Best Swedish animation movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch animation films from Sweden, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Bamse and the Thief City

    Bamse and the Thief City 2014

    Sweden's most popular comic book character - the bear Bamse - will now get his first own feature film. In "Bamse and the city of thieves" the strongest bear in the world and his two friends Little Hopp and Shellman show that the best weapon against evil is -friendship (and a few drops of Grandma's Thunder Honey of course).

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  • Poster for Christopher's Christmas Mission

    Christopher's Christmas Mission 1975

    "Christopher's Christmas Mission"- A tale about a boy who steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people of Stockholm, while working in a post office on Christmas Eve.

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  • Poster for Bamse and the Witch's Daughter

    Bamse and the Witch's Daughter 2016

    In Bamse and the Witch’s daughter Croesus Vole finds gold in the beavers' dam. To demolish the dam and get the gold he tricks the witch's daughter Lova to enchant Bamse. With Bamse gone, it's up to the children to help each other to stop Croesus - but to do that they have to be friends.

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  • Poster for Dunderklumpen!

    Dunderklumpen! 1974

    Dunderklumpen lives all alone in the mountains of Jämtland. One Midsummer's Eve when he feels very lonely he sets off on a journey to find friends.

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  • Poster for Bamse i Trollskogen

    Bamse i Trollskogen 1991

    Bamse is a good-hearted bear whose grandmother cooks a special kind of honey, that gives him superpowers. When someone starts transforming the bear's friends into balloons and other things, Bamse and his friends Skalman (a turtle) and Lille Skutt (a rabbit) must journey through the woods to stop this person.

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  • Poster for The Burden

    The Burden 2017

    A shopping center along a large highway is the scene of an apocalyptic musical. Animation with a strong sense of form set to auto-tuned music by Klungan. About liberation through great catastrophy.

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  • Poster for The Journey to Melonia

    The Journey to Melonia 1990

    When a ship sinks during a storm, a slave from the industrial island of Plutonia is washed up on the beaches of paradise island Melonia, where the "all-powerful" wizard Prospero and his strange friends reside.

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  • Poster for Bamse and the Thunderbell

    Bamse and the Thunderbell 2018

    Bamse's friends go on a quest to find the Thunderbell, the ingredient that makes Bamse strong. Meanwhile, the sly Reinard pretends to be a good guy to supplant Bamse as the hero of the town and win the affections of Mickelina.

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  • Poster for Mamma Mu & Kråkan

    Mamma Mu & Kråkan 2008

    Mamma Moo is a typical cow, besides that she wants to do so many uncowly things. Her idea of fun is biking and dancing, and when she meets Crow her happiness is complete - the fun is so much bigger when you have a friend. There's a catch; Crow does not want to be friends with a cow, especially not such a peculiar one.

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  • Poster for Pettson & Findus - The Tomte Machine

    Pettson & Findus - The Tomte Machine 2005

    The old man PETTSON and his cat FINDUS live on a small farm way out in the countryside in Sweden. Christmas is approaching, and Pettson has given Findus the rash promise that THE TOMTE will come around with gifts for him at Christmas Eve. Pettson does not believe in the Tomte, but in order not to disappoint his cat, he decides to build an artificial Tomte - a mechanical TOMTE MACHINE. Pettson has a hard time keeping the project secret from Findus and getting the machine to actually work in due time. But somehow a mysterious magical force interferes...

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  • Poster for Pettson and Findus

    Pettson and Findus 1999

    Pettson and Findus are fishing down by the lake when suddenly a snowstorm rises and it starts to get dark. Lost in the bad weather they are forced to seek shelter in an igloo they build out of blocks of frozen fishes. Inside they tell stories from the past year to keep their spirits up.

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  • Poster for The Mail Pilot

    The Mail Pilot 1933

    Mickey the mail pilot is entrusted with a chest of money. He battles rain and snow, but his biggest battle is against Pete, who has a plane equipped with a machine gun and a harpoon cannon. Mickey's plane quickly loses its wings and propeller to Pete's armaments, but he improvises a helicopter blade with a clothes-drying rack, then, when that gives way, a replacement prop from a windmill.

