Swedish Shorts 3: Norrland

A young girl who doesn't know what to do. Her friend is skipping school and tomorrow is the national exam. A true-to-life drama about the everyday life of a teenage girl, where social media can make you feel both seen and invisible at the same time.

A group of friends consisting of five people, between boys and men, pre-party in a hotel room. When a little homophobia, classic toxic masculinity, and uncertainty about what is actually a gay app are thrown into the discussion, the game takes on a more serious character.

Join us on a walk in the night. What do you think then? Is it on the dark path of the still night that we meet the human? Where do our thoughts and feelings unite? The poetry takes us a bit down into the dust of the bluish spaces. Based on a true story.

The young dancer Edvin finds it difficult to move on after a difficult loss. The audience's applause echoes empty and he finds it hard to feel the joy that dancing used to give him. But is anyone really gone? Beautiful and gripping about sadness and loss.

It is difficult enough to get a family conversation going daily. Even more difficult when it comes to something life-changing that you have kept to yourself for an entire life. Maybe because the expected reaction to what we intend to say is what really scares us.

Leila is a lively 64-year-old teacher who lives in Afghanistan. The documentary depicts her daily life as a transgender through joy and challenges, but also in the struggle to live like everyone else. When the country returns to the Taliban regime, freedom is threatened.

A director instills courage in the young actors the day before the theatrical premiere. She gives them the strength to dare to step out into the limelight and not succumb to stage fright. At the end of the day when she is left alone, something, or someone, is hiding in the dark.

Glenn loves nature. The views, the animals, and the feeling of freedom! It is also where he finds his soul mate. They begin a life together and continue to love nature together, but they want to do it on their own terms and are not prepared to compromise.

A meeting is supposed to take place in the Swedish summer evening. At midsummer itself. A guy has ghosted Jana and Philip has been dumped - they match. Two people who want to take the plunge. But much is at stake. Self-disclosure about loneliness and vulnerability.