibility at Slussen station in Stockholm, the city council, as per the municipal board’s recommendation, erects so-called ‘bus traps’ on the street.

Area 08 Vol. 1

January 2000 •English

A film devoted exclusively to graffiti on trains and metros of Stockholm, Sweden. The soundtrack is composed by the famous Swedish rap group, Looptroop Rockers among others. The film features many sequences of trainspotting and backjumps with the WUFC in particular and the infamous scene with the trashing of a subway car. The film was immediately banned from sale by the Swedish authorities.

Vikarien

March 2006 •Swedish

For the young, ambitious substitute teacher Max Wejstorp the chaos in his school in a Stockholm suburb ultimately becomes unbearable. He summons his old teacher and mentor, the now 73-year-old legend Folke Silvén from Lund in southern Sweden. How the teachers has got an increasingly untenable work situation is shown in a very direct way in "Vikarien".

Stockholm, entrée de l'exposition

May 1897 •French

A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.

This is Hammarby: Bad Weather Fans

August 2015 •English

Supporting Hammarby is more than just watching a winning team, these supporters are some of the most loyal in Sweden. This is their story.

Balloon Trip over Stockholm

January 1914 •Swedish

Summer City

January 1939 •Swedish

Directed by amateur filmmaker Nils Hallström, father of Lasse Hallström.

The Prize

December 1963 •English

A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. Craig, who is infamous for his drinking and womanizing, formulates a wild theory that physics prize winner Dr. Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.

Marie Curie

December 2016 •French

The most turbulent five years in the life of a genius woman: Between 1905, where Marie Curie comes with Pierre Curie to Stockholm to be awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the radioactivity, and 1911, where she receives her second Nobel Prize, after challenging France's male-dominated academic establishment both as a scientist and a woman.

Recycling and Waste

January 2019 •English

The night of November 22, a recycling center outside Stockholm; Sweden will be bombed. A suspect is arrested and during the interrogation with her further circumstances arise. Soon it turns out that nothing is what it initially seems to be.

Naked

December 2000 •Swedish

When Anders wakes up on his wedding day, he finds himself naked in an elevator, only remembering some of what happened.