
Stop-motion, young stand-up and coming of old age
In Comedy Queen, young Sasha wants to be a stand-up comedian. Documentary Calendar Girls follows Florida’s most dedicated dance team for women over 60. Bullets is a drama-thriller in the style of French ‘cinema de banlieue’, and sisters Anna and Maria von Hausswolff collaborate in Resorts. Read all about the total of 41 projects that have recently received funding.
Sanna Lenken (My Skinny Sister, Crystal Bear at the Berlinale) directs Comedy Queen in which 12-year-old Sasha dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian. She wants to make people laugh, especially her dad who has been crying since her mother passed away. In secret, she writes a list of everything she has to do to survive the grief: shave her head, stop reading books, and above all become a Comedy Queen. The film is based on Jenny Jägerfeld’s award-winning book, with screenplay by Linn Gottfridsson (Beartown and the Arne Dahl crime series).
In Swedish-Italian stop-motion co-production The Store (working title) / Butiken by Hanna Sköld, homeless women steal food from a container behind a store. At the same time the employees fight for the shop and to live their own lives. A conflict arises. Sköld has previously directed festival favourite Granny’s Dancing on the Table.
Bullets, written and directed by Peter Pontikis, is a highly topical drama-thriller that reflects our times, and in the style of French ‘cinema de banlieue’ films it depicts the struggle of being a child in a world that doesn’t allow it. The film is planned to shoot in northern Stockholm this summer.
In Exodus, the feature film directorial debut for Abbe Hassan, two worlds collide when Sam, a professional smuggler, reluctantly rescues Amal, aged 12, whose family has been split up in a war-torn Syria. An unexpected friendship emerges, when Amal through her imagination and playfulness also rescues Sam, and they forge a relationship that affects their lives forever.
Documentaries include Danish-Swedish Resorts by Mette Carla Albrechtsen, about dreams of living the good life in the sun. The film follows six tourists who have decided never to return from their holiday in Playa del Inglés. Music by Anna von Hausswolff and cinematography by her sister Maria von Hausswolff. Swedish co-producers are Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck. The duo, previously in competition at Sundance and Berlin, also directs feature-length doc Broadcast. It's an observational and philosophical film about how we humans visually perceive the world and how we choose to portray it. Whose perspective do we see? What interests are behind them? And what do these images do to our perception of the world?
Documentary Calendar Girls by Maria Loohufvud and Love Martinsen is a coming-of-old-age story about Florida’s most dedicated dance team for women over 60 – the Calendar Girls. A dance documentary that shakes up the outdated image of “the old lady” as they perform in churches and in nursing homes, dressed as zombies and unicorns.
Ultras by Ragnhild Ekner is a documentary about the subculture of soccer fans, where the group is everything and the individual nothing. It’s about solidarity, loyalty and the creation of meaning. Using images from the Ultras’ own cell phones, we get close to life on the grandstand.
The documentary The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (Världens vackraste pojke) by Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri world premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and competed at CPH:DOX. The film follows the life story of Björn Andrésen after appearing in Luchino Visconti’s Death in Venice 50 years ago.
Features
Bong Thom. Photo: Zaradsht Ahmed
Bong Thom
Director: Zaradasht Ahmed
Screenplay: Zaradasht Ahmed
Producer: Marina-Evelina Cracana
Funding recipient: Film and Tell AB *
Target group: Adult
Film type: Documentary
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Anna Weitz
Funding granted: 450 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A story about two brothers and their mother from rural Cambodia. The mother runs the family farm while the brothers make romantic music videos in the big city of Phnom Penh. One of the brothers has hands, the other does not. Despite decades of peace – the country still lives in the echo of war.
