Whistleblowers, heists and internet

Hacking Hate is the upcoming documentary by Simon Klose (Berlinale’s Pirate Bay AFK) on far-right extremism online. The documentary Son of the Mullah by Nahid Persson Sarvestani had its major international premiere at IDFA. The film is about the Iranian journalist Roohollah Zam who opposed the regime and was executed in Iran in December 2020.

Ella Lemhagen has previously enjoyed international success with films such as Patrik, Age 1.5 (Patrik 1,5) and The Crown Jewels (Kronjuvelerna). Her latest title is the drama Heartbeat (Så länge hjärtat slår), about whistleblowers in the Swedish care system.

Patrik Eklund has recently garnered international success with horror comedy The Conference (Konferensen), and is also an award-winning short-film maker with great achievements at Sundance and Cannes, as well as an Academy Award nomination. He now directs the short I am the Fire (Jag är elden), about a 53-year-old sensei who’s starting to question his authority.

Co-productions include Belgian-Swedish Skiff directed by Cecilia Verheyden. The film follows skilled rower Malou, who develops feelings for her brother’s girlfriend and falls into a confusing love triangle. The Swedish co-production company is Grand Slam (Pleasure).

The Quiet Ones is a major Danish-Swedish film about one of the biggest heists in Denmark’s history. Directed by Frederik Louis Hviid (Shorta which screened in Venice).

One Thing at a Time (En sak i taget) is the latest title from well-known production company Studio 24. Johan Carlsson, producer and business partner of Roy Andersson, makes a short comedy about a workplace where we’re never quite sure what their job is.

Feature film

A Tiger in Paradise. Foto: Plattform Produktion

A Tiger in Paradise
Director Mikel Cee Karlsson
Screenplay Mikel Cee Karlsson
Funding recipient Producer Erik Hemmendorff
Funding recipient Plattform Produktion AB
Film type Documentary
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Jannik Splidsboel
Funding granted 600 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A Tiger In Paradise is a visual journey into the mind of José González and a deep dive into the creative, sharp and fragile mind behind the music.

Renate Reinsve in the lead in Armand, directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndell. Photo: Erika Hebbert

Armand
Director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndell
Screenplay Halfdan Ullmann Tøndell
Producers Stina Eriksson, Alicia Hansen
Funding recipient Prolaps ProduktionAB*
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 1 000 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation During one of the last days before the summer vacation, something happens between six-year-olds Armand and Jon. The parents are called to the school for a meeting, but no one there can really put into words what happened. Was this just game between two children, or something much more serious? During a fateful afternoon in the otherwise empty school, the boys' mothers find themselves in a desperate fight to be believed. Serious accusations are thrown around, the past is brought up and a mix of madness, lust and obsession ensues. It becomes impossible to know who is telling the truth, and soon it is less and less about the children, whom we never meet, and more about the adults.
*Swedish coproducer. Main producer: Eye Eye Pictures, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Dyveke Graver, Norway

The Art of Caring. Photo: Nils Petter Löfstedt

The Art of Caring - working title (Det omätbara)
Director Nils Petter Löfstedt
Screenplay Johan Löfstedt, Nils Petter Löfstedt
Producer Johan Löfstedt
Funding recipient Stavro Filmproduktion AB
Film type Documentary
Genre Other
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Anna Weitz
Funding granted 1 350 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation It's the respect, the presence, or a simple hug. Giving care to another person is immeasurable. Filmmaker Nils Petter Löfstedt turns the camera towards the profession he comes from, and a portrayal of the female-dominated working class emerges, which every day forms the foundation of our society.

