Best Swedish short movies

Fittan brinner - livet med vestibulit (2019)

Kära pappa (2019)

A short film about fatherhood and a tribute to those who were there.

Du ritar fult (2010)

"You can't draw", said the classmate. He didn't know it was going to be his last words. Apathetic oddball evokes bloody childhood memories in a confession facing audience.

Mr. Sugar Daddy (2016)

Mr. Sugar Daddy depicts the story of a man looking for a fresh start. Hans falls for young Andrej and is thrown into a game that does not allow any winner.

Ta mig (2010)

What would happen if the boys were girls and the girls were boys? Kim is still a virgin and unhappily in love with a girl. After the gym class he talks to his friend Robin to get some support and ask for advice.

People in Cars (2017)

Everyday conversations inside cars about love, relationships and mistakes.

Shut Up Haters (2019)

Maja (22) lives in Stockholm, Sweden, but a death within the family forces her back to her hometown of Pajala. In Pajala, her sister Sofia lives with the troubadour Johan. After the funeral, Sofia will accompany Johan on a summer tour around Tornedalen, and Maja decides to come along. It will be a journey where questions about their origin and the future of the Tornedal will be put on their head.

Canine (2016)

Karin and Peter have been married for almost 15 years. From the outside, they seem happy, but behind the closed doors of the house there is a repression. Then the dog Orion steps into their lives ...

ABC (2013)

16-year-old girls Alma and Bea had managed to lure the middle-aged football coach Carl into a changing room at the football club. They got him where they wanted. He wanted to see them naked. They wanted to see him suffer. They shouldn’t have done that, or should they?

Push It (2017)

Hedda tries to approach Adam in every way she can, but everything she does turns out wrong. And Adam gets to break all the rules. A film about never being able to win, even though you’re the best, with the gym hall as its arena.

Nerd in Love (2012)

Daniel meets with friends on the weekends to play Warhammer 40k in the back of a game shop. Måns, one of his buddies, makes him feel different though. Despite the lack of confidence, Daniel tries to figure it out what to do about it.

Dubaitjejer - betalt för att festa (2019)

Tiggaren (2010)

A beggar asks for money from a man in hurry.

Everything Is Poetry Baby (2008)

Elmin is a very quiet boy that lives in a loud city. One day he meets Lina, a girl that is just the opposite to him. But instead of ignore each other, a friendship begins to grow between them.

Happy Ending (2015)

When the son is sad, the daddy makes the happy ending.

Min morbror tyckte mycket om gult (2008)

It's the summer of 1963 in the Swedish countryside. Today is Martin's 12th birthday and, as always, his shy uncle Helmer arrives at the party before anyone else. Also as usual, his birthday present is something yellow. Helmer is very fond of the colour yellow. But when Uncle Helmer decides to paint his house yellow, the neighbours protest. And one day Martin hears rumours that Uncle Helmer is in the "madhouse" ...A tragicomic short about a moving relationship between a boy and a rather special uncle.

Dear Kid (2017)

During a swimming lesson a mother starts to feel uneasy about the coach's relation to one of the kids, but she has no proof. She faces a dilemma; to make an accusation of the worst kind, or to ignore a child who is possibly getting abused.

Djurgårdsfärjan 2 (2012)

A paraphrase on Eric M. Nilsson's film Djurgårdsfärjan from the early 1960s.

The Elevator Manager of the Empire State Building (2010)

Sometimes it takes a loyal and dedicated man to manage an elevator.

Meaningless Conversations in Beautiful Environments (2017)

Against a backdrop of magnificent landscapes and epic tableaus, banal conversations take place between characters who are comically oblivious to their surroundings.

My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1999)

"My heart belongs to daddy / Majn harts gehert tsum tatn" - the same old love song. But now it is actress Basia Frydman who sings it in Yiddish accompanied by her musicians at home in Kjell Westling's living room. And Tate, that's Basia's lovely old dad Simon, doing his work in a hairdressing salon.

I Remember Lena Svedberg (2000)

Carl Johan De Geer remembers his old friend Lena Svedberg. He talks about how they used to make their magazine together, how beautiful but strange she drew and how bad she seemed to feel.

Hjärtat brinner (1967)

A film that places the bright and dark sides of life close together. From an understatement beginning, the movie drives up to an ecstatic highlight with a love act between two young people. The orgasm becomes an enormous image flow into the crematorium's death machine.

Vill du följa med mig Martha? (1980)

The daily life of an immigrant woman.

Robert (1974)

5-year-old Robert lives in a newly built suburban area where all houses look exactly the same.

Ingen kommentar (1987)

Combined cel/cutout animation exploring the relationship between two tiny characters living at the bottom of a giant film frame.

Kyrie (1965)

Birgitta Trotzig's "A Landscape" depicted from the mythology of the sore human deaths from which the drug has been collected.

The Vacation Resort (1981)

One day at a holiday home for the disabled in Hammerdal, Jämtland, depicted in clay animation and with authentic sound from the home that the film tells about. Various episodes show everyday events and relationships between the old ones who have lent their voices and characters to the movie figures. The film shows how an ordinary day looks like meals, mail delivery, card games and visits to the Salvation Army. In the end, the real people compare and comment on their characters.

Story of Small and Large Rabbit (1982)

The story of Small and Large Rabbit. Made after a 1925 lithograph by Nils von Dardel.

The Johan Camitz Diesel Ads (1995)

A collection of short films from the the world-famous, controversial advertising campaign for Diesel. The films are; Magic 55, Hot Couture, Le Look Le Plus Cool, Le Look Le Plus Cool 2, Business As Usual, East Side Story and Battle of Ardennes.