Every year, the Umeå European Film Festival awards the Storspoven film prize. It is a scholarship of SEK 25,000 given to the best film in the Northern Perspectives section, which contains films related to northern Sweden.   Of this year’s five nominated films, the winner was Darling by director André Vaara. The jury’s motivation […]

Umeå European Film Festival is an annual film festival run by the non-profit Art House Cinema Folkets Bio Umeå. During 6 days we show 81 films spread over 100 scheduled screenings. In addition, the festival week is always combined with quizzes, live music, sing alongs and conversations with filmmakers and industry professionals. We strive to […]

Now it’s less than two weeks until we release the full program for UEFF 2022. But we can’t hold back, so we’re sneaking out two new movie titles! One of them is Maija Isola – Master of Color and Form. The film about Maija Isola – the artist behind several of Marimekko’s most beloved designs. […]

Every year, Umeå European Film Festival is runned thanks to a number of dedicated and motivated volunteers. It won’t be a festival if there isn’t someone selling tickets, letting people into the salons and making sure everything works during the shows. The volunteer list is full. But we hope to see you next year!

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On November 11th at 5 pm we will release the program and tickets for this year’s edition of the Umeå European Film Festival! Not only that – we also invite you to an exclusive preview of Tarik Saleh’s long-awaited film Boy from Heaven. From 5 pm there will be mingle with drinks and canapés, the […]

We are proud to present one of the highlights during the Umeå European Film Festival 2022 – a retrospective of Mia Engberg. Mia Engberg is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producer and editor. She is active in Stockholm and is one of the active members of the production company Story. In 2020, she received her doctorate […]

Sing along is one of the most loved events on Umeå European Film Festival’s . This year we bring Paris to Umeå and offer a love story in the world’s most famous windmill. With music taken from artists such as Madonna, Elton John, Christina Aguilera, Nirvana and Queen, it’s hard not to sing along. Baz […]

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Film section Perspectives from the North We accept all types of films; documentary, feature film, short film and / or feature film. Registration is free and among the registered films, some are selected for the competition for our film scholarship Storspoven of SEK 25,000. The criteria for notifying a film to the section is that […]