35th Göteborg International Film Festival
Göteborg International Film Festival 27 Jan - 6 Feb 2012, complete list
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- DirectorAxel PetersénStarsJohannes BrostPeter CarlbergLéonore EkstrandJanne, a 60-year-old party promoter is arranging a nightclub at the annual tennis week in the small coastal town, where he also teams up with his sister Jackie. But an accident turns his life upside down.
- DirectorHafsteinn Gunnar SigurðssonStarsHilmar GuðjónssonSveinn Ólafur GunnarssonÞorsteinn BachmannTwo employees of the Icelandic Road Administration spend the summer painting lines on the winding roads as they both find themselves at a crossroads in their lives.
- DirectorArild AndresenStarsVebjørn EngerKristoffer JonerCecilie A. MosliJarle Klepp gets a message that forces his mind back to something he'd rather forgotten - his childhood with his father in Stavanger. When "Orheim" was his surname.
- DirectorJens LienStarsSven NordinÅsmund HøegSonja RichterIt's not easy to rebel when your dad wants to join the party... One day (in 1979), Magnus and his son Nikolaj hit the wall in their new terrace house in Rykkinn. Magnus is an architect, hippie and free spirit, a glaring exception in a community where equality and conformity is the norm. He always stands up for his son, supporting him unconditionally, even when Nikolaj decides to stop giving a damn. SONS OF NORWAY is a film about rebellion, punk rock, suburban hell and the struggle between freaks and punks. But most of all, it's the story of an unusual father-son relationship, and about the strength of the bonds we sometimes do our best to rip apart.
- DirectorPatrik EklundStarsJimmy LindströmSaga GärdeOlle SarriThere is something going on in the small town of Backberga. The towns proud telecom company Unicom is just about to launch a new modern profile when they discover that there is something lurking in the outskirts of Backberga. An accident triggers a power failure, which leads to a chain of events,mishaps and love stories. Flicker is a warm comic story about people trying to find their place within the modern society.
- DirectorMads MatthiesenStarsKim KoldElsebeth SteentoftLamaiporn Sangmanee HougaardDennis, a painfully shy 38-year-old bodybuilder who lives with his mother, sets off to Thailand in search of love.
- DirectorSaara CantellStarsElin PetersdottirMeri NenonenIrina BjörklundA story of a house and three women of different generations who inhabit it through the years.
- DirectorEster Martin BergsmarkStarsJuli ApponenSebastian BendeforsEster Martin BergsmarkWhen Ester meets Eli he recognized himself for the 1st time, and later they are lovers. In this very personal, sensual, colorful and genre- and gender-breaking documentary movie about love, you'll see how important it is to find real love.
- DirectorLiza JohnsonStarsLinda CardelliniMichael ShannonJohn SlatteryA soldier returns to her family, friends, and old job after a tour of duty, though she finds herself struggling to find her place in her everyday life.
- DirectorGust Van den BergheStarsBafiokadie PoteyTene PoteyAbout two kids from a remote African village and their search for a mysterious blue bird, which they manage to capture after a long journey through the weirdest of worlds and experiences.
- DirectorYulene OlaizolaStarsLuisa PardoSalomón HernándezJuan J. Reyes AcuasLuisa is 25 years old and fighting a heroin addiction. Having escaped the city she finds herself seeking repose in a fading beach resort that rests on the lush seaside hills of Veracruz, Mexico.
- DirectorVincent ParonnaudMarjane SatrapiStarsMathieu AmalricEdouard BaerMaria de MedeirosSince his beloved violin was broken, Nasser Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.
- DirectorAlice RohrwacherStarsYile Yara VianelloSalvatore CantalupoPasqualina ScunciaThirteen year-old Marta has recently moved back to southern Italy with her mother and older sister and struggles to find her place, restlessly testing the boundaries of an unfamiliar city and the catechism of the Catholic church.
- DirectorAndrew HaighStarsTom CullenChris NewJonathan RaceAfter a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.
- DirectorVyacheslav RossStarsPyotr ZaychenkoMikhail ProtskoSergey NovikovSiberia. The fates of the characters are intertwined unexpectedly and dramatically. They need to make their choice again and again, discovering in themselves the forgotten humanity and compassion. Mercy is greater than justice.
- DirectorNicolas ProvostStarsIssaka SawadogoStefania RoccaSerge RiaboukineThe struggles of illegal African immigrant Amadou in search for a better life in Brussels.
