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1. Number of Swedish feature-length film releases 14. Average budget of feature-length fiction films with 2013–2017...... p. 4 production funding 2013–2017...... p. 13 2. Swedish feature-length film releases by target group 2017...... p. 5 15. Average financing for feature-length fiction films with production funding 2017...... p. 14 3. Swedish feature-length film releases by genre 2017...... p. 5 16. Feature-length film releases in Sweden 2013–2017...... p. 15 4. Proportion of Swedish feature-length films that are animated 2017 ...... p. 5 17. Feature-length film releases in Sweden by target group 2017...... p. 16 5. Proportion of Swedish feature-length film releases 2013–2017 with a woman as … ...... p. 6 18. Feature-length film releases in Sweden by genre 2017...... p. 16 6. Swedish feature-length fiction film releases with 19. Feature-length film releases in Sweden by origin 2017...... p. 17 a woman/man in the leading role 2017...... p. 7 20. Feature-length film releases in Sweden with a woman/man 7. Swedish feature-length fiction filmreleases that passed in the lead role 2017...... p. 18 the Bechdel Wallace test 2017...... p. 7 21. Feature-length film releases in Sweden directed by 8. Top 20 Swedish feature-length films released in 2017 a woman/man 2017...... p. 18 with the most cinema admissions ...... p. 8 22. Feature-length film releases in Sweden by distributor 2017.... p. 19 9. Top 20 Swedish films released in 2017 with the highest 23. Film viewing in Sweden by platform p. 20 review index...... p. 9 ...... 10. Top 20: Most viewed Swedish feature-length films Swedish theatrical releases 2017...... p. 21 on TV 2017...... p. 10 Sources ...... p. 36 11. Films with production funding from the Swedish Film Institute 2013–2017...... p. 11 12. Proportion of funded films in 2017 with a woman as … ...... p. 11 13. Proportion of feature-length fiction films with funding from a film commissioner 2013–2017 with a woman as .…...... p. 12
3 1. Number of Swedish feature-length film releases 2013–2017
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Feature-length films, all 49 47 46 45 50
Of which feature-length fiction films 35 30 28 22 25
Of which feature-length documentaries 14 17 18 23 25
Number of film releases
60
50 All feature-length films
40
30 of which feature-length fiction films 20 of which feature-length documentaries 10
0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
4 2. Swedish feature-length film 3. Swedish feature-length releases by target group 2017 film releases by genre 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Feature-length films, all 49 47 46 45 50 2% % Thriller 2% Adventure Of which feature-length fiction films 35 30 28 22 25 86% 8 Children Adults 6% Horror 6% Of which feature-length documentaries 14 17 18 23 25 Vuxen lm Äventyr Teenagers Comedy 6% Ungdoms lm Thriller
Barn lm Skräck 50% Documentary Komedi 34% Drama Drama
Ej animerad Dokumentär
Animerad
2% 4. Proportion of Swedish Animated feature-length films that 98% are animated 2017 Live action
5 5. Proportion of Swedish feature-length film releases 2013–2017 with a woman as …
Director Screenwriter Producer
Fiction films Documentaries Fiction films Documentaries Fiction films Documentaries
2013 27% 39% 36% 36% 30% 49% 2014 18% 45% 12% 48% 43% 26% 2015 36% 44% 42% 44% 48% 50% 2016 30% 46% 36% 38% 42% 43% 2017 40% 40% 28% 40% 37% 35%
6 7. Swedish feature-length fiction 6. SwedishMan feature-length fiction Kvinna film releases that passed the film releases withBlandad a woman/man in the leading role 2017 Bechdel Wallace* test 2017
Ja
Nej
36% Woman % Yes 44% Man 44 % No 20% Both 56
*Bechdel Wallace: At least two named women, talking to each other, about something besides men.
