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In Prejudice & Pride – Swedish Film Queer, director Eva Beling, take us on a rollercoaster ride through Swedish film history. Opening old cardboard boxes and pulling out film reels that no one has watched since they first came out. From Mauritz Stiller’s filming of the world’s first gay romance in 1916 to Sweden’s new wave of Scandinavian transgender films, this documentary explores the highs and lows of the century-long struggle for queer liberation.
Content Warning:
Talk of homophobia
Nudity and sexual content
Reference to relationships with large age gaps
Mentions of identity confusion, sexual activity, violence, self-harm, sexual repression
- Year2022
- Runtime103 minutes
- LanguageSwedish, English
- CountrySweden, Finland, Iceland
- PremiereMinnesota Premiere
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningTalk of homophobia, Mentions of identity confusion, Mentions of sexual activity, Nudity, Pornographic imagery, Reference to relationships with large age gaps, Mentions of violence, Mentions of sexual repression
- SponsorAmerican Swedish Institute
- DirectorEva Beling (she/her)
- ScreenwriterEva Beling
- ProducerEva Beling
- Executive ProducerEva Beling , Agneta J Bergenstråhle
- CastHarriet Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Stina Ekblad, Levan Akin, Ella Lemhagen, Bruce LaBruce and many more.
- CinematographerNiklas Nyberg
- EditorJonatan Kaye, Patrik Forsell
- MusicMatti Bye, José González, Mats Olsson and more.
Presented in partnership with
***ONLY PLAYING IN OUR VIRTUAL CINEMA***
In Prejudice & Pride – Swedish Film Queer, director Eva Beling, take us on a rollercoaster ride through Swedish film history. Opening old cardboard boxes and pulling out film reels that no one has watched since they first came out. From Mauritz Stiller’s filming of the world’s first gay romance in 1916 to Sweden’s new wave of Scandinavian transgender films, this documentary explores the highs and lows of the century-long struggle for queer liberation.
Content Warning:
Talk of homophobia
Nudity and sexual content
Reference to relationships with large age gaps
Mentions of identity confusion, sexual activity, violence, self-harm, sexual repression
- Year2022
- Runtime103 minutes
- LanguageSwedish, English
- CountrySweden, Finland, Iceland
- PremiereMinnesota Premiere
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningTalk of homophobia, Mentions of identity confusion, Mentions of sexual activity, Nudity, Pornographic imagery, Reference to relationships with large age gaps, Mentions of violence, Mentions of sexual repression
- SponsorAmerican Swedish Institute
- DirectorEva Beling (she/her)
- ScreenwriterEva Beling
- ProducerEva Beling
- Executive ProducerEva Beling , Agneta J Bergenstråhle
- CastHarriet Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Stina Ekblad, Levan Akin, Ella Lemhagen, Bruce LaBruce and many more.
- CinematographerNiklas Nyberg
- EditorJonatan Kaye, Patrik Forsell
- MusicMatti Bye, José González, Mats Olsson and more.