- DirectorMartin HögdahlStarsPhilip OlssonFeline AnderssonLisbeth JohanssonThe great adventure of 11-year-old Mik starts when he has to leave his home in search of a new one. Along the way, he learns about whales, fishing, friends and love. Forced to flee from the authorities, his friends join on an Ice Dragon.
- DirectorGorki Glaser-MüllerStarsMichalis KoutsogiannakisGunilla RöörWilliam KjälledA man and a woman meet once a year in different hotel rooms. Their passionate love affair has been going on for 30 years. But this year things have happened in their lives, things that might change everything.
- DirectorKåge JonssonHåkan PieniowskiStarsAnya AnofrinkoLiera AnofrinkoNadya AnofrinkoOnce There Was Love is a powerful dark biopic of a one-time middle class Russian family whose life is slowly coming apart at the edges. Covering the 12 years since the birth of baby Nadja, this follow up to the Prix D'Italia winner 'I Love you Natasja' offers a dramatic and uniquely intimate portrait of an incredible modern day odyssey undertaken by a family in a small town in Russia.
- DirectorSara BroosStarsLars LerinManoel MarquesA love story between two men from entirely different backgrounds for whom the old cliché of love moving mountains acquires absolute currency.
- DirectorTora MårtensA rich piece of dramatic storytelling about the love between two brothers, their struggle for a better life, and the turbulent relationship that threatens to break apart their family.
- DirectorJonas Selberg AugustsénStarsRoy AnderssonKalle BomanAlexandra DahlströmIn room 1112 at hotel Riverton during Göteborg's 2011 film festival, director Jonas Selberg Augustsén brings together some of Sweden's most famous film workers and asks a question: "Are the celluloid film about to die, and what do you think it means for the moving image?" The film is inspired by Wim Wender's 1982 documentary, Chambre 666.
- DirectorRobert LillhongaStarsHåkan BrinckFredrik DolkTommy EkbergThe rock band North America has invested everything in its music for 17 years, but the big breakthrough has not come true and the members are thinking of disbanding. All of a sudden they get an invitation to a mysterious talent show weekend.
- DirectorBeata GårdelerStarsMaria LundqvistKjell BergqvistLotta TejleThree sets of unrelated middle age, middle class Swedish families go to Thailand for relaxation and adventure, but realize their problems do not disappear in the scenic evening island breeze. Their depressed lives become even more so as they mingle with Thai citizens for some cross cultural mishaps, and major and minor mayhem ensues, leaving most of them on the brink of suicide.
- DirectorBeata GårdelerStarsMaria LundqvistKjell BergqvistLotta TejleKajsa and her daughters are living at Happiness, but the previous owner wants to buy it back. Majlis wants to have fun, but her husband doesn't want her to. Glenn's need for constant talking causes problems in his relationship with Karn.
- DirectorAnders HazeliusStarsFreddy ÅsblomMåns AskAnton Ahremalm
- DirectorMaciej KalymonAgnes longs for to be held, but is frustratingly aware of her loneliness.
- DirectorStefan ConstantinescuStarsFanny RisbergMichael JanssonFanny GarangerIn the prosperous and chic apartment of the Christiansson family there are odd things going on. While Niclas is in the kitchen preparing dinner, in the bathroom an adultery is being committed through new technologies. Maja is exchanging kinky messages on her mobile phone from the bathtub while her husband and daughter are impatiently waiting for her to have a family dinner. Even when her phone is out of battery, she cannot bring herself to stop.
- DirectorVanja Sandell BillströmIn the meeting between man and the camera the film captures a state rather than a story.
- DirectorSascha FülscherStarsEva FülscherSara JaffarOlivia MalmqvistLilja and Sandra decide to play Melitta a prank. They send her a love letter signed with an invented name - a boy's. When Lilja receives a letter in return, she begins a secret correspondence. What started off as a practical joke turns into a crucial turning point in Lilja's life.
- DirectorJohan Jan JonasonStarsDominik HenzelJohan Jan JonasonHenrik WellernA neurotic recording session releases emotional turmoil.
- DirectorFijona JonuziStarsFrida ArgentoMira GrosinAlejandra Hensgens11-year-old Astrid wants to do things her way, but her mother thinks she is too young. Astrid rebels and slips away for an afternoon in town with her friends. High on freedom, she ends up out of her depth, and as the day draws to a close she has a problem she needs to deal with.
- DirectorJonas EskilssonStarsAnna Runa KaxJonathan Mattebo PerssonA man has a child but is unsure if he want's to be a father.
