Movies: Bengt Pohjanen

Rakel is a strict Christian believer living in the far north of 1930s Sweden. When her husband forms a sectarian movement, with directions straight from God, she has no choice but to join the increasingly explicit cult....

"The Childhood Friend." - Tomas lives with her parents. One day, his father's cousin Serkuu comes to visit. At first Serkuu wins Tomas's trust but later he brutally let's him down. Fifteen years later, Tomas has become a police officer and takes his ...

Some people want a sauna on their property, I want a church". The author, playwright and visionary Bengt Pohjanen in Överkalix, Sweden, lets us get lost in Dostoevsky's world. Together with amateur actors from Teater Svanen, he dramatizes the Russian...

About a boy, with Meänkieli as his mother tongue, takes his first moped trip on the day he turns 15. He is stopped by local policeman, who also speaks Meänkieli. An unpleasant situation arises and the boy becomes abused....

About the Korpela movement or Siikavaara sect active during the 1930's in the far north of Sweden. Toivo Korpela a Laestadian preacher was outmanoeuvred by Sigurd Siikavaara and returned to Finland. Siikavaara who preferred apocalyptic beliefs and ec...