*Swedish coproducer. Main producer: Ten Thousand Images, Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas, Norway
Broadcast
Directors Maximilien van Aertryck, Axel Danielson
Screenplay Maximilien van Aertryck, Axel Danielson
Producers Maximilien van Aertryck, Axel Danielson
Funding recipient Plattform Produktion AB
Target group Adult
Film type Documentary
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Juan Pablo Libossart
Funding granted 2 785 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation: Broadcast is an observational, entertaining and philosophical film about how we humans visually perceive the world and how we choose to portray it. Whose perspective do we see? What interests are behind them? And what do these images do with our perception of the world?
Bullets. Photo: Clement Morin & Peter Pontikis. Copy: Thin Skin Film
Bullets
Director: Peter Pontikis
Screenplay: Peter Pontikis
Producer: Patrick Sobieski
Funding recipient: Thin Skin Films AB
Target group: Adult
Film type: Fiction
Genre: Drama
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Helen Ahlsson
Funding granted: 3 000 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A gifted, well-behaved boy from a socially deprived suburb is forced to help his best friend out of trouble with the local ‘gang’. This risks changing the course of his entire young life, and forcing him onto a path he did not choose himself.
Calender Girls. Photo: Love Martinsen
Calender Girls
Directors Maria Loohufvud, Love Martinsen
Screenplay Maria Loohufvud, Love Martinsen
Producers Maria Loohufvud, Love Martinsen
Funding recipient Pink Dolphin AB
Target group Adult
Film type Documentary
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Anna Weitz
Funding granted 2 100 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A coming-of-old-age story about Florida’s most dedicated dance team for women over 60 – the Calendar Girls. A dance documentary that shakes up the outdated image of “the old lady”.
Sanna Lenken directs Comedy Queen, starring Sigrid Johnson, Oscar Töringe and Ellen Taure. Photo: Johan Paulin
Comedy Queen
Director: Sanna Lenken
Screenplay: Linn Gottfridsson
Producers: Anna Anthony, Rebecka Lafrenz
Funding recipient: FLX Feature AB
Target group: Children 7-12 years
Film type: Fiction
Genre: Drama
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Jenny Gilbertsson
Funding granted: 9 500 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Sasha is just about to turn 13 and dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian. She wants to make everyone laugh, especially her dad who cries in the shower when he thinks no one can hear him. At home, everything reminds her of her mum, who’s no longer alive, and those dangerous tears burn just behind her eyelids. But Sasha refuses to cry. In secret, she writes a list of everything she has to do to survive the grief: shave her head, stop reading books, say no to the cutest puppy in the world, and above all become a Comedy Queen.
Martin Skovbjerg directs Copenhagen Doesn’t Exist. Photo: Casper Rudolf
Copenhagen Doesn’t Exist (Köpenhamn finns inte)
Director: Martin Skovbjerg
Screenplay: Eskil Vogt
Producer: Lizette Jonjic
Funding recipient: Zentropa Sweden AB *
Target group: Adult
Film type: Fiction
Genre: Drama
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Madeleine Ekman
Funding granted: 1 000 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A young woman has disappeared without a trace. Three months later her boyfriend agrees to an unusual arrangement: to be locked in an apartment and interrogated by the woman’s father. It soon becomes obvious that even long before her disappearance, the two lovers had chosen an unconventional life.
*Swedish coproducer. Main producer: Snowglobe Aps, Eva Jakobsen, Denmark'
Corona Film Club. Foto: Mantaray Film
Corona Film Club
Director Stina Gardell
Screenplay Stina Gardell
Producer Stina Gardell
Funding recipient Mantaray Film AB
Target group Adult
Film type Documentary
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Juan Pablo Libossart
Funding granted 2 300 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Corona Film Club is a tribute to film's power and ability to bring us to other worlds. When the Corona pandemic hit us, Stig Björkman 82+ decides to call his friends on Zoom to talk about life and film during this very strange time.
