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These videos are part of the toolkit ‘Between the Lines’, featuring Swedish novelist Karin Smirnoff, horror/sci-fi/fantasy novelist Mats Strandberg and comic artist Bim Eriksson. You can use the videos for screenings at events and social media. Please download videos (one version with embedded English subtitles and one clean version and srt-files for translation), instructions and copy via the button link above.

Art on screen

Art on screen

Art on Screen is a selection of eleven screen-based works, made by acclaimed artists coming from or living in Sweden. The art films can be shown separately or together with local artworks. The selection should be made by a renowned local art institution, with curatorial skills to expand and adapt for exhibitions or film programmes. The films can be projected or shown on monitors.  The selection has been curated by Bettina Pehrsson, Director of Kalmar Konstmuseum, and the films are made available by Filmform.  The artists in Art on Screen deal with societal change, interpersonal relationships and the interaction between humans and nature. They have varying backgrounds and come from different generations. For some, moving image is their primary means of expression while for others it is one of several media that they use. The exhibition follows three themes, or threads: Civilising Nature, Together and Transitions  Art on Screen is available until 2024.  Instructions Manual (pdf, English) Technical specification of all the works (coming soon) Building blocks In order to preview the full-length art films e-mail annamaria.bernitz@si.se who will provide a personal online portfolio within a week.  Curatorial text for the exhibition (word, English) Description of themes and works (word, English) Biographies or the artist  (word, English) Communication material Images (.jpg or .tif, MediaFlow) Photo cred texts for above images (Word, English) Trailers (mp4, Vimeo portfolio, English subtitling) Ask contact person for password. Financial support Swedish embassies and consulates may apply for financial support of maximum SEK 40,000 for promotion of social media campaigns, language translation and travel costs and remuneration for Swedish guest speaker(s). Part of the sum applied for should be used for inviting Swedish guest speaker(s). Swedish embassies and consulates may apply for financial support of maximum 40,000 SEK for translation of the film(s) and inviting Swedish guest speakers (travel costs and remuneration). For projects aiming to strengthen cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region the level of financial support is limited to a maximum of SEK 100,000. Up to 30 per cent of the granted sum may be used for external project management. How to apply To apply, please fill out the application form. The application must be sent in at least two months before the event. Resources are limited and financial support may not be available at the end of the year. Limits may apply. By filling out the application form you agree to respect the copyright agreement for the images. Individuals or organisations who would like to show the exhibit should contact the Swedish embassy or consulate in your area. How to report After completed event, fill out the project report for toolkits. Repayments If more than 10 per cent of the total grant has not been used, then the full amount of unused funds must be repaid to SI. Repayment shall be via UD EKO. When repaying, enter the project’s registration number (available in the agreement) and the name of your organisation in the notification field and notify the project manager in question. Contact at the Swedish Institute For more information, please contact Anders Öhrn or Anna Maria Bernitz.    

Swedish film selection 2023

Swedish film selection 2023

The Swedish Institute (SI) is pleased to offer a selection of Swedish films – feature length, documentary and short – for non-profit cultural screenings. For Swedish embassies and consulates, we have together with the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) compiled complete sets of DCPs for screenings at cinemas and public auditoriums. DCPs can be downloaded directly to the place for the screenings or sent as hard drives. Building blocks This year’s collection is highlighting contemporary Swedish feature films that have attracted attention both in Sweden and at some major international film festivals. The film portal Presentations of all titles in the Swedish Film Selection The film portal contains press photos, film trailers, posters and press material in digital format. Here you can also preview and select your films. Furthermore, to the latest edition you can also order titles from earlier selections. Instructions The Swedish representations are encouraged to initiate specific, tailor-made film events in their region. SI support the representations and is open to discussing ideas, possibilities and requirements. For a successful film event, please carefully read and follow these instructions: How to create film events Technical information Questions and answers (English) Subtitling The films are all subtitled in 4-10 languages; For 2023 SI offers subtitles English (UK), French, Spanish (las), German for all titles. For earlier editions there are subtitles in 8-10 languages. Embassies that need subtitles in additional languages and wish to hire local translators can apply for financial support. Find application form below. Include costs for translation to local language in the toolkit application. Contact films(@)si.se for more information about the full procedure. Information for other organisations The film packages are made available for Swedish embassies and consulates only. Anyone can access information about them, but to order or view the films you will need a password. If you are not a foreign mission and wish to show a Swedish film outside of Sweden, please contact your local Swedish foreign mission. If you represent a Swedish foreign mission but do not have a current password, please contact films(a)si.se. All inquiries from established international film festivals regarding movies other than the ones offered by the Swedish Institute should be referred to the international department of the Swedish Film Institute. Financial support Swedish embassies and consulates may apply for financial support of maximum SEK 40,000 for production of the printed material, language translation and travel costs and remuneration for Swedish guest speaker(s). Part of the sum applied for should be used for inviting Swedish guest speaker(s). For projects aiming to strengthen cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region the level of financial support is limited to a maximum of SEK 100,000. Up to 30 per cent of the granted sum may be used for external project management. How to apply Kindly note that you need to apply separately at the Film Portal to retrieve the requested films. Below application form does not give you access to the films. This application concerns financial support for film events surrounding the screening.  To apply for financial support for events surrounding the screening, please fill out the application form. The application must be sent in at least two months before the event. Resources are limited, and financial support may not be available at the end of the year. Limits may apply. By filling out the application form you agree to respect the copyright agreement for the material. How to report After completed event, fill out the project report for toolkits. Repayments If more than 10 per cent of the total grant has not been used, then the full amount of unused funds must be repaid to SI. Repayment shall be via UD EKO. When repaying, enter the project’s registration number (available in the agreement) and the name of your organisation in the notification field and notify the project manager in question. Contact person at the Swedish Institute For more information, please send an email to films(a)si.se.