Bastardo - The Legacy of a Criminal. Photo: Pepe Rovano

Bastardo - The Legacy of a Criminal (Bastardo - att närma sig en bödel)
Director Pepe Rovano
Screenplay Pepe Rovano
Producers Catalina Donoso, Andreas Rocksén
Funding recipient Laika Film & Television AB*
Film type Documentary
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Anna Weitz
Funding granted 350 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A son embarks on a journey to meet his father, comes to terms with his crimes and overcomes past violence to create a more just society.
*Swedish coproducer. Main producer: Totoral Media Lab SpA, Kamila Velich, Chile

Beneath the Pavement, the Beach. Photo: Henrik Hellström

Beneath the Pavement, the Beach (Under trottoaren - stranden)
Director Henrik Hellström
Screenplay Henrik Hellström
Producers Frida Hallberg, Olivier Guerpillon, Henrik Hellström
Funding recipient Aktiebolaget Overmars
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Jan Vierth
Funding granted 1 630 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Two brothers find themselves in an eternal role-playing game. An HR manager at a medium-sized company does not want to come to the office, a private school teacher struggles with aggression problems and a security guard steals from the common cash register. Five people are moving towards a collapse.

The End of Quiet
Director Mikael Lypinski, Kasper Bisgaard
Screenplay Mikael Lypinski, Kasper Bisgaard
Producer Daniel Pynnönen
Funding recipient Picky Pictures AB*
Film type Documentary
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Jannik Splidsboel
Funding granted 500 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation In a remote rural community, a powerful radio telescope is listening into space to unlock the mysteries of the universe. Meanwhile, living in the quietest place on earth with no cell phones or Wi-Fi, the locals are faced with the mysteries of life itself..
*Swedish coproducer. Main producer: Sonntag Pictures, Sara Stockmann, Denmark

Hacking Hate. Photo: Iván Blanco

Hacking Hate
Director Simon Klose
Screenplay Simon Klose
Producer Elin Kamlert
Funding recipient Nonami AB
Film type Documentary
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Film commissioner Anna Weitz
Funding granted 2 500 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Investigative journalist My Vingren infiltrates white supremacists online, to uncover how they recruit and radicalize on social media. The film shows how hatred plays a significant role for the big internet companies.

Ella Lemhagen directing Heartbeat. Photo: Nadja Hallström, Breidablick Film

Heartbeat (Så länge hjärtat slår)
Director Ella Lemhagen
Screenplay Malin Lagerlöf
Producer Gila Bergqvist Ulfung
Funding recipient Breidablick Film Produktion AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Anders Nylander
Funding granted 10 000 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A film about courage. About what kind of person you want to be. Who should you be loyal to? Your bosses or the old people you are tasked with taking care of? But also a story about a time of isolation, fear and curfews, where loved ones are brutally separated from each other.

Laura. Featuring Embla Ingelman-Sundberg (as Laura). Photo: Mattias Pollak

Laura
Director Fanny Ovesen
Screenplay Fanny Ovesen
Producer Marie Kjellson
Funding recipient Kjellson & Wik AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Anders Nylander
Funding granted 9 800 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation On a couchsurfing trip through Europe, 19-year-old Laura wakes up naked after having sex with another couchsurfer, with no memory of their night together. This becomes the starting point for an equally liberating and destructive exploration of Laura's own borders, which takes her on a personal journey across national borders to Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany and France. But as the journey continues, a fear resurfaces - the fear that the forgotten night was not voluntary.

Megaheartz
Director Emily Norling
Screenplay Emily Norling
Producer Melissa Lindgren
Funding recipient Story AB
Film type Documentary
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Cecilia Lidin
Funding granted 1 700 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Have you ever felt the need to restart your life? Ever had a hard time keeping love and madness apart? This is a film about four women who are in desperate need of a fresh start.

Pirjo Honkasalo directs Orenda. Photo: Pirjo Honkasalo

Orenda
Director Pirjo Honkasalo
Screenplay Pirkko Saisio
Producer Erik Hemmendorff
Funding recipient Plattform Produktion AB*
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Hanna Lejonqvist
Funding granted 800 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation By one of Finland’s most iconic filmmakers, Pirjo Honkasalo’s new film Orenda tells a captivating and passionate story about guilt and mercy. The film stars Alma Pöysti and Pirkko Saisio.
*Swedish coproducer. Main producer: Bufo Oy, Misha Jaari, Mark Wloff, Finland

