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Browse 36 movies from Stockholm University of the Arts
To prevent the vote on a new draconian law in Sweden, two revolutionaries have kidnapped the child of a Member of Parliament for blackmail purposes.
Aug 2025
A king in the 1970s, a slip and one illegitimate child.
Jan 2013
New Years eve is closing in on a group of young girls locked up behind unbreakable glass windows, enduring a life of meninglessness. A long anticipated fireworks celebration that could break the somberly atmosphere is cancelled at the last minute – a decision that could be life changing for all involved.
Jan 2011
In this satirical drama, an international arms deal is interrupted by teenage protesters. A Swedish engineer tries to prevent his activist daughter from embarrassing him at work and ruining Sweden's relations with Turkey.
Nov 2021
Maya has for several years stayed away from Sweden and lived a fluttering life in southeastern Asia. But when she finds out that the only person she still has contact with in Sweden is about to die, she must quickly find money for the ticket home. She finds out that she cannot trust anyone, because she herself has cheated everyone.
Jan 2018
Nine-year old Ella realizes the importance of fashion, and starts revolting against her childhood.
Jan 2015
The year is 1941 in Sweden and Astrid seeks independence by trying to become a train conductor. On the train she meets an older passenger Dora, which she feels attracted to. Astrid also faces a more dark and hostile world on board as she discovers that the staff has put in system to reject unwanted passengers such as Romans and Jews.
Six months after graduation. Minna has traveled around the world and seen everything and now she comes home, ready to start the rest of her life. But everything suddenly feels uncertain.
Jan 2012
Oona is looking for a bed in a Stockholm where the housing shortage is maximal and the sun never seems to go up. One night she gets to sleep at Agneta's place. But what does Agneta really want in exchange?
Jan 2019
Sofie wants to make the world better. She has been taught to help the weak. She knows that violence doesn't solve anything. But then she meets Foad and ends up in a situation where she's forced to re-evaluate her sense of right and wrong.
Nov 2011
Johanna believes to find happiness and security in her family live with husband and daughter. But facing her unfulfilled desire disturbs Johanna's serenity.
Oct 2012
After a brutal police beating, riots has broken out in a suburb of Stockholm. Three friends join up to participate in the riots and to burn cars. Finding themselves trapped in the middle of the riots they are forced to escape, stumbling upon an old Mazda that forces them to take a new turn.
Agnes is not satisfied with her life. She wants a change, but her relationship with her single parent father and dominant girlfriend inhibit her to do something about it. When the father introduces his new wife, Annalyn, everything changes. The same-aged Filipino stepmother helps Agnes see a new path. Soon emerges something that no one could have foreseen.
A young girl tries to keep her "gama-gutchi" alive while her father is in a coma, at risk of becoming a vegetable. Unaware of the implications, she creates inner images that come to life in the animation, in a touching film about the magical thinking of children.
Jan 2024
Aspiring youtuber Vendela decides to get up infront of her high school class and show a disturbing video that disrupts the lesson and causes her teacher Lukas to fear for her life. Get Ready With Me is a refreshingly unpredictable thriller about generational power struggles that combines grim satire with the current urgencies of teen angst, social media and fame.
Sam returns to his hometown after being away for a couple of months, and the atmosphere is tense as he reconnects with his childhood friend Kevin. During an evening filled with alcohol and cigarettes, Sam wrestles with his conflicting emotions about his old social circles.
17-year-old Sami and his friends search for thrills. They arrange meetings with older men where play quickly turns violent. For Sami, these encounters awaken a desire that grows ever stronger. When cracks appear in the group, his loyalty to his friends is threatened by his longing to find his own path. But leaving the familiar behind is not always easy.
Jan 2023
The Spectacle is a short reflective documentary that explores the world of modern tourism. Filmed in various locations across Europe, the documentary unveils the transformation of serene landscapes into bustling tourist attractions. What remains truly seen and felt amidst the curated snapshots of our adventures?
Apr 2025
Sam Danielsson, an offbeat, young visionary from Gothenburg (Sweden), meets a real life wolf in the middle of town, on his way home from a party. Combining his strange encounter, with a newly found passion for the radio medium, Sam gets an idea. He decides to return to his deserted hometown to record a radio documentary about his childhood friends; The ones that didn't escape. The ones that got stuck. I am Wolf is a film about wolves, lunch ladies, ping pong, tin-cans, The Sopranos, chimney sweeps...and radio.
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A 10-year-old girl discovers that her privileged life may have something to do with the reason she doesn’t have any siblings.
Jan 2017