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Watch the Skies

To believe is one thing. To know is something completely different.

6.2(163)20221h 56m4

When a fostered teenage rebel suspects that her father is not dead but in fact kidnapped by UFOs, she takes help from a UFO association to discover the truth. Together, they embark on a risky adventure that takes them far beyond the laws borders and into a world filled with unidentified flying expeditions, conspiracies and inexplicable phenomena.

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Status
Released
Budget
$5M
Box office
$69.6K
Language
Swedish
  • wormhole
  • cover-up
  • ufo
  • teenage girl
  • female protagonist
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • ufo sighting
  • father daughter relationship
  • independent film
  • mysterious disappearance
  • foster kid

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Behind the camera

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Sweden

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereFantastic Fest24 Sept 2023
    • TheatricalPG-139 May 2025
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereSci-Fi London Film Festival31 May 2023
    • Theatrical12AShowcase Cinemas11 Jul 2025
    • Digital / OTT1221 Jul 2025
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMSydney Science Fiction Film Festival21 Sept 2024
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical12+29 Jun 2023
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1210 Mar 2023
  • FranceFR

    • Digital / OTT24 May 2023
  • GermanyDE

    • Physical1213 Jul 2023
  • IndonesiaID

    • Premiere17+Europe on Screen8 Jun 2024
  • IrelandIE

    • Digital / OTT21 Jul 2025
  • New ZealandNZ

    • PremiereMTerror-Fi Film Festival3 Nov 2024
  • PolandPL

    • Theatrical (limited)18 Aug 2023
  • RussiaRU

    • Theatrical12+НМГ Кинопрокат / Русский Репортаж4 May 2023

Frequently asked questions

Watch the Skies was released on 25 December 2022.

Audience reviews

3
  • B

    Brent Marchant

    5/11/2025

    7/10

    Movies about aliens are nothing particularly new, but this little-known Swedish production could be a game changer in several regards. Writer-director Victor Danell’s 2022 action-adventure sci-fi offering (originally titled “UFO Sweden”) tells the story of a rebellious teen (Inez Dahl Torhaug) who believes that her mysteriously disappeared father (Oscar Töringe), an ardent UFO researcher and leader of a cult-like gro…

  • T

    The Fixate & Binge Podcast, w/ Joe Curdy

    7/29/2026

    7/10

    Maybe my ear isn't actually that close to the ground when it comes to some hidden gems because Sweden's **WATCH THE SKIES** is a surprisingly enjoyable story about ufologists, belief, and how important it is to be a part of a community.-- and I haven't heard much buzz about it anywhere. Sometimes out of boredom I will mentally employ the tombola technique and randomly select films for viewing that glide by during …

  • J

    JJ Rosales

    10/24/2026

    6/10

    The AI in this movie was almost unnoticed.. The only thing that brought attention to it was the pacing. Slow parts sprinkled in but it was still pretty good. When answers to questions started coming out, it was great! But seems like they had a SOLID story line but didn’t know how to end it.. I would see more of these movies with the AI dubbing tbh. But you can’t beat a good ole foreign film with subtitles.

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