34th Göteborg International Film Festival
Göteborg International Film Festival 28 Jan - 7 Feb 2011, complete list
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- DirectorMarius HolstStarsBenjamin HelstadTrond NilssenStellan SkarsgårdNorwegian winter, early 20th century. On the boys home Bastoy, a new inmate leads the boys to a violent uprising against a brutal regime. How far is he willing to go to attain freedom?
- DirectorNikolaj ArcelStarsThure LindhardtTuva NovotnyRosalinde MynsterMads, a 34-year-old scriptwriter, goes through a life crisis when a close friend has a stroke and ends up in a coma. Mads breaks up with his girlfriend of 10 years and tries to find a different path in life. The movie has a meta storyline about making movies.
- DirectorÁrni Ólafur ÁsgeirssonStarsIngvar SigurdssonNína Dögg FilippusdóttirBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonThe crew on board the fishing vessel Undercurrent RE 29 has become uncomfortably numb with its never ending routine of week long tours at sea. Then, during one dark and dreary night this routine is shaken to its foundation when one of the most solid crew members commits suicide. To fill his gap, a young woman takes his place on the next tour and gradually the fragile balance is tipped, and personal issues that should be left on the mainland cause dangerous friction between the crew members.
- DirectorLisa AschanStarsMathilda ParadeiserLinda MolinIsabella LindquistTwo adolescent girls on an equine acrobatics team form an intimate friendship that becomes threatened by their competitive nature.
- DirectorArto HalonenStarsKatja KüttnerSamuli EdelmannKrista KosonenPrincess tells the true story of former cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen's redemptive struggle with insanity, who checked in to Finland's Kellokoski Psychiatric Hospital in 1945.
- DirectorAnne SewitskyStarsAgnes KittelsenJoachim RafaelsenMaibritt SaerensFamily is the most important thing in the world to Kaja. She is an eternal optimist in spite of living with a man who would rather go hunting with the boys, and who refuses to have sex with her because she isn't particularly attractive anymore. Whatever. That's life. But when the perfect couple moves in next door, Kaja struggles to keep her emotions in check. Not only do these successful, beautiful, exciting people sing in a choir; they have also adopted a child - from Ethiopia. These new neighbors open a new world to Kaja, with consequences for everyone involved. And when Christmas comes around, it becomes evident that nothing will ever be like before - even if Kaja tries her very best.
- DirectorMartin JernEmil LarssonStarsMagnus SkogEmelie SundelinStefan SöderbergKim has grown up outside of the city in a criminal family. After a prison sentence he makes up his mind to move on. Now he wants a job, a house and a girl.
- DirectorAnders GrönrosStarsAgnes BlåsjöMikael ErssonThomas HanzonTwo teenage girls, Tina and Cilla, are identical twins who suffer a tragic event.
- DirectorRyan RedfordStarsGarret DillahuntMolly ParkerDonal LogueFeeling lost and disconnected, with no family of his own, veteran Sherman Oliver sets out to the countryside in search of the soldier who saved him back in the war. That man, Franklin Page, has long since moved on - to a wife, two children, and a reliable job in a reliably safe and quiet rural town. Upon arriving, Sherman seems at first a harmless if awkward shell of a man. But as he inserts himself further into the Pages' life, he reveals himself to be an angry, unstable individual prone to great jealousy and deep resentment. The stability Franklin worked so hard to establish is soon threatened, and the violence he believed he'd left behind in the war begins to re-emerge and cloud over both the household and the town itself.
- DirectorOlivier Masset-DepasseStarsAnne CoesensAlexandre GontcharovMilo Masset-DepasseA single mother of a thirteen-year-old boy from Belarus seeks refuge in Belgium with dreams of a better life, but instead, she will be incarcerated and separated from her son, risking deportation.
