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The Student Competition has long been an integral component of the REX festival's tradition. Each year, we meticulously select the finest student works produced in Sweden, affording them the honour of being showcased at our festival, where a distinguished jury ultimately determines the winner.

Within this esteemed competition, ten animated shorts are poised to serve as a window into the future of animation and emerging talent in Sweden. These young animators breathe life into their imaginative narratives, providing audiences with an exclusive glimpse into their unique creative universes.

Prepare to be transported into the realms envisioned by these budding storytellers as they illuminate the path forward for the Swedish animation landscape, embodying the very essence of innovation and artistic prowess.
 
Films:

*Someone's Everything*
*Weald*
*Siri Wonder*
*MISLAID*
*Lethe*
*The Catsitter*
*Dream About Fish*
*Humane*
*He Was a Hungry Man*

[Read more about the films!](https://rexanimation.se/2025_programme-4/)

Ten animated shorts that are poised to serve as a window into the future of animation and emerging talent in Sweden.

REX: Swedish Student Competition

English title: **Once Upon My Mother**
A mother's unwavering devotion helps her son, born with a clubfoot in 1963, overcome physical challenges and social barriers. Her powerful promise drives their remarkable journey through life's ups and downs.

Det började med min mamma

English title: **The Bridgeplayers**
Four Auschwitz survivors in Stockholm, bonded by 80 years of friendship and bridge, confront haunting memories and new fears after Hamas' attack and the war in Gaza. A poignant film about the Holocaust and survival.

Bridgespelerskorna

Egypt’s most adored actor, George Fahmy is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts the role and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like a moth drawn to the flame he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the film.

Egypt's most adored actor, George Fahmy, falls into disgrace with the authorities overnight. On the verge of losing everything, George is forced to accept an offer he can't refuse.

Eagles of the Republic

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

Rio (kommande biograf)

Bio Roxy (Light till Dark)

Cnema (Flimmer)

Films

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

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 

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

Hank Thompson, a burned-out former baseball player, is unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of ’90s New York City.

Caught Stealing

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites.

A tinderbox of competition and resentments underneath the façade of a picture-perfect couple is ignited when the husband's professional dreams come crashing down.

The Roses

When Mary finds herself in a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future.

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles ‘Chuck’ Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

The Life of Chuck

English title: **Memories in Clay: A Film About Lisa Larson**
Lisa Larson is one of Sweden’s most beloved ceramicists, known for her round, playful animal and child figures. But when director Emilia Ekman Larson digs up her grandmother’s 30-year-old discarded sculptures, she can’t help but wonder why they look so sorrowful.

Farmors leriga händer – en film om Lisa Larson

When their evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years, a band of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own.

One Battle After Another

A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.

Possession

Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

English Title: **Alexandra – If Not Seen, You Don't Exist**
Using rich archival material and a striking visual language, Olivia Kastebring crafts a poetic and intimate portrait of Stockholm's nightclub icon Alexandra Charles.

Alexandra – syns vi inte finns vi inte

English title: **From Hilde, with Love**
In Berlin 1942, Hilde is a member of an anti-Nazi group. She falls in love with another member, Hans. The two spend a summer together until they get caught by the Gestapo and Hilde is imprisoned, eight months pregnant.

REX: Swedish Student Competition

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