A Small Town Called Descent
A Small Town Called Descent by Jahmil X.T. Qubeka
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
The Autobiography of Nicolae... by Andrei Ujica
Draquila - Italy Trembles
Draquila - Italy Trembles by Sabina Guzzanti
Everything Will Be Fine
Everything Will Be Fine by Christoffer Boe
Four Lions
Four Lions by Chris Morris
Of Gods And Men
Of Gods And Men by Xavier Beavois
The Hunter
The Hunter by Rafi Pitts
The Last Circus
The Last Circus by Álex de la Iglesia
Night Catches Us
Night Catches Us by Tanya Hamilton
Thank You, Goodbye, Go Home
Thank You... by Moa Junström & Ingrid Holmberg

Spotlight: Extreme Politics

The past years political winds have made an impression on the film world. These films show how alienation can lead to extreme actions and movements, whether it's terrorism, Sweden Democrats or fascist clown behavior. This years Spotlight is Extreme Politics.

A Small Town Called Descent

A Small Town Called Descent

by Jahmil X.T. Qubeka

”Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another”, said the man who would forever change the fate of South Africa. Nelson…
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The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

by Andrei Ujica

So close that it seems unreal. Former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu is sitting mere yards from – by the looks of it – a cheap VHS-camera. The blurry images mediate the immersive quality of private…
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Draquila - Italy Trembles

Draquila - Italy Trembles

by Sabina Guzzanti

When a massive earthquake shook the Abruzzo region in April 2009, 300 people were killed and the lives of some 70 000 inhabitants of L'Aquila were affected. For shelter most of them were put up in…
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Everything Will Be Fine

Everything Will Be Fine

by Christoffer Boe

After screening two films in the last five years (Allegro and Offscreen were both shown at Stockholm International Film Festival), Danish director Christoffer Boe returns with this dark psychological…
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Four Lions

Four Lions

by Chris Morris

Four Lions has stirred up quite a controversy wherever it has been shown, and what is to expected from a full-on comedy about a group of Muslim terrorists planning an attack in England, with the 7/7…
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Of Gods And Men

Of Gods And Men

by Xavier Beavois

Brutal violence, questions of guilt and innocence, moral or immoral behavior saturates Of Gods and Men, as well as Beauvois’ previous oeuvres. This film aims to understand the mysteries of faith…
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The Hunter

The Hunter

by Rafi Pitts

Recently released from prison, Ali now lives for the few hours of daytime off work that he can spend with his family. Occasionally, he retreats from an uneasy, pre-election Tehran into the silence of…
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The Last Circus

The Last Circus

by Álex de la Iglesia

The journey of Javier, the obese Sad Clown, starts during his childhood in the midst of the Spanish civil war in 1937. His father, one of Spain's most prominent jesters, is detained and tortured by…
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Night Catches Us

Night Catches Us

by Tanya Hamilton

In 1976, in the wake of the Black Panther movement, Marcus returns to Philadelphia where he spent his troubled salad days. He soon finds out that he is forgotten neither by friends nor foes, and that…
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Thank You, Goodbye, Go Home

Thank You, Goodbye, Go Home

by Moa Junström, Ingrid Holmberg

In the spring of 2010, the Sweden Democrat party, a political organization with roots in the Swedish White Power Movement, is full of anticipation. Its campaign, run from a secret office in a garage…
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