Exodus
Director: Abbe Hassan
Screenplay: Abbe Hassan, Kristoffer Cras
Producers: Anna-Klara Carlsten, Mattias Nohrborg, Olle Wirenhed
Funding recipient: B-Reel Films AB
Target group: Adult
Film type: Fiction
Genre: Drama
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Anders Nylander
Funding granted: 10 000 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Two worlds collide when Sam, a professional smuggler, reluctantly rescues Amal, aged 12, whose family has been split up in a war-torn Syria. An unexpected friendship emerges, when Amal through her imagination and playfulness also rescues Sam, and they forge a relationship that affects their lives forever.
Fly So Far
Director Celina Escher
Screenplay Celina Escher
Producer Mónica Hernández Rejón
Funding recipient Pråmfilm AB
Target group Adult
Film type Documentary
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Juan Pablo Libossart
Funding granted 2 400 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation 'Fly So Far' follows Teodora Vásquez, the spokesperson of the women accused of aggravated homicide and imprisoned in El Salvador for having had a miscarriage. Teodora’s case has become a symbol of the extremism in the criminalization of abortion and the cruelty against women within the Salvadoran system. But also, of empowerment, resilience and solidarity.
Gabi, Between Ages 8 and 13. Photo: Tommy Olsson
Gabi, between ages 8 and 13 (Gabi, mellan åldrarna 8 till 13)
Director Engeli Broberg
Screenplay Engeli Broberg
Producers Anna J Ljungmark, Jacob Eklund
Funding recipient House of Real Sweden AB
Target group Adult
Film type Documentary
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Klara Grunning
Funding granted 1 900 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Some say I want to be a boy, but I don’t, I just want to be Gabi. A simple wish one could think, but it’s not. Over the course of five years we follow Gabi’s struggle to find her true self in a society dictated by gender categorization.
Godland
Director Hlynur Pálmason
Screenplay Hlynur Pálmason
Producer Mimmi Spång
Funding recipient Garagefilm International AB*
Film commissioner Helen Ahlsson
Funding amount SEK 1 500 000 SEK
*Swedish co-producer. Principal producer: Snowglobe AS, Katrin Pors, Eva Jacobsen, Mikkel Jersin, Denmark
Let’s Do Some Living in the Afterlife. Photo: Axel Pettersson, French Quarter Film
Let’s Do Some Living in the Afterlife
Director: Giovanni Bucchieri
Screenplay: Giovanni Bucchieri
Producers: Isabella Rodriguez, Mathilde Dedye
Funding recipient: French Quarter Film AB
Target group: Adult
Film type: Documentary
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Juan Pablo Libossart
Funding granted: 4 500 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Let’s Do Some Living in the Afterlife is an epic hybrid film starring Giovanni Bucchieri and Louise Peterhoff. Documentary material showing their love story as teenagers and contemporary fiction in which they play alternative versions of themselves are intertwined in a story about first love, life and death.
Agnes Colliander (Ella/”Mini-Zlatan”) and Simon J Berger (Tommy/”Uncle Darling”) rehearsing Mini Zlatan and Uncle Darling. Photo: Victor Ackerheim
Mini Zlatan and Uncle Darling (Lill-Zlatan och Morbror Raring)
Director: Christian Lo
Screenplay: Ella Lemhagen, Sara Sjöö, Janne Vierth
Producers: Petter Lindblad, Sara Sjöö
Funding recipient: Snowcloud Films AB
Target group: 0-6 years
Film type: Fiction
Genre Comedy
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Jenny Gilbertsson
Funding granted: 5 500 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Ella is going to spend a week with her uncle Tommy, her best friend in the whole world. They like all the same things and never argue – until Steve comes along. The fabulous week becomes a crazy adventure, with Ella doing everything she can to get rid of Tommy’s new boyfriend!