films with an LGBTQ theme

LGBTQI in film

LGBTQI in film

This toolkit includes recent films with an LGBTQI theme that can be borrowed from SI and shown at film festivals or other occasions. Queering Sweden – from 1917 until today Sweden has a long history of voicing queer people in film, already in 1917 the first film with queer content was released – Mauritz Stiller’s Vingerne. Along with the passage of time and changes in society, the film industry has become more and more progressive. During the past decades the representation of LGBTQI people in Swedish film has increased. We have seen such groundbreaking films such as Fucking Queers and Show me Love and more recently, international successes like Something Must Break and With Every Heartbeat have been touring the world  and winning awards for their cinematic value, innovation and bravery. The Swedish Institute and Cinema Queer International Film Festival present a film programme offering a wide range of perspectives, from shorts and documentaries to feature films. It covers everything from an important time document of the HIV epidemic in Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves via the struggle for trans rights in Just a Normal Person to Aniara – a queer space odyssey. Building blocks The films Feature rainbow film “My Father Marianne” from the Film Selection 2021 When Hanna’s beloved father, the priest with the big beard, tells her that he’s really called Marianne, Hanna’s world falls apart. None of her courses in norm creativity can help; she hates Marianne who has stolen her dad away. But for Marianne there’s no turning back; she has to be who she really is – finally. Genre: Feature, Fiction Year: 2020 Duration: 110 minutes Subtitles: English, German, Spanish, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian and Turkish See trailer (Swedish only) See more information at the database for Swedish Film Selecion. Topp 3 An animated romantic comedy about love, charts and dreams of the future in the hinterlands of northern Sweden. In his last year of high school, completely ordinary Anton falls hopelessly for David, but is love enough when you want to live totally different lives? Genre: Fiction, Animated Year: 2019 Duration: 45 minutes Subtitles: English See trailer The Swedish Institute provides digital access to the film. Now you have an opportunity to show it in an online film festival. If you have any questions, please contact Asta Rantanen. Living. Loving. In 2013, the world’s first senior residence for HBTQ people opened in Stockholm. Agneta, Ingbritt and Thomas move in. They have all had dreams and desires in a time of oppression and constraint. When they begin their lives in the senior residence, they gain new perspectives about themselves and their worldview. Genre: Documentary Year: 2018 Duration: 83 minutes Subtitles: English, Spanish See trailer Girls Like Us Five Swedish transgender girls talk about themselves: their inner lives, dating, parties and everyday life. It’s about Saga, Vanessa, Xenia, Ivy and Heidi – all with different backgrounds and different experiences. We are all more than the gender we are assigned. What you have between your legs does not define you as a person. Genre: Documentary Year: 2016 Duration: 83 minutes Subtitles: English See trailer. Girls Lost Kim, Bella and Momo are three fourteen-year-old girls who discover a fantastic flower with magic qualities: by drinking its nectar they are transformed into boys and they enter a new world. At first they enjoy their newly found freedom, but soon Bella and Momo realize that there are downsides to it. Kim however gets seriously addicted… Genre: Feature Year: 2016 Duration: 106 minutes Subtitles: English She Male Snails She Male Snails weaves intimate bath time conversations between Ester Martin Bergsmark and the writer Eli Levén together with the story of the Boy Hag – a fantasy world that centres on a person caught between two genders who creates a third in order to survive. Genre: Feature Year: 2012 Duration: 74 minutes Subtitles: English Something Must Break A love story between two young men where one is the androgynous Sebastian and one is Andreas who is not gay. They form a unity. It’s them against the polished Swedish Ikea-society. They dream about escaping boredom and the risk of becoming what everyone else is. And then there is Ellie – the superwoman growing inside of Sebastian who Andreas loves and fears. Genre: Feature Year: 2014 Duration: 80 minutes Subtitles: English Becoming Ann-Christine Åke was working as a priest within the Church of Sweden, living a seemingly normal life with wife and children. But deep down inside he knew that he was somebody completely different. This film is a personal story about coming out as a woman at the workplace, in the family and in society. It is about sexual identity, prejudice and the longing to be who you really are. Genre: Documentary Year: 2015 Duration: 58 minutes Subtitles: English, Spanish, Arabic Just a Normal Person Some people are born into the wrong body. Sam is one of them. This touching film is about everyone’s right to be who they really are. This film is Sam’s story. Genre: Documentary Year: 2015 Duration: 58 minutes Subtitles: English, Spanish Don´t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves A powerful drama about love in the shadow of AIDS, written by renowned Swedish author Jonas Gardell after his bestselling series of books with the same title. The series has won Swedish Kristallen Award, and the Audience Award at the Séries Mania Festival in Paris in April 2013, in competition with series such as Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead. Genre: Drama Year: 2012 Duration: 3 x 58 minutes Subtitles: English, Spanish With Every Heartbeat A family-oriented drama about finding your true identity. A moving, provoking and sometimes bittersweet tale, told with plenty of wit. The story centers on the main character Mia and the unwanted effects of a torrid love affair which will change her life forever. Genre: Drama Year: 2011 Duration: 105 minutes Subtitles: English Short rainbow films from the Swedish Film Box 2 The Swedish Institute’s Film Box 2 contains 7 short films with LGBTQ themes. Feature rainbow film “A Holy Mess” from the Swedish Film Box 4 A Holy Mess asks the question how tolerant the tolerant Swedes are. A warm comedy about the modern family and their continual struggle to “do things right”. Feature rainbow film “Aniara” from the Film Selection 2020 Aniara is an adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Harry Martinson’s epic science fiction poem by the same name. Aniara is one of the many spaceships used for transporting Earth’s population to their new home planet, Mars. Just as Aniara leaves the ruined Earth, it collides with space junk and is knocked off its course. Aniara’s passengers slowly realise that they’ll never be able to return to Earth but will continue onwards through an empty and cold universe forever. Instructions The Swedish Institute (SI) and Cinema Queer International Film Festival present a film programme with both short and feature length films, both fiction and documentary, covering topics such as the early days of the HIV epidemic and the struggle for transgender rights. Embassies and consulates can borrow the Blu-Ray films from SI by filling out the application form below. For a list of speakers that can be contacted for events as well as a list of international LGBTQI film festivals please contact Asta Rantanen. Financial support The Swedish Institute covers costs for screening rights for a maximum of two films at two occasions. Swedish embassies and consulates may apply for financial support of maximum 40,000 SEK for translation of the film(s) and inviting Swedish guest speakers (travel costs and remuneration). For projects aiming to strengthen cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region the level of financial support is limited to a maximum of SEK 100,000. Up to 30 per cent of the granted sum may be used for external project management. How to apply To apply, please fill out the application form. The application must be sent in at least two months before the event. Resources are limited and financial support may not be available at the end of the year. Limits may apply. How to report After a completed event, fill out the project report for toolkits. Repayments If more than 10 per cent of the total grant has not been used, then the full amount of unused funds must be repaid to SI. Repayment shall be via UD EKO. When repaying, enter the project’s registration number (available in the agreement) and the name of your organisation in the notification field and notify the project manager in question. Contact at the Swedish Institute For more information, contact Asta Rantanen.

