Playing this month:
NEW! TV4 NEWS
TV4 News offers a comprehensive news service with global, national and local coverage of news, sport, weather, business and entertainment. Watch some of the TV4 signature programs such as Kalla Fakta, Rosenberg, Kvällsöppet, as well as Nöjet, a new show dedicated to entertainment news.
Beck - The Eye of The Storm (Sweden)
Starring Mikael Persbrandt and Peter Haber by Harald Hamrell, 2009. When the charred remains of woman are found, Säpo, the Swedish Security Services, suspect Gunvald Larsson of being mixed up in her murder. The dead woman was wanted internationally and a member of a group of militant eco-activists carrying out attacks around the world.
NEW! Kalla Fakta
Kalla Fakta is an acclaimed investigative news reports program hosted by Lennart Ekdal. This weekly show brings in-depth reports about politics, domestic and international events, as well as important issues affecting our society. Wed & Thurs at 1:30pm PT, Sat at 10:00pm PT.
NEW! Nöjet
From the Stockholm fashion runaways to Hollywood headlines, Nöjet brings you a weekly summary of domestic and international entertainment news. Watch the latest updates about music, fashion, films, celebrities, award galas and more... Fri at 10:30pm PT, Sat at 10:00am PT, and Sun at 11:30am PT.
Beck - The Scorpion (Sweden)
Starring Mikael Persbrandt and Peter Haber by Harald Hamrell, 2006. A man is murdered and the police suspect his wife. A brutally assaulted woman, Monika, esapes with her two sons. A dead man and her blood is found by the police in her home. Monika, now suspected for murder, is hiding and refuses to tell who assaulted her.
Immediate Boarding (Sweden)
Starring Helena af Sandeberg and Jørgen Langhelle by Ella Lemhagen, 2003. Tired of traveling between respective divorced parents each weekend, 11-year-olds Julia and Martin meet at an airport, trade places and embark on a journey that will change their lives forever.
Little Soldier (Denmark)
Starring Trine Dyrholm and Finn Nielsen by Annette K. Olesen, 2008. After yet another mission abroad, the young soldier Lotte returns home completely disillusioned with life. Lotte's unreliable father offers her a job as a chauffeur for his Nigerian girlfriend - the escort girl Lily. Both Lotte and Lily carry invisible scars and are reluctant at first, but a friendship slowly emerges between
the two women.
Beck - Buried Alive (Sweden)
Starring Mikael Persbrandt and Peter Haber by Harald Hamrell, 2009. A wooden box is discovered buried in a playground in Central Stockholm. Inside the box is the body of a well know prosecutor. To their horror, Beck and his team realize that the prosecutor was buried alive.
A Little Christmas Story (Sweden)
Starring Thomas Hedengran and Jesper Salén by Åsa Sjöström. During the Christmas rush the 5 year old girl, Ina, loses her dearly beloved teddy bear, Nonoo, at the train station in Stockholm. Nonoo ends up among the Christmas mail and soon he is on an exciting journey through Sweden.
Percy, Buffalo Bill, and I (Sweden)
Starring Börje Ahlstedt and Lena Strömdahl by Anders Gustafsson, 2005. For Ulf this summer was supposed to be another ordinary holiday. However adventure, love, jealousy, friendship and an old western hero manage to overturn his prior conviction.
Kidz in Da Hood (Sweden)
Starring Beylula Kidane Adgoy and Embla Hjulströmby by Ylva Gustavsson & Catti Edfeldt, 2006. Amina came to Sweden three years ago and has not yet received her residency permit. When her grandfather dies, she's hiding out with the rocker Johan and has to fight to stay in Sweden.
Dogville Confessions (Denmark)
Special Tribute to Lars Von Trier. Starring Nicole Kidman, Lars Von Trier, Stellan Skarsgård, Ben Gazzara, and Lauren Bacall by Sami Saif, 2003. For most people, simply seeing the behind-the-scenes footage in this documentary will be a delight, but it also provides a much deeper look inside the world of filmmaking including some moments of insight that are hard to believe.
Von Trier's 100 Eyes (Denmark)
Special Tribute to Lars Von Trier. Starring Catherine Deneuve, Bjørk, and Lars Von Trier by Katia Forbert Petersen, 2000. Von Trier’s 100 Eyes is a documentary that chronicles the inception, creative development, filming and post production of the film Dancer in the Dark.