- DirectorDavid AronowitschStarsAhmed AbdullahiMohammed AhmedJosefin AnkarbergDaoud lives in a limbo that he is trying to break. He cannot go back to Somalia and he is expelled from one European country to another. He is a 'Dublin-case'. Daoud is accused of lying about his age. He has almost given up. The film depicts his time in Sweden.
- DirectorLovisa InserraStarsJulia DufveniusBjörn AnderssonPeter EggersLiv returns to her childhood home - a rundown mansion - after the death of her father. There are mysterious circumstances surrounding his passing and Liv starts to suspect that her relatives are hiding something from her. A gothic drama about a family's secluded, twisted world.
- DirectorLinda-Maria BirbeckStarsAmanda DavinFredrik GunnarssonAnnika HallinThe story is that of Zorro and his best friend Kevin. Zorro, his mother Meta and his older sister Zavanna lives in a messy, run down apartment. Zorro's father is dead and his mother is an alcoholic but despite their situation they share a strong bond. Kevin and his family live in one of the more expensive family homes in the area. Although they are financially well off, the father is a violent man who takes his frustrations out on Kevin, his mother and younger sister. Through Kevin's and Zorro's courage and strong friendship they are able to overcome almost anything. We follow the boys in the course of 24 hours as a series of events lead to a fatal ending.
- DirectorLisa James LarssonStarsJosephine BornebuschSigrid JohnsonHilda BergströmKristin visits her gynecologist for a check-up. With two failed IVF attempts behind her, she longs for a child more than ever. Life, Lust & Longing tells Kristins story through a series of flashbacks. Starting at the age of 4, we follow her life through various stages right up to the present day.
- DirectorCarolina HellsgårdStarsMichaela ArvidssonIda ÅslundCaught between freeways and power lines, the story of 'Heroes' takes place in a one of Stockholm's suburban stables. The two young protagonists, Linnea and Jenny, try to come to terms with the new demands of teenage life. Their friendship becomes plagued with rivalry and competition as they leave the stable world behind.
- DirectorJakob MarkyJakob MárkyStarsViktor BjörkmanHjalmar Ekström WikanderA young boy is being pushed around by an older and bigger kid, constantly having to prove his courage.
- DirectorPer HanefjordStarsJimmy LindströmA childhood with an alcoholic father, and a conversation that they did not have.
- DirectorFoad AramStarsAllan AbdiFoad AramAryan BattiThe Paragraph Man is the faltering, stumbling, comic, sad and tragic story of an immigrant youngsters journey towards sociopolitical awareness, a very first attempt to understand his true situation as an immigrant in post-colonial Sweden.
- DirectorAxel Petersén
- DirectorKristina LevinFinn VinterStarsMargareta VinterTilde VinterThis documentary traces Finn's attempts to heal the wounds his father's suicide caused his entire family. Twelve years ago, Hakan hanged himself in their summer cottage. Finn talks to his mother Margareta and his sister Tilde, and tries to get a grip on his own thoughts and emotions by reminiscing about the days right after his father's death. He wonders whether the image he has of his dad has become his own creation - whether they are truly one and the same person. The resemblance is striking between Finn and the man we see in the old family pictures. Many tears flow, not least Finn's own, but humour and laughter are never far away.
- DirectorClaes LundinDavid F. SandbergMadhav Subrahmanyam is a 12-year-old boy on a mission. Get to know him and follow his struggle to save the last wild Bengal tigers in India. This is a fight against time, fought by a few deeply dedicated heroes.
- DirectorNinja ThybergStarsDavid NzingaAdam LundgrenNorman ZuluFor tonight's course in African two real Africans are invited to play the drums in traditional clothing. This will be the beginning of a rancorous debate with unexpected twists.
- DirectorAnnika AppelinStarsJarl LindbladUlla LyttkensHåkan RudehillEthel is an pensioner who has always been married to her Roland and politely hangs her grandchildren's drawings on the hall mirror. During a walk, she falls to the ground and lies down. Suddenly a strange man stands bent over her.
- DirectorDavid BorbasStarsIshbel McFarlaneMarco J FedericiTony SehgalA couple on a vacation can neither find their hotel or each other. Despite their persistent and creative efforts, something between them has been lost.
- DirectorPaula UrbanoStarsMaria Eugenia Sampallo Barragán
- DirectorClara BodénStarsCicely Irvine
- DirectorMartin KjellbergNils WåhlinStarsAngelica RadloffAnders RönnqvistOscar SkagerbergTwo drug addicts supplying their addiction by stealing copper cable from industrial buildings. One day the tip of a distant factory just waiting to be plundered. Too late, down in the dark vaults, they become aware that there is a reason why the old abandoned building had to stand undisturbed in all years.
