Stefan Jarl

This documentary is an uncompromising account of the life of two alienated young teenagers. It takes a close but non-moralizing look at the joys and growing pains of mod and 'junkie' street culture in Stockholm at the time. The camera is a fly on the wall and we are only a couple of times interrupted with a narrators voice, in a way the style reminds me of Wiseman. (Wikipedia/Jarmann)

13 year old Kim feels at home in the wilderness. One night, nature's soul appears to him in the form of an Indian, and designates him nature's protector. Kim decides to remain out in the forest and live of what nature provides. Soon, however, Kim's assignment becomes more serious. He has to try and save as many animals as he can from man's pointless killing, and he will stop at nothing. (imdb)

Terrorists: The Kids They Sentenced is a Swedish 2003 documentary. It is about the sentences given to demonstrators arrested during and after the Gothenburg Riots in conjunction with the European Union summit in Gothenburg 2001. The film is sympathetic to the demonstrators. The film features people aged between 19 and 30 interviewed about their reasons to be at the demonstrations, the police actions and their arrests. (imdb)

This documentary follows up the kids portrayed in "Dom kallar oss Mods" ands find out where they are ten yeas later. It's a depressing sight, junkies, alcoholics and in no way able to cope with their own lives.

Documentary in which director Stefan Jarl has a blood test performed on himself to show the "chemical burden" of trace chemicals in the blood of all people born since World War II. (imdb)

This documentary is the third in a trilogy about a group of Swedish nonconformists. (imdb)

Captivating and emotional documentary that follows Swedish Discus champion Ricky Bruch as he prepares for the 1984 Olympics at age 38. The film highlights Bruch's obsessive behavior regarding his training and preparations. (imdb)

Swedish documentary filmmaker Stefan Jarl has made an interview movie, in which also economy journalists from conservative newspaper harshly criticize the bank system of today and the thoughtless belief in present capitalism as the peak of history. (documentarist.org)

The film depicts the small-scale couple Teodor and Asta Svensson in Valleberga on the plain just East of Ystad through different seasons. The film almost lacks dialogue and instead the images speak for themselves. (wikipedia.org)

A family on a small farm tries to live as usual even though there is a violent coup in the country. The threat is constantly present. (imdb)

The film depicts environmental degradation and how humans consider themselves superior to nature.

About a small village in Skåne, the very south of Sweden, where a father and his son recently moved to. One day, the boy finds an injured bird that he takes care. He plays hooky from school, withdraw from friends and spend more time in the woods with the bird. (imdb)