7 8. Top 20 Swedish feature-length films released in 2017 with the most cinema admissions
Title Distributor Release date Admissions*
1 Solsidan SF Studios 2017-12-01 1 168 552 2 All Inclusive Nordisk Film 2017-11-10 339 021 3 Borg/McEnroe Nordisk Film 2017-09-08 244 230 4 Monky Nordisk Film 2017-12-22 233 274 5 Sámi Blood Nordisk Film 2017-03-03 197 437 6 The Square Triart Film 2017-08-25 192 302 7 Room 213 Folkets Bio 2017-02-24 82 314 8 A Hustler’s Diary Triart Film 2017-01-06 69 600 9 Superswede Nonstop Entertainment 2017-08-16 48 334 10 Mending Hugo’s Heart SF Studios 2017-10-20 45 485 11 The Nile Hilton Incident Scanbox Entertainment 2017-09-29 45 351 12 Citizen Schein Triart Film 2017-03-10 36 691 13 Ravens Triart Film 2017-10-13 34 842 14 Gordon and Paddy Triart Film 2017-12-22 33 421 15 Strawberry Days Filmcentrum 2017-06-30 13 273 16 Small Town Curtains Folkets Bio 2017-01-20 12 092 17 Silvana Triart Film 2017-09-15 10 233 18 Filmen om Badrock SF Bio 2017-03-07 7 892 19 The War Game Folkets Bio 2017-10-27 6 996 20 Avicii: True Stories SF Bio 2017-10-26 6 720
* Refers to admissions in Sweden, from the film’s premiere to March 20, 2018.
8 9. Top 20 Swedish films released in 2017 with the highest review index
Title Distributor Release date Review Index*
1 Sámi blood Nordisk Film 2017-03-03 4,40 2 The Square Triart Film 2017-08-25 4,08 3 The Nile Hilton Incident Scanbox Entertainment 2017-09-29 3,85 4 Citizen Schein Triart Film 2017-03-10 3,76 5 Strawberry Days Filmcentrum 2017-06-30 3,74 6 Letters to a Serial Killer Triart Film 2017-03-24 3,73 7 Silvana Triart Film 2017-09-15 3,71 8 Ravens Triart Film 2017-10-13 3,69 9 I Called Him Morgan Nonstop Entertainment 2017-03-31 3,68 10 After Inez Karin Ekberg 2017-09-29 3,67 11 Beyond Dreams Nonstop Entertainment 2017-03-17 3,63 12 A Hustler’s Diary Triart Film 2017-01-06 3,63 13 Borg/McEnroe Nordisk Film 2017-09-08 3,58 14 The Traffic Lights Turn Blue Tomorrow Folkets Bio 2017-09-08 3,50 15 The Bald Prima Donna Folkets Bio 2017-03-10 3,46 16 Prison Sisters Folkets Bio 2017-03-03 3,45 17 Shapeshifters Folkets Bio 2017-10-20 3,33 18 Gordon and Paddy Triart Film 2017-12-22 3,23 19 Small Town Curtains Folkets Bio 2017-01-20 3,21 20 Lyubov – kärlek på ryska Triart Film 2017-11-24 3,20
*The review index is based on reveiws from Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Göteborgsposten, Sydsvenskan, Aftonbladet, Expressen, Nyhetsmorgon (TV4), Björns Filmguide (P4), moviezine.se, filmtopp.se, TT Nyhetsbyrån, Kulturnyheterna (SVT), Kulturnytt (P1), Nöjesguiden and Västerbottens Kuriren. Other ratings than 0-5 have been converted to the right unit. At least five sources are required to merit a review average.