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  • Poster for Laban the Little Ghost

    Laban the Little Ghost 2006

    Daddy Ghost gets ready for a night of ghost work. He shows Laban his scariest ghostly haunts. The little ghost wants to sound scary, but no matter how hard he tries, he sounds cute. The problem is that Laban is scared himself when he walks through the dark corridors.

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  • Poster for Loranga, Masarin & Dartanjang

    Loranga, Masarin & Dartanjang 2005

    The movie is based on Barbro Lindgrens popular and absurd comical books Loranga, Masarin & Dartanjang (1969) and Loranga, Loranga (1970). The movie is about the worlds greatest dad that loves pop music and refuses to get a job - because who would then play with his son Masarin? Lorangas dad Dartanjang lives in the woodshed to prevent germs from getting to him. But that does not seem to help because he keeps getting sick all the time.

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  • Poster for Pettson & Findus - Kattonauten

    Pettson & Findus - Kattonauten 2000

    Eccentric old farmer Pettersson and his cat, Findus, have hilarious adventures camping in the woods while waiting for a letter from the king.

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  • Poster for ABBA - The Last Video

    ABBA - The Last Video 2004

    ABBA - THE LAST VIDEO is the film about four hopeful musicians in search of a record contract. They pay a visit to the Big Record Company Boss and his oily assistant, performing one hit after the other, cheered on by their manager. But things don't really work out as planned...Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Frida look just like they did back then... or perhaps not.

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  • The Blue Shell Incident 2019

    After shenanigans happened at a local bar, two brothers are against each other, both out seeking revenge.

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  • Poster for Gordon & Paddy

    Gordon & Paddy 2017

    The forest’s police chief Gordon is about to retire and he needs to find a new assistant. Paddy, a clever mouse with a great sense of smell seems to be the right candidate. Together they have to solve Gordon’s last case – the mystery of squirrel’s missing nuts. Could it be the fox that took them? Gordon and Paddy will soon find out.

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  • Poster for Attached to You

    Attached to You 2009

    A clay animation about the life of a mother. It starts with the conception of the child, we follow her and her kid through childhood until her child is grown up, leaves home and has a child of his own.

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  • Poster for Peter-No-Tail

    Peter-No-Tail 1981

    Peter-No-Tail is a cat who's born without a proper tail on a farm by the Swedish countryside. Due to economical difficulties, the farmer is forced to get rid of Peter. The farmer can't bring himself to drown the cat, so he sneaks Peter inside the car of a family who are renting a house close to the farm for their summer vacation. When the family finally reach their home in Uppsala, Sweden, they find Peter and decide to keep him. Without a tail, he becomes the talk of the town among the other cats and, especially Mike, who teases him cruelly. Mean Mike and his two companions, Bill and Bull, are notorious for the nasty tricks they like to play on other cats. Mike is currently trying to court Molly Silk-Nose, but his rough and silly approach does not impress her, since she becomes interested in the kind and gentle Peter. But Mike won't give up that easily and he has a plan for how he'll get his revenge.

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  • Poster for Babblarna Första Filmen

    Babblarna Första Filmen 2016

    Really lovely and enjoyable for little ones! The film has varied content and includes short films, music videos, language play and captivating dance. Language-developing and musical entertainment compiled into 84 minutes. Recommended from 1 year, but is most fun when you are about 2-4 years old. Most of it is new material but some favorites from Youtube are included as an extra bonus.

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  • Poster for A Warm Place

    A Warm Place 2018

    Short, experimental clip of tall buildings, lots of them, plenty of vacant apartments and cosy weather - a warm place.

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  • Poster for Lilla Spöket Laban: Bullar och Bång

    Lilla Spöket Laban: Bullar och Bång 2009

    For the fourth time, it's ghost day again at Gomorronsol Castle, where we follow Little Ghost Laban, the kindest ghost in the world who is afraid of the dark. Together with Little Prince Bus and Labolina, many super scary adventures await Laban.

