2016-03 THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE'S ANNUAL FILM PACKAGE 2016 Benjamin's Flowers selected to the Swedish Institute's annual film package 2016. A collaboration between the Swedish Institute and the Swedish Film Institute with the overall aim to increase the contact area for Swedish films abroad. The film will be one of a few short, feature and documentary films, distributed to Swedish embassies and consulates around the world. 2015-11 TRAILER: INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM DAY 2015 Benjamin's Flowers in The Swedish Film Institute's trailer for The International Short Film Day 2015! 2015-01 LIVE ON THE WEB Benjamin's Flowers now available on the Internet. See the whole film here! 2014-12-11 SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE'S X-MAS CALENDAR Benjamin's Flowers chosen for the Swedish Film Institute's Christmas Calendar. One short film per day until Christmas. See it here. 2014-12-04 MORE FESTIVALS & SCREENING - ZOOM short film NIGHT. At the art venue MUSZI in the centre of Budapest, Hungary. - Dokubazaar film event. At the art venue Klub Gromka. Slovenia. - Queersicht LGBT Film Festival 2014. Nominated for the Rosa Brille Award (Pink Glasses award) and Most Controversial Film award. Switzerland - Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2014. Kärlek bortom normen. Sweden. - BE THERE! Corfu Animation Festival 2014. Best of QFF Mezipatra 2013. Greece. - Czech television 2014. Best of QFF Mezipatra 2013. - Kunstnacht at Kloosterkino 2014. The Netherlands. - AnimaSyros International Animation Festival 2014. Best of AnimaSyros 2013. Greece. 2014-06-05 Benjamin's Flowers opening film at Ciclo-Rosa Film Festival 2014, Colombia. 2014-05-19 BUY THE DVD! Don't forget to buy the DVD with six of the best Swedish short films of 2013, including Benjamin's Flowers! The DVD is a collection of shorts that were shown in cinemas all over Sweden as part of Svensk Kortfilm c/o Folkets Bio, during the fall of 2013. Read more and buy it here. 2014-01-15 MORE FESTIVALS - Queer City Cinema Film Festival Canada. - ZOOM short & doc film night 2014 Tirana Ekspres. Albania. - BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival British Film Institute. UK. - Ekerö Animationfestival 2014. Sweden. - Diversity in Animation Festival. Nominated for Best Short Film. Brazil. - Gotlands Kortfilmsfestival. Sweden - Mecal // 16th Festival International of Short Film and Animation of Barcelona. Nominated for Best Short Film. Spain. - XPOSED International Queer Film Festival. Nominated for Best XPosed Short Film. Germany. - Zine Goak 2014. Nominated for Best Short Film. Spain. - 3rd Pink Life QueerFest. Turkey. - Future Shorts. World wide. - Shortcutz Lisboa. Portugal. - Coimbra Film Fest. Portugal. - Foxes Cinema Lounge. UK. 2013-10-18 Three Maverick Movie Award nominations for Benjamin's Flowers! Best Animation, Best Soundtrack, and Best Performance. Congratulations team! 2013-09-28 Benjamin's Flowers awarded Best Short Film at Queer Lisboa Film Festival 2013. Portugal. September 28, 2013. Jury: For a film with a complex range of emotions, concepts and methods of filmmaking. 2013-09-02 Benjamin's Flowers nominated for Best International Animated Short Film at New Hampshire Film Festival 2013. 17 - 20 October, 2013. USA. 2013-09-27 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at Glovebox Short Film & Animation Festival. 9 November, 2013. USA. 2013-09-27 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at Reeling: The Chicago LGBT International Film Festival 2013. 7 - 14 November, 2013. USA. 2013-09-27 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at Fil'm Hafizasi Film Festival 2013. September, 2013. Turkey. 2013-09-02 Svensk Kortfilm c/o Folkets Bio 2013 Benjamin's Flowers premieres at the cinemas on October 11, 2013! The film is one of six short films to be distributed by Folkets Bio - the only distributor of short film in Sweden - to more than 30 cinemas across Sweden. The films will also be distributed on DVD. 2013-09-02 Benjamin's Flowers nominated for Best International Short Film at The Animasyros International Animation Festival 2013. 26-29 September, 2013. Czech Republic. 2013-08-31 Benjamin's Flowers nominated for Best International Short Film at The Queer Film Festival MEZIPATRA 2013. 7-20 November, 2013. Czech Republic. 2013-08-31 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2013. 7-10 November, 2013. UK. 2013-08-31 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at Polari Film Festival. 16-20 October, 2013. USA. 2013-08-31 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at FLIMMER - Norrköping International Film Festival. 4-13 October, 2013. Sweden. 2013-08-31 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at MIX Copenhagen Film Festival. 4-13 October, 2013. Denmark. 2013-08-31 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at Cinema Queer International Film Festival 2013. 20-22 September, 2013. Sweden. 2013-08-31 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at LISFF - Ljubljana International Short Film Festival ZOOM Sweden 2013. 15 September, 2013. Slovenia. 2013-08-07 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at Animated Eden Animation Festival 2013. 8 September, 2013. UK. 2013-08-07 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at Molise Cinema Film Festival 2013. 6 - 11 August, 2013. Italy. 2013-07-08 Benjamin's Flowers nominated for Best Short Film at Queer Lisboa Film Festival 2013. Portugal. September 20-28, 2013. 