- DirectorAlix DelaporteStarsClotilde HesmeGrégory GadeboisEvelyne DidiAngèle, a beautiful young woman with a past, arrives in a small fishing harbor in Normandy. She meets Tony, a professional fisherman, who finds himself attracted to her although he dislikes her blunt ways. Tony hires her as a fishmonger, lodges her and teaches her the tricks of the trade. The relationships between Myriam, Tony's mother, and Angèle are far from easy but the young woman gradually adapts to her new environment and little by little Tony and Angèle manage to tame each other...
- DirectorAthina Rachel TsangariStarsAriane LabedVangelis MourikisEvangelia RandouStuck in her boring factory town, twenty-three-year-old Marina is at the mercy of both her father's impending death and her distaste for other humans.
- DirectorClio BarnardStarsManjinder VirkChristine BottomleyNatalie GavinPortrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.
- DirectorMaria SødahlStarsLine VerndalHenrik RafaelsenLena EndreSonia moves with her kids to Trinidad where her husband Jo is working in the oil business. The milieu change and the discovery of an the affair her husband has been having makes her lose grip and go into a limbo.
- DirectorFederico VeirojStarsFelipe ArocenaGonzalo DelgadoJorge JellinekA movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life after the cinema he worked at for over 25 years is forced to shut down.
- DirectorDerek CianfranceStarsRyan GoslingMichelle WilliamsJohn DomanThe relationship of a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.
- DirectorJohan LundborgJohan StormStarsEmil JohnsenYlva GallonPeter StormareLonely medical student Frank is pleased with his flat, a quiet place to focus on his coming exams. But when he meets the girl upstairs, the intrusive Lotte, he realizes there is something wrong with the place. Each time he leaves his apartment, Frank is scared... the talkative concierge, the annoying child, the love-sick Lotte, her brutal ex-boyfriend and above all, her new jealous boyfriend, the scary Micke, they all seem to be Frank's enemies.
- DirectorGabriella BierStarsJasmin AvissarMenachem AvissarMiriam AvissarThe recently married couple Jasmin and Assi are forced to live separated. She lives in Berlin, he in Ramallah. They want desperately to make a life together but it proves to be an impossible task. When an Israeli marries Palestinian they are beyond security offered to other members of society at every turn they are faced with a Catch 22 situation. Israeli bureaucracy filled with suspicion and a menacing Palestinian society makes their life a nightmare.
- DirectorPål HollenderStarsAli SajjadPål HollenderShir AqaFilmmaker Pål Hollender travels back to Kabul and throughout Afghanistan in search of Ali Sajjad, a bright kid he met in Kabul nearly 10 years ago.
- DirectorMaj WechselmannStarsGerhart BaumCarl BildtPhil ClarkDepicts Sudan and how international oil companies act in the southern part of the country. Maj Wechselmann couples this with Swedish private partners' general knowledge about which funds have shares in oil.
- DirectorNima SarvestaniI Was worth 50 Sheep is the story of a brave girl, Sabere, and her struggle for life. Through the prism of her family this heart-rending and thought-provoking film brings the tragedy that is Afghanistan vividly to life. Sabere, has a price on her head. When she was just ten years old she was sold to a man forty years her senior. After seven years of confinement and abuse she escaped to find temporary refuge in a women's sanctuary. Now she again has a price on her head as her husband will kill her on sight. The camera picks up Sabere at the point where she has re-made contact with her family. She faces the decision of whether to stay in the safety of the sanctuary or whether to rejoin her family. For the family it is a dangerous game of cat and mouse as they move from location to location, always trying to stay one step ahead of her murderous husband. Only divorce can set Sabere free. But Islamic law will only grant a divorce if she can bring her husband to court. But there is a problem. Her husband is a Taliban man far beyond the reach of the law. With desperation mounting, Sabere's step-father proposes an audacious plan. They try to mount a "sting" that would simultaneously capture her husband and free Sabere from his clutches. But for it to work, Sabere will have to meet her husband. And all the while the family dreads receiving the telephone call that will seal the fate of Sabere's ten-year-old sister. I Was worth 50 Sheep is a simple and moving story of one family's struggle to survive. I Was worth 50 Sheep was filmed over a period of two years in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, by award-winning director Nima Sarvestani.