- DirectorMaximilien Van AertryckA ferry makes its way through the ice floating in the wintery Baltic Sea. Yet the ice has long since broken inside the ship thanks to the evening's entertainment: with their presentation, the artists breathe a moment of magic into a world which already seems rather unreal. The film evokes a journey into the unknown, full of nostalgia and hope.
- DirectorJimmy OlssonStarsAnders BackKarin LundahlHarald LönnbroIt is an ordinary day at the bank. A somewhat stressed young man makes an entrance and sits down among the other waiting customers. When it is his turn at the lady cashiers he suddenly draws a pistol and declares it is a bank robbery. It is a situation that could have terrifying consequences if it was not for the the cashiers unusual take on the situation.
- DirectorOlof LethStarsAndreas La ChenardièreJosefin LjungmanHanna NormannTvå vänner är ute på krogen och råkar av en händelse spana in samma tjej. Det oväntade triangeldramat intensifieras i takt med att hon dröjer med sitt val.
- DirectorIna HolmqvistEmelie WallgrenStarsSean Connolly
- DirectorJean-Pascal StrüwerStarsLars LindLivia MillhagenTorkel PeterssonA man stands looking over Stockholm city, tears roll down his cheeks. A grieving family approaches. Who are these people? Will they meet? Autumn Leaves is a film about the past and present. About a grief which will hold for ever.
- DirectorMartin LarssonIn a car, standing on an empty street outside a house, sits Pernilla and Jonas. They sit and wait. The air is tense between them. Jonas is stressed and Pernilla is irritated. It would be better maybe to just leave it all be; not dig up the past.
- DirectorHannes HagstrandNinja MioriStarsMaryam NikandishNumb Ceremony is a short abstract art film about a state just after loosing someone and before the grief comes, when it is impossible to understand what has happened. A frozen landscape with black creatures in a ceremony of taking farewell. Numb Ceremony was created with matte painting and compositing.
- DirectorHanna AnderssonStarsGunnel FredPernilla GöstRonja KoepkeWhen their mother ends up in the hospital, Erika and Sally are forced to tackle lifelong disagreements. What does it take to reconcile in a moment of crisis? And how much responsibility do we have for those we love?
- DirectorÅse FougnerA documentary project about some of the oldest citizens in Sweden. At a health center in Sickla a doctor wants to start a very exclusive fitness group. In order to participate, you have to have lived a whole life and still feel the urge to keep moving and stay fit. Gym group 90+ is formed and the average age is 93 years. A life-affirming documentary with hilarious gallows humour and lots of great scenes.
- DirectorJosephine AdamsStarsLine Billa LjøstadJulie Marie LindvikSofia WestbergTwo young people both longing to be close to somebody. In the darkness of the nightclub they meet one night in December.
- DirectorJohanna Paulsdotter LöfstedtStarsCharlie GustafssonFanny KlefeltElise MattissonOne night when the teenagers Bella and Lukas are having sex, he crosses a line that perhaps creates even bigger consequences than anyone could ever have expected.
- DirectorErik LöfgrenStarsGöran ForsmarkRoland Hedlund
- DirectorPia TjaderStarsVille ArrhedJennie RydénJulia TollThe power of imagination. The love between a brother and a sister. In a reality were nothing is what it seems to be.
- DirectorJacob PeterssonCristoffer ÅlundStarsCarl EnglénA little girl, working in a harbor tavern, dreams of becoming one of the infamous Sea Bandits. She sets off on an adventure.
- DirectorJacob StålhammarStarsJacob StålhammarBat went to Paris and came back with loads of pictures to show Fox. Fox has all sorts of ideas of what goes on in Paris, and then there was a surprise.
- DirectorMagnus von HornStarsErik LennbladLouise WehlinIvar SvenssonA brutal and naked portrait of a group of youngsters in a small Swedish village, where bullying leads to fatal consequences. 16-year-old Linus and his best friend are systematically harassing a boy in their school.
- DirectorIda SvenoniusStarsTina PourdavoyHannes ErikssonFanny KlefeltSet in the Swedish archipelago, Seaweed tells the story of an adolescent girl's sudden confrontation with her biggest phobia: seaweed.
