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Photo: Stockholm Film Festival. Summer Cinemas 2022
Photo: Stockholm Film Festival. Summer Cinemas 2022

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Stockholm International Film Festival is back with the largest Outdoor Cinema in Europe! This year’s theme is “Heroes in the Park”

Every August, since 1991 Stockholm Film Festival sets up a 80m2 screen in the biggest park of central Stockholm to organize film screenings for free. The event, named Sommarbio (Summer Cinema) attracts 50 000 film enthusiasts each year.

The audience are served a variety of films to enjoy under the star filled sky and there is something for everyone. For many, Sommarbio has become the highlight of the summer and it is the perfect way to end the summer season in the Nordics.

With this year's theme, "Heroes in the Park", Stockholm Film Festival invites the audience to vote for which heroes they want to see on the big screen. We are focusing on heroes in films that inspire and empower us, not just the classic superhero. As a taste of what's to come, we have released the first two films, with a focus on female heroes: Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in Aliens and Jennifer Grey as Baby in Dirty Dancing.

The idea of organizing an outdoor cinema film festival in the Nordics started to grow after a visit to Venice and the 'Cinema sotto le Stelle,' the legendary inaugural open-air cinema established in Giardini di Castello, a public park in Venice back in 1932.

All outdoor events in the Nordics unfortunately falls under the power of Mother Nature. However, when Stockholm Film Festival found a brief window in mid-August 1991, when it was dark enough to see film on screen and the temperature was still warm enough to be outside, we took the chance and created the first outdoor cinema in the Nordics on a large scale - Sommarbio was born.

Since then, Sommarbio has become one of the most popular summer events in Sweden, a real phenomenon with ten thousands of people every year visiting and enjoying amazing films, great food, and drinks together with friends in the heart of Stockholm. This year's edition of Stockholm Film Festival's Sommarbio (August 16th-20th) will be an unforgettable memory that will last for a long time.

Welcome to Sommarbio!

Interview requests with Program Director Beatrice Karlsson, please contact Angela Ljungblad at
press@stockholmfilmfestival.se
+46 (0)703374997

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About Stockholm International Film Festival

Stockholm International Film Festival was founded in 1990 and today it is one of the leading film festivals in Europe. During the year we arrange Stockholm Film Festival Junior, the Drive-in Cinema June 14 - 18th, and the Summer Cinema August 16 - 20th. At Stockholm International Film Festival we show around 130 films from 50 different countries. Since the start, we have had the honor to present over 4000 film premieres.

WE LOVE MOVIES!

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