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All films directed by Barbara Meter.

**ARIADNE**
Netherlands 2004 / 11:45 

**VERSCHIJNINGEN (APPEARANCES)** 
Netherlands 2000 / 21:33

**CONVALESCING** 
Netherlands 2000 / 2:40 

**SONG FOR FOUR HANDS** 
Netherlands 1970 / 3:04 

**STRETTO** 
Netherlands 2005 / 6:02

**PORTRAITS** 
Netherlands 1972 / 5:24 

**AANRAKING (A TOUCH)** 
Netherlands 2008 / 12:46 

[Read more about the programme!](https://shortfilmfestival.com/en/programme-2025/specialprogram-2025/found-sounds/)

In her avant-garde films, Barbara Meter pushes the cinematic medium forward with her unique way of repurposing documents and audio recordings, utilizing an innovative, masterful application of optical printing techniques. 

Found Sounds: Barbara Meter (Uppsala Kortfilmfestival)

English title: **The Nun – 25 Years in a Convent**
Marta comes from a deeply devout Catholic family, they are nine siblings. After high school, she entered the strictest of all monastic orders, the Carmelite Order. Marta lives according to monastic rules that were instituted in the Middle Ages, she lives a life of prayer and silence, and never leaves the monastery. Seven times a year, she receives visits from her family; they meet in a visiting room separated by bars. 

Today, Marta is 45 years old and has lived her entire adult life in the convent. The siblings have chosen different paths in life, they live in very different places in the world. The film follows a family across three generations, who have all chosen to live with God at the center. A film about faith and existential questions. 

Filmmaker Maud Nycander began filming Marta and her family in 1996. The first film, *The Nun* (2007), won the Prix Italia and the Swedish Film Award Guldbaggen. 

English title: **The Nun – 25 Years in a Convent**
After high school, Marta she entered the strictest of all monastic orders, the Carmelite Order. Today, she is 45 years old and has lived her entire adult life in the convent. Filmmaker Maud Nycander follows up on her Prix Italia-winning doc *The Nun*.

Nunnan – 25 år i kloster 

In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.

Eddington

Vem är vem?

Here, the latest arthouse films from around the world are shown together with special screenings, short film premieres and other audience-interactive screenings. Zita is a place to meet for many of Stockholm's smaller film festivals and other cultural initiatives.

Zita has been part of Folkets Bio since 1993 and is Stockholm's oldest still active cinema, opened in 1913. Zita currently has three screens with 140, 45 and 30 seats respectively. Inside the cinema there is also a restaurant that serves food and drinks.

Zita Folkets Bio is one of the few cinemas in central Stockholm that are part of the Europa Cinemas network. 

The cinema also has a bar & restaurant, cinema snacks, a DVD shop and film literature.

See website for accessibility services and opening hours.

Zita Folkets Bio

A vibrant cultural center and a place for Swedish arthouse film, social debate and unique meetings

**Reflexen is closed for the summer and will reopen September 21.**

Welcome to Reflexen – the friendly quality cinema in Kärrtorp. We work as a non-profit with commitment and love for cinema. Here you can enjoy current films from all over the world with a focus on Europe. 

Cinema Reflexen in Kärrtorp has been run as a non-profit by the Cultural Association Biograf Reflexen since 1977. Our aim is to be Stockholm's nicest quality cinema, with screenings for adults as well as children and young people. The operations are made possible by support from the Skarpnäck district administration, the City of Stockholm and the Swedish Film Institute. Reflexen is also a member of Europa Cinemas. 

The cinema provides a small selection of sweets and drinks. 

The box office opens 30 minutes before the screening. There is free seating in he theatre, which offers 196 seats, 23 of which are love seats. 

Cineville tickets can be pre-booked on our website and picked up at the box office no later than 15 minutes before the screening.  

Purchased tickets are non-refundable. Screenings start at the scheduled time. No admission after the start of the screening.

See website for accessibility services and opening hours.

Biograf Reflexen

The friendly neighbourhood cinema in Kärrtorp

Lund's coziest cinema for quality films has recently opened two new lounges and a bistro with catering, and can now offer films on four screens simultaneously, seven days a week.

The cinema was opened under the name Reflex in 1936 and was taken over by Folkets Bio Lund in 1994 under the name Kino.

In 2000, the cinema was rebuilt into two lounges with 201 and 52 seats respectively, and on March 15, 2025, two new lounges with 18 and 10 seats respectively and a large foyer were opened in the converted bank premises on the corner facing Stortorget in Lund with a new entrance at Kyrkogatan 1. There is also a restaurant, bar, foyer bar and event stage.

