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Hej! Welcome to Bergman's country. We have it all, serene countryside, Strangers meeting on a train to self rediscovery, strawberries that grow wild in the ever expanding fields. Sweden and Swedish film makers have made their mark on world cinema from the Sjöstrom's silent era to politically charged 60's when Mai Zetterling's THE WAR GAME got a BAFTA nomination and also got a silver lion.

We at SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, are excited to announce that we are here to reintroduce Sweden as the go to destination for celebration of European and world cinema. We would like to join us as we embark on this journey filled with ambition and nostalgia.

All entries are promoted for free through our social media and websiteunless submitter prefers not to. For this purpose, we recommend that projects must be fully entered on FilmFreeway, including synopsis, and downloadable poster and trailer.

All selected entries receive Official Selection Laurel. Winners will receive Official Certificate, Laurel.

OFFICIAL SELECTION (Eligibility List): Qualifies to be considered under the competition category for monthly awards.

FINALIST (FIRST ROUND OF SELECTION) : Shortlisted films from official selection to be considered under the competition category for monthly SIFF awards.

WINNER (SELECTED FOR SCREENING) : All the monthly winners will be screened initially on our website.

SCREENING IN SWEDEN : Our judges will handpick the films from our monthly winners to screen before a live audience. The Live screening will take time. The final selection of films is entirely decided by our Jury pannel. Our First Physical screening will take place in October 2021at a beautiful little town in Sweden. Dates is TBD.

1. Make a film. We accept and screen SHORTS and FEATURES of any genre. Length of films screened are from 10 seconds to 3 hours!

2. The films must include English subtitles (unless the spoken language is English).

3. We also accept submissions that have premiered elsewhere and that may have distribution agreements already in place.

4. All films for consideration must be submitted online through FilmFreeway.com

5. Multiple entries from the same submitter are accepted. A separate submission and a separate entry fee must accompany each entry.

6.By submitting your project to SIFF you confirm that you own the rights of the work submitted. Participants films must follow copyright laws for music, footage or any other form of material used in their films. The Festival won't take any responsibility.

7.All selected films and winners will receive the laurels by email.

8.All the winners of each category will receive an award certificate by email.

9. We provide No fee waiver. All entry fees are non-refundable.

10. Lastly, we will promote your film across globally. It's very important that you follow us on social media to get the attention.

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Rosa Delgado

Our team are very proud of to be selected and get an Award winner in this Festival. It's is an honour for us. The communiction with organitzation is very kind and the advertising on their social media are really good, profesional... We recommend to others filmakers. Thanks for appreciete our project.

May 2023

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Jonah Paull

Cannot fault the festival organisers! Communication was ACE!!! Which is always very helpful and reassuring! Thank you to all involved in this lovely festival!
I am waiting for the trophy to be back in stock, so when this happens, that would be awesome!

May 2023

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Katherine Schimmel

Outstanding festival! Can't say enough positive things about it. Wonderful group of hard working, dedicated people who are passionate about the art of great film. It was an honor to be a part of this festival and to win Best Short Script for Dinner with Dante. Many congrats to all!

May 2023

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Rashad Haughton

What a fantastic festival experience. Thanks for awarding HALF SAMURAI. Very highly recommended.

May 2023

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Giuseppe Di Giorgio

Thank you so much to all staff ❤️

May 2023

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Dates & Deadlines

June 1, 2023
Opening Date
June 9, 2023
Earlybird Deadline
June 30, 2023
Final Call Deadline
July 7, 2023
Notification Date
August 10 – 14, 2023
Event Date

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Best International Short Film
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Best International Feature Film
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Best Swedish Film
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Best Documentary (Short)
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Best Prime Time
Episodic content with a minimum of two episodes
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Best Director
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Best Actor
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Best Actress
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Best Supporting Actor
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Best Supporting Actress
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Best Editor
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Best Cinematographer
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Best Hair and Make-Up
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Best Original Music
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Best Digital Narrative
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Best Trailer
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Best Comedy
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Best First Time Filmmaker
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Best Pilot Script (Web series / TV / Stand up Comedy)
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Best VR+360° Film
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Best Dance Film
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Best LGBTQ+ Narrative
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Best Child Actor
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Best Women's Film
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Best Action / Adventure Film
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Best Photography
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Best Single shot / One take Short Film
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Best Stage Play
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Best Midnight Film
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Best Acting Duo
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Best Original Score
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Production Designer
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Best Micro Film
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Best Short Drama
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