Facts and Figures 2018 Cover: Ingmar Bergman instructing Bengt Ekeroth in his role as Death in The Seventh Seal (1957). The image is featured in Jane Magnusson’s documentary Bergman - A Year in a Life, premiering in 2018, the year that marked the centenary of Bergman's birth. © Svensk Filmindustri Editor: Torkel Stål, The Swedish Film Institute Production Manager: Helen Silvander Graphics Designer: Helen Silvander Printing: Lenanders Grafiska AB, Kalmar 2019 Welcome to the World of Swedish Film Statistics What Swedish films attract the audience? How are Swedish We Support Film films funded? How many Swedish films are directed by The Swedish Film Institute works to women? What companies are distributing films in Sweden? promote film across the board – from idea to finished product, during launch The Swedish Film Institute receives many questions over the course in Sweden and around the world, and of a year. They come from the film industry, from journalists and from by preserving films for posterity in our members of the public with an interest in film, both in Sweden and archives. in other countries. In Facts and Figures we compile the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions every year. We hope that you will find answers to your particular questions, along with information you did not even realise you needed. Please contact us if there are any statistical areas you would like us to take a closer look at ahead of our next report. 1 Contact Strategic Film Funding Analyst Film Market Analyst External Trend Analyst Josefin Schröder Torkel Stål Sara Karlsson Phone: +46 79 075 11 91 Phone: +46 70 330 42 34 Phone: +46 70 617 12 29 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Head of Communications & Press Officer Public Relations Jan Göransson Rebecka Ioannidis Lindberg Phone: +46 70 603 03 62 Phone: +46 76 501 20 73 [email protected] rebecka.ioannidis.lindberg@ filminstitutet.se 2 Contents Swedish Film Releases 4 The Swedish Film Market in Total 20 1. Number of film releases.........................................................................5 18. Number of film releases....................................................................21 2. Film releases by target group...............................................................6 19. Film releases by target group..........................................................22 3. Film releases by genre............................................................................6 20. Film releases by region of origin.....................................................22 4. Animated film releases...........................................................................7 21. Film releases by genre......................................................................23 5. Share of releases with a woman behind the camera......................8 22. Film releases with a woman/man in a leading role.....................24 6. Share of releases with a woman/man in a leading role..................9 23. Film releases directed by a woman/man......................................24 7. Share of film releases that passed the Bechdel Wallace test......9 24. Film releases by distributor ............................................................25 8. Top 20 film releases by cinema admissions....................................10 25. Film viewing by platform...................................................................26 9. Top 20 film releases by review index................................................11 26. Total cinema admissions in Sweden 2014-2018.......................27 10.Top 20 most viewed films on TV......................................................12 27. Admissions at film festivals...............................................................28 11. Admissions to Swedish films at the cinema.................................13 28. Top 20 most viewed films at film festivals....................................29 12. Market share of admissions for Swedish film..............................14 Funding of Swedish Film 15 Swedish Films of the Year 30 13. Production funding from the Swedish Film Institute..................16 Documentaries...........................................................................................31 14. Funded films with a woman behind the camera..........................16 Fiction films.................................................................................................37 15. Films with funding from a film commissioner with a woman behind the camera.............................................................................17 