Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

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Kiss Bill

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Sweden
2010 — 28' / Color

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Synopsis

With the passionate kind of crush that only 14-year-olds can muster, Angela and Arina dream themselves out of their Stockholm suburb to Berlin. Their goal: to see and touch their idol, Bill Kaulitz of the German pop band Tokio Hotel, at Madame Tussaud. But just as the girls have their goal in sight; their world seems to collapse around them. A film about friendship, infatuation and the heartbreak of growing up.

Director Biography

Emelie Wallgren
Has a background in Political Science and language studies. After gaining her degree from Stockholm University she pursued with cultural studies at Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. She is a student of documentary filmmaking at the Dramatiska Institutet (DI) University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre Stockholm.
Ina Holmqvist
Has directed several short documentaries. She has a background in Political Science, photography and gender studies. Ina studies documentary film directing at Dramatiska Institutet (DI) University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre Stockholm.

Director

Emelie Wallgren

Ina Holmqvist

Producer

Emelie Wallgren

Cinematographer

Benjam Orre

Ina Holmqvist

Johan Holmquist Holmquist

Editor

Max Arehn

Sound

Boris Laible

Contact

Swedish Film Institute
Sara Yamashita Rüster
+46 8 665 11 41
[email protected]