Bautafilm

Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930s and phrenological examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve this other life she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.

Mikaela has undergone gender reassignment and is now a woman. One night at a bar, she meets a guy and takes him back to her place.

Elvira, a confident Sámi teenager, firmly believes that her lesbian single mother conceived her at a Danish fertility clinic. She often daydreams about her father, envisioning him as a charismatic movie star. However, her world is turned upside down when her real biological father unexpectedly steps into her life.

Sabina has traveled from Romania to the small Swedish town Holmsund with her Roma brothers. They work in a garage and Sabina is looking for a job. Elin, born and raised in Holmsund, is in the church singing at the graduation ceremony. A summer is about to start and Sabina will get to know Elin. Together they will revolt against the old ways and find something new in each other. At the same time the society around them collapses in fear and Elin’s dad becomes insane by sorrow. Because there is a madness in the Swedish idyll.

In 1909, in an undemocratic Sweden, a bastard child is born and given the name of Hervor. Her mother is unmarried, due to which she is called a "whore' and is driven from her home. Hervor grows up at shelters and orphanages, unwanted, rejected by society. As an adult she spends her life struggling for social justice. In old age she tells us her story. Director Knutte Wester brings his grandmother's memories to life thought hand-painted animated images and has us witness someone being rejected in order to unite others. A story that all too often still repeating itself.

A film about teenagers with growing pains, who discover their own voice and talent through riding and grooming toy horses.

Elin and Jennie’s parents are separated and have an infected relationship. Depicted from the two sister’s perspective we follow them through their everyday life dealing with parental intrigues.

The music festival "Midnight Light Festival" employ 7 girls to chauffeur the festival's artists in their "epa-tractors". During two summernights we get a insight into the 7 young girls' lives, thoughts, culture and dreams in the Northern Swedish inlands. Youth, dreams and engines in Vilhelmina municipality.

Niki is a child who chases butterflies through a chaotic landscape in a home-made samurai costume, and attempts to prepare for a catwalk. Niki is on a journey to find meaning, to understand a crazy world that does everything it can to get rid of anyone who doesn't fit in - an inner journey to become a human being.

Several Swedish teens, ages 13-17 years old, share thoughts on life, love, entering into the adult world, future dreams, self-esteem, relationship with parents, loneliness and the need for belonging.

Documentary about a skate hall in Kiruna that has become a lifeline for young people in a city that is literally being moved.

Matilda is home alone with her older brother Peter when his girlfriend Elin comes over. Elin is everything Matilda ever wanted to be. She loves the way she dresses, how she moves, her whole presence. Maybe even more than Peter…

Elle, 78, doesn't like Sámi people—even though she is Sámi. Pressured by her son, she returns north for her sister's funeral. When she realizes he's planned for them to stay with their relatives, Elle checks into a hotel.

Saami artists explain their connections with the yearly eight Saami seasons

Sabina has travelled from Romania to Holmsund in northern Sweden to find a job with her brothers. Elin has just finished school and is enjoying the first day of the summer holidays. That evening they meet, and it's a meeting that lasts forever.

A documentary about the mystery of Stina Stoor, who was supposed to become the next great Swedish author.