- DirectorÅsa EkmanStarsPeter Millberg LantzRose-Marie MillbergSabine MillbergA documentary about the female drag racing queen Rosie Mellberg's comeback. Who, In the 1970s, was the first female practitioner in this otherwise male-dominated sport,
- DirectorStaffan JulénMarius van NiekerkStarsSamuel Machado AmaruPatrick JohannesMario MahongaFour war-veterans, former enemies journey back to past battlefields deep within the African interior in search of reconciliation, forgiveness and ... atonement?
- DirectorDaniel FridellStarsRaynier Casamayor GriñánMichel MiglisEl Medico has to decide between doing his duty to the State, as a doctor fulfilling his mothers dream, or being an artist.
- DirectorMariken HalleStarsMarcus CarlssonJan CosterLeif EdlundA film team of film student from the university move around in Gothenburg asking people how a movie about themselves will be which leads to fascinating monologues which miraculously leads on to a full script.
- DirectorJonas Selberg AugustsénStarsPatricia FjellgrenIngá Elisá Påve IdivuomaMaj-Doris RimpiWhy are gooseberries so much more valuable than deer trees and why did the Sami men lay naked on the marsh in the past? How do you respond to a mock execution and what is actually panic attack? Ella and Moa are two girls with more questions than answers and during a summer night they approach a little cautiously of their Sami origin.
- DirectorCharlotta MillerStarsCarolina ÖstblomCaisa-Stina ForssbergJohan CarlbergKatrin is sitting apathetically in her dump like apartment, after being cheated on and left by her boyfriend. An old lady who's husband just died, is wreaking havoc outside. Dazed by the event and touched by the old lady's strong emotional expression, Katrin decides to face her old boyfriend.
- DirectorFijona JonuziStarsVera VitaliDavid ArnesenTom LjungmanHanna, in her early thirties, is on her way home late one evening when she stops at a 7-eleven. There, she runs into an acquaintance, Andreas, 20, who invites her to a party nearby. When they arrive, Hanna realizes that the party consists of five 20-year-old guys. At first, she feels uncomfortable, then she becomes the center of the party, and relaxes a little bit, but at the same time feels like she doesn't really fit in.
- DirectorRobin FärdigA young girl is drinking in a bar while waiting to get a job.
- DirectorAlinée CandanStarsAnnette KullenbergAlexander SalzbergerMagnus UgglaA fable about an ugly rat who dreams of becoming handsome because "then people will listen to you".
- DirectorJohannes NyholmStarsHelmi Hellrand NyholmPrizewinning short about a baby placed in a virtual doll environment Las Palmas, getting drunk and goes bananas like any other uncivilized tourist would do.
- DirectorJohn SkoogStarsVera Andersson PaulssonBodil GöranssonGöran GöranssonA girl is having a smoke. Her moped has broken down. A guy is out walking too many dogs. A bunch of girls are playing football near a canyon. Dusk is falling and the magnificent cinematography lends a feeling that something greater than ourselves is at hand.
- DirectorPetra RevenueRecently retired Tore have had enough. He is convinced that there is no love in our society anymore. No solidarity. He decides to gas himself to death a day when his wife, as usual, goes to work without even saying goodbye. However everything changes when Tord finds out about the new neighbor. Tord's life suddenly makes sense again. He meets new friends who have become kind because of the same experience. However, complications arise when others in the neighborhood want to kick her out because she does not behave like everybody else. The new neighbor is not considered "normal".
- DirectorDavid FärdmarStarsLisa LinnertorpReine BrynolfssonSven Strömerstén HolmMiss Maud, an orphan, has grown up in a boarding house, raised by the conservative matron Mrs Frank. In her suppressed desires and love for Mr Eldmann, Miss Maud creates an imaginary world where love is greater than life. Perhaps even greater than death itself.
- DirectorGustav DanielssonStarsGustav DanielssonOskar Danielsson-FängströmDaniella Mendel-EnkGustav is practicing free diving. On land he keeps his breath. All the time. When driving a car. When he works. When he is asleep. He keeps his girlfriend awake at night.