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  • Poster for Bamse and the Volcano Island

    Bamse and the Volcano Island 2021

    The classic trio in the Bamse universe; Bamse, Lille Skutt och Skalman, is going on a thrilling adventure to the centre of the earth. Their mission is to save the explorer Beanka, who has mysteriously disappeared and seems to be a longlost friend of Skalmans. They do not realize that they have a follower though; a smug cat named Kattja. She is determined to get to their destination - what she believes is a treasure - first. Their expedition include being chased by wolves, spending a night at a spooky hotel, climbing a volcano and finally, maybe finding what they all are searching for. However, the treasure is not always what it seems to be.

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  • Tord and Tord 2010

    One day Tord accidentally walks in to the apartment next to his own. Another person named Tord lives there, he has just moved in. Tord and Tord start to spend time with each other.

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  • Poster for Something to Remember

    Something to Remember 2019

    A bittersweet look at life’s many challenges, albeit as experienced by furry, feathered, and slimy creatures who sound and feel all too human.

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  • Poster for Lilla Spöket Laban: Spökdags

    Lilla Spöket Laban: Spökdags 2007

    The little ghost called Laban is afraid of the dark.

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  • Poster for Var inte rädd, Långa Farbrorn

    Var inte rädd, Långa Farbrorn 2011

    Little Anna and Tall Uncle are going to watch a movie. She wants to see her five favorite movies with the ghost Laban and his friends. Tall Uncle is afraid of ghosts and doesn't dare to watch the movies even though Little Anna says they aren't scary. Tall Uncle finally understands that the movies aren't scary and then dares to go see them.

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  • Poster for Bamse and the World's Smallest Adventure

    Bamse and the World's Smallest Adventure 2023

    Nalle-Maja is with the family on a picnic, but no one seems to want to play with her. When she drinks XYZ juice alone and becomes tiny, everything takes a new turn. Should the others find her and is it possible to make a difference if you are as small as an ant?

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  • Poster for The Dog Hotel

    The Dog Hotel 2000

    On their way to find Paris, Sture the dog (Hasse Alfredsson) and his friend Picasso end up on a hotel in the middle of nowhere. Along with Miss Mops, Sture tries to sniff out who is causing all the strange events of the hotel.

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  • Poster for Never Like the First Time!

    Never Like the First Time! 2006

    Four people share the stories of their first sexual experience in this animated short subject from Swedish filmmaker Jonas Odell. Each vignette features a different look and animation style, and the stories cover a time span from the 1920s to the present day. Each narrator recalls their loss of virginity in a different way, ranging from deeply romantic nostalgia to befuddled disappointment to terror in the face of unexpected violence as their stories play out on screen.

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  • Poster for Little Anna and the Tall Uncle

    Little Anna and the Tall Uncle 2012

    No two friends are more different than Little Anna and the Tall Uncle. She is short, he is very tall. Little Anna is brave, the Tall Uncle is a scared cat. And yet there is nobody who Little Anna would rather go swimming with, build a tree house with or ride a motorcycle with than the Tall Uncle. And there is nobody the Tall Uncle would rather bake a yummy cake for than his best friend Little Anna.

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  • Poster for The Portrait of Captain Grogg

    The Portrait of Captain Grogg 1917

    An artist receives the visit of Grogg, an animated captain, to draw his portrait

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  • Poster for The World of Dolores and Gunellen

    The World of Dolores and Gunellen 2016

    Dolores and Gunellen live together in a house with a small garden. They need each other to balance their lives. Gunellen's straightforwardness and curiosity makes Dolores let go a bit of her need for order, and Dolores' urge to "tell-all-about-how-every-thing-works" and follow routines helps Gunellen organizer her life. But one day, Gunellen says that she wants to see the world. Dolores does not want her to go!

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  • Poster for Untitled Visual Work

    Untitled Visual Work 2022

    A visual film about nothing.

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  • Poster for Bath House

    Bath House 2014

    Six characters meet in a bath house. The pedant bath house manager, a couple with a strange way of communicating and a gang with shady intentions. Something goes wrong.

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  • Poster for Charlie Strap and Froggy Ball Flying High

    Charlie Strap and Froggy Ball Flying High 1991

    Something strange has been spotted over the tree tops in the forest where Charlie Strap and Froggy Ball live, and Plåt-Niklas quickly builds a monocular to examine it. It turns out to be an emergency signal and the two friends together with Plåt-Niklas and The Parrot set out on an expedition to resque whoever is sending the signal.

