Movies

The married detective couple John and Kajsa Hillman goes on a vacation to Holmfors mill where a friend of Kajsa's lives with her husband. When a...

All living things on earth have a common past far back in time. Evolution has made us who we are. In the first part of Life's Miracle, we get to...

Using original footage and interviews, family photos, and excepts from many of the actress's screen and stage performances, the film explores sources...

The story of the desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and a beautiful American painter, against the will of her father, the powerful...

Chris Marker’s portrait of Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky documents the director at work on his final film, The Sacrifice, during the last...

A docudrama based on stills from the film "The Sacrifice" (Offret) by Andrei Tarkovsky. Sven Nykvist and Andrei Tarkovsky meet in a final...

The Scandinavian entry in the BFI's Century of Cinema series of documentaries

Anna and Karl are a young couple in Stockholm, unable to find an apartment of their own. However, they play matchmakers to make their friends Fredrik...

This behind-the-scenes documentary follows the production of Autumn Sonata, capturing rehearsals, filming sessions, and discussions during the shoot....

A 1988 documentary film directed by Alexander Sokurov, about the later life and death of Soviet Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was...

This short dance film presents four women moving within a narrow, enclosed room to music by Claudio Monteverdi. Conceived as a dance play rather than...

Karin does not belong to the nobility but nevertheless marries the mentally ill king Erik XIV and becomes queen of Sweden. The king's skilled...

A document of life and culture in the southern Swedish university town, Lund.

The 1880s. Abandoned by his middle class parents in Stockholm, Johannes grows up in the countryside with a cobbler who regularly beats him up. Also...

Filmed around the time of the 1989 Oscars this documentary includes interviews with foreign filmmakers from a variety of disciplines about their...

On his death-bed, Per Henrik Pistolekors must promise his father two things: first of all to kill king Gustav III, which his father hates. Second, to...

Winter in Lapland, a settler and his wife just had their newborn daughter baptized. On the way home through the wilderness, they are chased by a pack...

Alan Kennebeck is unable to accept a brief, realistic romance for what it is. Eventually it leads to his complete moral downfall. Triggered by the...

The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.

The Swedish/American actor Jack Harris visits the old country for the first time in his life. One of the journalist, Ingrid Billberg, is particularly...