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This week's film and series – A spectacular robbery story

One of the most spectacular robberies in Swedish history is becoming a drama series on Netflix and Hugh Grant is unusually creepy in the horror film "Heretic". Here are this week's films and series.

This week's film and series – A spectacular robbery story

Espinosa: I Grew Up Among Criminals

The Helicopter Heist has become a TV series where the robbers are compared to elite athletes. But is their story told in a harsh or glorifying light? We want to be with them and decode their morality, says director Daniél Espinosa.

Espinosa: I Grew Up Among Criminals

Filip and Fredrik become Sweden's Oscar entry

It will be Filip and Fredrik's documentary "The Last Journey" that will represent Sweden in the battle for an Oscar for Best International Feature Film next year. I started crying like the devil, says Filip Hammar about when he received the news.

Filip and Fredrik become Sweden's Oscar entry

World Premiere for "The Helicopter Robbery" in Stockholm

The Netflix series about the famous robbery in Västberga 2009 gets its world premiere at the Stockholm film festival in November. The notorious helicopter robbery took place in 2009 in Västberga, Stockholm, where the robbers broke into a vault via the air from a helicopter and got away with an estimated haul of 39 million kronor.

World Premiere for "The Helicopter Robbery" in Stockholm