Sources......................................................................................................46 16. Average budget for films with production funding......................18 Abbreviations...........................................................................................46 17. Average financing for films with funding 2018............................19 3 Swedish Film Releases 1 Number of Swedish feature-length film releases 2014-2018 All feature-length films Fiction films Documentaries 6060 50 51 47 5050 46 45 4040 30 31 28 3030 25 23 20 18 25 2020 17 22 1010 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 5 Swedish feature-length film Swedish feature-length film 2 3 releases by target group 2018 releases by genre 2018 2% 2% 0% 4% Action Music/ 10% Teenagers Thriller Dance Children 4% Romance 39% 6% Documentary Adventure 10% Comedy 33% 90% Drama Adults 6 Number of animated Swedish feature-length film releases 4 2014-2018 2 2 2,0 1,5 1 1 1,0 0,5 0 0,0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 7 Share of Swedish feature-length film releases 2014-2018 5 with a woman as Director, Screenwriter and Producer Director Screenwriter Producer Fiction films Documentaries Fiction films Documentaries Fiction films Documentaries 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% 2018 29% 37% 27% 32% 50% 32% 8 Share of Swedish feature- Share of Swedish feature- 6 7 length fiction film releases length fiction film releases with a woman/man in a that passed the Bechdel leading role 2018 Wallace test* 2018 35% 29% 35% Mixed Woman Failed 65% Passed 35% Man *The Bechdel Wallace test analyses whether a film contains two named female characters who talk to each other, about something other than men. 9 Top 20 Swedish feature-length film releases in 2018 8 by cinema admissions International title* Distributor Release date Admissions** 1 Sune vs Sune Nordisk Film 2018-11-30 443 755 2 A Moon of My Own Nordisk Film 2018-01-03 413 886 3 Bamse and the Thunderbell Nordisk Film 2018-12-21 301 515 4 It’s All About Love SF Studios 2018-12-21 295 760 5 The Cake General SF Studios 2018-03-07 291 784 6 JerryMaya’s Detective Agency SF Studios 2018-06-01 203 153 – The First Mystery 7 Becoming Astrid Nordisk Film 2018-09-14 191 013 8 Kingdom of Sweden Nordisk Film 2018-10-19 177 447 9 The Unthinkable SF Studios 2018-06-20 110 239 10 Border Triart Film 2018-08-31 109 774 11 Halvdan Viking SF Studios 2018-10-26 101 648 12 Euphoria SF Studios 2018-02-02 24 347 13 Amateurs Triart Film 2018-03-16 20 114 14 Goliath Triart Film 2018-10-05 18 068 15 Alone in Space Nordisk Film 2018-09-21 17 562 16 X & Y Triart Film 2018-11-23 14 714 17 Bergman - A Year in a Life SF Studios 2018-07-13 11 183 18 Anders, Me and His 23 Folkets Bio 2018-05-25 7 032 Other Women 19 The Raft Folkets Bio 2018-09-21 5 870 20 The Feminist Nordic Factory Film & TV 2018-08-10 5 426 * For original titles see the section ”Swedish films of the year” page 30. 10 ** Refers to admissions in Sweden, from the film’s premiere to March 15, 2019. Top 20 Swedish film releases in 2018 9 by review index International title* Distributor Release date Review Index** 1 Reconstructing Utøya Triart Film 2018-10-19 4.12 2 Border Triart Film 2018-08-31 4.08 3 The Raft Folkets Bio 2018-09-21 3.87 4 Goliath Triart Film 2018-10-05 3.86 5 Amateurs Triart Film 2018-03-16 3.68 6 Bergman - A Year in a Life SF Studios 2018-07-13 3.65 7 The Deminer Filmcentrum Distribution 2018-03-16 3.62 8 That Summer Nonstop Entertainment 2018-08-31 3.40 9 Leslie on Fire Doc Lounge 2018-11-09 3.33 10 An Army of Lovers Folkets Bio 2018-12-14 3.28 11-12 JerryMaya’s Detective Agency SF Studios 2018-06-01 3.27 – The First Mystery 11-12 The Man Who Played with Fire SF Studios 2018-09-28 3.27 13-14 Alone in Space Nordisk Film 2018-09-21 3.19 13-14 Bamse and the Thunderbell Nordisk Film 2018-12-21 3.19 15 The Feminist Nordic Factory Film & TV 2018-08-10 3.15 16 The Cake General SF Studios 2018-03-07 3.11 17-18 A Good Week for Democracy Filmcentrum Distribution 2018-05-18 3.03 17-18 A Moon of My Own Nordisk Film 2018-01-03 3.03 19 Jimmie Triart Film 2018-04-13 3.02 20 Becoming Astrid Nordisk Film 2018-09-14 2.97 * For original titles see the section ”Swedish films of the year” page 30. ** 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. Reviews from at least five sources are required to merit a review average. 11 10 Most watched Swedish feature-length films on TV 2018 International title Year of release Number of viewers* 1 Sällskapsresan 1980 1 304 000 2 A Man Called Ove 2015 1 223 000 5 000 000 3-4 SOS - en segelsällskapsresa 1988 1 193 000 3-4 Sällskapsresan II - Snowroller