The 2024 edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival will kick off its three-day industry programme on 12 November. The loaded schedule, just unveiled, offers meetings, talks and networking as well as topical panels, masterclasses, handpicked work-in-progress presentations and pitch competitions. The main site of events will be the Filmhuset building, with the Skandia cinema in the heart of the city hosting some of the more elaborate sessions and assorted bar and restaurant localities providing the more social venues on hand for additional stimulation.

Highlights include masterclasses with British director Steve McQueen, recipient of the Stockholm Visionary Award, Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov and Sweden’s own Tarik Saleh, who will dive deep into his “Cairo Trilogy” – The Nile Hilton Incident [+lee también:
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ficha de la película], Cairo Conspiracy and the forthcoming and hotly Cannes-tipped Eagles of the Republic. Panel talks include the yearly finger-on-the-pulse talk “Visions in Swedish Cinema”, with participation by recently appointed Swedish Film Institute CEO Anna Croneman, chair of the Swedish Film and TV Producer organisation Eva Hamilton, directors Axel Petersén and Ossian Melin and producer Erik Hemmendorff. Under the headline “Meet the Streamers”, Kai Finke of Skyshowtime, Andreas Hjertø of Prime Video, and Johanna Lind of TV4, will present their plans and visions, and a special Nikon workshop will be supervised by Mike Figgis.

The project sessions are divided and partly joined together in four sections. The short film pitch competition “1 KM FILM”, a Stockholm staple since the festival's very start in 1990, will present eight projects by promising filmmakers of all ages. A brand new initiative is the “Nordic Wave” pitch competition, where five Nordic-based directors with up to three features to their resume will present “bold and innovative” projects on stage before a jury and an audience of industry professionals. The more regular Work in Progress projects – this year eleven in number – are found in the “Visionary Projects on the Horizon” and the “New Voices of Swedish Cinema” respectively, the latter being a joint collaboration between Film Stockholm and the Gotland Film Fund and exclusively showcasing feature debut directors.

The 2024 Stockholm International Film Festival runs 6-17 November with 135 films from 50 countries on the menu. This year's special guests include Jesse Eisenberg, Sean Baker and, as just announced, Costa-Gavras, recipient of the Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award.

Industry catalogue here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X4tdpLtFETwymSgtleYw45WbZc8WWWrI/view 

Official festival site: https://www.stockholmfilmfestival.se/ 

Full selection of the Works in Progress projects:

Visionary Projects on the Horizon

Foreigner – Lucia Aleñar Iglesias (Spain/Sweden/Italy)
Producers: Marta Reguera, Olivier Guerpillon (Lastor Media, Fox in the Snow, Kino Produzioni)

Witches (working title) – Amanda Pesikan (Sweden)
Producers: Iman Ismail, Michael Krotkiewski, David Herdies (Momento Film)

The Dog – Baker Karim (Sweden/Kenya)
Producers: Olivier Guerpillon, Helene Hillerström Miksche, Baker Karim (Bad Flamingo Studios, Fox in the Snow, Film i Skåne)

The Football Terrace – Andreas Bjunér (Sweden)
Producers: Jonas Kellagher, Anna Lindström (CommonGround Pictures, Mammut Kultur)

New Voices of Swedish Cinema

A Face to Be Loved – Angelica Ruffler (Sweden)
Producers: Marta Dauliūtė, Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir (MDEMC)

Anna and Eva – Patty Pajak (Sweden/Spain)
Producer: Miriam Gelhorn (Mantaray)

Jolene – My Sandström, Alexandra Litén (Sweden)
Producer: Andreas Emanuelsson (Iris Film)

King Without a Crown – Isa Aouifia (Sweden)
Producer: TBA

Paradise – Josephine Baird (Sweden)
Producer: Josephine Baird (Evocative Games AB)

The Art of Enjoyment – SaraKlara Hellström (Sweden/Iceland)
Producers: Patrik Andersson, Andrea Gyllenskiöld, Joel Rostmark (Mylla Films, Pine, Join Motion Pictures)

The Earwig – Sebastian Johansson Micci (Sweden)
Producers: Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå (Grand Slam Film)

Nordic Wave

Offscreen: A Handful of War Tales – Oscar Zemarti (Finland/Peru)
Producers: Ursula Pizarro, Oscar Zemarti (Polymath House Productions, Makanudo Cine)

Rogues – Alecio Araci (Sweden/Norway)
Producers: Alicia Hansen, Stina Eriksson (Prolaps Produktion, True Content Group)

The Blowfish – Elin Övergraad (Sweden/Denmark)
Producers: Maria Larsson Guerpillon, Charlotte Most (MostAlice Film, Ström Pictures)

The Herder – Marja Bål Nango (Norway)
Producer: Marja Bål Nango (7išh Film)

The Mauler – Abbe Hassan (Sweden)
Producer: Shajan Kozegary (The Global Ensemble Drama Sverige)

A New Kind of Wilderness [+lee también:
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Producer: Mari Bakke Riise (A5 Film)

Berry Pickers – Agnes Skonare Karlsson (Sweden)

Producers: Andrea Gyllenskiöld, Joel Rostmark, Adam Holmström Meinking, Kalle Boman (Pine)

Djur – Karin Franz Körlof (Sweden)
Producers: Fredrik Heinig, Agnes Parkrud (B-Reel Films)

Raptures – Jon Blåhed (Sweden)
Producers: Andres Emanuelsson, Tony Österholm (Iris Film, Rabbit Films)

Fuckboi – Matti Johansson (Sweden)
Producer: TBA (Vagel Studios)

Halva Halva – Alexander Adballah & Mustafa Al-Mashhadani (Sweden)
Producers: Jim Cargil & Adam Lunneborg (Viaplay Studios, Malaika Film)

My Brother Ted – Anna Widerberg, Fredrik Ydhag (Sweden)
Producer: Håkan Hammarén (Fundament Film Gbg)

Nipster – Sunna Eir Tangvik Kveum (Sweden)
Producer: Adam Lunneborg (Carbs Film)

Burn Oslo Burn – Gustav Johansson (Sweden/Denmark/Norway)
Producer: Anna Wallmark (FilmLance International, new-land)

Paradise – Emma Pål Brunzell (Sweden)
Producer: Agnes Parkrud (B-Reel Films)

The Dialogue Police – Susanna Edwards (Sweden)
Producer: Susanna Edwards (Susanna Edwards AB)

Virgo – Jakob Ekvall (Sweden)
Producers: Olivier Guerpillon, Maria Reguera, Jakob Ekvall, Elsa Fanni (Fox in the Snow, Lykantrop)

Angels – Åsa Kalmér (Sweden)
Producer: Christian Kielberg (MKD)

Freed from Desire – Alicia Hansen (Sweden)
Producer: Stina Eriksson (Prolaps Produktion)

Hysterika – Amanda Adele Björk (Sweden)
Producer: Siri Horton Wagner ([sic] film)

Kingdom Hall – Lode Kuylenstierna (Sweden)
Producer: Manga Minja (Rio Pictures)

Mecca of Spies – Arvid Unsgaard, Natthan Langenheim 
Producer: TBA

Stammen – Georg Ivanov Öfverholm (Sweden)
Producer: Sofia Ferguson (Northern Fable)