Marisol. Photo: Stefan Berg, Masters of Reality
Marisol
Directors: Stefan Berg, Amanda Erixon Ekelund
Screenplay: Stefan Berg, Amanda Erixon Ekelund
Producers: Stefan Berg, Elie Kellermann, Helena Berg
Funding recipient: Masters of Reality AB
Target group: Adult
Film type: Documentary
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Anna Weitz
Funding granted: 1 200 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation The author Fredrik Ekelund comes out as a transvestite. His new self - Marisol – throws himself into the wild trans scene in Copenhagen. The family crashes and the children wonder who their father is. Can both Marisol and Fredrik fit in the same person?
Mira
Director: Anna Jadowska
Screenplay: Anna Jadowska
Producers: Anna-Maria Kantarius, Mimmi Spång
Funding recipient: Garagefilm International AB*
Target group: Adult
Film type: Fiction
Genre: Drama
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Madeleine Ekman
Funding granted: 1 200 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Mira, 60, wakes up early, hangs out the laundry, buys food for her tropical fish, and commits a bank robbery. Although her desperate attempt fails, it casts her life in a new light, forcing her to look within… Is there anything left to change?
*Swedish coproducer. Main producer: Donten & Lacroix Films, Maria Blicharska, Poland
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World. Photo: Copyright Mario Tursi 1970
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (Världens vackraste pojke)
Directors: Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri
Screenplay: Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri
Producer: Stina Gardell
Funding recipient: Mantaray Film AB
Target group: Adult
Film type: Documentary
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Juan Pablo Libossart
Funding granted: 3 844 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Lucino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world's most beautiful boy. A shadow that today, 50 years later, weighs Björn Andresen's life.
Resorts. Photo: Maria von Hauswolff, Bullitt Film
Resorts
Director: Mette Carla Albrechtsen
Screenplay: Mette Carla Albrechtsen
Producers: Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
Funding recipient: Plattform Produktion AB *
Target group: Adult
Film type: Documentary
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Anna Weitz
Funding granted: 500 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A documentary built on the dream of the good life in the sun. Framed in a classic charter holiday resort, we meet 6 tourists who chose never to go back home from their vacation. Instead they stayed in the sun.
*Swedish coproducer. Main producer: Bullit Film ApS, Vibeke Vogel, Denmark
Sabaya. Photo: Ginestra Film and Lolav Media
Sabaya
Director Hogir Hirori
Screenplay Hogir Hirori
Producer Antonio Russo Merenda
Funding recipient Lolav Media AB
Target group Adult
Film type Documentary
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Juan Pablo Libossart
Funding granted 2 000 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation With just a mobile phone and a gun, Mahmud, Ziyad and their group risk their lives trying to save Yazidi women and girls being held by ISIS as Sabaya (sex slaves) in the most dangerous camp in the Middle East, Al-Hol in Syria.
Song to Bergslagen. Photo: William Long
Song to Bergslagen (Sång till Bergslagen)
Directors: Nina Hedenius, William Long
Screenplay: Nina Hedenius
Producer: William Long
Funding recipient: William Long AB
Target group: Adult
Film type: Documentary
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Juan Pablo Libossart
Funding granted: 1 500 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A film through the changing seasons, shared with the people and animals in Bergslagen, Sweden. Natures close proximity leaves its mark on the people here. Documentary filmmakers Nina Hedenius and William Long portray their home with a very special eye for detail. The centuries old heyday of iron-ore production has passed, but the legacy of the proud mountain-men remains. Now another time beckons. New generations live their lives in an age that is yet to truly take its form.
The Scars of Ali Boulala. Photo: Patrick O'Dell
The Scars of Ali Boulala
Director: Max Eriksson
Screenplay: Max Eriksson
Producers: Mario Adamson, Ashley Smith
Funding recipient: Sisyfos Film Production AB
Target group: Adult
Film type: Documentary
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Juan Pablo Libossart
Funding granted: 2 360 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Ali Boulala, the wild and fearless professional skateboarder, was known for doing everything his own way. Everything changed in 2007 in a tragic alcohol-related motorcycle accident. Ali lost not only what had come to define him – he also lost his best friend. Now he’s trying to find out who he is without alcohol, drugs and a skateboard, and if there’s a way of making amends.