9 10. Top 20: Most viewed Swedish feature-length films on TV* 2017
Title Year of release Number of viewers
1 Repmånad eller Hur man gör pojkar av män 1979 1 954 000 2 A Man Called Ove 2015 1 914 000 3 A Holy Mess 2015 1 765 000 4 Den ofrivillige golfaren 1991 1 506 000 5 Sällskapsresan 1980 1 259 000 6 Love Is a Drug 2014 1 095 000 7 Varning för Jönssonligan 1981 1 078 000 8 Welcome to Järbo State 2012 1 059 000 9 The Master Plan 2015 1 009 000 10 SOS – en segelsällskapsresa 1988 999 000 11 The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared 2013 992 000 12 Sällskapsresan II – Snowroller 1985 991 000 13 Göta Kanal – The Secret of the Canal King 2009 988 000 14 Force Majeure 2014 943 000 15 Beck – The Last Day 2016 943 000 16 Maria Wern – smutsiga avsikter 2016 875 000 17 Agent Hamilton – But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter 2012 821 000 18 Göta Kanal 2 – kanalkampen 2006 810 000 19 Grabben i graven bredvid 2002 806 000 20 Beck – Gunvald 2016 791 000
*Refers to viewers in Sweden. The following channels are included: Disney Channel, FOX, Investigation Discovery, Kanal 11, Kanal 5, Kanal 9, Kunskapskanalen, National Geographic, Nickelodeon, Sjuan, svt1, svt2, svt24, svtB, TNT, TV12, TV3, TV4, TV4 Film, TV4 Guld, TV4 Komedi, TV6 and TV8.
10 11. Films with production funding from the Swedish Film Institute 2013–2017
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Feature-length fiction films with funding from a commissioner 13 14 14 13 13 Feature-length fiction films with automatic funding/market funding 5 6 5 4 4 Feature-length documentaries 14 21 21 14 17 Short fiction films 43 27 25 38 19 Short documentaries 22 32 21 15 8 Moving Sweden, films 1 8 10 11 5
12. Proportion of funded films in 2017 with a woman as …
Number of films Director Screenwriter Producer
Feature-length fiction films with fundig from a film commissioner 13 23% 22% 65% Feature-length fiction films with market funding 4 25% 21% 25% Feature-length documentaries 17 41% 41% 38% Short fiction films 19 47% 45% 56% Short documentaries 8 88% 88% 56% Moving sweden 5 73% 69% 50%
11 13. Proportion of feature-length fiction films with funding from a film commissioner 2013–2017 with a woman as …
69% 65% 65% 62% 61%
50% 46% 44% 43% 42% 38% 38% 32%
23% 22%
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 13 films 14 films 14 films 13 films 13 films
Director Screenwriter Producer
12 14. Average budget of feature-length fiction films with production funding* 2013–2017
SEK thousand
35 000 30 080 30 000 25 678 25 000 21 243 19 351 20 000 18 726
15 000
10 000
5 000
0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
*Funding from a film commissioner or market funding at the Swedish Film Institute.
13 15. Average financing for feature-length fiction films with production funding* 2017
3,2% Private capital Swedish venture capital 2,7% 2,3% Tax incentives Swedish private donations** 0,5% Foreign tax incentives 2,3% 7,0 % Distributors Swedish distributor 6,6% Foreign distributor 0,4% 1,3% Sales agents Foreign sales agents 0,7% Swedish sales agents 0,6% 11,5 % TV Swedish commercial TV 5,3% Swedish public service TV 5,0% Foreign TV 1,2%
28,7% Swedish Film Institute
20,5% Funds Regional fund 13,8% International fund 4,3% Foreign national fund 1,3% Foreign regional fund 1,0% Other national fund 0,1% *Funding from a film commissioner or market funding at the Swedish Film Institute. **Includes crowd funding, contributions from companies, non-profit organizations etc. without 25,6% Producers a required return. Producer, own investment 21,3% ***Includes investments from companies in the film industry but not co-production funds from TV Co-producers*** 3,3% companies, distributors and regional film funds Foreign co-producers*** 1,0% (which come under TV, Distributors and Funds).
