A Life in Japan
Ever wondered how a life in Japan might be? 19 foreigners share their personal experiences, likes and dislikes. See the country through the eyes of, mostly western, foreign residents, who have lived in Japan between a few months and several decades.
Filmed 2010 – 2011
Released 2013.01.01
Length: 80 min
Language: English with English subtitles
Without subtitles
With Japanese subtitles
With Swedish subtitles
With Spanish subtitles
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Hooked on the Azores – Big Game Fishing Tournament 2013
Expectations, hope, despair, and brotherhood! Yes, it’s a fishing film but there’s more to it than only pulling in fish. Even if it’s not your usual cup of tea, you might like this one! Get to know the Swedish team of the Big Game Fishing Tournament in the Azores in 2013 and experience the competition from their perspective on board the fishing boat Alabote with the skippers José and Miguel Furtado and Pauline Narvaez.
Filmed 2013
Released 2014.08.6
Length: 48 min
Language: Swedish with English subtitles
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The Last Generation?
Sweden like to think of itself as the conscience of the world, but how is it treating its own indiginous population?
There’s not many feature length, modern documentaries about the Sami and this is definitely one of the very few about forest Sami.
Filmed in Råne river valley between Luleå and Gällivare.
Henrik Andersson from Gällivare forest Sami community in Swedish Lapland share his thoughts and experiences during one year while he is trying to live like in the old times.
• How is life as a reindeer-herding forest-Sami in Sweden today?
• What are the daily problems and future threats?
• How far is it possible to live like in the old times?
Filmed 2012 – 2013
Released 2014.04
Length: 91 min
Language: Swedish with English subtitles.
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The film has been screened at
Native Vision Festival (Göteborg), 2014
Uppsala University, 2014
Ammarnäs Documentary Film Festival, 2014
Sapmi Awards (Jokkmokk), 2014
People’s House (Överkalix), 2014
People’s House (Gunnarsbyn), 2014
Jokkmokk Winter Market, 2015
Murmansk Film Festival, 2015, winner of Second Diploma
Trout Fishing in Swedish Lapland
Tourism and large scale industries seldom agree on how to use natural resources.Guide businesses face difficulty running small scale, ecological tourism, while the mining industry and logging companies can easily obtain permits to conduct their line of work, which leaves behind a shattered natural environment.
How should we consider the future and the commercial use of nature? What place does tourism have in this context and how can we defend luxury trips using helicopters to fly into the mountains?
Tomas Jönsson and Fredrik Broman discuss some heavy subjects, but there is also time for small talk between friends. A lot of the talk is of course circling around fishing in general, and around trout in particular. The joy and comradeship by the streams is genuine and blossoms into many memorable thoughts.
All the material was filmed in the Arjeplog mountains and Ritsem (right by the Laponia World Heritage region), in the summer of 2012. That year some parts of the mountains didn’t experience any summer at all, and at many times fly-fishing was done in gusty winds and rain, a couple of times it even snowed! But everybody stayed in a good mood!
Besides Tomas and Fredrik, we also meet some of their friends that came along on the different trips. Seriousness and humor in a delicious mix. A great film to watch even if you aren’t crazy about fishing.
Filmed 2012
Released 2015
Length: 43 min
Language: Swedish with English subtitles.
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The film has been screened at
Movie theatre (Delsbo), 2015
Movie theatre (Gunnarsbyn), 2015
Havremagasinet (county art exhibition hall, Boden), 2015
Save and Preserve ecological film festival (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia), winner of the category ‘Ecological Travel’, 2015
I work with my films when I can. When I have the time and money. The last years I’ve been able to make one or two feature length documentaries a year, and I hope to be able to keep that pace also in the future.
I take care of the whole production myself. Filming, editing, sound…everything. And it’s all self-funded. I have so far never received any grants from anywhere, so every ordered DVD and all donations are a big help and makes a difference.
To all of you who choose to support me economically; thanks for helping a local, independet filmmaker to survive.
Petri Storlöpare, Gunnarsbyn, 2014
