The Guldbagge nominations for the 2025 film year were announced today at a press conference at Filmhuset in Stockholm. Sweden’s Oscar submission, Eagles of the Republic by Tarik Saleh, leads the way with a total of 11 nominations. Andreas Öhman’s 7 Steps and Jon Blåhed’s Raptures follows with eight nominations each, while Kevlar Soul by Maria Eriksson-Hecht received seven.
Maria Tórgarð, Johanna Milerud and Theodor Solin have been selected for the Swedish Film Institute’s initiative Wild Card, sharing a total of SEK 1.2 million to develop their feature film projects.
Schwedischer Film glänzt bei den Nordischen Filmtagen in Lübeck, die am Mittwoch eröffnet werden. . Schwedischer Film glänzt bei den Nordischen Filmtagen in Lübeck, die am Mittwoch eröffnet werden.
A cycle of films by Swedish master Victor Sjöström will be presented at this year’s edition of the Festival Lumière in Lyon October 11-19, an annual festival dedicated to film heritage organized by the Institute Lumière. The festival is also honouring Tarik Saleh and screen his Cairo trilogy including his latest film, Sweden’s Oscar entry Eagles of the Republic.
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Three Swedish films step into the spotlight as the 50th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) kicks off tomorrow, September 4. Two world premieres and one North American premiere mark a strong international presence for Swedish cinema at one of the world’s most influential festivals. In addition, five Swedish co-productions with funding from the Swedish Film Institute are included in the fest
Eagles of the Republic by Tarik Saleh has been selected as Sweden’s official submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
– We are honored to have been selected to represent Sweden in such a strong year for Swedish film. Our journey only just started but it will be extra fun to screen the film in Toronto with this recognition, says Tarik Saleh.
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Seven restored Swedish, Danish and Norwegian film classics will premiere at the world’s largest heritage film festival, Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna. The film series “Norden Noir” marks the first joint Nordic initiative at the festival, the result of a deepened collaboration between the Nordic film institutes.
The classic film Flicka och hyacinter / Girl With Hyacinths (Hasse Ekman, 1950) and
