
Join us for the only festival of classic movies, re-made by amateurs who replace A-list stars and CGI with whatever is laying around their houses and a ton of creativity. It’s odd, unexpected, and a whole lot of fun.

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SWEDED FILMS

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No Country for Old Men
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Ferris Beuller
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The Lighthouse
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Gone Girl
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Airforce One
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The Wizard of Oz
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… More!
PARTICIPATING THEATERS
Sweded Film Fest is a compilation reel that brings together the best, funniest Sweded Films made during the COVID-19 Quarantines. Created by Row House Cinema in Pittsburgh, it is available through Virtual Cinema on Feb. 12.
Your ticket purchase will help support independent cinemas across the country, so you can watch some hilarious films and feel good about helping to keep indie cinemas alive!
State | City | Cinema | Ticket Link | Country |
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AZ | Phoenix | FilmBar | United States | |
AZ | Phoenix | No Festival Required | Purchase Tickets | United States |
CA | Davis | Varsity Theatre | Purchase Tickets | United States |
CA | San Francisco | Roxie Theater | Purchase Tickets | United States |
FL | Ft. Lauderdale | Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival | United States | |
FL | Tampa | Tampa Theatre | Purchase Tickets | United States |
IA | Iowa City | FilmScene | Purchase Tickets | United States |
IL | Normal | The Normal Theater | Purchase Tickets | United States |
MI | Detroit | Cinema Detroit | Purchase Tickets | United States |
MI | Howell | Historic Howell Theater | Purchase Tickets | United States |
MI | Manistee | The Vogue Theatre Manistee | Purchase Tickets | United States |
MN | Minneapolis | Riverview Theater | Purchase Tickets | United States |
MS | Oxford | Oxford Film Festival | Purchase Tickets | United States |
MS | Vicksburg | Strand Theatre | Purchase Tickets | United States |
NH | Concord | Red River Theatres | Purchase Tickets | United States |
NH | Jaffrey | The Park Theatre | Purchase Tickets | United States |
OH | Cleveland | Cleveland Cinemas | Purchase Tickets | United States |
OK | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma Museum of Art | Purchase Tickets | United States |
OR | Corvallis | Darkside Cinema | Purchase Tickets | United States |
OR | Portland | Clinton Street Theater | Purchase Tickets | United States |
PA | Bryn Mawr | Bryn Mawr Film Institute | Purchase Tickets | United States |
PA | Pittsburgh | Row House Cinema | Purchase Tickets | United States |
VA | Fairfax | Cinema Arts | Purchase Tickets | United States |
WA | Mount Vernon | Lincoln Theatre | Purchase Tickets | United States |
WA | Vancouver | Kiggins Theatre | Purchase Tickets | United States |
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
It is! We hear they have great meatballs.
But Sweded films have nothing to do with Sweden the country, and everything to do with Michel Gondry’s Be Kind Rewind — a 2008 film in which video store employees (Jack Black and Mos Def) ruin an entire store worth of videos and cover their mistake by hilariously remaking films themselves.
We turned the concept into a film festival and 2020 will be its fourth year running.
Awesome! We can’t wait to watch it.
Registration for the Fifth Annual Festival is officially open. You can register and check out the rules here.
When the movie comes out on Feb. 12, you’ll be able to watch it. You’ll receive an email when it’s available.
Yes! Probably. Check out our tech help center for our most frequently asked questions and reach out to if your question wasn’t answered.
We recommend our filmmakers keep it roughly PG-13, and we choose films/edit accordingly.
If you are a theater and would like to participate,
If you would like your favorite, local, independent, amazing theater to participate,
It’s been a rough year to run a movie theater y’all. Many, like Row House, are relying on the release of virtual cinema titles to earn a little money. When you rent through your local cinema, they’ll receive 50% of the sale just for letting you know about it!
AS FEATURED IN:
Film Threat
Attractions Magazine
Movie Maker Magazine
Metro Weekly
PRESS INQUIRIES
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