Made in Västernorrland

Here you’ll find feature films, documentaries and short films that Film Västernorrland has co-produced over the past year.

Made in Västernorrland

Allmänfarlig ödeläggelse

Something is about to happen. A new era of nation-building. A transformation unfolding across time that extends beyond election years and interim targets. We find ourselves in the North, amidst power plants and natural resources, landscape. Something in the surroundings seems to recur — an echo of something the place and its people have long been aware of. A new era driven by the same old narrative: you come here and leave nothing. What worldview, whose perspective, what story will guide us forward? Allmänfarlig ödeläggelse moves between past and present, dream and reality, through snowfall and a national climate summit, Interwoven with the historical documentation of Erik Eriksson. A thirty-minute whistleblower film from an energy periphery that the nation markets as its own asset during the eleventh hour of the growth economy. A quest to understand how to respond and towards what in an era of transformation.

Made in Västernorrland

Cat Kingdom

The unemployed engineer Kenneth devotes all his time to building hobby models. On his way to an imposed job interview, he crosses paths with marine biologist Sten, who offers him work as an assistant at his shipyard. Kenneth's heavily pregnant partner Marta breathes a sigh of relief. But what starts as a simple paint job on a boat hull and some routine sorting slowly draws Kenneth into an increasingly complex and elusive investigation.

Made in Västernorrland

Film Västernorrland 30 years - Short Film Programme 1

A diverse short film programme filled with humour, drama and personal stories. Audiences encounter love, friendship, grief, identity and longing through documentary, artistic and fictional narratives. With warmth, insight and a touch of the absurd, these films explore people's choices, relationships and sense of belonging.

Made in Västernorrland

Film Västernorrland 30 years - Short Film Programme 2

Here we encounter people at pivotal moments in their lives, from love and friendship to grief, family conflict and the struggle against social norms. These stories move between realistic and imaginative worlds, offering reflection, emotion and unexpected perspectives. The films inspire laughter, contemplation and powerful emotional responses.

Made in Västernorrland

Folkbildning - ett levande kulturarv

The documentary “Folkbildning - ett levande kulturarv” explores adult education in general and Hola Folk High School in particular, from its founding in 1896 to its activities today. The starting point is Hola’s founder, elementary school teacher and cantor Johan Sandler, but the film also examines the role of adult education in a broader context. Hola Folk High School in Kramfors Municipality is one of Sweden’s oldest folk high schools, and through interviews and photographs, the film offers a unique historical account of the school’s development and a society in transition.

Made in Västernorrland

Joen poika - Älvens son

Joen poika is a poetic reflection on life, time and belonging. We follow photographer Jaakko Heikkilä from the rushing river at Kukkolankoski in northern Finland to his second home in Harlem, New York. Between fishing traditions, everyday encounters and reunions with old friends, he reflects on humanity, memory and the world through the work of his lifetime. Images that seek out what we share beyond borders and distances.

Made in Västernorrland

Kabuls sista röster

In "Kabuls sista röster", Sundsvall-based filmmaker Måns Berthas follows four young female journalists at Zan TV in Kabul up until the Taliban seized power in 2021. Through their everyday lives, friendship and journalistic work, the film portrays the period before the change in power, their escape during the fall of Kabul and their new lives in exile in Europe. Through the women’s own experiences, the film offers an intimate, long-term perspective on how major political upheavals have direct consequences for individual lives. The documentary premiered on SVT in August this year.