Outdoor Cinema This Week in Stockholm

Photo by Lars Gullnäs, Stockholm Film Festival.

Not only do we have the Stockholm Culture and Youth (We Are Sthlm) festivals this week... it is also time for the annual Summer Cinema. This event takes place between August 13th and 17th and is put on by the Stockholm International Film Festival (which takes place later in November). They will be screening five movies in Rålambshovs Park, one each evening. The movie starts approximately at 9pm, but there is staff on hand from 6pm selling popcorn, coffee and candy. The movie itself is free! They have to start that late as it is too light outside before 9pm. A great opportunity to pack a picnic basket and enjoy a movie in the great outdoors. This park is one of the few in Stockholm where private alcohol consumption is allowed (until midnight), so you can throw in a bottle of wine in your picnic basket. I would get there a little early to get a good spot! As you can see from the pictures, it is a popular event.

Photo by Jasmina Aleksic, Stockholm Film Festival

Each year there is usually a theme to the movie selection. This year, the Stockholm Film Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary, so as a theme they have chosen movies that have been screened at previous years during the festival. The line-up is as follows:

• Wednesday, August 13th: Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarrantino
• Thursday, August 14th: The Darjeeling Limited by Wes Anderson
• Friday, August 15th: Rust and Bone by Jacques Audiard
• Saturday, August 16th: 12 Years a Slave by Steve McQueen
• Sunday, August 17th: Palo Alto by Gia Coppola

All the movies are shown in their original language with Swedish subtitles, which means English... with the exception of Rust and Bone on Friday (in French). Rålambshovs Park is on the island of Kungsholmen. To get there from the Rival Hotel, take either (blue) bus 4 towards Radiohuset (bus stop is called Västerbroplan) or the subway (green line) to Fridhemsplan.

Pulp Fiction on Wednesday!
www.stockholmfilmfestival.se