UFO Sweden


UFO Sweden is a 2022 Swedish science fiction adventure film directed and written by Victor Danell. The film follows a teenager who believes her missing father was abducted by aliens joins forces with a UFO club of endearing misfits.
The film had its world premiere at Norrköping on 12 December 2022, and was released in Sweden on 25 December.
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Cast

  • Inez Dahl Torhaug as Denise
  • Jesper Barkselius as Lennart
  • Eva Melande as Kicki
  • Sara Shirpey as Tomi
  • Oscar Töringe as Uno

Production

Background

When members of the film collective Crazy Pictures around the 2018 premiere of The Unthinkable, saw Michael Cavanagh and Kerstin Übelacker's documentary Ghost Rockets, Victor Danell realized that he lived near the Archives for the Unexplained premises and contacted them and UFO-Sverige. It started an idea to make a science fiction film with the unknown as a theme. According to the filmmakers, the film is "an adventure film for adults" and is inspired by films and TV series such as Stranger Things, True Detective, Arkiv X and Interstellar. The working title was Project X.

Filming

UFO Sweden began filming in Norrköping in August 2021. Filming concluded in early 2022, with some additional scenes filmed during the summer.

Release

UFO Sweden had its world premiere at Norrköping on 12 December 2022, and was released in Sweden on 25 December. An English dub of the film made using artificial intelligence was released in the United States on 9 May 2025 by XYZ Films under the title Watch the Skies.