- DirectorAdam BergStarsFreja AhlbergJoakim NätterqvistVera VitaliA man gets a phone call from an acquaintance, asking for help. They must retrieve something lost inside a train tunnel. They must do it in the middle of the night. "In" is an psychological thriller set in the quiet country of Sweden, where people are hiding behind drawn blinds even though the closest neighbor live miles away. A place where you do not know who live in your apartment building or not even the people you play hockey with every week. We follow the two men into the darkness as they are forced to come closer together. And in spite of all confinement, there is still something left open, an escape, or an abyss, deep down in the dark.
- DirectorFrida FrankerStarsJerry WilliamsFrida FrankerSimon Jedvik20 years ago she saw Swedish rock singer Jerry Williams on TV for the first time. Now Frida wants to seek him out and we follow her on a hysterical hunt for her idol.
- DirectorFarnaz ArbabiParasto BackmanStarsEftiMaxiMidiA nostalgic, warm, and bittersweet film about two best friends' journey to find the biggest Swedish pop icons of the 90's: Midi, Maxi and Efti.
- DirectorAnders Jedenfors
- DirectorFrans Huhta KarlssonIn a wind-whipped landscape marked by man's absence, we follow the course of nature. Dogs rule at the beach, cows go astray and by the rocks there are sea lions resting. The summer arrives, and with it the people. The scene changes with a brutal power grab.
- DirectorAlexandra-Therese KeiningStarsSverrir GudnasonNina ZanjaniA dove is fluttering around an empty flat. Then it flies out through the window. A young woman comes home to get rid of something that she cannot throw away. A poetic depiction of a woman trapped in an intangible and powerless state.
- DirectorTobias AnderssonStarsAngus SampsonJack DawesA boy and his father go rabbit hunting in the snow.
- DirectorMonne Lindström
- DirectorJimmy OlssonStarsDan AnderssonSuzanna DilberClara Eriksson-LindKristoffer is on the night bus with some friends on their way home after a party. They are talking about a certain memory. All of a sudden two youngsters boards the bus, a boy and a girl and they are really drunk. Kristoffer sees them and something he had repressed comes back to him.
- DirectorTova MozardStarsYlva HolstEva MozardMarie-Louise MozardThe artist Tova Mozard places herself, her mother and grandmother on the Royal Dramatic Theatre's main stage. In a therapy similar staging stories accidentally and unavoidably passes between generations, between mother and daughter.
- DirectorMariken HalleStarsJan CosterLeif EdlundYlva GallonA theater group celebrates the last performance at a bar. They take up too much space and the regulars feel pushed aside.
- DirectorErick Love LundqvistStarsMichael SegerströmWith the help of recorded city sounds a blind man pretends to be somewhere else. An old man get inspired by his skills and join him to escape the reality.
- DirectorFrida SpångStarsHenric GustavssonHenrik JiberSebastian has decided to end his life, but an unknown mitten catches his attention and instead he leaves for his best friend Markus place. During their walk in the cold winters night a dangerous, emotional game starts to take place in Sebastian's last search for something or someone to hold on to.
- DirectorR.S. SöderströmSonny is a 24 young man living in a low class neighborhood in the outs-certs of Gothenburg, Sweden in the middle of the 90's. He has lost contact with his alcoholic father Ronny a long time ago due to his drinking problems. But when they one day accidentally meet at a tram station some days before Christmas, Ronny convinces Sonny to give him a second chance. This marks the beginning of a very colorful and complicated father-son relationship that include both separation, reunion, reconciliation centered around a game of tennis. During the game the past unfold and while the temper raises between the two, finally culminating when Sonny strikes Ronny in the stomach with a rock hard forehand. Ronny falls to the ground. When Sonny is helping Ronny to the cab, their first father-son moment occurs were his father spills the truth about his drinking problem for the first time, and Sonny is trying to express his buried down love for his father. That is the last time Sonny see his dad before he dies.
