Ulf Brantås

Herb’s life is a mess. He’s lost his welfare, can’t hold a job, can’t talk to his son, has a neighbour who won’t shut up and a diet that consists mainly of cheap beer and mushy peas. It’s no way to live and he knows it. Then he learns from a TV news report that Danish prisoners have it way better than he does: a job, accessible healthcare, the quiet of the countryside, even an HDTV. They’re practically living in hotels. He says goodbye (and good riddance) to his dingy flat and smuggles himself to Denmark aboard a cargo ship, landing in a quaint town with everything he needs -- including a bank to rob. But when he meets a friendly local barmaid and a lovable stray dog that won’t leave his side, he begins to wonder if prison really is his only chance of a fulfilling life.

Joan Castleman é uma esposa que abandonou suas ambições de escritora para desempenhar o papel de companheira de seu marido, o grande literário e mulherengo Joe Castleman. Porém, na véspera do Prêmio Nobel de Literatura que ele irá receber, Joan decide deixá-lo.

Bobo e Klara, duas garotas suecas de 13 anos, querem montar uma banda punk, mesmo que todos digam que o punk morreu. Elas cortam seus cabelos em estilo moicano e recorrem à música para protestar e vencer o tédio. Mas, na verdade, as garotas não sabem tocar nada. Para melhorar a qualidade da banda, chamam a tímida e certinha colega Hedvig, brilhante na guitarra. Uma história sobre as dificuldades e encantos de crescer e não se encaixar em lugar nenhum.

They are people who have important significance for each other, but are not honest with each other. They live in a shadow world of lies and half truths and just waiting for the truth to come forward so they can continue their lives in a new direction.

Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.

Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.

Hawaii, Oslo is the story of a handful of people who cross each other's path without necessarily knowing each other, during the hottest day of the year, in Oslo. We follow Frode and Milla. They are having their first child, who they are told will not live long. We follow Bobbie-Pop, a faded singer who tries to commit suicide. We follow Leon, an institutionalized kleptomaniac who is loking for Åsa, to whom he has a ten year old deal to get married. We meet Leon's brother, Trygve, who fetches Leon at the institution to celebrate his birthday, but who himself has plans to use his leave from prison to run away. And most of all we meet the angel Vidar, Leon's best buddy at the institution, who sees things no one else can see, and who may be able to save everyone - except himself?

Sweden, shortly before Christmas. Surgeon Rickard is told the job he expected goes to a Dane, because of his substance abuse. It's too late to cancel dinner with his in-laws. The guest couple announces their in-vitro is a success. Then Richard's wife learns he cheated her with Sofie. Meanwhile ugly hag Anita trades drugs to afford a taser to use on her ex Olof and his former physiotherapist. Workaholic builder Anders is disgusted by his grieve-deranged client Knut's plan and decides to spend time on his family, not just money.

Lilya tem dezesseis anos e vive em alguma parte da antiga União Soviética (provavelmente a Estônia), quando é abandonada pela mãe que foge com o namorado para os EUA. A menina fica com a tia, mas as condições financeiras (que já eram ruins) começam a ficar péssimas, e Lilya começa a ficar cada vez mais próxima da prostituição.

Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from different perspectives.

The story of Raymond Olsson, unemployed cook, 40-years-old and living with his mother.

O filme conta a história de uma adolescente, Agnes, que se mudou com a família para uma pequena cidade sueca chamada Amal, o lugar mais chato da terra, segundo ela mesma. Agnes não consegue fazer amigos no colégio e sua companheira na sala é uma garota que vive em uma cadeira de rodas. Para complicar ainda mais as coisas, ela está apaixonada por Elin, uma garota do colégio, porém o único a saber desta paixão é seu computador, onde ela faz todas as suas anotações. No dia de seu aniversário, Agnes não percebe que a irmã mais velha de Elin descobre suas anotações e faz uma aposta com a irmã: se ela deixar Agnes beijá-la, pagará à irmã 20 cronas(moeda sueca). Este é só o começo de uma série de situações vividas por essas adolescentes nesta pacata cidade. Vencedor do Prêmio de Melhor Filme Gay/Lésbico no Festival de Berlim 1999.

Birger is old and retired from work, but he still goes back to work since he has nothing else to do. Back home he gets a rare visitor: a girl from Hare Krishna recruiting new members.

Harry works as a hairdresser in a mental hospital. He likes to play bingo and is married to Anna. One day he meets the cleaning lady Sonja.

Rickard, a young man, helps to illegally transport a medieval icon from Germany to Sweden. The icon possesses remarkable forces. Strange things happen. Rickard returns to his brothers empty apartment. He finds a film projector, a telescope and some drawings. A tape recorder is playing. A voice is heard. Rickard starts the film projector. Parts of his childhood is shown. He contacts his girlfriend. She informs Rickard that his mother is in hospital.

An innocent and beautiful girl, Linnea rents an apartment in Stockholm just before WWI. As she works for an old man who owns a photography studio she meets Anna, a photographer with whom she develops a complex friendship. Anna’s circus-performer boyfriend and European politics complicate Linnea’s routine.