14 16. Feature-length film releases in Sweden 2013–2017
Number of film releases 350 307 300 273 286 249 248 250
200 34,8% Filminstitutet 150 Swedish Film Institute
100
50
0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
15 17. Feature-length film releases 18. Feature-length film releases in Sweden by target group 2017 in Sweden by genre 2017
80% 9% Biography 3,5% 1,7% History Adults Children Vuxen lm 1,7% Musical 11% Thriller 3,5% Teenagers Ungdoms lm Romance 4,2%
Barn lm Adventure 5,2%
1,4% Crime Sport Horror 7% 36% Science Fiction 1,4% Drama 1,0% Fantasy Music/Dance 0,7% War 0,3% Music/Dance Action 8% 0,3% Sport War
Fantasy
Comedy 10% Science Fiction
14% Documentary Crime
16 Musical
History
Biography
Thriller
Romance
Adventure
Horror
Action
Comedy
Documentary
Drama 19. Feature-length film releases in Sweden by origin 2017
1,0% South America Africa 1,0 % 0,3% Oceania Asia 4,2%
Sweden 17,5% 38,8% North America
37,1% Europe (excl. Sweden)
17 20. Feature-length film releases 21. Feature-length film releases man Man
kvinna Kvinna in Sweden with a Blandadwoman/man in in Sweden directed by a the lead role 2017 woman/man 2017
30% Woman 21% Woman 49% Man 79% Man 21% Both
18 22. Feature-length film releases in Sweden by distributor 2017
Others 11% 12% United International Pictures (UIP)* Filmcentrum 1% Edge Entertainment 2% Walt Disney 3% 10% 20th Century Fox** Nordisk Film 3% Studio S Entertainment 3%
Noble Entertainment 4% 9% Folkets Bio
Lucky Dogs 5%
Nonstop Entertainment 6% 9% SF Studios
Triart Film 7% 7% Scanbox Entertainment 7% Njutafilms
* Including films from Paramount, Universal and Sony. ** Including films from Warner.
19 23. Film viewing in Sweden by platform
Film festival 1% 8% Illegal website Physical to rent 2% 23% TV channels Cinema 4%
TVOD 4%
Physical to buy 5%
Online TV 15% 22% SVOD
15% Movie channels
20 Swedish theatrical releases 2017
21 Documentaries
After Inez Photo: Ellinor Hallin Antifascisterna Photo: Aeaeae Produktion Original title: Efter Inez Target group: Adults Original title: Antifascisterna Target group: Adults Director: Karin Ekberg Production company: Karin Ekberg AB Director: Emil Ramos, Patrik Öberg Production company: Aeaeae Produktion
22 Avicii: True Stories Photo: Opa People Citizen Schein Photo: Anders Engman/TT Original title: Avicii: True Stories Original title: Citizen Schein Target group: Adults Director: Maud Nycander Target group: Adults Director: Levan Tsikurishvili Production company: Breidablick Film Produktion AB Production company: Opa People
Photo: Svenska Filmstudion / Svenska Photo: Filmdirekt Europe’s Brasilia Grammofonstudion AB Eva – en lyckost Original title: Europas Brasilia Target group: Adults Original title: Eva – en lyckost Target group: Adults Director: Carl Pontus Hjortén-Nilsson Production company: Director: Matz Eklund Production company: Filmdirekt Svenska Filmstudion / Svenska Grammofonstudion AB
23 Filmen om Badrock Photo: Marcus Funke Ghostbrothers Photo: Albin Biblom Original title: Filmen om Badrock Target group: Adults Original title: Ghostbrothers Target group: Adults Director: Mats Jankell Production company: Grumpy Production AB Director: Richard Dinter Production company: Zvonko Produktion
I Called Him Morgan Photo: Chunk Stewart Kinematografen Photo: Sundahl media Original title: I Called Him Morgan Target group: Adults Original title: Kinematografen Target group: Adults Director: Kasper Collin Production company: Kasper Collin Produktion Director: Martin Sundahl Production company: Sundahl media
