The Tree Lover

Why are gooseberries so much more valuable than deer trees and why did the Sami men lay naked on the marsh in the past? How do you respond to a mock execution and what is actually panic attack? Ella and Moa are two girls with more questions than answers and during a summer night they approach a little cautiously of their Sami origin. —Jonas Selberg Augustsén

In room 1112 at hotel Riverton during Göteborg's 2011 film festival, director Jonas Selberg Augustsén brings together some of Sweden's most famous film workers and asks a question: "Are the celluloid film about to die, and what do you think it means for the moving image?" The film is inspired by Wim Wender's 1982 documentary, Chambre 666.

Midsummer in Sweden; somewhere above the Arctic Circle. Many curious stories unfold in a small Finnish-speaking village, while the sun never sets.

Somewhere in Sweden, a gigantic dumpster breaks free from a heavy chain suspended underneath a big helicopter. The dumpster hits the ground with a formidable crash and the garbage spouts out into the surroundings. Meanwhile, an aging Roma woman wakes up in her house with an extremely strong desire to get her old wall clock back.

A woman finds out that her 7-year-old son has stolen from her. She tries to explain that it was wrong but has difficulties conversing at a level the boy can understand. She improvises her message in a bedtime story. Based on a novel by Anton Chekhov.

A misunderstanding between some hunters leads to an extraordinary, mysterious hunt in the mountainous landscape of Lapland.

In a small village in north of Sweden lives a calf that dislikes enclosures. The desperate farmer builds fence after fence, but the calf still manages to get out. When a film team arrives to make a film about the events, everything changes.

Autumn, the season when nature prepares to be reborn by dying. Two young fellows. They are perhaps not the most popular characters in the small Tornedalen community since their method of subsistence is on the outskirts of morality.

Five young writers have been to a party and missed the ferry home. They lend a rowboat, which has unexpected consequences. On the other shore, the police are waiting with arms drawn. This happened in 1945. This is also happening today. Inspired by Stig Dagerman and Franz Kafka. —Jonas Selberg Augustsén

Three young girls' during a festive summer night in the northern part of Sweden. The girls are attending a party in a big old house, where both the previous owners oddly enough where one-eyed.

Alejandro was born in Chile but has lived in Stockholm for 22 years. He is a pan flute player and performs every day in the city's streets and squares. For Alejandro, his music has always been a way to stay in touch with the culture and wisdom of his ancestors. He wants to spread that kind of soon-to-be-forgotten knowledge to those around him, but it's not easy.

An extreme subculture. Young men with snowmobiles in the Lapland mountains.