- DirectorGeorge IvanovStarsVera VitaliHelena Af SandebergBjörn BengtssonTen year old Bianca an her baby brother Alex are separated from a broken home. When they reunite years later, Bianca's getting married while Alex is heading for disaster. And in their attempt to make up with the past, they soon realize that some things are better left untouched
- DirectorNathalie Álvarez MesénStarsEmil BrulinIsabel JuréhnWhere do you draw the line in terms of how much you can look after someone else? Our characters are mutually interdependent, living in a close relationship that is hard to define on the basis of stereotypical assumptions.
- DirectorJacob StålhammarEveryone should be sleeping in silent city. A kid has just been tucked in... but what's that sound from under the bed? And what's happening outside the window? ... and who keeps playing the far away piano? Night Sounds is a friendly little spooky short that borrows tons from Robert Wiene, John Carpenter and Saul Bass...
- DirectorNicolas KolovosStarsLeakim Eventhén
- DirectorJesper BrodersenStarsKristine BrodersenAlbin SkuteGunnar TorvundA boy is sitting near a large field, contemplating the surroundings. When his dad comes along to get him home, a part of him stays in the field. That's when the fears come. A powerful sense of doom imbues this toned-down film.
- DirectorMelker SundénStarsAgnes DavidssonBjörn KjellmanMattias SvenssonIt is snowing and little Ted is on his way to school. A couple of boys see him and decide bully him.
- DirectorCecilia Torquato de OliveiraStarsJoshi AlvarezLars AnderssonAviad Arik HermanA chain of people connected by desire. They are all looking for the one, talking about sex and chasing love. They know what they want, but will they ever get it?
- DirectorAmi-Ro SköldStarsTherése HammarHåkan JeppssonKarin BertlingThree lonely people who want to be something else. Something different. Something new. They are all struggling with something unstated. When the actors are replaced by clay animations, their dreams are realized and disguises provide relief.
- DirectorMartin KlevegårdStarsJonas BaneOla HedénFrederik NilssonA film about a young man who wants to buy his first car, but when his father insists on accompanying him, the story changes and shifts focus.
- DirectorMagnus JohanssonRobert LundmarkStarsSimon BlybergAurora RoaldPia HalvorsenFelix is at the beach and he want's to go swimming, but his mom thinks it's too dangerous. Felix is in a wheelchair. But he doesn't care - so why should anybody else?
- DirectorJohan LydénAndreas WemanStarsTove EdfeldtNadja MirmiranJosef SäterhagenA woman finds herself in existential imbalance, trying to figure things out, as she stands to lose the person closest to her.
- DirectorEmil Gustafsson RyderupFor want of friends, a little boy seeks fellowship among flies. Once he has gained their confidence, he finds himself in possession of endless power. But the power is not the solution to everything, and how is a child to master such responsibility?
- DirectorJerry CarlssonAnette SidorStarsPierre TafvelinUrban EksvärdTwo truck drivers, Ronny and Micke, have a secret relationship. They meet up at rest areas along the road, where no one can see them. Both of them are longing for something more, but Ronny already has a family.
- DirectorJessica LaurénAn animated short film suitable for young children.
- DirectorJonas WestbomStarsKalled MustonenAmanda Pajus
- DirectorValentina Chamorro WestergårdhStarsThérèse SvenssonAndreas La ChenardièreRobert NoackVincent has a secret that forces him to stay away from the people he loves. But when he meets Gustav, love strikes Vincent. As their love grows, so does his fear of letting his secret destroy his new lover.
- DirectorMarcus CarlssonStarsNils GranbergJennifer Karlberg
- DirectorJoanna KarlbergJoanna NordahlOn the outskirts of a Swedish semi-large city is an area for temporary housing called Mosippan. Children and adults live there in barracks while waiting to move to a permanent home, but many end up staying for several years. We will call it Gangster Movie is a warm documentary about the lives of four friends living in Mosippan, and their work with their own action packed short film.