The Blessing (Denmark)
Church of Sweden Film prize at Göteborg International Film Festival. By Heidi Maria Faisst, 2009 with Lærke Winther, Solbjørg Højfeldt, and Mads Riisom. Katrine has just given birth to a beautiful little girl. Everything should have been wonderful but Katrine feels insecure on how to be a "real" mother and when her boyfriend has to go away for work she reaches out for her own mother for help.
Bang Bang Orangutang (Sweden)
Nominated - Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress - Bodil Awards. By Simon Staho, 2005 with Mikael Persbrandt and Tuva Novotny. Åke Jönsson loves himself, his career and his big expensive car. But in a fateful moment his life is transformed, and he loses his wife
and his children who he has forgotten to love. Suddenly Åke goes hunting for love.
Storm (Sweden)
Winner - Audience Award - Stockholm Film Festival. By Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, 2005 with Eric Ericsson and Eva Röse. DD is young, cool, and knows where it's at. Or thought he did! He is completely unaware that a
struggle between good and evil has begun. In order to get through it in one piece, DD must solve a riddle.
Cold Prey II (Norway)
Nominated - Best Actress - Amanda Awards. By Mats Stenberg, 2008 with Ingrid Bols Berdal, Marthe Rovik and Kim Wifladt. In this sequel to the highly successful Cold Prey, Jannicke (Berdal) is found almost dead in the Norwegian mountains of Jotunheimen and brought to a hospital in Otta. However, her nightmare soon starts all over again.
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 (Denmark, Sweden)
Special Tribute to Lars Von Trier. Winner - Best Actor - Zulu Awards. By Lars Von Trier, 2007 with Jonatan Spang and David Dencik. Erik Nietzsche draws up a comic self portrait as we journey back to the late 1970s when Erik enters the film world. In his ambitious pursuits Erik chooses to abandon his idealistic values to gain fame and recognition as film director.
The Kingdom Parts 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 & 8 (Denmark)
Special Tribute to Lars Von Trier. Winner - Best Film - Bodil Awards. By Lars Von Trier, 1994 with Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Kirsten Rolffes and Holger Juul Hansen. The Kingdom is a bastion of science, but a rash of uncanny occurrences begins to weaken the staff's faith in science - a phantom ambulance pulls in every night, but disappears and a pregnant doctor's fetus is developing faster than natural.
The Ape (Sweden)
Official selection - 2009
Toronto Film Festival - 2009 Venice Film Festival. By Jesper Ganslandt, 2009 with Olle Sarri and Francoise Joyce. Krister, a husband and father, wakes up to the consequences of a tragedy. He is a broken man, but not aware of it yet. Confronted with everyday reality, there is no place for escape and Krister is soon forced to face up to his actions
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Hawaii,
Oslo (Norway)
Winner - Best Film - Amanda Awards (Norwegian Oscars). By Erik Poppe, 2004. With Trond Espen Seim, Aksel Hennie and Jan Gunnar Røise. The people in HAWAII, OSLO cross each other´s paths and meet one another like in the streets of a ci
ty. Everyone is runn
ing from something, searching for something or dreaming of something else on this destined day.
Nina Frisk (Sweden)
By Maria Blom, 2008. With Sofia Helin and Daniel Götschenhjelm. Nina is a flight attendant. She is happy above the clouds. One day she meets Marcus. She falls helplessly for him and she begins to long for a family of her own. Nina soon discovers that life on earth can be just as turbulent as in the sky.
Dancers (Denmark)
Winner - Best D
irector - Cairo International Film Festival. By Pernille Fischer Christensen, 2008. With Trine Dyrholm and Anders W. Berthelse. Dancers is centred round a dance school run by the bright and lively Annika and her no-nonsense mother. One day Annika meets Lasse and falls passionately in love. But there is something Lasse hasn't told her, something he has done that is not so easy to forgive.
When Darkness Falls (Sweden)
Winner of the Amnesty International Film Prize at Berlin Film Festival. Three stories of people whose lives have been thrown into chaos come together in this drama by Anders Nilsson, 2006. With Lia Boyse and Per Graffman. Two sisters act against their family's code of honour. Two bouncers are attacked by criminals igniting total war. A journalist presses charges of spousal abuse against her husband.
Thicker Than Water (Iceland)
By Árni
Ólafur Ásgeirsson, 2006. With Hilmar Jónsson, Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir and Laufey Elíasdóttir. Pétur, a successful optometrist, is happily married and his wife is expecting their second child. Their perfect life in Reykjavik is thrown into turmoil when Pétur discovers he is not the biological father of their ten-year-old son.