The daily repertoire includes films from all over the world, with premieres of new films every week. In addition, Kino offers several events such as screenings with q&a, film classics, director visits, film series and festivals. We also show live opera, ballet and theatre from the world's leading stages.

Cineville tickets can be picked up at the box office no earlier than 90 minutes before the screening.

See website for accessibility services and opening hours.

Kino

Four screens, bistro and bar. In the heart of Lund.

Bio Bristol is a classic cinema that opened on New Year's Eve 1939. The cinema is run entirely non-profit by cinema enthusiasts.

Bio Bristol is a member of the Europa Cinemas network of quality cinemas.

The cinema also has a kiosk and on certain nights the bar is open.

See website for accessibility services and opening hours.

Bio Bristol

Your local neighborhood cinema showing quality films in a spacious theatre with comfortable chairs and great sound

Since 2007, Klarabiografen has been a natural meeting place for film lovers in Kulturhuset. Here you can enjoy current films, timeless classics and immersive film series. We show music and art documentaries, welcome exciting film festivals and invite the very youngest to magical film moments with Knattebio. 

In addition: magnificent operas, theatre productions, ballet and concerts from the world's leading stages – broadcast live or recorded in absolute top quality.

Opposite Klarabiografen is Teaterbaren, which serves everything you could possibly want to enjoy in the dark of the cinema. Coffee, snacks or why not a glass of wine, everything purchased in the Teaterbaren can be brought into the cinema during the film screening. All seats in the cinema are equipped with a fold-down small table and holder for a glass or a cup.

Cineville tickets can be picked up at the box office no earlier than 90 minutes before screening.

See website for accessibility services and opening hours.

Klarabiografen

In our beautiful salon with original details from the opening in 1940, new and old meet. At Roy you will find a unique selection of repertoire films, classics, festivals, performing arts, Sing Along and other immersive events.

At Bio Roy, the Cineville card is valid for all regular screenings (everything except performing arts, screenings where food is included in the ticket price and rentals where an external organizer decides what applies). Starting 90 minutes before the screening, you can pick up a ticket by presenting the Cineville card at the box office.

To book tickets with the Cineville Card we ask you to email your requests to the box office at info@bioroy.se. General terms and conditions apply, maximum 3 active bookings and only the films you see on our Cineville page. Starting 90 minutes before the screening, you can pick up your ticket by presenting your Cineville Card at the box office.

See website for accessibility services and opening hours.

Bio Roy

Hagabion was founded in October 1974 on Skolgatan in Haga. In 1981, the business moved to Viktoriahuset on Linnégatan 21, where it is still located today. The cinema is run by members of the non-profit association Folkets Bio Göteborg and shows films 50 weeks a year in 3 cinemas. The focus is on children's films, documentaries and arthouse films from all over the world, as well as film screenings with subsequent conversations with directors and invited guests. 

Adjacent to the cinema is also Hagabion's Café.

See website for accessibility services and opening hours.

Hagabion

The neighborhood cinema in the middle of town!

Capitol is a classic, cozy cinema with daily screenings and a varied selection of films. A free-standing cinema from 1941 with two theatres: a large classic theatre with red chairs and curtains and a small cozy one.

For tickets with the Cineville card, you can either come directly to the box office or make a reservation via our website and then pick up the ticket at the box office no later than 15 minutes before the start of the film upon presentation of the Cineville card. 

See website for accessibility services and opening hours.

Capitol

A classic, cozy cinema with daily screenings and a varied selection of films

Biograf Panora is a meeting place for film lovers in the heart of Möllevången. With us you can experience stories from all over the world that provoke thought, give meaning and shed light on our times. In addition to film screenings, we also arrange film talks, premiere events, director visits, thematic film series, festivals and exhibitions. At Panora you will also find Juniora – the children's own cinema. 

Panora moved into Friisgatan in 2015 and is run by Folkets Bio Malmö – a non-profit association that has worked to spread quality films to all Malmö residents since 1973. We work a lot with various collaborations and rentals and are open to new ones.

The cinema also has an art gallery and a kiosk with snacks for sale.

See website for accessibility services and opening hours.

Panora

A meeting place for film lovers in the heart of Möllevången

Södran is the cinema where everything started for the Folkets Bio Lund association.

Södran Cinema was opened on September 25, 1987 and is Folkets Bio's first permanent screening venue in Lund. The cinema has about 50 seats and is located in the Mejeriet cultural center at Stora Södergatan 64. 

Södran shows films on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays during the spring and autumn seasons, with a break over the Christmas holidays and during the summer months. The cinema is run entirely by volunteers and the box office opens 15 minutes before the start of each performance.

