December 22, 2009
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'Taxpayers should not have to fund feminist porn'
Analysis & Opinion: 3 Sep 09
The idea of feminist porn may be attractive to some but there is no reason for the state to cough up half a million kronor to fund its production, argues Beatrice Fredriksson, a member of the Moderate Party's youth organisation and author of the Anti-Feminist Initiative blog.
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Publicly funded ‘feminist porn’ to premiere
Society: 1 Sep 09
'Feminist porn' movie Dirty Diaries, which received 500,000 kronor ($69,000) in public funding, is to premiere this Thursday in Stockholm.
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Veteran and vampires claim top Swedish movie awards
Society: 13 Jan 09
Jan Troell's Everlasting Moments reaped five 'Golden Beetle' awards at Monday night's domestic film industry awards ceremony. Domestic vampire shocker Let The Right One In also received five awards.
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Three films dominate award nominations
Society: 30 Dec 08
The Swedish Film Institute has announced the nominations for the 2008 Guldbagge Awards, Sweden's national film awards. A trio of films dominates the list, including Jan Troell's Everlasting Moments.
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‘Mobile porn’ funded by Swedish state
Society: 22 Apr 08
A short film collection shot on mobile phones by female directors seeking to create queer and feminist pornography is set to receive 350,000 kronor ($59,000) in Swedish cultural subsidies.
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Roy Andersson sweeps top Swedish movie awards
Society: 22 Jan 08
Roy Andersson claims three of the top prizes at Sweden's annual movie industry bash.
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'You, the Living' named as Sweden's Oscar candidate
Society: 25 Sep 07
The Swedish Film Institute has named 'You, the Living' as Sweden's candidate for an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
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File-sharing battle reaches internet providers
Science & Technology: 3 Sep 07
Internet service providers (ISPs) may soon be required by Swedish law to take greater responsibility for unlawful file-sharing. Providers should be forced "to contribute to bringing all copyright infringement to an end", according to an official inquiry.
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"We never understood how big he was"
National: 30 Jul 07
The Swedish film world has been paying its tributes to film director Ingmar Bergman, who died on Monday at the age of 89.
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Immigrant's struggle sweeps Swedish film awards
Lifestyle: 23 Jan 07
A film about the plight of a young immigrant in Sweden won the Best Film prize at Monday night's Guldbagge gala, the annual Swedish film awards.
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Astoria sells cinemas to SF
Business & Money: 6 Oct 06
Crisis-hit Astoria Cinemas is closing down movie theatres in nine small Swedish towns, while selling a further three cinemas to rival SF Bio.
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Astoria Cinemas granted reprieve
Business & Money: 3 Oct 06
Crisis-hit cinema chain has been granted bankruptcy protection by Stockholm district court, while it tries to restructure its operations. The chain owes around 80 million kronor.
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Falkenberg Farewell carries Sweden's Oscar hopes
National: 27 Sep 06
The Swedish Film Institute has named Falkenberg Farewell, "a film about friendship, memories and a final farewell to the little town by the sea", as Sweden's official Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Protagonist or puritan? The truth about Sweden and porn
Lifestyle: 13 May 06
Sweden’s reputation as the first country of filth is one of those lingering stereotypes. Like high taxes. But whilst there’s no denying the latter, what truth really is there in the triple X typecast? The Local’s Christine Demsteader investigates.
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Harry Schein dies at 81
Lifestyle: 12 Feb 06
A major figure in the Swedish culture world, Harry Schein, has died. Schein was among the founders of the Swedish Film Institute and was credited with reforms to secure the future of Swedish film.
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Swedes desert the cinema
Business & Money: 10 Feb 06
Ticket sales at Sweden's cinemas were lower in 2005 than in any year since 1963, according to new statistics. The reason – a lack of films anyone wanted to see, according to some.
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Graffiti artist film wins top award
Smörgåsbord: 9 Feb 06
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Nina's Journey tops Guldbagge surprises
Lifestyle: 31 Jan 06
It was a night of surprises at Monday's Guldbagge Gala in Gothenburg, as the two big nominees of the year fell by the wayside. The Best Picture was the little-seen Nina's Journey, a true story of one family's survival of the Jewish and Polish uprisings.
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Seven Guldbagge nominations for 'Mouth to mouth'
Lifestyle: 9 Jan 06
Director Björn Runge is in line for a magnificent seven at the 2005 Guldbagge awards, Sweden's national film awards. His film 'Mouth to mouth' has been nominated in seven categories, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor.
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"Sweden's answer to Lauren Bacall"
Lifestyle: 14 Oct 05
The name Harriet Andersson mean anything to you? Well, if you've seen Summer With Monica, Fanny and Alexander or Dogville, it certainly should. A new book tells the story of a career spanning seven decades.
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Garbomania at the Swedish Film Institute
Lifestyle: 19 Sep 05
The Swedish Film Institute is joining in the Greta Garbo centenary celebrations over the next month, with a complete programme of her films.
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Sweden celebrates Garbo centenary
Lifestyle: 16 Sep 05
Greta Garbo, the mythical Hollywood diva adored by millions, came from humble origins in Sweden where she grew up as Greta Gustafsson, whose father was a toilet cleaner and mother a seamstress.
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Evergreen director still makes waves
Lifestyle: 10 Jun 05
"The only mistake Bergman made was not dying," says Lars Von Trier, as some of the greatest names in modern film-making discuss the impact of Ingmar Bergman at a Stockholm seminar.
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New professor in Bergman's honour
Lifestyle: 2 Jun 05
Legendary Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman has had a professorship at Stockholm University created in his honour. The first holder of the prestigious post has been named as German academic Thomas Elsaesser.
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Bergman web site to launch in September
Lifestyle: 20 May 05
The electronic publication of screenplays, plays, interviews sound files, story boards and film clips from the great Swedish film director will be launched on September 1st.
The Ingmar Bergman website was initiated by The Ingmar Bergman Foundation and will feature .
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Swedish short film to feature in Cannes
Lifestyle: 21 Apr 05
A short film about a love-starved truck driver facing redundancy and a documentary about Ingmar Bergman will be showing off the best of Swedish talent at the Cannes Film Festival next month.
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Swedish film tops 2004 box office list
Lifestyle: 17 Mar 05
While the number of cinema visits fell in 2004, more Swedes went to see Swedish-made films than the year before. Oscar-nominated As it is in Heaven topped the box office list, accounting for 7% of all admissions.
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Oscar nomination for Guldbaggar reject
Lifestyle: 28 Jan 05
Despite eight nominations "Så som i himmelen" is snubbed at Sweden's annual film award, the Guldbaggar - but gets an Oscar nomination the very next day in the "Best foreign film" category. Meanwhile, Stockholm attempts to promote itself as a film town. Stollywood?
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Film festival fever hits Stockholm
Lifestyle: 19 Nov 04
170 films from 40 countries - and the papers are packed with tips about what to see and how to survive the Stockholm Film Festival.
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Sweden’s fashion trends 2009. »
"As the year draws to a close it’s always the time for top ten lists. People summarise this year’s best songs, most successful movies, funniest quotes and of course fashion trends. So do I. Here’s my top ten list of the most influential fashion trends in Sweden in 2009. It does not reflect my personal..." READ »
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