- DirectorMartin SteinbergJAPAN PICS A 28 min Documentary film. Shot in Japan and Sweden. About why Japanese people take pictures 'There is a prejudice That Japanese people take a lot of photos. Some time ago people had an image that the Japanese always had a camera around there neck.' Kunisugu Masuda It's a hot August day at City Hall in Stockholm. Tourists from all over the world have gathered and through the City Hall gateway, a group of Japanese tourists walk in. A few seconds later, everyone's cameras is up and taking Lot's of pictures. I interviewed a young couple, 'Do you think that Japanese people generally photograph more than people from other countries?' -'We do? Maybe we do! Yeah, I guess we do. I wonder why? ' Yurika Sakata. My curiosity of Japanese stereotypes takes me and my camera to Japan where I travel to Tokyo, Osaka, Nara, Kobe, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Miyajima. I ask questions, sing karaoke with 80-year-old sisters, eat Japanese food with a doctor and get to see beautiful places around Japan. Keiko, Kunitsugu, Setsuko, Shusei and Yurika people I interviewed at City Hall invite me to their homes and they tell of their photographic habits and what they do with their photos. 'When I take photos I don't just press the button. All views have this special moment that I'm especially fond of. I'm always nervous. But I enjoy the tension.' Shusei Sakata I'm in a park right at the end of the cherry blossom. There, I discover that they take pictures at least as much in their own country. As time goes by I behave as a Japanese tourist in their country. I shoot everything and everyone. What should one have all these pictures for really? 'When I like something, I stay and watch it. Going like a herd 'This way, everyone and back and forth.' Okay, I've been here!' 'Okay, I've seen this!' Akira Kumagai professional photographer. I also interviewed representatives from Canon, Nikon, Olympus and visited a camera-museum in Tokyo. They give me insight into Japan's history, how it is that they have so many camera brands and why cameras can have so much impact on Japan and the Japanese. Through the film we get a glimpse of Japan's photographic history and get closer to some Japanese peoples life's. I am especially interested in why one takes so many pictures. Because I am the same way.
- DirectorHans AppelqvistStarsDante Nelson RådqvistBodil MårtenssonSimon OhlsonA mysterious film about loneliness and death. Theodora lives in her house somewhere in the forests of Sweden. Vissen, a young boy with a broken arm, is her closest friend. In Theodora's kitchen Sot is resting in a pile of flour. Then their world is struck by a song and all goes on as usual.
- DirectorLars BergströmMats BigertAbout the complex and contradictory position of the mouse in our lives. Structured as a trip through a laboratory maze, in which interviews, tableaux, and objects intersect with the meandering path of a small mouse.
- DirectorElin AnderssonElisabeth AnderssonNiklas BergStarsAsmaa AmeeraAhmad AmirehAyman AmirehSwedish documentary about the non-violent struggle in Ni'lin against the ongoing construction of the Israeli wall cutting through the village's olive groves. The villagers, mainly women and children, share their stories and experiences of living under occupation. From the Göteborg International Film Festival program: "A documentary from the inside that upsets us and conveys the fear of the nightly curfew, when the Israeli soldiers take control of the streets and randomly open fire".
- DirectorMichael Krotkiewski
- DirectorMaria RamströmStarsJacob OhlssonJacob ÅströmTor Rauden KällstigenManeuvers in the Dark is the story of how three young Swedish entrepreneurs manage to sneak through the back door of North Korea in an attempt to produce jeans in the country, and of the spiraling repercussions that follow as they begin to trade with the worlds most sealed dictatorship.
- DirectorDan Levy DagermanStarsFilip HammarströmStellan SkarsgårdSwedish writer Stig Dagerman (1923-1954) was a literary sensation who after a few productive years, suddenly fell silent. Struggling with writer's block, Dagerman wrote the essay OUR NEED FOR CONSOLATION about his inner demons and his quest for freedom. For the first time in English, featuring Stellan Skarsgard as an on-camera narrator, this film brings Dagerman's powerful words to life in the form of a visual poem.
- DirectorGustaf EdgrenStarsFridolf RhudinBrita AppelgrenWeyler HildebrandThe inventor Fridolf happens to be enlisted in the military by mistake.
- DirectorGustaf MolanderStarsOlof WinnerstrandKarl-Arne HolmstenEva DahlbeckThe staff at a legal agency in Stockholm are suddenly unemployed. On the initiative of secretary Margit Berg, a service company is started. From that you can order childcare, flower watering etc.
- DirectorGunvor NelsonA collage film in black and white. Glimpses (both visual and audial) of Stockholm, people, gestures, flags and the Swedish national anthem appear through drawings, paintings and cut-outs.
