PRESS INVITATION: On Tuesday, November 10, the 37th edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival will be inaugurated at Bio Skandia, in the presence of the Swedish film and television industry. The gala evening will be officially opened by the festival in collaboration with Anna Croneman, CEO of the Swedish Film Institute.
Press accreditation is now open for the 37th edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival. Over 12 days, from 11–22 November, the festival will present more than 130 premieres from 60 countries, alongside opportunities to meet international filmmakers and actors through Face2Face conversations, gala premieres and exclusive festival screenings.
The Stockholm International Film Festival takes place from November 11–22, presenting over 130 premieres from 60 countries. Each year, the festival hosts filmmakers and actors from around the world, and this year’s edition is no exception. Accredited press have the exclusive opportunity to book interviews with this year’s guests, attend press screenings, and cover the red carpet.
International co-production takes centre stage at Stockholm Industry Days 2026 featuring a case study of Palme d’Or winner Fjord, with some of today’s leading European producers. The program also highlights Nordic production company Eye Eye Pictures and showcases emerging filmmakers through the Nordic Wave pitching competition and Stockholm Nordic Shorts short film competition.
Academy Award-winning British actress Olivia Colman will receive the Stockholm Achievement Award 2026. She will attend the Stockholm International Film Festival for the Nordic premiere of Wicker, alongside her co-stars Alexander Skarsgård and Gustav Lindh. The darkly humorous and offbeat love story also stars Peter Dinklage and Elizabeth Debicki.
The next generation of Nordic filmmaking takes centre stage as Stockholm International Film Festival announces the five nominees for Nordic Wave 2026. For the third consecutive year, emerging directors have been selected to pitch their feature film or series projects to industry professionals during Stockholm Industry Days.
Today, the jury for the 2026 Nikon Short Film Award is being announced. This year’s jury president is the Guldbagge-nominated director and screenwriter Mikael Marcimain, who previously served on the competition jury for last year’s festival. Last year’s Nikon Short Film Award winner, Karim Fakih, also joins this year’s jury alongside the acclaimed actor Rebecka Harper (Trion, 2026).
The jury for the Stockholm International Film Festival’s TV4 Rising Star Award has been closely following this year’s Swedish film and television productions in search of the next major acting star. Seven promising talents are now in the running for the TV4 Rising Star Award.
Throughout Swedish film history, only seven Swedish actors have been nominated for an Oscar in an acting category. Among these renowned figures are Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo and Max von Sydow, as well as this years recipient of the Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award — Lena Olin.
From The Dude’s eccentrically bitter bowling rival and Christopher Walkens dystopian office crush, to an analogue pickpocket in a digitalised New York — the Stockholm Achievement Award 2026 goes to John Turturro.
The program for the 2026 Stockholm International Film Festival has finally been revealed, featuring 130 premieres from 60 countries. The festival takes place from November 11 to 22.
After only a handful of rapturously recieved screenings, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s You Can See Everything has already emerged as one of the year’s hottest and most critically acclaimed films. We are now proud to present one of the year’s most buzzed-about titles as the closing film of the Stockholm International Film Festival 2026.
