Poyan Karimi

While on the soccer field, two longtime buddies—Khalid (Poyan Karimi) and Nico (Philip Oros)—cagily broach the subject of taking their friendship to the next level. (Frameline)

"The Uppsala Kidnapping" - A black comedy centered on the real events of the kidnapping that became a viral phenomenon with millions of live followers. Inspired by actual events occurred in Uppsala during Christmas 2011. In a desperate attempt to solve his economic problems Josef Esfarander, a medical student, plans to kidnap a law student from a wealthy family, assisted by his girlfriend Shirin and a credulous friend from high school. Josef strongly believes he achieved the perfect plan, but contrary to all his expectation the carrying out of the kidnapping becomes a farce.

孤独な老人が隣人一家との触れあいを通して再生していく姿を描いたスウェーデン発のヒューマンドラマ。世界的ベストセラーとなったフレドリック・バックマンの同名小説を映画化し、スウェーデンで大ヒットを記録した。愛する妻に先立たれ、悲しみに暮れる孤独な毎日を送っていた老人オーベ。そんなある日、隣の家にパルバネ一家が引っ越してくる。車のバック駐車や病院への送迎、娘たちの子守など、何かと問題を持ち込んでくるパルバネたちにうんざりするオーベだったが、次第に彼らに心を開くようになり、やがて妻との思い出を語りはじめる。「アフター・ウェディング」のロルフ・ラスゴードが主人公オーベを好演。スウェーデンのアカデミー賞と言われるゴールデンビートル賞で主演男優賞と観客賞をダブル受賞した。

A dialogue-free film about an execution described in two scenes.

The Swedish Liberal party leader David Holst is in crisis. Just recently, he was Sweden’s hottest politician. Stylish, funny, popular and the obvious candidate as the country’s next Prime Minister. Now, two years and a disappointing election defeat later, he finds himself in free fall. The voters have deserted him, the party is in uproar and he can hardly manage to get out of bed. It gets no better when he falls head over heels in love with party general secretary Martin, the last person on earth he can fall in love with. A man. A Social Democrat.

Elliot Tittensor (TV's Shameless) stars as Daz in headlining film PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT, a gripping British film debut that sees him woo a young lad in an underpass, only to be threatened with a break-up the following morning. Passive and submissive roles are tackled and tugged in gay graffiti tale VANDALS and Icelandic grapple-fest WRESTLING, while POSTMORTEM, MY NAME IS LOVE, and Iris Prize-winner STEAM look at promising encounters that turn awry. Rounding out the collection are HEIKO, an alternative ode to foot fetishes, BREATH where 12-year-old Erik swims out to sea to make a daring move on his best friend's father, and the crème de la crème from this collection TREVOR, which won multiple prestigious awards from Sundance, Berlinale, and even The Academy Awards (Oscar) for Best Short Film.

Love and Sebastian meet each other by a coincidence at a street in the romantic Swedish summer night. They happen to share the same secret, but their encounter is going to cause severe consequences for the both of them. An innocent flirt soon turns in to a dangerously liaison.

Mustafa Moradi is aching to find a girlfriend. On the other end of the city, Linnea is desperately searching for a guy with style, courage and a burning passion.