Kristian Petri (Director)

The Guldbagge Awards

The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981.

Release Date1981-10-30

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Episode Count1

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Skärgårdsdoktorn

TV series about the doctor Johan Steen who returns to Sweden after working in Somalia. He takes over his father in law's practice in the archipelago and together with his daughter Wilma, they try to make a new life for themselves.

Release Date1997-10-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count13

Death of a Pilgrim

A newly put-together police force tries to solve the old mystery of the murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986.

Release Date2013-01-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count8

The Dying Detective

A doctor orders lifestyle change to prevent heart attack. Retired detective investigates 1985 rape and murder case, following a killer in Sweden, uncertain of next steps.

Release Date2018-01-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count13

The Fourth Man

The year is 1975, and the West German embassy in Stockholm is occupied by German terrorists. It's an attack not only on the embassy, but on Sweden's long-standing pride as a peaceful nation. In the aftermath of the violent occupation, the Swedish Security Police suspects the six terrorists had help from the outside, possibly from a group of Swedish sympathizers. But no leads can be found until fourteen years later.

Release Date2014-12-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count10

The Truth Will Out

Could Sweden’s most notorious killer be innocent? Detective Peter Wendel struggles to hold together his fractured psyche – and mismatched cold case team – while uncovering the truth of a cryptic message.

Release Date2018-08-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count13

Vote Count32

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Lucino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world’s most beautiful boy. A shadow that today, 50 years later, weighs Björn Andrésen’s life.

Release Date2021-07-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count50

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Emma, a young author, goes to see Erik, the publishing editor whom she's sent her debut novel. Their meeting leads to a love affair. The middle-aged Erik leaves his wife. What Erik doesn't know is that Emma recently began a relationship with the dramatist Stefan, whose play is also being published by Erik's company. One day Stefan overdoses and is brought to the emergency ward where Erik's wife Ann works as a doctor. These incident is the start of the story about how four people's lives are crossed during ten years, until the four of them finally end up in the same loneliness they started.

Release Date2003-10-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Bad Faith

A disturbed woman and a violent lunatic walk the same path in this thriller from Swedish director Kristian Petri. Monia is a businesswoman who has been hired to work for a large corporation based in Gothenburg. One evening, while having drinks with her colleagues, Monia steps outside for some air and she happens upon a man who has been brutally stabbed by a serial killer on the loose. Monia, who feels a curious emotional distance from the world around her, isn't sure what to make of this incident at first, but she can't get the violent image out of her mind, and over the next several days she keeps stumbling upon victims of the killer's handiwork. No one finds any of this remarkable besides her friend Frank, but in time she begins crossing paths with a curious man who seems to appear at the same crimes scenes she observes.

Release Date2010-09-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

Between Summers

Torun and Mikael have been married for a few years. When vacationing on the Danish coast, their young son Melker accidentally drowns. Torun initially blames her sister, who was supposed to supervise her children. Later she turns her anger and grief against her husband. Since none of them know what to do with their feelings, they start to drift apart.

Release Date1995-08-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Lighthouse

A depiction of some of the most interesting lighthouses around the world.

Release Date2000-02-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

The Hotel

The Hotel is the last part of a trilogy about travelling. The first two were The Atlantic (Atlanten, 1995) and The Lighthouse (Fyren, 2000). The hotel is a different kind of home. It can be a refuge, cul-de-sac, castle, nightmare, creative space...The first hotel was created as protection against the elements. Weary travellers could find shelter and rest. But it was also a place for legends and anecdotes.

Release Date2016-04-29

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

The Atlantic

A documentary about the islands in the Atlantic, about the islanders and their stories.

Release Date1995-04-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Play Off

Johan is a 35 year old soccer fan, unemployed but living by his wits and charm. During the Soccer World Championships in 1990 all Swedes want to follow the games, including Johan who doesn't own a TV set. He gets himself invited to friends or goes to bars to see matches. He is pursued by two hit men, as he owes money for a grand piano he was supposed to sell. Johan seeks the help of down-and-out Kenneth to avoid bodily harm. Kenneth arranges for Johan to smuggle 15 Iraqi from Frankfurt to Sweden. On the same night Sweden plays the fateful game against Costa Rica...

Release Date1997-03-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

Tokyo Noise

Tokyo. A metropolis filled with sound, movement and culture. Through interviews with some of Tokyo's inhabitants, such as world-renowned photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, game designer Shono, musician Mayuko Hino and others.

Release Date2002-11-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Tong Tana - En resa till Borneos inre

A Swedish crew trekked into the depths of the endangered Bornean rainforest to film this poetic documentary about the plight of the Penans and their most unusual ally, Bruno Manser - a young Swiss who has rejected 'civilization' to join the tribe and help fight international logging.

Release Date1989-11-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Feature 136

Ingmar Bergman's film Winter Light from 1963 is one of the most mythical and discussed films in Swedish history. In this documentary, director Kristian Petri uses unique archival footage to tell about the making of the film and, together with two actors bringing Bergman and Vilgot Sjöman to life, he tells about creativity, friendship, power and fear.

Release Date2018-11-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

The Well

Tracing Orson Welles time in Spain.

Release Date2005-03-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Tystnaden - en film om Silence, musiken och tiden

Silence Records is a record label run by the sound engineer Anders Lind together with Eva Wilke and later also Nikolaj Steenstrup. For decades, the company has provided us with innovative, intrinsic and magical music.

Release Date2020-03-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Jamaicaresan

Documentary following a Swedish non-profit organization on their study trip to Jamaica. One of the first films by Kristian Petri and a unique document on Jamaican society around 1980.

Release Date1980-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector