Sweden.se and Uppsala International Short Film Festival proudly present a selection of streamed short films. Sweden produces a lot of short films today. For years now, Swedish short films have been screened at major film festivals around the world, regularly winning top prizes.
The more awards won, the more films produced, in all genres. Every year Uppsala International Short Film Festival screens more than 300 short films. We're hoping you will enjoy the selection of films here, as Sweden.se launches its first annual web film festival. Let us know what you think in the comments box below!
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TAG! (KULL!), 2007
Fiction. Swedish dialogue, English subtitles. 28 min.
DIRECTION: Anders Skog.
SCRIPT: Lars Forsberg.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Carl Sundberg.
PRODUCTION: Mathilde Dedye, Lars Blomgren.
Anders Skog has directed numerous award-winning commercials and runs his own production company.
Lies (Lögner), 2008
Animation. Swedish dialogue, English subtitles. 14 min.
DIRECTION/SCRIPT/ANIMATION: Jonas Odell.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Per Helin.
PRODUCTION: Linda Hambäck.
Jonas Odell is one of the founders of production company Filmtecknarna. He specializes in making films mixing live action and various mixed-media animation techniques.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY: Aldrig som första gången! (2006); Här är karusellen (1993).
The Big Store (En dag på varuhuset), 2008
Animation. Swedish dialogue, English subtitles. 8 min.
DIRECTION/SCRIPT/PHOTOGRAPHY/PRODUCTION: Lars Arrhenius, Johannes Müntzing.
Lars Arrhenius has studied at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm and at Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. Johannes Müntzing has studied Multimedia, Linguistics, and Music at Stockholm University.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY: Murmurs of Earth (2007); Habitat (2006).
LIA (LIA), 2007
Fiction. Swedish dialogue, English subtitles. 28 min.
DIRECTION/SCRIPT/PRODUCTION: Johan Skantze Andrésen.
Johan Skantze Andrésen has studied Filmmaking and Script-writing at Katrinebergs folkhögskola.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY: Flummig (2006); Mein Pater, Mon Major (2005).
Long Gone Day (Dagen lång), 2008
Documentary. Swedish dialogue, English subtitles. 14 min.
DIRECTION/SCRIPT/PHOTOGRAPHY: Johanna Bernhardson.
PRODUCTION: Gorki Glaser-Müller.
Johanna Bernhardson has an MA from the School of Design and Crafts in Göteborg. In addition to making her own documentaries, she works with different film teams.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY: Gråter och stör de andra (2007); Det svarta fåret (2004).
The People and the Whale (Människor och valen), 2008
Animation. Swedish dialogue, English subtitles. 6 min.
DIRECTION/PHOTOGRAPHY/PRODUCTION: Peter Larsson.
ANIMATION: Peter Larsson, Rasmus R. Streith.
SCRIPT: Peter Larsson, Isak Sundström.
Peter Larsson has studied Animation at Gotlands högskola and at Diagonalakademin. He currently studies at the Royal University Collage of Fine Arts in Stockholm.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY: Mannen som inte kom någonstans (2005).
What You Do (Hur man gör), 2007
Fiction. Swedish dialogue, English subtitles. 30 min.
DIRECTION: Gunilla Heilborn, Kim Hiorthøy, Mårten Nilsson.
SCRIPT: Kim Hiorthøy, Yngve Sæther.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Mårten Nilsson.
PRODUCTION: Mårten Nilsson, Yngve Sæther.
Gunilla Heilborn, Kim Hiorthøy and Mårten Nilsson all work with film, stage art and music, as well as other art forms. They have previously worked together on the films Rewind and Sportstugan, but this is their first group effort.
Looking Glass (Spegelbarn), 2007
Animation. No dialogue. 5 min.
DIRECTION/SCRIPT/PRODUCTION: Erik Rosenlund.
ANIMATION: Erik Rosenlund, Susanne Sturesson.
Erik Rosenlund studied at Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY: Butler (2005); Måste (2003).