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  • Poster for Super Charlie

    Super Charlie 2024

    Wille has always dreamed of becoming a superhero and fight crime alongside his father. This dream is shattered when Wille's brother, Charlie, is born. Charlie gets all the attention, and on top of that – he has superpowers. When a supervillain and an evil scientist enact a plan to overthrow the city, Wille and Charlie must put their differences aside and work together as a team. Can an infant and his envious brother save the city?

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  • Poster for Cassini's Grand Finale

    Cassini's Grand Finale 2017

    To help visualize the dramatic final chapter in Cassini's remarkable story, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory produced this short film that features beautiful computer-generated animation, thoughtful narration and a rousing score. Producers at JPL worked with filmmaker Erik Wernquist, known for his 2014 short film "Wanderers," to create a stirring finale video befitting one of NASA's most successful missions of exploration.

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  • Poster for Der Schlangemann

    Der Schlangemann 2001

    A fake commercial in pseudo-German about a toy called Schlangemann, a Ken doll with an interchangeable penis in three sizes: normal, large, and gigantic.

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  • Poster for Linnea in Monet's Garden

    Linnea in Monet's Garden 1992

    Linnea in Monet's Garden is a unique blend of imagination and education, teaching children about the art and life of one of the most important painters of the 20th century, while entertaining them with the mystery and beauty of art and nature.

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  • Poster for Pelle Svanslös

    Pelle Svanslös 2020

    The kitten Peter-No-Tail lives a wonderful and protected life in the countryside with the girl who loves him so much. After a terrible storm, he ends up alone in the city of Uppsala, a foreign world to him.

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  • Poster for All Quiet Now...

    All Quiet Now... 2006

    A short movie about a boy and girl's inner thoughts as they head to the same party.

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  • Poster for Snow

    Snow 2016

    A mother and her son are driving through heavy snowfall to bid a final farewell to their dead husband and father. A sudden and unexpected wrong turning takes them to a completely different place from the one they had expected. Some memories exist in a borderland.

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  • Poster for To Garbo and Lenin

    To Garbo and Lenin 2018

    Greta Garbo and Vladimir Lenin meet at PUB department store in Stockholm in 1917. They both have lost a dream, and they start a conversation that remains all day while they are walking through the city.

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  • Poster for Tussilago

    Tussilago 2010

    A woman's story of how she became involved in terrorist activities in the 1970s.

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  • Poster for Moms on Fire

    Moms on Fire 2016

    A film about defying and stretching the generally accepted standards of good motherhood.

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  • German Shepherd 2014

    As a Jew growing up in Baltimore, he learned to fear the German people. Through recurring travels to Berlin, he now initiated his own reconciliation project. This animated film, posing the big questions about good and evil, provides disconcerting answers.

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  • Poster for Doris & Bettan - Marbella Mayhem

    Doris & Bettan - Marbella Mayhem 2023

    Doris & Bettan are two retired women enjoying the hard sun on a Spanish beach. Topless, smoking and sipping on cocktails. After complaints from a guest the manager tries to kick them out, but he is in for a surprise.

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  • Poster for Heartfelt

    Heartfelt 2018

    What happens when a body suffers a trauma and a person nearly dies? Mona, Andreas and Iki talk about their near death experience. An animated documentary based on interviews.

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  • Out of Erasers 2011

    As the world transforms, you're the last one to find out.

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  • Pelé Penguin Comes to Town 2015

    When the fish runs out at the South Pole, Pelé Penguin and his parents are forced to move to his uncle Fernandez in Stockholm. Pelé has trouble adjusting to big city life and his clothes and way of talking and eating attract mockery. But when Pelé falls in love with a penguin girl named Madeleine, his life takes a different turn.

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  • Poster for Kalle Stropp och Grodan Boll

    Kalle Stropp och Grodan Boll 1987

    När Hönan blir bortrövad inleder de gröna upptågsmakarna Kalle Stropp och Grodan Boll jakten med en rivstart. Efter många farofyllda strapatser lyckas de rädda sin vän. Men de hade aldrig lyckats utan Plåt-Nicklas hjälp.

