Sanne Broström

Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.

A slasher film centered around the Swedish celebration of Saint Lucy's Day.

Cora is set decades into the future, after a deadly mist has covered earth, effectively wiping out most of humanity. Now, we follow Cora, a woman working for an organization trying to reverse the effects of the apocalypse.

The film delves into deeply human and existential themes that resonate across different stages of life. What is compelling is the way it portrays the inner crisis of Adam, the protagonist, as he grapples with the monotony of his life and a sudden, shocking event. It is a reflective and layered film that encourages introspection on what it means to live fully and authentically, even in the face of life’s challenges and changes.

Five seconds of Fear, a short film that tells the story about a young woman in distress, who quickly learns to not judge a book by its cover as she seeks the help of a stranger in a parked car.