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
Tarik Saleh’s Eagles of the Republic will have its world premiere in the main competition at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, which begins on Tuesday, May 13. The film is in the running for the Palme d’Or, alongside the co-production Sentimental Value by Joachim Trier. Also premiering is Being Bo Widerberg by Jon Asp and Mattias Nohrborg, selected for Cannes Classics. In total, three other Swedish c
The month of May is here, and we turn our attention to Mai Zetterling’s 100th birthday on May 24. The visionary filmmaker’s centennial is currently being celebrated with retrospective series and screenings at BFI London and Vancouver Cinematheque and many other film festivals, cinematheques, and film institutes around the world.
Internationally, the centennial year 2025 began in February at the
Tomorrow, Thursday, on February 13, the 75th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival gets under way. During the festival Areeb Zuaiter’s debut Yalla Parkour has its European premiere, Frida Gustavsson is awarded the Shooting star and Maria Eriksson-Hecht’s debut Kevlarsjäl is also nominated for The Eisvogel prize for sustainable film production. Three Swedish co-productions are part of t