- DirectorIna HolmqvistEmelie WallgrenStarsBill KaulitzTom KaulitzWith the passionate kind of crush that only 14-year-olds can muster, Angela and Arina dream themselves out of their Stockholm suburb to Berlin. Their goal: to see and touch their idol, Bill Kaulitz of the German pop band Tokio Hotel, at Madame Tussaud's. But just as the girls have their goal in sight; their world seems to collapse around them. A film about friendship, infatuation and the heartbreak of growing up.
- DirectorHugo LiljaStarsJonatan RodriguezEmelie GarbersAnna UddenbergPost apocalyptic short film about a zombie virus that has spread over Sweden. The few remaining virus free survivors has closed themselves in gated communities away from the zombies. The survivors have learned to control the zombies with drugs so they can be used as a part of the workforce, entertainment etc. But one of the survivors finds his mother as zombie and makes a life altering decision.
- DirectorTerese AndrénStarsFanny RisbergPhilip McGinleyDiego LeskeNina Argentina is a story about a Swedish woman, Nina, who goes to Argentina to look for her lost son. She claims that the father has kidnapped him, and that they are somewhere in Buenos Aires. But it turns out that Ninas situation is much more complicated than at first glance. Nina Argentina is a story about sense and sensibility, about the fine line between what Is right and wrong.
- DirectorKarzan KaderStarsZamand TahaSarwar FazilShirwan MohamadTwo homeless Kurdish brothers see Superman in the town's first movie theatre and decide they are going to live with him in the US. It's a long, dangerous road in the hands of ruthless human smugglers.
- DirectorLinnea RoxeheimStarsKumar ChavanJosefin LjungmanSascha ZachariasMoa and Natta are high school friends who will together make the almost obligatory "find-yourself-journey". Their goal is to backpack through the whole of India for 4 months, but it doesn't turn out quite as they had planned. Instead of traveling from adventure to adventure, they get stuck in one and the same place and the relationship between them is forced to be seriously tested for the first time.
- DirectorAnton KällrotStarsLeif EdlundEmil JohnsenRafael PeterssonThree men are at war. Their outpost is in a bunker on the coast of nowhere and there is no contact with the enemy. Frustrated by lack of combat, they nag at each other. Small annoyances become tangible fractions. But there is also room for small talk about life, war, everything.
- DirectorEmelie LindblomStarsDavid AnderssonMikael AnderssonPhilip HughesFollowing up 2011's "Shoot the Moon", This VG crew lands in 2012 on "The Darkside" Featuring: Ben Bilocq, Chris Grenier, Danimals, Darrell Mathes, Gus Engle, Harrison Gordon, Jake O.E., Joe Sexton, Johnny Miller, Jon Kooley, Jonas Michilot, Jordan Mendenhall, Laurent-Nicolas Paquin & Nick Dirks.
- DirectorAnders HazeliusStarsSchmidt AdamBengt C.W. CarlssonEva FritjofsonTwo middle aged men from different social environments meet and a tragic love story begins.
- DirectorMartin SjögrenStarsDennis AlvdénVictoria BrattströmRobert LarssonStars don't shine where Jocke (10) and his sister Jessie (8) live. Their arguing parents are breaking up and are planning to separate the two children. One night Jocke realizes that his little snow globe is a gate into a magical world. Jocke and Jessie decide to run off into this magical world in order to stay together. They enter a 2-dimensional fairy world where the only limitation is their own imagination. The little snow globe acts as a map to aid the two children in their search for the broken stars far up on the mountain. During this taxing adventure they run into strange characters who help them on their quest. At the same time Jocke is beginning to worry about that something hiding in the dark is following them.
- DirectorHanna HögstedtStarsGabriella AjaganFredrika Byman-MobergMalin DahlströmA film about tearing down a wall and making a new home.
- DirectorAnna JuhlinStarsAnna JuhlinLütfi ÖzkökA story about a grandfather's life, told by his grand children.
- DirectorAnna Eborn
- DirectorChristian LarsonHenrik HansonStarsAxel HedforsSebastian IngrossoSteve AngelloA short film captured during Swedish House Mafia set from 2008 to 2011.
