Actress Eva-Britt Strandberg in Hollows. Photo: Fredrik Wenzel
Director Henrik Hellström, cinematographer Fredrik Wenzel and producer Erika Wasserman are back with a follow up to Burrowing (Man tänker sitt). In their new film Hollows (Håligheter) we meet the ageing Marianne, whose intensive days in the company of her niece's young family cause her to reflect on her own life choices.
Successful partnerships are also resumed in the short films. Director Stina Wirsén and producer Linda Hambäck return after their Who films (Vem-filmerna) with the Brokiga films (Brokiga filmerna), in which the characters look pretty but are tough on the inside. Mikael Kristersson continues his study of birds with Starlings (Stare), which shows the life of starlings from inside the nest.
Frida Kempff directs Sound of Silence about an elderly widow who only has her television for company. When it breaks down she looks outwards and finds herself fighting the corner of an abused young boy. Directors Alexandra Arcari Gimdal and Torbjörn Fraenckel give us the animated documentary Prince Filip (Prins Filip) about a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig in the city. In the mournful Autumn Leaves (Tidens minne) Jean-Pascal Strüwer explores a man's existential reflections from Katarinavägen in Stockholm, and Stefan Constantinescu's Dinner with the Family (Middag med familjen) examines the various roles played by a woman: career woman, mother, wife and mistress.
Ronnie Sandahl directs The Route 43 Miracle (Mirakel utmed riksväg 43) about Holger, who writes a significant letter to his son from his deathbed, and in Mousse by John Hellberg, a shopkeeper gets an unexpected visit from the desperate Frenchman Mousse, a man with robbery in mind.
Feature film - more than 72 minutes long
Hollows (Håligheter)
Director Henrik Hellström
Screenplay Henrik Hellström
Produced by Erika Wasserman
Funding recipient Idyll AB
Genre Drama
Target group Adults
Film type Live action
Film Commissioner Suzanne Glansborg
Funding granted SEK 6 500 000
Production company's presentation:A new film by the team behind Burrowing (Man tänker sitt). Henrik Hellström, director, Fredrik Wenzel, cinematographer and producer Erika Wasserman. Hollows follows the ageing Marianne through two intensive days in which her encounters with her niece's young family cause her to reflect on her own life choices. The story is set against the spectacular scenery of Rogaland in western Norway.
Short films
The Brokiga films. Photo: LEE Film
The Brokiga films (De brokiga filmerna)
Director Stina Wirsén
Screenplay Stina Wirsén
Produced by Linda Hambäck
Funding recipient L Edition Entertainment Film AB
Genre Misc.
Target group Children
Film type Animation
Film Commissioner Linus Torell
Funding granted SEK 1 300 000
Production company's presentation: Little Pink and her friends are a diverse bunch of characters, pretty to look at but tough on the inside. These vibrant stories respect and reflect children's moods, everything from anger or melancholy to unbridled joy.
Dinner with the Family. Photo: Alexandru Timosca
Dinner with the Family (Middag med familjen)
Directors Xandra Popescu, Stefan Constantinescu
Screenplay Stefan Constantinescu
Produced by Helene Lindholm
Funding recipient Atmo Media Network AB
Genre Drama
Target group Adults
Film Commissioner Andra Lasmanis
Funding granted SEK 325 000
Production company's presentation: Dinner with the Family centres on a woman who acts out certain predetermined roles – career woman, wife and mother. Outside her marriage she is having a relationship with a man she communicates with via her mobile phone.
The Route 43 Miracle. Photo: Marina Nyström
The Route 43 Miracle (Mirakel utmed riksväg 43)
Director Ronnie Sandahl
Screenplay Ronnie Sandahl
Produced by Annika Hellström
Funding recipient Cinenic Film AB
Genre Action
Target group Adults
Film Commissioner Andra Lasmanis
Funding granted SEK 375 000
Production company's presentation: For an absentee father, Holger is very attentive. He has always been there for his son – going with him on his first day at school, an observer of his first kiss, but always in secret and from afar. On his deathbed Holger feels compelled to write to his son and tell the truth about the night a miracle occurred on route 43.
Mousse. Photo: Johan Helmer
Mousse
Director John Hellberg
Screenplay John Hellberg
Produced by Kjell Åhlund, Fredrik Bjelke
Funding recipient Autoboys AB
Genre Drama
Target group Adults
Film type Live action
Film Commissioner Andra Lasmanis
Funding granted SEK 375 000
Production company's presentation: During the biggest trotting competition of the year a shopkeeper gets an unexpected visit from a desperate Frenchman. That man is Mousse, and his plan is to rob the shop of its takings, spring his partner out of jail and flee the country.
Prince Filip. Photo: ARC Picture Pro
Prince Filip (Prins Filip)
Directors Alexandra Arcari Gimdal, Torbjörn Fraenckel
Screenplay Alexandra Arcari Gimdal, Torbjörn Fraenckel
Produced by Alexandra Arcari Gimdal, Torbjörn Fraenckel
Funding recipient ARC Picture PRO
Film type Documentary
Target group Family
Film type Animation
Film Commissioner Andra Lasmanis
Funding granted SEK 200 000
Production company's presentation: Having been undeservedly portrayed by the press as something of a cutie, we finally get to see the world of Filip as he sees it. Prins Filip is an animated documentary short about a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig that for more than a decade has been living with a family in the city.
Sound of Silence. Photo: Andréas Lennartsson
Sound of Silence
Director Frida Kempff
Screenplay Frida Kempff
Produced by Erik Andersson
Funding recipient Koaki Film AB
Genre Drama
Target group Adults
Film type Live action
Film Commissioner Andra Lasmanis
Funding granted SEK 300 000
Production company's presentation: With only the television for company, an elderly woman has been living alone since her husband died several years previously. One day the television breaks down, forcing her to see the world outside her apartment. She discovers a boy alone who has been subjected to serious abuse, and she decides to rescue him.
Starlings. Photo: Mikael Kristersson
Starlings (Stare)
Director Mikael Kristersson
Screenplay Mikael Kristersson
Produced by Mikael Kristersson
Funding recipient Pica-Film
Film type Documentary
Target group Family
Film type Live action
Film Commissioner Andra Lasmanis
Funding granted SEK 175 000
Production company's presentation: The starling is a common bird that lives in close proximity to humans. It nests in hollows in trees, under roof tiles or in bird boxes. In Mikael Kristersson's film we see starlings from a new angle, inside a nest, from when they first inspect the nest site in early spring until the last chick flies away in June.
Autumn Leaves. Photo: Paul Evans
Autumn Leaves (Tidens minne)
Director Jean-Pascal Strüwer
Screenplay Jean-Pascal Strüwer
Produced by Hend Aroal
Funding recipient Polyester Film Stockholm AB
Genre Drama
Target group Adults
Film Commissioner Andra Lasmanis
Funding granted SEK 250 000
Production company's presentation: With tears streaming down his cheeks, a man stands staring out at the view from Katarinavägen in Stockholm. A family walks past, each of them with sorrow in their eyes. Who are they? Will they meet? The short film Tidens minne is about what has been and what is, about living with a grief that never goes away. Guldbagge-nominated Torkel Petersson plays the lead.