King's Game (Denmark)
Bodil Award Winner (Best Movie) by Nikolaj Arcel, 2004. With Anders W. Berthelsen, Søren Pilmark, and Nastja Arcel. Three weeks before general elections, the leader of one of the country's largest parties, the Center party, is involved in a severe car accident. Young, ambitious journalist, Ulrik Torp
, is given the opportunity of a life time and made Dagbladet's correspondent in Parliament.
Every Other Week (Sweden)
By Måns Herngren and Hannes Holm, 2006. With Felix Herngren, and Cecilia Frode. Every Other Week is a comedy drama about two brothers whose lives become very complicated. Jens's wife,
Tessan, refuses to believ
e that her husband's friendship with stunning Johanna is purely platonic and throws him out.
Aberdeen (Norway)
By Hans Peter Moland, 2000. With Stellan Skarsgård, Lena Heady, and Charlotte Rampling. Kaisa's nuclear family was blasted to bits years ago. Her mother landed in Aberdeen, her father in Oslo and Kaisa in London. Now, Kaisa has to trans
port her father back to Scotland. Her cargo proves more of a problem than she ever imagined...
Prague (Denmark)
Winner - Best Cinematography - Bodil Awards. By Ole Christian Madsen, 2006. With Mads Mikkelsen and Stine Stengade. When Christoffer learns of his father's death in Prague, it's a question of getting his father packed into a coffin and flown to Denmark, so he can
return to everyday life. But on the trip, Christoffer has to come to terms with his past.
Wallander Steget Efter (Sweden)
By Birger Larsen, 2005. With Rolf Lassgård,
Marie Richardson. The 7th book in the bestselling series about Kurt Wallander. Wallanders friend and colleague, Svedberg, gets shot in his home. At first the police believe it's a suicide. Soon darker,
deeper secrets surface.It becomes obvious that he was murdered.
The Last Viking (Denmark)
By Jesper W. Nielsen, 1997. With Holger Thaarup and Kim Bodnia. The son of a Viking Harald is left behind in his village with women and children, when his father joins a group of rebels. They are revolving against the king. But the king takes revenge by overt
aking the village and tyranni
zing the p
opulation.
Day and Night (Sweden)
Winner of Silver Hugo at Chicago Film Festival. By Simon Staho, 2005. With Mikael Persbrandt, Tuva Novotny, and Maria Bonnevie. Day and Night is about people that love and want to be loved. It's the story of a father, his young son, his unfaithful wife, his lonely sister, his forgetful mother...They are all looking for the answer to the same question: “If love is the answer - what is the question?”.
Island of Lost Souls (Denmark)
By Nikolaj Arcel, 2007. With Sarah Langebæk Gaarmann, Lasse Borg, Lukas Munk Billing. In a seaside village where nothing exciting ever happens, 14-year old L
ulu is longing for adventu
r
e. She will soon be thrown into a battle against the forces of darkness to uncover the secrets hidden on the Island of Lost Souls.
The Beast of Beauty (Norway)
By Hilde Heier, 2004. With Amanda Jean Kvakland, Ingrid Lorentzen. 8-year-old Lotte and her father Helge, who is the Queen's bodyguard, move in with Kristin, a former beauty queen, and her daughter Vendela. Kristin's ambition is for Vendela to become
Little Miss Norway at
a beauty contest for children.
Manslaughter (Denmark)
Danish Film Academy Award Winner (Best Director). By Per Fly, 2005. With Jesper Christensen and Pernilla August. Fifty-two year old Tobis Carsten is a popular, much-respected high school teach
er who is married and has a
son. However, Carsten is also having an affair with
a former student, Pil
, who is an extreme left wing activist.
Leo (Sweden)
Opening 2007
Stockholm International Film Festival. By Josef Fares, 2008. With Leonard Terfelt and Josef Fares. Surrounded by family and friends, Leo celebrates his 30th birthday and toasts to the future. But when the party ends, Leo and his girlfriend walk back home and something happens that will forever change their lives.
101 Reykjavik (Iceland)
By Baltasar Kormakur, 2000. With Victoria Abril Hilmir, Hanna
Maria Karlsdorttir. A young man's
sexual impulses go haywire when he discovers that the woman he has just been to bed with carries his child. The zany black comedy takes a candid look at it's anti-hero's compelling, confused and often hilarious sexual universe.
Fia! (Norway)
By Elsa Kvamme, 2004. With Klara Døving, Sergio Bini, Hanne Lindbæk. Fia thinks everyone is a clown, except herself, her mother... and Bustric. Eight-year-old Fia is v
ery good at climbing, stealing and looking after her mother. But one day her world changes.