The Store. Photo: Hanna Sköld
The Store (working title) / Butiken
Director Hanna Sköld
Screenplay Hanna Sköld
Producer Lovisa Charlier
Funding recipient Tangram Films AB
Target group Adult
Film type Feature
Genre Drama
Technique Mixed
Film commissioner Madeleine Ekman
Funding granted 7 000 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Homeless women steal food from a container behind a store. At the same time as the employees in the store fight to improve the store’s figures and live their own lives. Both conflicts and relationships arise between the employees and the homeless.
Storm
Director: Erica Calmeyer
Screenplay: Johan Fasting
Producer: Emilia Widstrand
Funding recipient: SF Studios Production AB *
Target group: Adult
Film type: Fiction
Genre: Drama
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Madeleine Ekman
Funding granted: 1 000 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Elin’s son dies in a drowning accident. When rumours start circulating at school that someone saw Storm, aged 8, maliciously push her brother into the river, Elin is forced into a desperate struggle to protect her daughter from the accusations. But what if it’s true?
*Swedish coproducer. Main producer: Paradox Film 9, Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae, Thea Røhr Østvold, Norway
Summerlight
Director: Elfar Adalsteins
Screenplay: Elfar Adalsteins
Producers: Jonas Kellagher, Fredrik Lange
Funding recipient: Vilda Bomben Film AB *
Target group: Adult
Film type: Fiction
Genre: Drama
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Madeleine Ekman
Funding granted: 700 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A village full of stories, stories of joy and sorrow and the thin thread between life and death.
*Swedish coproducer. Main producer: Berserk Films, Heather Millard, Iceland
TBA
Funding recipient Grand Slam Filmproduktion AB
Film commissioner Madeleine Ekman
Funding granted 7 500 000 SEK
TBA
Director: TBA
Screenplay: TBA
Producer: Eva Åkergren
Funding recipient: Nordisk Film Production Sverige AB *
Target group: Adult
Film type: Fiction
Genre: Thriller
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Madeleine Ekman
Funding granted: 2 000 000 SEK
*Swedish coproducer. Main producer: Profile Pictures, Jacob Jarek, Denmark
Ultras
Director: Ragnhild Ekner
Screenplay: Ragnhild Ekner
Producer: Tobias Janson
Funding recipient: Story AB
Target group: Adult
Film type: Documentary
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Juan Pablo Libossart
Funding granted: 3 455 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Ultras groups who prepare and carry out tifo displays in different places around the world talk about a subculture where the group is everything and the individual nothing. About solidarity, loyalty and the creation of meaning. In epic images that maintain the mystery of the subculture and lead the viewer into the emotional world that exists in and around the grandstand. The focus is on the grandstand, rather than the soccer pitch.
Short film
A Long Protracted Scene of an Accident. Photo: Peter Wirén
A Long Protracted Scene of an Accident (En lång utdragen olyckshändelse)
Director: Lisa Rydberg
Screenplay: Lisa Rydberg, Lars Henrik Andersson
Producer: Lars Henrik Andersson
Funding recipient: Viltone Studio
Target group: Adult
Film type: Documentary
Technique: Mixed
Film commissioner: Juan Pablo Libossart
Funding granted: 480 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Henrik (10 years old) gets an honorary task from his dad. Keep track on your mom while I'm away. Henrik tries to. But what did that really mean. One day Henrik finds a letter on the kitchen table. I don't wanna live anymore in moms handwriting. A long protracted scene of an accident is about a child's exposure when the family derails.
Aboli’s Journey. Photo: Yasaman Sharifmanesh
Aboli’s Journey (Abolis resa)
Director: Yasaman Sharifmanesh
Screenplay: Yasaman Sharifmanesh
Producer: Antonio Russo Merenda
Funding recipient: Ginestra Film AB
Target group: Adult
Film type: Documentary
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Juan Pablo Libossart
Funding granted: 1 700 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation In Aboli’s Journey we closely witness Abolfazl’s harrowing and rocky road to finally become someone in order to find a place in this world.
