Stockholm Film Festival

The Stockholm Film Festival, also known as the Stockholm International Film Festival, is a film festival that has been held annually in the city of Stockholm, Sweden, since 1990. The festival is run by a non-profit organization of the same name with the support of the Stockholm City Council, the City of Stockholm and the Swedish Film Institute.

The film festival takes place in November each year and shows around 150 films from different countries.

The festival aims to highlight young filmmakers. On average, one out of every three films at the festival is made by a newcomer and only directors who have made a maximum of two films can participate in the competition section. It also seeks to broaden the range of high-quality and innovative films, to give visitors an orientation to modern cinema and stimulate debate, through conferences and seminars.

The Stockholm International Film Festival also organizes the Stockholm Youth Film Festival for children and young people in April and the Stockholm Sommarbio Film Festival in August. For five nights, films are screened outdoors in the Rålambshovsparken park.

Contents

Complete list of editions of the Stockholm Film Festival (2012 to 2022)

History

The first edition of the Stockholm Film Festival was held in 1990, at the initiative of the Swedish businessman and producer Ignas Scheynius, the designer Kim Klein and the director Git Scheynius.

Since the completion of the first festival, a scholarship for short films has been awarded. It also became the first Nordic film festival authorized by FIAPF (Federation of Film Producers Associations) and was granted the right to have an international critical jury from FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Press).

Statuette

The Stockholm Film Festival statuette is made of bronze and weighs 7.3 kilos, making it the heaviest film award in the world. The bronze horse was created by designer Fredrik Swärd and represents the Swedish horse Dala.

Prizes are awarded in a total of fourteen categories. The Bronze Horse statuette is awarded in four categories: Best Film, Best Documentary, Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award, and Stockholm Visionary Award. The aluminum horse is divided into six different categories. Past winners include Quentin Tarantino, Lauren Bacall, David Lynch, Wes Anderson, Terry Gilliam, David Cronenberg, Paul Schrader, and Todd Solondz.