2013-06-20 Benjamin's Flowers nominated for Best Animated Film at The International Animation Festival ANIMANIMA 2013. Serbia. September 5-8, 2013. 2013-06-19 Benjamin's Flowers nominated for Best Short Film at BUSHO - The Budapest Short International Film Festival 2013. Hungary. September 3-8, 2013. 2013-06-13 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at Pink Sheep Film Festival 2013. 14 June, 2013. USA. 2013-06-12 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at Summer Shorts Festival 2013. 10 July - 28 August, 2013. Russia. Organized by Cool Connections art-group and takes place at the STRELKA institute for architecture media and design. 2013-06-06 Benjamin's Flowers selected to compete at Cinefiesta Film Festival 2013. July 21-28, 2013. Puerto Rico. 2013-05-27 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at Kloosterkino Heavenly Animated Shorts 2013 / Zwarte Cross. July 26-27, 2013. The Netherlands. 2013-05-21 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at Frameline37: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival 2013. The biggest festival for LGBT films in the world. June 20-30, 2013. 2013-05-17 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at Umeå International Short Film Festival 2013. May 24-26, 2013. 2013-05-09 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at SouthSide Film Festival 2013 in the USA. June 11-15, 2013. 2013-05-02 Benjamin's Flowers nominated for Best Animated Short Film at Provincetown International Film Festival 2013. June 19-23, 2013. 2013-03-13 Benjamin's Flowers nominated for Best Animated Short Film at Dallas International Film Festival 2013, one of the largest film festivals in North America. April 4 - 14, 2013. 2013-03-04 Benjamin's Flowers screened as part of the film night Shorts from Sundance at the artists group Mindpirate's film night in Berlin, Germany. March 13, 2013 at 8 pm. 2013-02-14 Benjamin's Flowers nominated for Best Short Film at HAFF - Holland Animation Film Festival 2013, the largest animation festival in the Netherlands and one of the biggest in the world. March 20 - 24, 2013. 2013-02-05 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at Florida Film Festival 2013 in the USA. April 5 - 14, 2013. 2013-01 Director Malin Erixon with Robert Redford at the Sundance Film Festival 2013. 2013-01-18 Benjamin's Flowers selected to take part at Tricky Women International Animation Film Festival 2013 in Austria - the first and only international festival of animated film that is dedicated exclusively to animation by women. March 6 - 10, 2013. 2013-01-04 Benjamin's Flowers nominated for Best Nordic Short Film at Minimalen Short Film Festival 2013 in Trondheim, Norway. February 27 - March 3, 2013. 2012-12-04 Sundance Film Festival 2013 Benjamin's Flowers (Benjamins blommor) selected to take part in the Sundance Film Festival, one of the largest film festivals in the world. The film is one of 65 short films (and one of 10 animated short films) selected to compete, from 8,102 submissions. Januari 17 - 27, 2013. 2012-11-22 Liljevalchs Vårsalong 2013 Benjamin's Flowers (Benjamins blommor) selected to take part in the Spring Salon exhibition at Liljevalchs Art Gallery. The famous jury-selected exhibition marks the opening of each new artistic year and takes place Januari 25 - March 24, 2013. 2012-11-17 Benjamin's Flowers (Benjamins blommor) awarded the ifestival award at Stockholm International Film Festival, the largest competitive film festival in Northern Europe. Thank you to everyone that voted for the film! Photo: Carla Orrego Veliz. See more pictures from the award ceremony here! 2012-10-24 Benjamin's Flowers (Benjamins blommor) at Orionteatern as part of Videoverket. 28 November at 7 pm. 2012-10-17 Benjamin's Flowers (Benjamins blommor) selected for the official program at The International Animation Day 2012 in Sweden. 28 October at 3 pm at Filmhuset, Bio Mauritz in Stockholm and at several other places all over Sweden. 2012-10-17 Benjamin's Flowers (Benjamins blommor) nominated for Best short film, ifestival at Stockholm International Film Festival, the largest competitive film festival in Northern Europe. 7 - 18 Nov. 2012-10-13 Benjamin's Flowers (Benjamins blommor) screened at Kinofest, International Digital Film Festival, the first and most important digital film festival in Romania and one of the most significant in the Central-East Europe. 26 - 28 Oct. 2012-09-25 Benjamin's Flowers (Benjamins blommor) nominated for Best Animated Film at Fredrikstad International Animation Festival in Norway. The winner at the festival is automatically nominated for Cartoon d'Or. 8 - 11 Nov. 2012-09-21 Private, non-public, sneak preview of Benjamin's Flowers (Benjamins blommor) at Bio Rio in Stockholm. See pictures from the event here! 2012-09-07 Benjamin's Flowers (Benjamins blommor) nominated for Best Swedish Short Film at Uppsala International Short Film Festival, the largest festival for short films in Sweden. The festival is approved by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences which means that winning in Uppsala makes the film eligible for an Oscar nomination. 22 - 28 Oct. 2012-07-01 The Benjamin's Flowers (Benjamins blommor) website is now online! Browse around and learn more about the film. Why not take a look at the TEASER or check out the official film poster HERE! 2012-06-07 Andreas Wilson does the voice for Benjamin. Andreas has starred in movies like Ondskan (Evil) and Animal and recently played the main character in the Swedish TV-series Äkta Människor.