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Noomi Rapace, John C. Reilly and a Venice doc
Films awarded funding from the Swedish Film Institute include documentary Possibility of Paradise recently screened in Venice, an emigrant drama featuring John C. Reilly and Gustav Lindh, and a biopic about Mother Teresa starring Noomi Rapace.
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Tarik Saleh, Amanda Kernell and new Swedish horror
Swedish international big names Tarik Saleh and Amanda Kernell receive production funding from the Swedish Film Institute. Funding also goes to Johannes Nyholm, Göran Hugo Olsson, Lisa Langseth, Ester Martin Bergsmark, a horror film about dementia and a project for the Venice Biennale. And much more.
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Whistleblowers, heists and internet
New films from Ella Lemhagen, Patrik Eklund, Simon Klose and Nahid Persson Sarvestani - this and much more among a total of 42 projects that have been granted funding.
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Sci-fi, queer and WW2
Klaus Härö shoots Nie Allein, a hidden story from the Second World War. The short documentary Leila by Fariba Haidari follows a transgender teacher in Afghanistan. The documentary Labor by Tove Pils is set among sex workers in San Francisco’s queer community, and Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja do sci-fi in The Egghead Republic. These are just some of the latest projects to be granted funding.
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New films by Moodysson, Gandini and Eklöf
Production funding in June is packed with major internationally successful names from the Swedish film world, in both fiction and documentary. Lukas Moodysson, Ellen Fiske, Erik Gandini, Isabella Eklöf and Daniel Espinosa can all be found among the 25 projects to be granted production and market funding.
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Relationships, growing up and magic juice
The world’s strongest bear is back in Bamse and the World’s Smallest Adventure. The documentary The Dear John Letter looks at self-destructive behaviours with drugs in the formative years. The short film The Remains of Roma looks at the difficulty for women to ‘deliver’. Funding has also been granted to seven talent programmes to ensure regrowth in Swedish film. These are just some of the latest funding projects.
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Hunting and cheerleading
Sarah Gyllenstierna, former assistant director to Spike Lee, directs Jakt på ett vitt fält (English title tba) about three men obsessed with hunting. Power Jaguars is a documentary about cheerleading and female friendship directed by Jessica and Annika Karlsson (Crystal Bear nominated Loving Lorna). The short film Vernissage is a drama satire by Arvin Kananian (soon to be seen in the cast of Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness). These are just some of the latest projects to be granted production funding.
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Werewolves, swans and miners’ strikes
Nelly Rapp returns in a new adventure with trolls and werewolves. Short films vary from surrealist stories about death and sickness to documentaries on friendships at a strip club, as well as a woman’s love of swans. These are just some of the latest projects to be granted production and market funding.
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UFOs, MMA and Mediterranean film noir
Daughters is Jenifer Malmqvist’s feature film debut about three sisters mourning their mother. Axel Petersén returns with From Malta to Oblivion about online gaming. Björn Runge (The Wife) directs Burn All My Letters, a love story across generations. Ahmed Abdullahi (The Martyr) directs Amina, about a MMA fighting mother.
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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.