Lukas Moodysson

Lilya 4-ever

Lukas Moodysson

Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharsky

Lilja lives in poverty and dreams of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her to her aunt, who neglects her. Lilja hangs out with her friends, Natasha and Volodya, who is suicidal. Desperate for money, she starts working as a prostitute, and later meets Andrei. He offers her a good job in Sweden, but when Lilja arrives her life quickly enters a downward spiral.

Show Me Love

Lukas Moodysson

Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg

Åmål is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she has never done it. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her but is too shy to do anything about it. For different reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own homosexuality.

Together

Lukas Moodysson

Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist

Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from different perspectives.

We Are the Best!

Lukas Moodysson

Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin

Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band — despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.

Bara prata lite

Lukas Moodysson

Sten Ljunggren, Cecilia Frode

Birger is old and retired from work, but he still goes back to work since he has nothing else to do. Back home he gets a rare visitor: a girl from Hare Krishna recruiting new members.

Mammoth

Lukas Moodysson

Gael García Bernal, Michelle Williams

While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their relationship with their live-in Filipino maid changing around them. At the same time, in the Philippines, the maid's family struggles to deal with her absence.

Terrorister - En film om dom dömda

Stefan Jarl, Lukas Moodysson

Stefan Jarl, Lukas Moodysson

A feature-length documentary, possibly focusing, at least in part, on the recent anti-globalization protests in Gothenburg, Sweden and the alleged police misconduct during the protests.

En uppgörelse i den undre världen

Lukas Moodysson

Hampus Pettersson, Stefan Sauk

The leader of a small crime syndicate meets, for the first time in years, with his teenage son in a Chinese Restaurant. Slightly awkwardly, he explains that he hopes his son to take over his business.

Container

Lukas Moodysson

Jena Malone, Peter Lorentzon

Poetic, experimental and different, Container is described by Lukas Moodysson as "a black and white silent movie with sound" and with the following words; "A woman in a man's body. A man in a woman's body. Jesus in Mary's stomach. The water breaks. It floods into me. I can't close the lid. My heart is full."

A Hole in My Heart

Lukas Moodysson

Thorsten Flinck, Björn Almroth

In a decript apartment, a young man watches as his father and a friend shoot an amateur porn film. Issues of morality, reality TV and friendship are explored.

Det var en mörk och stormig natt

Lukas Moodysson

Ernst Günther, Izabella Scorupco

When darkness and bad weather seals around the house, it's nice to just sit and huddle in front of the television.

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

Tom Tykwer, Patrice Leconte

A collection of short films by 16 European directors.

Ett hål i mitt andra hjärta

Lukas Moodysson

Lukas Moodysson struggles to film a scene.

Inside the Container Crypt

Jesper Kurlandsky

Lukas Moodysson, Andrea Sabbadini

A priest, a psychoanalyst, and a psychic examine the themes around Lukas Moodysson's 'Container'.