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    World Premiere in Toronto for Lars Vega’s Arne Goes To Space

    Lars Vega’s debut feature Arne Goes To Space will have its world premiere in the Discovery programme at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The selection marks a strong Swedish presence at one of the world’s leading film festivals, following yesterday’s announcement that Amanda Kernell’s Brace Your Heart has been selected for the Platform programme.

  • Troell, Nelson and Swanström at Il Cinema Ritrovato

    Newly restored 4K versions of Jan Troell’s classics The Emigrants (Utvandrarna, 1971) and The New Land (Nybyggarna, 1972) will be screened at the 40th edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato, the world’s leading festival dedicated to film heritage and archival cinema.

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  • 13,000 Rare Bergman Photographs Now Digitized

    More than 13,000 photographs related to the films of Ingmar Bergman have been digitized and made accessible by the Film Institute's Stills and Posters archive. The unique collection includes both production stills and behind-the-scenes photographs, many of which are being published and shown for the first time.

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  • Swedish Presence at the 79th Cannes Film Festival

    The 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival features Niki Lindroth von Bahr’s short film The End, as well as two Swedish co-productions selected for the Official Competition.
    Official selection The End by Niki Lindroth von Bahr (short film competition) Sweden, France and Denmark Niki Lindroth von Bahr returns to Cannes with her stop-motion short film The End, in competition for the Short Film

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  • Linda Mutawi named Producer on the Move

    Producer Linda Mutawi has been selected to represent Sweden in European Film Promotion’s prestigious Producers on the Move 2026 program. Each year, the program brings together 20 promising producers from across Europe during the Cannes Film Festival to foster new international collaborations and strengthen European film production. The Swedish Film Institute nominates Sweden’s participant.

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  • Niki Lindroth von Bahr is competing for the Palme d’Or in Cannes

    Niki Lindroth von Bahr returns to Cannes Film Festival with her latest short film The End. This time she is competing for the Short Film Palme d’Or – one of the world's most prestigious film awards.It feels absolutely incredible. It’s been an extremely demanding production, and I’m so grateful that The End is getting such a fantastic premiere. It really gives you the energy to keep going with the

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