Studio 24

As the AIDS epidemic was spreading in 1987, the Swedish government commissioned Roy Andersson to make an educational film about the disease. In these twenty or so monotone scenes, Andersson criticizes the medical community for its dehumanizing and racist tendencies when researching HIV and AIDS.

Björn struggles with running the company, which is slowly going bankrupt. His habit of putting off, forgetting or canceling meetings and phone calls doesn't make it any easier. The company faces an immediate threat from the Swedish Tax Agency, and he also has a new intern who follows him everywhere and watches expressionlessly as he handles all challenges.

The narrative portrays a plain man who guides the viewer through his life in a bleakly stylised world.

2011 documentary about Swedish film director Roy Andersson and his unique way of making films. Shot during the four-year-long filming Andersson's 2007 film You, the Living, the documentary is a personal description of a surprising and different approach to the creative process. Roy Andersson has invented a working method of his own in order to achieve control over the work in process, but he is ultimately dependent on his young co-workers.