A total of twenty titles were presented at the Swedish Film Institute's press conference on Wednesday.

Kulturnyheterna's film critic Fredrik Sahlin sees a clear theme.

- The question is whether the spring of 2023 won't break a record in the branch "social pathos".

There are films about the refugee crisis, the situation of the Roma, the ditto of the Sami, trafficking, homelessness and old pig experiments on the disabled.

Documentary about the king

But there are also several films in another ring corner.

In the documentary genre, Karin af Klintberg's portrait of King Carl Gustaf is getting a lot of attention.

"Kungen - The movie" is based on interviews with the king over two years.

- It is not an intimate situation to interview a monarch.

It is often seven meters high, you have to send the questions beforehand and there is a bodyguard and a press person sitting next to it.

But I would say that the lazy wins, I have followed this man for two years and a trust has arisen, says Karin af Klintberg.

Northern humor drama

In the category intended crowd puller, "Andra akten" stands out, where Rolf Lassgård plays a grumpy actor and stroke patient who falls in love with his physiotherapist (Lena Olin).

Directed by Mårten Klingberg, who previously worked with Lassgård in "Min pappa Marianne".

It is also famous in "One day all this will be yours".

Peter Haber, Susanne Reuter and Karin Franz Körlof star in Andreas Öhman's (script and director) autobiographical family drama about an inheritance that none of the children want.

Director Ali Abbasi, who previously made the six-time Gold Award-winning "Gräns", is back with an edgy thriller.

"Holy Spider" is based on the story of the real-life serial killer Saeed Hanaei, who carried out 16 brutal murders in the Iranian city of Mashhad around the turn of the millennium.

Exciting form experiments

Fredrik Sahlin is happy that several filmmakers seem to want to push the boundaries of the visual.

- Like Ami-Ro Sköld's "The Shop", which mixes social realism and puppet animations, and Andreas Öhman's "One day, everything will be yours": a feature film that weaves stylish computer animations into talking bubble bath and singing crayfish.

Jonathan Etzler's "One more time", a "Monday all week" variant with Hedda Stiernstedt, also looks promising.

In the clip: Hear director Milad Alami about his new film "The Opponent", which has been selected for the Berlin Film Festival this spring.