Please note that all regular film screenings at Fyrisbiografen (except for some children's films) are in their original language and subtitled in Swedish. When possible, we screen films from our repertoire with English subtitles for our international audience. Unfortunately, this is not possible with all of our films. The film selection may vary depending on the number of films offered with English subtitles.

Upcoming screenings with English subtitles:

Monday 1 December 19:45 (7:45 PM)
Eagles of the Republic

The political thriller EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC is the third and final film in Tarik Saleh’s Cairo trilogy, following the success of The Nile Hilton Incident (Grand Jury Prize, Sundance 2017) and the Cannes winner Boy from Heaven, also known as Cairo Conspiracy (Best Screenplay, Cannes 2022). The film has also been selected as Sweden’s Oscar submission.

Egypt’s most beloved actor, George Fahmy, is pressured into playing the lead role in a film commissioned from the highest levels of power. He reluctantly accepts the role and is thrown headlong into the innermost circles of authority. Like a moth drawn to a flame, he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the film.

Tarik Saleh wrote the screenplay and directed the film. The cast includes Fares Fares, Lyna Khoudri, Zineb Triki, Amr Waked, Cherien Dabis, Ahmed Kairy, Nael, and Sherwan Haji.

In Arabic with English subtitles.

Wednesday 3 December 17:30 (5:30 PM)
Vingarne

Welcome to the autumn term’s film night with the Queer Seminar!

The film being shown is the silent movie Vingarne (The Wings) by Mauritz Stiller. The evening will begin with a short introduction to Mauritz Stiller by Fanny Wendt Höjer, a PhD candidate at the Centre for Gender Research. After the film screening, everyone who wishes is welcome to stay and discuss the film together with the Queer Seminar.
The introduction will be held in English, and the film’s intertitles are subtitled in English. The discussion afterward will also be in English, but it’s perfectly fine to speak Swedish if you prefer.
 

About the film:
Mauritz Stiller’s silent film Vingarne from 1916 is often regarded as the first known gay film in the history of cinema. The story revolves around a scheming countess who comes between the homosexual sculptor Claude Zoret and his bisexual model and lover Mikaël.
Shown with a pre-recorded piano accompaniment performed by Edward von Past.
 

About the Queer Seminar:
Founded in 2008, the Queer Seminar at Uppsala University is an open interdisciplinary seminar based at the Centre for Gender Research, and organized by PhD students and researchers. The seminar aims to be a meeting point for everyone who is actively working with and/or are interested in the queer concept; in practice, theory and/or activism. 

Sunday 7 December 17:30 (5:30 PM)
It Was Just an Accident (Det var bara en olycka)

What begins as a minor accident sets off a chain of escalating events with fateful consequences in Jafar Panahi’s latest film. The Iranian master director once again astonishes the world with his cinematic artistry, delivering a tense, gripping, and deeply humanistic road movie about power and state oppression.

As Eghbal drives through the night with his pregnant wife and daughter, he accidentally hits a dog and is forced to stop at a remote workshop. The mechanic there recognizes Eghbal—as the man he believes tortured him during his time in prison. The seemingly trivial accident quickly spirals into paranoia, vengeance, and increasingly absurd events, drawing in several others scarred by the regime’s violence.

Despite his long-standing professional ban, Jafar Panahi has once again managed to create a film in which humor and gravity intertwine to tell a story about today’s Iran and those who dare to resist.

This Palme d’Or winner is not only an artistic triumph but also a powerful victory for freedom of expression and the free word.

In Farsi with English subtitles.

Sunday 14 December 14:15 (2:15 PM)
Fanny and Alexander

Welcome the holiday season with the Christmas film of all Christmas films – Ingmar Bergman’s beloved and timeless masterpiece, Fanny and Alexander! 

Set in early 20th-century Uppsala, Fanny and Alexander revolves around the wealthy Ekdahl family, dominated by the affluent and talented widow Helena (Gunn Wållgren) and her three sons.
When the eldest son, Oscar (Allan Edwall), suddenly dies of a stroke, Emelie (Ewa Fröling) remarries the esteemed bishop Edvard Vergérus (Jan Malmsjö). With the era of bourgeois festivities now behind them, a new, austere life awaits – especially for the siblings Fanny and Alexander. From the open, carefree life of a joyful extended family, they find themselves in the bishop's house, bound by harshness and rigid rules.

In Swedish with English subtitles.

Tuesday 30 December (time tba)
The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen)

For the fourth year in a row, we welcome the New Year by showing The Phantom Carriage at Fyris the day before New Year’s Eve!

It’s New Year’s Eve, and the Salvation Army sister, Edit, is on her deathbed. She has one final wish: to speak to the incorrigible and guilt-ridden drunkard David Holm before she dies. Meanwhile, David Holm is sitting in a graveyard with his drinking companions, only to soon realize that the driver of death’s carriage is coming for him. The last person to die on New Year’s Eve becomes death’s driver, tasked with harvesting new souls in the coming year. But this new duty gives David Holm a chance to reflect on his life and the many wrongs he has committed.

Don’t miss this gripping and visually innovative silent film classic on the big screen and set the mood for New Year’s Eve! Featuring fantastic music by Matti Bye.
 

Shown with both Swedish and English intertitles.

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We will update this list when we have more film screenings with English subtitles planned.