An Image of What You See. Photo: Lena Bergendahl
An Image of What You See (En bild av det du ser)
Director Lena Bergendahl
Screenplay Lena Bergendahl
Producer Lena Bergendahl
Funding recipient Lena Bergendahl
Target group Adult
Film type Fiction
Genre Experiment
Technique Mixed
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 200 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation: A fictitious interview with a filmmaker who tells about her ongoing film project that takes place in Hong Kong. She shows clips from the film and reflects on digital technology, the history of the image and human vision.
On the set of Grow Up - Johanna Hedberg, Frida Thelin and Hanna Kriisa. Photo: Erika Wiktorin
Grow Up (Väx upp)
Directors: Johanna Hedberg, Frida Thelin
Screenplay: Johanna Hedberg, Frida Thelin
Producer: Johan Seth
Funding recipient: Overcoat
Target group: Adult
Film type: Fiction
Genre: Drama
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Ami Ekström
Funding granted: 225 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Grow Up is a film about a long friendship that is put to the test due to a pandemic. It also handles the taboo of not being overjoyed when your best friend gets pregnant just because you are not ready to grow up.
Habib and the Thief. Photo: Hovan Sarok
Habib and the Thief
Director: Naures Sager
Screenplay: Naures Sager
Producer: Basel Mawlawi
Funding recipient: The Uneven AB
Target group: Adult
Film type: Fiction
Genre: Drama
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Ami Ekström
Funding granted: 375 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Habib and the Thief follows the love story between two Arab men in their first encounter. Their strong bond is undeniable in this sexy Thief & Police game but it doesn't take long before reality kicks in and they are forced to meet one of their biggest fears - a threat from the Arab world.
Headache. Photo: Max Thedeby
Headache (Huvudvärk)
Directors Agnes Jeppsson Björn, Schagerström
Screenplay Agnes Jeppsson Björn, Schagerström
Producer Patrik Nilsson
Funding recipient Bakåtkupad AB
Target group Adult
Film type Fixction
Genre Science Fiction
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 300 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation: A satire about consumerism, which takes place in an alternative dystopian world where Yvonne’s safe position as a producer is taken from her. A struggle to regain her lost privileges leads her down a crooked path.
The Japanese Illusion. Photo: Christian Haag
The Japanese Illusion (Den japanska illusionen)
Director: Johan Jan Jonason
Screenplay: Johan Jan Jonason
Producer: Frida Bargo
Funding recipient: B-Reel Films AB
Target group: Adult
Film type: Fiction
Genre: Comedy
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Ami Ekström
Funding granted: 200 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A young boy and his uncle consider moving to Japan to pursue a career in sumo wrestling. The uncle poisons the boy and suddenly the potential of the project seems infinite.
Powernapper´s Paradise. Photo: Samir Arabzadeh
Powernapper´s Paradise
Director Samir Arabzadeh
Screenplay Samir Arabzadeh
Producer Kristina Meiton
Funding recipient MigDig AB
Target group Adult
Film type Documentary
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Anna Weitz
Funding granted 385 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation: The film raises questions about attitudes concerning work and sleep. It takes place in a city in the Philippines where it seems perfectly okay to sleep at work. The accountant has fallen asleep over the keyboard and the guard sleeps outside the bank with his rifle in his lap.