Changers Hub
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Aiming for equal opportunities – Stories From Sweden

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Aiming for equal opportunities – Stories From Sweden

Meet Victoria Escobar, one of the founders of Changers Hub in Stockholm. Changers Hub is an association aiming to democratise success so that all young people have the same opportunities to realise their ideas and dreams. #storiesfromsweden Watch all the videos on YouTube.  The film is also available without text for local adaptations. Please contact Kristina Pernevill to receive the file. If you want to know how to remove or add subtitles to videos you publish on Facebook, please refer to these instructions.

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Creative nation – Stories from Sweden

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Creative nation – Stories from Sweden

The cultural and creative industries include architecture, computer games, design, film, photography, art, literature, marketing communication, fashion and textile, music and performing arts. These industries are an integral part of the modern image of Sweden, which is often associated with creativity, high-tech and innovation. Sweden is home to around 128 000 businesses in the cultural and creative industries, and together they account for more than SEK 20.5 billion of the country’s goods exports. https://sharingsweden.se/app/uploads/2020/10/si_creative_nation_final_subs.mp4

Building the world's tallest building

Stories from Sweden – Building the world’s tallest wooden building

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Stories from Sweden – Building the world’s tallest wooden building

Far up north, near the Arctic Circle, the Swedish city of Skellefteå is building its Sara Culture Centre in timber. 20 storeys high, the centre will stand as the world’s tallest wooden building. Meet architect Oskar Norelius, the creative mastermind behind the project. Watch the whole film about the world’s tallest wooden building. Watch all the videos on YouTube.  The film is also available without text for local adaptations. Please contact Kristina Pernevill to receive the file. If you want to know how to remove or add subtitles to videos you publish on Facebook, please refer to these instructions.  

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Stories from Sweden – League of Legends world champion Maya Henckel -Trailer

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Stories from Sweden – League of Legends world champion Maya Henckel -Trailer

Maya Henckel, the world’s youngest female esports professional, already has a League of Legends World Championship title under her belt. But the distance killer from Sweden is far from done. Maya aims to be the unquestionable best at LoL. Watch the whole film about Maya Henckel here. Watch all the videos on YouTube.  The film is also available without text for local adaptations. Please contact Kristina Pernevill to receive the file. If you want to know how to remove or add subtitles to videos you publish on Facebook, please refer to these instructions.

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