Johan Palmgren

Familjen Persson i främmande land

Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren

Maria Persson, Pelle Persson

Per Persson left Sweden 40 years ago. In Pakistan he fell in love and became the father of two daughters. Trouble starts when the girls grow up and the family decides to emigrate to Sweden. When they end up living in a caravan outside Hässleholm, all their expectations are dashed.

Ebba & Torgny och kärlekens villovägar

Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren

Ebba Neander, Torgny Bondestam

Torgny proposed to Ebba when they were 20. Her father put a stop to it. 60 years later they meet again.

Spårviddshinder

Johan Palmgren

In order to rectify the poor bus accessibility at Slussen station in Stockholm, the city council, as per the municipal board’s recommendation, erects so-called ‘bus traps’ on the street.

Benny och Kulturhuset

Johan Palmgren

Benny Fredriksson, Anne Sofie von Otter

A portrait of Benny Fredriksson who for 16 years was CEO of Kulturhuset / Stadsteatern. He also had a background as an actor and director. In connection with a media hunt he resigned and later took his own life.

Vikarien

Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren

Max Wejstorp, Folke Silvén

For the young, ambitious substitute teacher Max Wejstorp the chaos in his school in a Stockholm suburb ultimately becomes unbearable. He summons his old teacher and mentor, the now 73-year-old legend Folke Silvén from Lund in southern Sweden. How the teachers has got an increasingly untenable work situation is shown in a very direct way in "Vikarien".

Bedragaren

Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren

György Zemplényi

The film follows the tracks of a master fraudster, impersonator and Ponzi schemer who, among other exploits, coached the Hungarian ladies' swimming team to success at international championships without being able to swim himself and, a few years later, claimed to be an archbishop and buyer of antique paintings for the Vatican Museum. In both cases, he made many acquaintances, came across as engaging and helpful but finally vanished with millions in cash. Interviews with people who encountered the man and were duped by him, though despite this and despite losing money, many of them retain a humorous feeling about what happened.

Morfar & jag och helikoptern till himlen

Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren

A world all on its own of humour, warmth and love: Between a boy and his bedridden grandfather there is deep friendship. The aging man has a secret he wants to share with his grandson; together they make for the woods on a final adventure.

Flogstavrålet

Johan Palmgren

The student campus Flogsta was built in Uppsala in the 1970s. Since then, the Flogsta roar has happened every evening at 22:00. This is the moment when hundreds of students unleash their anxiety at the same time and scream out of the windows. Probably a tradition unique in the world.

Anders & Harri

Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren

Anders and Harri are best friends. They share an interest in music. Anders is also very fond of trains. They decide to go to Getå, where the biggest train-accident in Sweden took place in 1918. Suddenly there is music in the air. A film about friendship, fears and trains.

Kärlek utan slut

Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren

Torgny Bondestam, Ebba Neander

At his death bed their amazing love story unfolds. Ebba and Torgny reunited 90 years old, after 60 years apart.

Sextemplet

Johan Palmgren

Robin ownes a beautiful old theatre in Norrköping, Sweden. There he lives with his husband. To solve a critical financial situation for the theatre, Robin puts up an equivoque burlesque show. In the middle of rehearsals he gets a phone call from Christian, the owner of a swingers club, who is in desperate need of new facilities because of a terrible fire that ruined his club. Renting out the cellar is a very interesting option for Robin and soon the two new friends start to cooperate while the town of Norrköping is in rage. The dream of Cristian is to make a big swingers party in the whole theatre and sometimes dreams come true.

Slusseländet

Johan Palmgren

Filmmaker Johan Palmgren returns to Slussen in Stockholm and captures both major crises and small observations this special year.

Taxiklubben

Johan Palmgren

Allonias decides that enough is enough. He works 12-13 hours driving his taxi every day and still has no money left to pay for rent and clothes for their three children. He begins a battle against Sweden’s largest taxi company owned by billionaire Rolf Karlsson. It leads to Rolf Karlsson selling the entire empire for around 2-3 billion SEK. But for Allonias it has a high price…

The Monster

Lisa Gustafsson, Johan Palmgren

As a child, Elena had a fascination with the blood and gore of splatter movies. As she matured, this bloodlust became her dark and dirty little secret. We join her on a journey of discovery and awakening as she tries to come to terms with her very particular tastes.

Ingen Ängel

Johan Palmgren

Louie Marti

Swedish documentary from 2019. Louie is a member of Hells Angels, something for which his family and perhaps especially his father the Pentecostal pastor has a hard time. And when Louie decides to pursue a career in the film industry, it creates some problems, as does his new colleagues. But leaving his old life does not prove to be as easy as Louie hoped, and sometimes he wonders if he will ever succeed. A film by Johan Palmgren.

Tjuren Ferdinand - den sanna historien

Åsa Blanck, Johan Palmgren