Puzzled. Photo: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson
Puzzled (360 bitar)
Director: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson
Screenplay: Johannes Stjärne Nilsson
Producers: Katja Brigge, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson
Funding recipient: Kostr-Film AB
Target group: Adult
Film type: Fiction
Genre: Experiment
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Ami Ekström
Funding granted: 250 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A film about embracing a curious impulse. A story that starts with a jigsaw box at a flea market and ends with a dramatic moment in South America. A short, personal tale about curiosity, everyday archaeology, and the real people behind the pictures on a jigsaw puzzle
The Reptilian Brain. Photo: Milja Rossi
The Reptilian Brain (Reptilhjärnan)
Director Elisabeth Marjanovic Cronvall
Screenplay Elisabeth Marjanovic Cronvall
Producer Cecilia Björk
Funding recipient MDEMC Produktion AB
Target group Adult
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 300 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation: A bold, funny and critical look at Jakob, a life coach and self-proclaimed brain expert, who makes a good living providing people with what they want: simple answers in complicated times.
Satellite. Photo: Sophia Olsson
Satellite
Director: Anna Byvald
Screenplay: Anna Byvald
Producer: Anna Byvald
Funding recipient: Silver Films AB
Target group: Adult
Film type: Fiction
Genre: Drama
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Ami Ekström
Funding granted: 75 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A woman and a man are in a muddy and rainy limestone quarry. After countless hours, the man wants go home. He gets distracted and he cannot focus.
Spit. Photo: @nicetouch (temporary press image)
Spit (Spott)
Director: Hannah Reinikainen
Screenplay: Hannah Reinikainen
Producers: Amelie Svenstedt, Maida Krak
Funding recipient MADBUNNY FILM AB
Target group: Youth 13-18 years
Film type: Fiction
Genre: Drama
Technique: Live action
Film commissioner: Jenny Gilbertsson
Funding granted: 300 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Nellie and Alex are two childhood friends in their early teens. Together they explore life as teenagers through physical and intimate challenges. But something has started to attract Alex's attention down by the skatepark, a threat that Nellie is forced to conquer.
Mood image for What Mary Didn´t Know. (from earlier film by the director)
What Mary Didn´t Know
Director Konstantina Kotzamani
Screenplay Konstantina Kotzamani
Producers Frida Mårtensson, Jerry Karlsson
Funding recipient Verket Produktion AB *
Target group Adult
Film type Ficiton
Genre Drama
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding recipient 150 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation: While Marie spends her family holidays on a cruise ship crossing the Mediterranean she meets Abdel, a waiter from the boat. No one speaks the language of the other but this doesn't stand in the way of their instant attraction. A secret encounter unfolds that steps on misunderstandings, tenderness and ancient greek myths.
*Swedish coproducer. Main producer: Ecce Films, Caroline Demopoulos, France
Älskling. Photo: André Vaara
Älskling (English title tba)
Director: André Vaara
Screenplay: André Vaara
Producers: Tintin Scheynius, Frida Måstensson
Funding recipient: Verket Produktion AB
Target group Adult
Film type Ficiton
Genre Drama
Technique Live action
Film commissioner: Ami Ekström
Funding granted: 300 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Eighteen-year-old Rosanna leads a hopeless, lonely life as a new mother in a rural town. When her partying friends turn up one summer evening, the boundaries between teenage life and motherhood are erased. A film about being young and also a parent, about being torn between the needs of your child and your own needs.
Market funding
Second Act (Andra akten)
Director: Mårten Klingberg
Screenplay: Vera Kiiskinen, Anna Heinämaa
Producer: Johanna Bergenstråhle
Funding recipent: Nordisk Film Production Sverige AB
Target group Adult
Film type Ficiton
Genre Drama
Technique Live action
Funding granted: 8 000 000 SEK
Production company’s description: Life as a newly retired could be better. Eva's ex-husband moves in across the street with his new wife and Eva's son seems incomprehensibly tired of his mother. What should Eva do with all the time? A new job appears that Eva can not resist - the great actor, the eccentric Harald Skoog, has suffered a stroke and needs rehabilitation in his own home. What begins as a disaster grows into a warm friendship, budding joy of life and a hope that life is not over. In fact, it may not even have started.
Published 02 July 2021