Movies: Magnus Gertten

Documentary following the planning and execution of Sweden's biggest music festival. Interviews with festival staff are followed by interviews and performances by the bands. This year the festival had chartered their own plane from London to bring th...

In Uzbekistan, the government has started its own war on terror. A war that – like so many others – is waged for political reasons, which rarely have anything to do with reality. As a result, thousands of Muslims are imprisoned on false charges of co...

A documentary following the Swedish hip-hop group Advanced Patrol, after their member Chafic's tragic suicide....

Alisher and Dildora are in love in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Soon they are married and even sooner they have a baby on the way. At just 18, the smitten couple had considered only romance, but now Alisher finds himself struggling to provide for his young famil...

A film about those who quietly pick up after the rest of us. Yonas Albawi is the popular property owner who works hard to keep order around the residential area Planteringen in Helsingborg. He loves his job, but when he is met on Monday mornings by t...

A gripping portrait of the dramatic, extravagant and ego-centric actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård (1928-1998) who would always be at the center of everything. On the out side he was a hailed and confident diva. In his solitude he was plagued by insomnia, an...

A movie about the life of Lars Winnerbäck....

The film tells a story about a dying artform and a young girl, Simona. She has been living and working in the circus her whole life. A couple of years back they were three generations traveling with the circus. Will Simona be the last?...

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"The blue colour of Malmö FF was dropped into my eyes by an angel when I was born" These are the words used by writer Björn Ranelid to explain the feelings a devoted fan has for his team. This documentary presents the supporters of Malmö FF, who will...

In Dependence is a documentary film about a middle aged couple trying to balance their lives in the riptide of alcoholism and co-dependency....

Hanna and Linn are 16 and both want to be the world's coolest rappers....

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Per Tengstrand travels like a lonely cowboy around the world to give concerts. His life consists of endless tours and a constant practice and effort. He spends a lot of time alone......

An old roll of film from the summer 1965 shows a party in an apartment on Fersens road in Malmö. It shows local popidols from bands like Namelosers and Gonks, but also common pop guys and girls. They gather around some exclusive guests: Mick Jagger, ...

Documentary about Björn Afzelius, a well known contributor to modern Scandinavian music history....

It is in Lund that Sweden's very first house occupations take place. On May 17, 1969, a house to be demolished on Västra Mårtensgatan is occupied by a group of young people who call themselves Allaktivisterna/The Activists....

Sofia Rapp Johansson is a young, talented and critically acclaimed author. She is also a singer, performer and poetry slammer. But behind Sofia's successful outer career she is carrying a darker inner story, formed by a childhood full of violence, se...

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