24 Photo: Christina Olofson Photo: Mantaray Film Kropparnas arkiv Letters to a Serial Killer Original title: Kropparnas arkiv Target group: Adults Original title: Brev till en seriemördare Target group: Adults Director: Christina Olofson Production company: CO. Film AB Director: Manal Masri Production company: Mantaray Film AB
Lyubov – kärlek på ryska Photo: Majaq Julén Brännström No Time for Love Photo: Triart Film Original title: Lyubov – kärlek på ryska Target group: Adults Original title: Ingen tid för kärlek – en film om Johnny Bode Director: Staffan Julén Production company: Overcoat Target group: Adults Director: Bo Sjökvist Production company: Vilda Bomben Film AB
25 Ouaga Girls Photo: Sophie Winquist/Momento Film AB Prison Sisters Photo: Folkets Bio Original title: Ouaga Girls Target group: Teenagers Original title: Systrar bakom galler Target group: Adults Director: Theresa Traoré Dahlberg Director: Nima Sarvestani Production company: Nima Film Production company: Momento Film AB
Shapeshifters Photo: Folkets Bio Silvana Photo: Triart Film Original title: Shapeshifters Target group: Adults Original title: Silvana – väck mig när ni vaknat Target group: Teenagers Director: Sophie Vukovic Production company: Story AB Director: Christina Tsiobanelis, Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring Production company: Mantaray Film AB
26 Superswede Photo: Lennart Jonasson The Bald Prima Donna Photo: Samuel Petersson Original title: Superswede Target group: Adults Original title: Kim – den skalliga primadonnan Target group: Adults Director: Henrik Jansson-Schweizer Production company: Strix Director: Fredrik Egerstrand Production company: Egerstrand & Blund Film Drama AB
The Borneo Case Photo: Mutang Urud The Celestial Darkroom Photo: Jean Hermanson Original title: The Borneo Case Target group: Adults Original title: Himlens mörkrum Target group: Adults Director: Dylan Williams, Erik Pauser Director: Nils Petter Löfstedt Production company: AMP Film AB Production company: Stavro Filmproduktion AB
27 The Inertia Variations Photo: Saint Michaels Production AB The Traffic Light Turns Blue Tomorrow Photo: Folkets Bio Original title: The Inertia Variations Target group: Adults Original title: Trafikljusen blir blå imorgon Target group: Adults Director: Johanna St Michaels Production company: Saint Michaels Director: Ragnhild Ekner Production company: Story AB Production AB
Too Big for the World Photo: Reality Film Original title: Too Big for the World Target group: Adults Director: Hanna Aneröd, Renzo Aneröd Production company: Reality Film
28 Fiction films
7333 sekunder Johanna Photo: Stewen Quigley A Hustler’s Diary Photo: Erik Vass Original title: 7333 sekunder Johanna Target group: Adults Original title: Måste gitt Target group: Adults Genre: Drama Genre: Drama Director: Anette Skåhlberg Production company: Director: Ivica Zubak Production company: Indian Summer Film AB S.T.O.P.Film
29 A Night in the Cabin Photo: Coast Art Productions, KW Studios All Inclusive Photo: Nikola Predovic /2017 Nordisk Film Original title: A Night in the Cabin Target group: Adults Genre: Horror Original title: All Inclusive Target group: Adults Genre: Comedy Director: Johan Bodell Production company: Coast Art Productions, Director: Karin Fahlén Production company: Avanti Film AB KW Studios
Becker – Small Town Gangster Photo: Marco Padoan / Anagram Beyond Dreams Photo: Alexandra Aristarhova Original title: Becker – Kungen av Tingsryd Target group: Adults Original title: Dröm vidare Target group: Adults Genre: Drama Genre: Drama Director: Martin Larsson Production company: Anagram Director: Rojda Sekersöz Production company: 2afilm AB Film & TV AB
