Facts and figures 2 0 17 Swedish Film Institute P.O. Box 27126 SE-102 52 Stockholm, Sweden Phone +46 8 665 11 00 filminstitutet.se 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 Welcome to the world of Swedish film statistics What Swedish films are audiences choosing? How are Swedish films funded? How many Swedish films are directed by women? What companies are distributing films in Sweden? We support film The Swedish Film Institute works to We are asked many questions over the course of a year. They come from the film promote film across the board – from idea to finished product, during launch industry, journalists and members of the public with an interest in film, both in in Sweden and around the world, and Sweden and in other countries. by preserving films for posterity in our archives. 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 didn’t 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 Contacts Market analyst Media analyst Trend analyst Torkel Stål Jenny Wikstrand Victor Jedeskog Phone: +46 70 330 42 34 Phone: +46 70 771 29 57 Phone: +46 73 618 05 19 [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 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 Vuxenlm Äventyr Teenagers Comedy 6% Ungdomslm Thriller Barnlm 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),