Director Frederik Louis Hviid (The Quiet Ones)

The Quiet Ones
Director Frederik Louis Hviid
Screenplay Anders Frithiof August
Producer Lizette Jonjic
Funding recipient Zentropa Sweden AB*
Film type Fiction
Genre Action
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 2 000 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation In 2008, the financial crisis shakes the world. In the midst of this chaotic time, a group of men from Denmark, Sweden and other parts of Europe unite to carry out the most spectacular robbery ever on Danish soil.
*Swedish co-producer. Main producer: Xentropa Productions2 ApS, Kasper Dissing, Denmark

Raptures. © Iris Film. Photo: Mimmo Hildén.

Raptures (Rörelser)
Director Jon Blåhed
Screenplay Jon Blåhed
Producers Andreas Emanuelsson, Tony Österholm
Funding recipient Iris Film AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Hanna Lejonqvist
Funding granted 10 000 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Rakel is a strict Christian believer living in the far north of Sweden in the 1930’s. When her husband forms a sectarian movement, with directions straight from God, she has no choice but to join the increasingly explicit cult.

Denis Lavant and John Skoog making Redoubt. Photo: Plattform Produktion AB / David Skoog

Redoubt (Värn)
Director John Skoog
Screenplay John Skoog, Kettil Kasang
Producers Caroline Drab, Erik Hemmendorff
Funding recipient Plattform Produktion AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Hanna Lejonqvist
Funding granted 5 500 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Affected by the powerful images in the pamphlet “If war comes”, farmhand Karl-Göran Persson (Denis Lavant) begins fortifying his house. Through years of harvesting scrap-metal, he transforms it into a fortress meant to protect him and his neighbours when the enemy attack.

Son of the Mullah. Photo: Nahid Persson Sarvestani

Son of the Mullah
Director Nahid Persson Sarvestani
Screenplay Nahid Persson Sarvestani
Producers Monica Hernandez Rejon, Nahid Persson Sarvestani
Funding recipient RealReel doc AB
Film type Documentary
Genre Other
Target group Adult
Film commissioner Cecilia Lidin
Funding granted 1 900 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Iranian journalist Roohollah Zam flees to France after opposing the regime. Nahid Persson documents his life in exile, revealing regime infiltration. Roohollah's return to Iran results in his tragic kidnapping, imprisonment, and execution.

Skiff
Director Cecilia Verheyden
Screenplay Cecilia Verheyden, Vincent Vanneste
Producers Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå
Funding recipient Grand Slam Filmproduktion AB*
Film type Fiction
Genre Biography
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 1 200 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A film about professional rower Malou, who develops feelings for her brother's girlfriend and falls into a confusing love triangle.
* Swedish co-producer. Main producer: Mirage Films, Elisa Heene, Belgium

Solitary Road. Photo: Johan Palmgren

Solitary Road (Vägen till ingenstans)
Director Johan Palmgren
Screenplay Isabel Andersson
Producer Johan Palmgren
Funding recipient Vindelfilm AB
Film type Documentary
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Jannik Splidsboel
Funding granted 1 350 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A road was built in the 50´s in the North of Sweden. The work was stopped and there is just a stump that connects five small villages without contact with the rest of the road network. We get to know the life in these villages. The Sami people and the Finnish community love the 20 k road. They repair it, they transport mooses on it and they practise driving on it.

Some of Us Walk in Raggedy Shoes. Photo: TriArt Film

Some of Us Walk in Raggedy Shoes (Somliga går med trasiga skor)
Director Magnus Gertten
Screenplay Magnus Gertten
Producer Ove Rishøj Jensen
Funding recipient Auto Images AB
Film type Documentary
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Cecilia Lidin
Funding granted 3 050 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Many years after his death, Cornelis Vreeswijk is still a Swedish music icon. Widely popular but also full of scandals. Until the end he fought to give voice to the ragged in society. Despite his success, he was likely still one of them.