30 Blind Alley Photo: Carolina Romare /Bright Pictures Borg/McEnroe Photo: Niels Thastum /2017 Nordisk Film Original title: Den enda vägen Target group: Adults Genre: Drama Original title: Borg Target group: Adults Genre: Drama Director: Manuel Concha Production company: Bright Moving Director: Janus Metz Production company: SF Studios Pictures Sweden AB
Photo: Lee Film Photo: Ola Paulakoski, Silvershark, Gordon and Paddy Hermit: Monster Killer Sjöman Production Original title: Gordon & Paddy Target group: Children Original title: Hermit: Monster Killer Target group: Adults Genre: Drama Director: Linda Hambäck Production company: Genre: Comedy Director: Ola Paulakoski Production company: Lee Film Ola Paulakoski, Silvershark, Sjöman Production
31 Mending Hugo’s Heart Photo: Jan Töve Money Problem Photo: Johan Paulin Original title: Vilken jävla cirkus Target group: Adults Genre: Drama Original title: Para knas Target group: Teenagers Genre: Drama Director: Helena Bergström Production company: Sweetwater Director: Nikeisha Andersson Production company: Filmlance Production AB International AB
Monky Photo: Niklas Maupoix, Unlimited Stories / Nordisk Film Ravens Photo: Triart Film Original title: Monky Target group: Children Genre: Adventure Original title: Korparna Target group: Adults Genre: Drama Director: Maria Blom Production company: Unlimited Stories AB Director: Jens Assur Production company: Film and Art Affairs II AB
32 Room 213 Photo: Folkets Bio Sámi Blood Photo: Oskar Östergren Original title: Rum 213 Target group: Children Genre: Horror Original title: Sameblod Target group: Adults Genre: Drama Director: Emelie Lindblom Production company: Dansk Skalle AB Director: Amanda Kernell Production company: Nordisk Film Production Sverige AB
Sensoria Photo: Grindhouse Pictures AB Small Town Curtains Photo: Linus Forsberg Original title: Sensoria Target group: Adults Genre: Horror Original title: Småstad Target group: Adults Genre: Drama Director: Christian Hallman Production company: Grindhouse Director: Johan Löfstedt Production company: Stavro Pictures AB Filmproduktion AB
33 Solsidan Photo: Linnea Rheborg Stockholm My Love Photo: Richard Ryan de Cuevas Original title: Solsidan Target group: Adults Genre: Comedy Original title: Stockholm My Love Target group: Adults Genre: Drama Director: Felix Herngren, Måns Herngren Production company: Director: Mark Cousins Production company: Migma Film AB Solsidan AB
Strawberry Days Photo: Mikolaj Urbanski The Ex-Wife Photo: Martin Top Jacobsen Original title: Jordgubbslandet Target group: Adults Genre: Drama Original title: Exfrun Target group: Adults Genre: Drama Director: Wiktor Ericsson Production company: Anagram Film & TV AB Director: Katja Wik Production company: Kjellson & Wik AB
34 The Nile Hilton Incident Photo: Scanbox Entertainment The Square Photo: © Tobias Henriksson Original title: The Nile Hilton Incident Target group: Adults Original title: The Square Target group: Adults Genre: Drama Genre: Thriller Director: Tarik Saleh Production company: Atmo Director: Ruben Östlund Production company: Plattform Produktion AB Rights AB
The War Game Photo: Folkets Bio Original title: Krig Target group: Children Genre: Drama Director: Goran Kapetanovic´ Production company: CB Sverige AB
35 Sources The information is in most cases from the Swedish Film Institute. The following figures contain information from:
Figure 7 . A-List 8. Swedish distributors of feature-length film releases 2017. 10. MMS (Mediamätning i Skandinavien AB) 23. YouGov
36 Production: Henrik Ekwall, Torkel Stål and Jenny Wikstrand, The Swedish Film Institute Production Manager: Ida Kjellgren Graphic Design: Kajsen Burell Cover photo: Christopher Mair Printing: Lenanders Grafiska AB, Kalmar 2018 Facts and figures 2 0 17
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