- DirectorBirgitta JanssonStarsBrita JonssonEbba JonssonIngrid KarlssonA clay animated documentary about the residents of an elder care facility .
- DirectorLisa AschanStarsMathilda ParadeiserLinda MolinIsabella LindquistTwo adolescent girls on an equine acrobatics team form an intimate friendship that becomes threatened by their competitive nature.
- DirectorMichel WenzerStarsJim CarlsonSpoon JacksonRick MisenerIn At Night I Fly: Images from New Folsom, inmates at one of California's most maximum security prisons let us see their world. This world is less about dangerous drama and more, as one of them describes, "about isolation. About closure of both the mind and the heart. And the spirit." The documentary shows prisoners, most serving a life sentence, who refuse such closure and instead work to uncover and express themselves. Their primary tool is making art and the film takes us to New Folsom's Arts in Corrections' room, to prison poetry readings, gospel choirs, blues guitar on the yard, and to many more scenes of creation.
- DirectorAgnieszka LukasiakStarsMagdalena PoplawskaSimon KassianidesKamila NowyszA young mother with her daughter escapes child trafficking in their home country Belarus just to end up in a refugee camp in another country: Sweden. In her vulnerable situation she becomes a easy target for her surrounding. Soon enough she get put in front of extreme choices which turns her life to a nightmare.
- DirectorGöran Hugo OlssonStarsAngela DavisStokely CarmichaelBobby SealeFootage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker.
- DirectorRichard HobertStarsSven-Bertil TaubeRebecca FergusonDan EkborgA widower overhears his children plan to inherit early. He blackmails his maid to help retaliate. The children discover their father's mistress, triggering family drama and revelations.
- DirectorJonas BergergårdJonas HolmströmStarsRolf G. EkrothSven-Olof MolinHelena BengtssonA musician's manager is surprised when his estranged daughter appears with his grandchild.
- DirectorMattias OlssonHenrik JP ÅkessonStarsSofia Papadimitriou LedarpKjell BergqvistBjörn KjellmanAfter a recent family tragedy, Malin leaves in her car and rented hanger to start a new life at a new location. On the way she realizes she is followed by a SUV. This is the start of a nightmare.
- DirectorMaria KuhlbergStarsAldo IngrossoCarmine IngrossoMaria KuhlbergA documentary that depicts a family's turbulent history in Sweden after their emigration from Italy. The focus is the conflict between two brothers over 50 years. When the film begins, the brothers have not met in 13 years.
- DirectorBjörn RungeStarsAnn PetrénMalin BuskaGustaf SkarsgårdFive people are at a crossroads in their life. Jonna, Peter, Katrine, Asger and Mårten are connected to each other, but avoid the truth. Their lives are made up of lies and they wait for truth to lead them in another direction.
- DirectorMagnus GerttenStarsIrene Krausz-FainmanStig KinnhagenEwa Kabacinska JanssonIn 1945 Irene, Ewa and Joe were among the nearly 30,000 survivors rescued from German concentration camps to the peaceful harbour town Malmö, Sweden. Here they started life again. In unique archive footage we see 10 year-old Irene at the harbour taking her first shaky steps in freedom. We see newborn Ewa carried from the boat by her mother. And we meet Joe, who arrived as a lonely child without his family. In Harbour of Hope they tell their amazing stories from the moment of liberation to the unsolved mysteries in present time. A film about dealing with war memories, the importance of a helping hand and finding a "harbour of hope".
- DirectorMikael SyrénStarsBuster IsittLinnéa FirschingPeter EngmanHotel Gyllene Knorren stands empty so mom Ritva grows organic vegetables to attract guests.
- DirectorLena KoppelStarsSverrir GudnasonVanna RosenbergMats MelinAlex's high opinion of himself isn't backed up by reality as he is unemployed and having trouble with his girlfriend. When he finally gets a job with the local council/municipality of Hudiksvall his life is about to change. Suddenly Alex finds himself the leader of a local theatre group of people with learning difficulties. Through their work together, Alex comes to appreciate that we all have our own talents which can grow if given the opportunity and support. "How many cranberries are in the world?" is based on the work of the Glada Hudik Theatre whose performances have met with success in Sweden and internationally since it was formed in 1996.
- DirectorAnders GrönrosStarsAgnes BlåsjöMikael ErssonThomas HanzonTwo teenage girls, Tina and Cilla, are identical twins who suffer a tragic event.