See website for accessibility services and opening hours.

Södran

The charming neighborhood cinema at Mejeriet

Bio Skandia is a newly re-opened cinema in the heart of Stockholm. The cinema was first opened in 1923 and was designed by Gunnar Asplund – a world-class cultural environment with imaginative design. 

Bio Skandia offers a wide program of films, concerts, stand-up and other cultural events.

We also serve a wide range of snacks, drinks and beer.

We show films Thursday to Sunday all year round. Our screenings have free seating, so be here on time if you have a favourite seat. Don't worry though, our theatre has 532 seats so there are plenty of really good seats!

See website for accessibility services and opening hours.

Bio Skandia

Hot premieres and timeless masterpieces, in a historic venue at the best address!

Cnema

Elektra Bio

Bio Aspen

Fyrisbiografen 

Biocafé Tellus

Zita Folkets Bio (Panoramica)

Klarabiografen (Panoramica)

Bio Bristol (Panoramica)

Bio Aspen (Cinema Queer)

CinemAfrica (olika biografer)

Fyrisbiografen (Uppsala Kortfilmfestival)

Klarabiografen (Monsters of Film)

Reginateatern (Uppsala Kortfilmfestival)

Slottsbiografen (Uppsala Kortfilmfestival)

Folkets Bio Umeå

Skärisbiografen

Lidköpings Folkets Hus

Iggesunds Folkets Hus 

Folkets Hus Kallhäll

Bio Roxy

English title: **Flow**
A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together.

Flow – Katten som slutade vara rädd för vatten

Gruffalon och Kvastresan

Alfons och hemlige Mållgan

Lilla spöket Laban spökar igen

English title: **Loveable**
Maria juggles with four children and a demanding career while her second husband, Sigmund, travels all the time. One day they get into an ugly argument which led Sigmund to eventually ask her for a divorce.

Älskling

English title: **Peacock**
Matthias masters impersonating roles for hire: cultured boyfriend, perfect son, sparring partner. Professionally adept at pretending daily, his true challenge lies in being himself.

Påfågeln – hyr en vän!

Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.

The Phoenician Scheme

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

Spirited Away

Jazzoo – Festen

English title: **Kevlar Soul**
When love enters the lives of teenage brothers Alex and Robin, it shatters their protective symbiotic bubble. While marking the start of a healing process for one of them, it sends the other one down a path that will lead to complete catastrophe

Kevlarsjäl

Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father – and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics

Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father in an intimate exploration of family, memories, and the reconciliatory power of art.

Sentimental Value

English title: **Being Bo Widerberg**
The documentary chronicles Bo Widerberg’s journey from 1960s Malmö, where he worked as a writer and film critic, to his successes as a director in Stockholm and international adventures in Cannes and New York. The film also explores the personal costs of his artistic vision and how his pursuit of life and authenticity affected both himself and those around him.

English title: **Being Bo Widerberg**
A documentary that chronicles Bo Widerberg’s journey from 1960s Malmö, where he worked as a writer and film critic, to his successes as a director in Stockholm and international adventures in Cannes and New York.

I huvudet på Bo

English title: **The Thieving Magpie**
An aging caregiver steals small amounts from her elderly clients despite caring for them devotedly and being loved in return, as she struggles financially but won't accept her situation.

Min kära tjuv

English title: **Dreams (Sex Love)**
A 17-year-old girl experiences a sexual awakening when she falls head over heels in love with her female teacher. She writes this down in her diary, and writes so well, vividly and recognizably that both mother and grandmother think the book should be published, without taking into account that the girl has only written it to keep the crush alive for herself.


English title: **Dreams (Sex Love)**
A 17-year-old girl experiences a sexual awakening when she falls head over heels in love with her female teacher. She writes this down in her diary, and navigates romantic ideals vs reality, exploring emotions of self-discovery, love, and sexuality.

Drömmar

English title: **The Film About Siw**
A documentary about Swedish singer and icon Siw Malmkvist and her sensational career, told through new interviews and never before-seen archive material. 

Filmen om Siw

English title: **Jane Austen Wrecked My Life**
An aspiring author looking to get more out of life takes up a writing residency and finds herself in the sort of romantic entanglements that could come from the pages of a Jane Austen novel.

Jane Austen förstörde mitt liv

English title: **Late Shift**
Floria, a dedicated nurse, tirelessly serves in an understaffed hospital ward. However, today her shift becomes a tense and urgent race against the clock.

Found Sounds: Barbara Meter (Uppsala Kortfilmfestival)

Cineville Eurotrip – Let's hit the road!

Now screening

Nunnan – 25 år i kloster

Eddington

Vem är vem?