Illusive Tracks (Sweden)
By Peter Dalle, 2003. With Gustaf Hammarsten, Robert Gustaffson, Gösta Ekmanwith. A failed author means well but creates chaos. An unlucky soldier gets on the wrong train. A doctor wants to murder his wife. All supervised by a pedantic conductor on a train in 1945.
Import Export (Norway)
By Khalid Hussain, 2005. With Bjørnar Teige and Iram Haq. Jan is a 25-year old Norwegian man and aspiring rock musician who's fallen in love with Jasmin, a Pakistani-Norwegian woman who's perfect for him in every way- except for the fact she's engaged to another man. Her parents have promised Jasmin in marriage to a cousin on his way over from Pakistan.
Original (Sweden)
By Alexander Br¢ndsted, 2008. With Tuva Novotny and Sverrir Gudnason. Most of his life, Henry has been acting the human chameleon, which has turned him into a pale reflection of other people's expectations One day
, after having brutally failed and crashed straight into reality, Henry's best friend Jon talks him into opening a restaurant in Spain.
One Summer of Happiness (Sweden)
Grand Prize Winner of The Cannes Film Festival. By Arne Mattsson, 1951. With Ulla Jacobsson and Folke Sundquist. Student Göran is vacationing on his uncle's farm. On the first day he meets the 17-year old Kerstin, who lives on a farm nearby. Göran and Kerstin fall in love with each other, but neither Kerstin's relatives or Göran's father gives their consent to the relationship.
It Rains on Our Love (Sweden)
By Ingmar Bergman, 1946. With Barbro Kollberg and Birger Malmsten. Maggi meets David after having missed her train, and they spend the night together. Penniless, the young lovers break into a summer cottage. The owner, Håkansson, offers to rent it to them, but he has an ulterior motive. By living together, they have to face their pasts and deal with the meddling neighbors and authorities.
The Three Musketeers (United Kingdom, Denmark)
By Janis Cimermanis, 2005. With Nastja Arcel, Lars Bom. Young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris where he meets the three musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. They embark upon an adventure that takes them across both France and England in order to thwart the plans of the Cardinal Richelieu.y.
Little Grey Fergie (Norway)
By Trond Jacobsen, 2004. With Tor Geir Sundahl, Ole-Kristian Lima. Little Grey Fergie moves to a new farm with his friends. On the new farm they're going to have such a good time! But things don't turn out as they planned. Littel Grey Fergie discovers that some crooks are trying to uncover a secret on the farm.
Valhalla (Denmark)
By Peter Madsen, 1987. With voices of Dick Kaysø, Preben Kristensen, Laura Bro. Two Viking kids experience numerous adventures with gods Thor, Odin and Loke as they travel to Udgaard - the land of the evil giants in this great animated saga based on classic Nordic mythology.
Hayflower and Quiltshoe ( Finland)
By Kaisa Rastimo, 2002. With Katriina Tavi, Tilda Kiianlehto, Minna Suuronen. Hayflower and Quiltshoe are sisters and spend all their time together. A change is about to happen: In a week, Hayflower is going to start school. There are big things going on inside both the girls’ minds. Who is going to do the household chores in the family when mother's little helper Hayflower won’t be there?
We Can Be Heroes ( Sweden)
By Ulf Malmros, 2002. With Ariel Petsonk, Zamand Hägg. Marcello is a tough kid with a mind of his own and lots of imagination. Not always popular in school he is often lonely when not at home with his lively Swedish-Italian family. When strong-willed Fatima joins their school, she encourages him to fight for his own dreams instead of trying to please his parents.
Gurin With the Foxtail (Norway)
By John M. Jacobsen and Nille Tystad, 1998. With Toraly Maurstad, Wenche Foss. The gnome Gurin lives far up in the mountains and he loves to play tricks on others. Deep down, he is honest and kind, except when it comes to playing practical jokes. In spite of many warnings, he can't help himself and one day he wakes up with a long foxtail as punishment.
Skymaster, A flying family fairytale (Denmark)
By Michael Wikke and Steen Rasmussen, 2006. With Janus Dissing Rathke, Nicolas Bro, Anders W. Berthelsen. 10 years old Kalle has a sister with two skin flaps on her back. No one but Kalle sees the true nature of his sister's odd. Determined to prevent the amputation of his sister's wings at a plastic surgery clinic, Kalle sets out on a rescue mission.
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