The Swedish Film Institute

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Type of funding body
government  
Location

Sweden

Description

The Swedish Film Institute Foundation works to promote film across the board – from idea to finished product, during launch in Sweden and around the world, and by preserving films for posterity in our archives.

Swedish Film Institute. “Swedish Film Institute.” Accessed March 13, 2025. https://www.filminstitutet.se/en/.
History

The Film Institute was founded in 1963 by the Swedish state and the various professional bodies of the film industry. Its remit – to support the production of new films, the distribution and screening of worthwhile films, to preserve and promote Sweden's film heritage and to represent Swedish film at an international level – is defined in the Film Bill and in the annual document of grant appropriations from the Ministry of Culture. The Film Institute is, as of 1 January 2017, solely financed by state funding.

Swedish Film Institute. “Swedish Film Institute.” Accessed March 13, 2025. https://www.filminstitutet.se/en/.
Work funded
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    Something Must Break

    film/video, 2014

    “Something Must Break tells the story of a young trans woman named Ellie (Saga Becker) who falls in love with a cis man named Andreas (Iggy Malmborg). Writer-director Ester Martin Bergsmark created a potent film about transgender sexuality, and how it rubs up against the virulent transmisogyny of society. For the first time, I saw the subtle nuances of my own life and desires explicitly reflected on film.” - Cathy Brennan Mubi, Notebook