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Registration for the film festival opens April 2th


12 March 2024

Submit your film to the festival! On April 2th we open the registration for the 2024 edition of Umeå Film Festival. We have three different categories that we accept registration for. Links to registration forms will be published on this site on April 2th.  Registration for all three categories are open from April 2 until […]

Unborn Biru wins Storspoven 2023


1 December 2023

  Every year, Umeå 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 Unborn Biru by director Inga Elin Marakatt.   This year’s […]

After the Silence


25 August 2023

Two sisters, an accident, a father who gives his life for justice. In collaboration with Umeå Teaterförening, we offer a cross-border Brazilian guest play – a performance where filmmaker Christiane Jatahy offers us a mix of theater and film, past and present, fiction and reality. In northeastern Brazil, water is a luxury. Great inequality prevails […]

Tickets for this year’s Sing Along are on sale!


25 August 2023

What would Umeå Film Festival be without Sing Along? During nine festivals, we have seen and sung along to some of the world’s most popular musical films. This year’s Sing Along will be the tenth in a row and we dare to promise an event with a golden edge! Singin’ in the Rain transports us […]