- DirectorDiana VoxerbrantThere is a violent political struggle in Poland focusing on one of the very cornerstones of democracy: Gay Pride marchers stand off against homophobic, stone-throwing fascists on the streets, whilst simultaneously, in the corridors of the Polish parliament they try to prevent the parades from taking place at all. Diana Voxerbrant is a half Swedish, half Polish film maker who sets out to find out how Polish people view democracy today.
- DirectorMartina CarlstedtStarsClaes SwanbergThe protagonist of the documentary is pensioner Claes Swandberg, whose greatest wish is to finally make it to the nearby cinema. What if it rains? What if his sweater doesn't match the shirt he is wearing? Probably better to stay in the safety of his own home and switch on the telly. In the total isolation of his solitary life, and out of an entirely unfounded fear of stepping outside his flat, Claes has turned his tidy home into a prison. With extreme sensitivity, this minimalistic film portrait captures Claes's life and demonstrates just what loneliness can do to a person.
- DirectorJan TroellStarsMax von SydowAllan EdwallKarl Erik FlensA long iron ore train passes across a vast marshland in Lapland. The steam locomotive needs some lubrication, so the train makes a short stop at a small station out in the wilderness. When the train is going to continue its journey, the brake-controller Kvist says that he is not going with them, but intends to stay here. When the train has left, the stationmaster asks him way he stays here, where there is nothing. Because it's beautiful here, Kvist replies. The stationmaster cannot understand this, and criticizes Kvist for running away from his work, and thereby destroying his future possibilities within the company. Kvist continues by foot along the track, singing and dancing. Three kilometers further on is a railway minder's cottage. The railway minder lends him a lining bar, but is suspicious of what Kvist is going to do with it, and follows him at some distance. Kvist climbs a hill. He puts the lining bar under a very large boulder at the top, and makes it tumble down the hillside. The railway minder shouts that he is mad. Kvist returns to the station, where he waits for another ore train.
- DirectorJan Troell
- DirectorJan TroellStarsEvert AnderssonMagnus BorgströmAllan DahlbergA small local radio station in the city of Trelleborg, Sweden. Very important to its listeners. A friend in the air.
- DirectorJan Troell
- DirectorFatih AkinBarbara AlbertSharunas BartasStarsAlan ReesYohanna TroellAgneta Ulfsäter-TroellAn anthology film is a collection of short film projects by different directors for a common aim. Usually they are unified by a common theme - in this case, the European Union.
- DirectorJan Troell
- DirectorGöran GenteleStarsBusk Margit JonssonPer MyrbergAdolf JahrErik, the son of a wealthy farmer, and Anna, the daughter of a poor crofter, have known each other since they were children. Now, that they are grown up, they love each other, but their parents won't let them have each other, since their families are enemies. Erik's father wants him to marry a rich girl instead and when Anna hears about this, she falls ill and even starts to show signs of insanity. Will the two have each other or will everything go wrong?
- DirectorMauritz StillerStarsGustav AronsonStina BergHugo BjörneGunnar Hede, a young Swedish man, wants to become a professional musician, but when his father suddenly dies he is pressured by his family to take over the family business, raising and selling reindeer. He doesn't like the business and isn't suited for it, but he gives in and takes over. However, when he is badly injured one day in an accident while driving the herd over the frozen Arctic and sustains some serious head trauma, his family fears that he may be permanently mentally damaged and they may lose both Gunnar and the family business.
- DirectorRune EricsonStarsGeorge AylwenFolke BernadotteLennart BernadotteA short film documentary narrated by Lennart Bernadotte from a cruise aboard the ocean liner "MS Saga" - departing from Göteborg, with visits to several destinations in Europe and North Africa.
- DirectorEmil JonsvikStarsTom LjungmanChristopher MhinaHanna ArdéhnIn an ordinary Swedish suburb the destiny of seven misguided youths are in the hand of the society of the grown ups. In a helpless situation of abuse, bullying and sexual harassment, the change comes when they get hold of a gun.