Jan Alvermark Movies

In several unrelated stories, the consequences of putting one's foot down – or failing to do so – are explored.

A 14-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother.

In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The thieves used an...

In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just...

Orenda means an invisible force, a life spirit that inhabits everything living and lifeless: people, wind, birds, rabbits, stone. The one who serves...

Part jazz history, part true-crime tale, Kasper Collin’s new documentary employs extensive archival footage and new interviews to tell the...

Affected by the powerful images in the pamphlet Om kriget kommer (If war comes), farmhand Karl-Göran Persson begins fortifying his house....

High school student Mikaela is attracted by her Swedish teacher Göran and writes an erotic novel for his class.

A queer film in a world where normative relationships set the rules for who can become a parent and in what way. About the bodies that normalise us...

A long distance call from a long lost lover makes her reminisce about their common past. She remembers the spring when they met in Paris, the riots,...

Gösta Eriksson, a hairdresser, buys a car from used-car dealer Bertil Planåker. But Gösta soon discovers that the car is a wreck....

"My mother is spending all her time with her dying father. I’m spending all my time filming her. As the end is getting closer, my mother and I...

Swedish drama based loosely on a true story. Marten Klingberg plays Peter, an engaged man who finds himself attracted to a gay man called Nassim...

Svante is a young boy who lives with his family in a Stockholm apartment. One day he meets Karlsson, a chubby little man in the prime of his life,...

One hour making-of of Bergman's In the Presence of a Clown.

It's summer and Sune Andersson's family is planning a holiday in Greece. Sune's father, Rudolf is sulking because then he won't be able to go on his...

A hardboiled story that takes place in a far future when most things are over. What’s left is greed, cruelty, sexuality, fire and a tad of...

Everything could have been so perfect: the boat, the fishing rod, father and son...

A young girl dreams of a birthday party, where family and friends from her day-care center are invited. But in fact, her parents are always...