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Being Bo Widerberg (Country: Sweden; Year: 2025; Director: Jon Asp, Mattias Nohrborg; Writer: Jon Asp; Stars: Bo Widerberg, Roy Andersson, Thommy Berggren, Kalle Boman, Pia Degermark, Evabritt Strandberg, Jan Troell, Stellan Skarsgård, Lars von Trier, Johan Widerberg, Martin Widerberg, Matilda Jolin Widerberg, Nina Widerberg)
The documentary chronicles Bo Widerberg's journey from 1960s Malmö, where he worked as a writer and film critic, to his successes as a director in Stockholm and international adventures in Cannes and New York.
Eagles Of The Republic (Country: France, Sweden, Denmark; Year: 2025; Director: Tarik Saleh; Writer: Tarik Saleh; Stars: Fares Fares, Cherien Dabis, Lyna Khoudri, Zineb Triki, Sherwan Haji, Hassan El Sayed, Pedram Hajigholi, Suhaib Nashwan, Mohammed Nehmi, Haitham Elsaadani)
Egghead Republic (Country: Sweden; Year: 2025; Director: Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja; Writer: Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja, Arno Schmidt; Stars: Tyler Labine, Andrew Lowery, Arvin Kananian, Gina Dirawi, Ella Rae Rappaport)
An alternative reality where the Cold War did not end, and Soviet Kazakstan has been struck by an atomic bomb.
The Home (Hemmet) (Country: Sweden, Iceland, Estonia; Year: 2025; Director: Mattias Johansson Skoglund; Writer: Mattias Johansson Skoglund, Mats Strandberg; Stars: Gizem Erdogan, Anki Lidén, Philip Oros, Malin Levanon, Lottie Ejebrant, Lily Wahlsteen, Ayan Ahmed, Bengt C.W. Carlsson, Caisa Ankarsparre, Emil Brulin, Janna Granström, Peter Jankert)
Many years after leaving, Joel returns home to move his mother Monika to a care facility for the elderly struggling with dementia. But as she starts to have terrifying visions, he begins to suspect something supernatural is at work.
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Live A Little (Leva Lite) (Country: Norway, Sweden; Year: 2025; Director: Fanny Ovesen; Writer: Fanny Ovesen; Stars: Embla Ingelman-Sundberg, Aviva Wrede, Oscar Lesage, Beatriz Abrisqueta)
On a couch surfing trip through Europe, Laura wakes up in a guy's bed without any memories of what happened.
Redoubt (Värn) (Country: Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Poland, Finland, UK, Switzerland; Year: 2025; Director: John Skoog; Stars: Denis Lavant, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Livia Millhagen, Aron Skoog)
At the peak of the Cold War, farm worker Karl-Göran Persson starts fortifying his house. He gathers scrap metal and casts it into the walls to build a fortress meant to protect himself and his neighbours setting him on the path to conflict with his community
Full Review See: Denis Lavant on the art of constructing personas in Redoubt and The Stranger
, Interview with John Skoog about Redoubt
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