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Browse 37 movies from Dramatiska Institutet
A man is assigned to measure out land for subdivision on an estate. People and animals behave strangely, and the man hears a strange story about a woman who disappeared without a trace from the estate twenty years earlier.
Jan 1990
Two homeless Kurdish brothers see Superman in the town's first movie theatre and decide they are going to live with him in the US. It's a long, dangerous road in the hands of ruthless human smugglers.
Nov 2010
A military exercise in the Swedish winter landscape turns into a nightmare fight against an unknown enemy.
Sep 2006
After the divorce 14-year old Nina lives with her father, a UFO-observer. He's not the warmest of fathers, which troubles their relationship. One night, when he is out looking for aliens, she takes his car to go to a party, but crashes it. Her father mistakes the crash for aliens landing. —Kurt Aerden
Jan 1997
The film depicts a young woman's first task as a homemade. The task is to help a disabled man with a toilet and dressing
Aug 1993
Nina Argentina is a story about a Swedish woman, Nina, who goes to Argentina to look for her lost son. She claims that the father has kidnapped him, and that they are somewhere in Buenos Aires. But it turns out that Ninas situation is much more complicated than at first glance. Nina Argentina is a story about sense and sensibility, about the fine line between what Is right and wrong.
Feb 2011
A man with a battered, jangling suitcase appears in an airport out of nowhere. The surprised customs officer, ever more confused, gets a free ticket for a performance he will never forget.
Jan 1987
Short film based on the book by Ulf Lundell.
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Linus is going on a date with his dream girl he met online, or rather, it is what he believes.
Jan 2010
Two Swedish teenage girls are traveling to India to stay for months, but it's not going as planned.
The leader of a small crime syndicate meets, for the first time in years, with his teenage son in a Chinese Restaurant. Slightly awkwardly, he explains that he hopes his son to take over his business.
Sep 1995
Two pregnant women with completely different personalities meet at a health center.
Jan 2008
It's Valborg - Walpurgis Night. The annual celebration of spring. The doctors' choir is rehearsing for tonight's celebrations. The only ones left at the hospital are the nurse, the medical intern and the patient care technician. The doctors trust them to give the patient the proper care. It is, after all, Valborg - Walpurgis Night.
Quan is a story about a young boy tired of working for his relatives in the rice paddies and dreaming of a life where he is free to pursue whatever he desires. Doing so, he befriends an elderly bus driver, who teaches him the value of doing something you enjoy, for a living. Finding a new family, leaving your past isn't an easy task, especially for a young boy, and destiny can always find a way to turn things around in life.
Jan 2009
14-year-olds Angela and Arina have a goal: to see and touch their idol, Bill Kaulitz of the German pop band Tokio Hotel, at Madame Tussaud's. But just as the girls have their goal in sight; their world seems to collapse around them. A film about friendship, infatuation and the heartbreak of growing up.
Mar 2010
Alice's birthday is not exactly as she expected. Suddenly she gets a secret she can't talk about ...
Jan 1999
K-G has lost his foothold in life. He has no energy, doesn't know what he wants, and cannot work anymore. His wife Birgitta doesn't understand him.
Feb 2002
One day when the alarm operator Sara gets an emergency call, she can no longer manage her job according to the regulations.
Henrik returns home to the family he hasn't seen in fifteen years just in time for his father's funeral. The coffin is a couple of sizes too small and his mother wants to sleep forever. More then ever Henrik needs to unite with his older brother Ronnie, who has spent his whole life at home on the farm.
It's Valborg in Skellefteå and John is preparing a speech. On his way to the festivities his car breaks down and he has to spend the night with Astrid who is celebrating on her own.
Jan 2004