The Swedish Torpedo. Photo: Hannes Krantz

The Swedish Torpedo (Den svenska torpeden)
Director Frida Kempff
Screenplay Frida Kempff, Marietta Von Hausswolff Von Baumgarten
Producers David Herdies, Erik Andersson
Funding recipient Momento Film AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Anders Nylander
Funding granted 12 500 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Autumn 1939. Europe is about to explode into six years of chaos and hatred, but young Sally Bauer has one thing in mind - to become the first Scandinavian to swim across the English Channel. She defies family as well as social norms and the impending war to reach her goal.

Tba
Funding recipient FLX Feature AB
Film type Fiction
Film commissioner Anders Nylander
Funding granted 500 000 SEK

Short film

A Queer Bird in the Middle East. Photo: Michael Detlef

A Queer Bird in the Middle East
Director Naures Sager
Screenplay Naures Sager
Producer Michael Detlef Petersen
Funding recipient The Uneven AB
Film type Documentary
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Anna Weitz
Funding granted 225 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Join Naures and his soulmate Michael, on a journey to the Middle East. Naures, an Iraqi-Swedish man is exploring his roots, while facing the potential consequences of being gay in an Arab country. An artistic love story that pushes the limits.

Angelonia
Director Pernilla Belfrage
Screenplay Pernilla Belfrage
Producer Pernilla Belfrage
Funding recipient Studio Lumin AB
Film type Documentary
Genre Biography
Target group Adult
Technique Mixed
Film commissioner Anna Weitz
Funding granted 755 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Angelonia is a VR experience based on the story about Gulli Nilsson, a female pioneer of long distance running. Her achievements were many, but what was it that pushed her to start running, and continue running, through life and all of its challenges?

Otto Fahlgren, Fredrika Wiljebrand and Nomi Häggström star in Attentat. Photo: Olle Sundberg Lampray AB

Attentat
Director Johannes Persson
Screenplay Johannes Persson
Producer Linus Andersson
Funding recipient Lampray AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Youth, age 13-18
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Jan Vierth
Funding granted 200 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Fifteen-year-old Gustav is vegan and straight edge in 90s Umeå. One night, he follows his friend Zeke, who is full of hatred for the meat industry, to the town's slaughterhouse with bottles filled with gasoline. It will be a night that changes Gustav forever.

A Christmas Dream (En juldröm)
Director Arazo Arif
Screenplay Arazo Arif
Producers Linus Andersson, Yashar Alishenas
Funding recipient Lampray AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Youth, age 7-12
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Jan Vierth
Funding granted 450 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation It's Christmas Eve! Zhala is enchanted by the magic of Christmas and wants to have a real Swedish Christmas, including a visit from Santa Claus. But it’s tricky for the immigrant father to fulfill her wish. It doesn’t turn out as anyone had imagined…

Blueberri. Photo: Julia Mård

Blueberri
Director Emil Brulin, Hampus Hallberg
Screenplay Emil Brulin, Hampus Hallberg
Producer Ylva Olaison
Funding recipient Ögat AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 400 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation After his mother's death, Oscar becomes emotionally shut down. He goes to the "Nyingen" festival to get in touch with his feelings, loses himself in a ritual and gets lost in the forest. Naked with an injured foot, he is helped by a Thai berry picker to return. The journey back is an awakening for Oscar.

Brother, We Need to Talk. Photo: Michael Rendell

Brother, We Need to Talk (Kompis, vi måste snacka)
Director Michael Rendell
Screenplay Mohamed El Abed, Michael Rendell
Producers Mohamed El Abed, Michael Rendell
Funding recipient C. David Film AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Comedy
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 250 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Childhood buddies Juan and Nima reunite in therapy to unravel the mystery behind their drifting apart. With the clock ticking and an almost-certified therapist on deck – who confuses them for a couple – their friendship faces the ultimate litmus test.

