The initiative launched today is meant to increase awareness, competence in the industry and guarantee the filming of intimate scenes ”in a professional, risk-free and respectful way”.

The ‘Guidelines for Intimate Scenes in Film and Drama Production' is a joint industry project, initiated and financed by The Swedish Film & TV Producers Association, The Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film and SF Studios.

It was developed together with a broad reference group including actors, directors, producers and essential input from two of Sweden's intimacy coordinators.

"The need for guidelines for intimate scenes has become clearer in recent years given the risk of inappropriate behaviour,” said Kristina Linglöf, EVP HR & Operations at SF Studios. “We are convinced that these guidelines will be an important tool to improve the working environment on set, and to make production companies and our industry more sustainable over time.”

Simon Norrthon from the Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film underlines that “films and TV series have always portrayed different forms of intimacy, but until now, Sweden has lacked guidelines for how to film these scenes without risking that co-workers on a production set are put in uncomfortable and inappropriate situations.”. For Norrthon, these very first Swedish guidelines for how to film these scenes in a safe way are “an important tool for improving the working environment in film and tv productions.”

Jan Blomgren, Chairman of The Swedish Film & TV Producers Association’s film and drama section concurs with his colleagues. “The guidelines will be great support to actors, film workers and production companies, and will help to further professionalize the industry,” he said.

Here is the link for the guidelines in English language:
https://filmtvp.se/information/rapporterutredningar/​