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  • Poster for Babiandjungeln

    Babiandjungeln 2016

    A baboon explores the jungle and is chased by a stubborn crocodile.

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  • Poster for Out of Humor

    Out of Humor 2010

    A small sparrow does not see the joy that is right in front of the beak and lets what can become a fun toy be lost. But by chance, a second chance comes.

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  • Poster for What If

    What If 2014

    The animated film is a series of tales about animal life, friendship and being close. A declaration of love; the relationship between young and old, and about the desire to go on wonderful, fantastic adventures. It is produced for the youngest audience and their parents. Based from Lena Sjöbergs highly acclaimed book with the same name.

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  • Poster for Prästbarn

    Prästbarn 2021

    The story follows Oskar and his two brothers, Jonathan and Lukas, during the 90s, in the outskirts of the Swedish city of Gothenburg. Their father is the local priest of a quiet church and he brings his kids there every Sunday. On this particular Sunday, Oskar doesn’t like what his father says about faith. He and his brothers sneak out to play games in the forest instead. Oskar wants to play a game that has nothing to do with religion, where he has powers of his own. They launch into an anime schoolgirl fantasy frenzy of killing imaginary monsters with laser beams when some older kids find them near the edge of a tall cliff. They bully the brothers, forcing them to confront how weak their faith actually is. Oskar is conflicted: should he stick up for his faith or admit it’s not real?

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  • Poster for Agaton Sax and the Bykoebing Village Festival

    Agaton Sax and the Bykoebing Village Festival 1976

    Two villains escape from jail in London. They are planning an attack on Agaton Sax. Inspector Lispington and Sax are chasing the two bad guys, but the hunt is hampered by the villains have lookalikes.

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  • Poster for Alfons & Milla

    Alfons & Milla 1998

    Alfons finds a new companion, Viktor, and Mållgan disappears. Just tie Alfons! Alfons has learned to tie knots and tangles properly.

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  • Poster for Love and War

    Love and War 2006

    War comes between a nurse-in-training and a rugged fighter pilot.

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  • Poster for Astrid Lindgren's Christmas

    Astrid Lindgren's Christmas 2024

    This Christmas special breathes new life into some of Astrid Lindgren's beloved stories. Some, we've seen before, some we've never seen in animated form and some are completely new. Centering around a mysterious cuckoo clock, this film brings us into the worlds of Emil, Brenda Brave and Nils Karlsson Pyssling among others.

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  • Poster for Top 3

    Top 3 2019

    In this funny, bittersweet romantic comedy from Sweden, perpetual list-maker Anton falls in love with David, but things start to go awry when Anton realizes that his dreams in life might be in direct opposition to David's.

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  • Poster for Peter-No-Tail in Americat

    Peter-No-Tail in Americat 1985

    Peter-No-Tail (Pelle Svanslös) is a cat who was born without a tail. He compensates this by studying hard and, much to the dismay of his arch-rival Magnus (Måns), he receives a fancy university degree very few cats in the university town Uppsala, Sweden have obtained. Peter is visited by his American relative Pelle Swanson who invites him to visit his new home country America - in the movie called Americat. There everything is bigger and everything seems possible.

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  • Poster for Kalas, Alfons Åberg!

    Kalas, Alfons Åberg! 1994

    This is Alfons Åberg. He is happy. Because yesterday was his birthday! And on Saturday there will be a party. Alfons is a clever guy and he knows how to play pranks. For over 30 years, Alfons has been a favorite of both children and parents and is constantly at the top of the libraries' lending lists.

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  • Lolita Separates 1988

    In this short slice of transgressive punk cinema, a woman achieves accidental revenge on her boyfriend after he cruelly kills and eats the fish-stick that she had magically brought to life. Despite this tragic event, not all is lost for Lolita, as she soon meets an unexpected new friend.

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  • Poster for Robot and the Whale

    Robot and the Whale 2018

    Robots avoid water. One drop is enough to cause a short circuit or rust, and that can be fatal for a robot. But even robots are willing to risk their lives if they find a beached whale and there is no help in sight…

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