Chasing the Dazzling Light. Photo: Yaser Kassab

Chasing the Dazzling Light
Director Yaser Kassab
Screenplay Yaser Kassab
Producers Yaser Kassab, Rima Alhamedd
Funding recipient Zenloop Productions AB
Film type Documentary
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Jannik Splidsboel
Funding granted 500 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation The film depicts the Syrian couple Yaser and Rima who are faced with the challenge of finding stable employment in order to secure permanent residence after Sweden's strict immigration policy in 2015. Yaser is inspired by his father's dream of studying film 40 years ago and decides to follow his own passion for filmmaking. The family is split geographically between Aleppo and Sweden, but they come together to create a joint film that explores their collective experiences of exile.

Devil’s Parasite (Ett ont)
Directors Lisa Rydberg, Lars Henrik Andersson
Screenplay Lisa Rydberg, Lars Henrik Andersson
Producer Basel Mawlawi
Funding recipient Kinana Films AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Animated
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 350 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Doctor Christa travels to an abandoned hospital in Norrland where an unknown parasite is ravaging. She meets Father Julius Glasell, who treats his patients with electricity. When Father Julius frees his sister Anita from the Devil’s parasite, doctor Christa stands face to face with the unpleasant truth: a real monster.

Repetition with actors Nora Malm and Adam Stanisic Stålhammar in Dirty Talk. Photo: Oliver Herdberg

Dirty Talk
Director Oliver Herdberg
Screenplay Oliver Herdberg
Producer Felicia Bärgh
Funding recipient Iris Film AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 250 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A warm summer morning, a young couple has just began their sex act. Somewhere a line i crossed and what starts as a game turns into abuse. Dirty Talk is a film that intends to problematize consent as a concept through a concrete example.
Don’t Be Afraid. Photo: Viktor Skogqvist

Don’t Be Afraid (Du behöver inte vara rädd)
Director Mats Udd
Screenplay Mats Udd
Producer Martin Grimlund
Funding recipient Breakable Films AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Horror
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 400 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A depressed photographer decides to process the event of his missing son through a photo project featuring images of the place where he disappeared. During the project's exhibition several years later, he suddenly discovers that a mysterious figure is visible in the background of the newly taken photos.

Duty Free. Photo: Nina Moog

Duty Free
Director Hilke Rönnfeldt
Screenplay Hilke Rönnfeldt
Producers Caroline Drab, Sebastian Weyland, Giulia Triolo
Funding recipient BCD Film AB**
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 150 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation On a duty-free bordershop container floating in the Baltic Sea, store manager Kaisa and her beloved employees fill the shelves for booze-tourists. Their universe of love is threatened when intruders approach and Kaisa cuts the chains to the mainland
*Swedish co-producer. Main producer: Heimathafen Film & Media GmbH, Sebastian Weyland, Germany

Favours. Photo: Emil Klang

Favours
Director Agnes Skonare Karlsson
Screenplay Agnes Skonare Karlsson
Producers Andrea Gyllenskiöld, Joel Rostmark, Adam Holmström Meinking
Funding recipient Pine
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted SEK
Production company’s presentation Sonja, 35, claims to have been subjected to an involuntary babysitting assignment on a packed train platform. For ten sweaty minutes, she has a single goal; to get rid of the baby.

Fuck Me. Photo: Thilda Martelleur

Fuck Me
Director Anette Sidor
Screenplay Anette Sidor
Producer Frida Mårtensson
Funding recipient Verket Produktion AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 480 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Tina knows what boys are like and has always been good at seducing them, until she meets Ben who sees through her game. Fuck Me is a film about power, sexuality and daring to see each other as individuals instead of a gender.

The Hole.

The Hole (Hålet)
Director Jonas Eskilsson, Frans Huhta
Screenplay Jonas Eskilsson, Frans Huhta
Producer Jonas Eskilsson
Funding recipient Yxfilm AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Anders Nylander
Funding granted 375 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation The Hole is an existentialist horror-comedy about Lotte, the laundry police of her apartmentbuilding, who finds a bottomless hole in the laundry room. It features Lisbeth Johansson and Fredrik Evers and is directed by Frans Huhta and Jonas Eskilsson, both educated at the Valand Academy

I am the fire. Photo: Simon Rudholm

I am the Fire (Jag är elden)
Director Patrik Eklund
Screenplay Patrik Eklund
Producers Jimm Garbis, Patrik Eklund
Funding recipient Framestation AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Comedy
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 300 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation The time of change is on the threshold for fifty-three-year-old Kaj, who recently has started to question his authority as Sensei. After a workplace accident, Kaj is forced to find a way out of the past and a way into the present.

