One week after Norway, Sweden unveiled on Monday its autumn film collection and like its Norwegian neighbours, the second half of the year looks highly promising and should make up for the weak start of the year where cinema attendance for Swedish films stagnated at 18.4%

Between August 16 until Christmas day, 23 new Swedish titles will open almost every week - sometimes four the same day. “Over the last few years, Swedish producers and distributors have privileged the autumn. It’s a pity as there is always a strong risk of cannibalisation, notes Pia Lundberg, Head of International for the Swedish Film Institute. “Nevertheless, I’m very confident as we seem to have one of the strongest autumn line-up in years.”

Family and youth films are back in force (6 titles) after a couple of lean years, as well as documentaries (7, almost all released by Folkets Bio) including festival favourites Belleville Baby by Mia Engberg and My Stolen Revolution by Iranian born Nahid Persson.

The SFI CEO Anna Serner said: “This is an extremely interesting autumn with big directing names like Lukas Moodysson, strong genre films like Easy Money 3, and a strong autumn for children's films. And on top of that a beautifully made film - Waltz with Monica - about one of our most beloved artists, Monica Zetterlund. I really believe the Swedish audience will find their way to the cinema.”

Quality auteur works already sanctioned by A festivals’ stamps of approval such as Moodysson’s youth drama We are the Best, Lisa Langseth’s drama Hotel starring Alicia Vikander and David Dencik, Per Fly’s sumptuously nostalgic Waltz with Monica and Anna Odell’s experimental The Reunion should help raise audience’s awareness.

The end of year will close with sure bets opening on Christmas day: the first animation version of Emil & Ida in Lönneberga based on Astrid Lindgren’s books, Hannes Holm’s follow up to the 2012 smash hit Tosh in Greece-All Inclusive, and the film adaptation of the best-selling novel The Centenarian who Climbed, already pre-sold to several territories by France’s StudioCanal.
For the full list of Swedish films, check: www.sfi.se