Magnifica: Passive Intruder. Photo: Krasimir Jovanovic-Hyvärinen

Magnifica: Passive Intruder
Director Ville Koskinen
Screenplay Ville Koskinen
Producer Mario Adamson
Funding recipient Sisyfos Film Production AB*
Film type Documentary
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Film commissioner Jannik Splidsboel
Funding granted 150 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A new alien life form has quietly invaded the beaches of the Finnish countryside. The slimy blobs called Pectinatella Magnifica do not seem to be dangerous to humans, but as they quickly spread their presence start to disturb and even cause fear.
*Swedish co-producer. Main producer: Polygraf, Sandra Enkvist, Finland

Neon. Photo: Clara Olausson

Neon
Director Clara Olausson
Screenplay Tage Olsson
Producers Amanda Leissner, Jonas Eskilsson
Funding recipient Yxfilm AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 375 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation It’s Néons (Kolbjörn Skarsgård) 10th birthday and his mum (Disa Sjöstrand) brings him to a rave by the sea. It’s soon obvious that the mum is psychotic. The thriller short film NEON is Clara Olaussons debut as a feature director.

One Thing at a Time. Photo: István Borbás

One Thing at a Time (En sak i taget)
Director Johan Carlsson
Screenplay Johan Carlsson
Producer Johan Carlsson
Funding recipient Studio 24 Johan Carlsson Filmproduktion AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Comedy
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 300 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation A short visit to a special workplace where we never really understand what they are doing. We meet the company's CEO, Björn, who is struggling to keep the company afloat. He initiates projects but has difficulty following through with them. His habit of procrastinating, forgetting, or canceling all meetings and phone calls doesn't make things any easier.

Roj
Director Shataw Anayati
Screenplay Shataw Anayati
Producer Åke Lundström
Funding recipient Eyra Media AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group kids, age 0-6
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Jan Vierth
Funding granted 350 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation After fleeing the gas attack in Halabja in 1988, 17-year-old Aten cannot get rid of the heartbreaking memories. During one night of their escape, the rebellious Zahid persuades him to accompany him to a border town, and Aten realizes that he is fleeing from more than just a war.

Silver City
Director Dea Saracevic
Screenplay Dea Saracevic
Producer Joel Rostmark, Adam Holmström
Funding recipient Pineius AB
Film type Documentary
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Jannik Splidsboel
Funding granted 250 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation In the Wild West, far from the big cities a tender encounter with an older generation takes place. They let their personal stories about parenthood, lost love and life’s consequences come to surface for the first time. It not only affects the men telling them but also the films own narrator.

Stuck. Photo: Wasima Ayad

Stuck (Parkerad)
Director Wasima Ayad
Screenplay Meron Mangasha
Producer Svante Tidholm
Funding recipient Två Träd
Film type Fiction
Genre Drama
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 430 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation Alejandra is done with her bf. Emotions caught up with her. What should she do? Go back or move on? Alejandra decides to soother her feelings with an exit in Stockholm with her best friend, Sadia.

Thin Walls. Photo: Josefin Malmen

Thin Walls (Tunna väggar)
Director Josefin Malmén, David Strindberg
Screenplay Josefin Malmén, David Strindberg
Producer Calle Isberg
Funding recipient Toys and Giants Content Providers AB
Film type Fiction
Genre Thriller
Target group Adult
Technique Live action
Film commissioner Ami Ekström
Funding granted 300 000 SEK
Production company’s presentation When a woman in a tanning salon hears a commotion outside the door, she doesn't know what to do. And when it turns out that someone seems to be after a bag that is in her room, containing something she wants herself, she finds herself in a moral dilemma.