Stockholm film festival: three English-subtitled picks for November

New to Stockholm and not yet confident watching a film in Swedish? The Stockholm International Film Festival offers a way into the city’s cinema scene, with several November screenings clearly listed with English subtitles.

The festival runs from 11 to 22 November 2026. Its programme announcement (mynewsdesk.com/se/stockholms_filmfestival/pressreleases/the-stockholm-international-film-festival-presents-2026-lineup-3472378) was published on 14 October. Rather than choosing only by a film’s country of origin, check both the spoken language and the subtitle field on its booking page.

These three films give you a starting point. All times below are local to Stockholm, and seats remain subject to availability.

A family return to India

Our Share of Sand (stockholmfilmfestival.se/en/our-share-of-sand), directed by Shalini Adnani, follows a 12-year-old girl returning to India after living abroad. The story connects family life with the tensions around a sand mine.

The film uses English, Hindi and Marathi, with English subtitles. A screening at Zita, Salong 1, on 12 November at 18:00 includes a Face2Face session with Adnani. Further screenings are listed at Biograf Sture on 16 November at 15:15 and 21 November at 12:45. The running time is 95 minutes.

A crime story on Bulgaria’s border

In The Dreamed Adventure (stockholmfilmfestival.se/en/the-dreamed-adventure), an archaeologist becomes caught up in a criminal world. Valeska Grisebach’s film is in Bulgarian and German, with English subtitles.

Choose between 12 November at 14:15 at Biograf Sture, Salong 2, 18 November at 17:30 at Sture, Salong 3, or 22 November at 18:45 at Filmhuset’s Mauritz auditorium. At 167 minutes, this is the longest of these three picks, so allow enough time before making another booking.

A cinema as a place to belong

The Night is Fading Away (stockholmfilmfestival.se/the-night-is-fading-away) centres on a projectionist and a financially struggling cinema. Directed by Ezequiel Salinas and Ramiro Sonzini, the Argentine film is in Spanish with English subtitles and runs for 104 minutes.

It screens at Biograf Sture on 13 November at 10:45 in Salong 3, on 16 November at 17:45 in Salong 2, and on 18 November at 13:00 in Salong 3.

Check the full price before choosing a ticket

The booking pages offer ordinary and member prices. For example, the 16 November screening of The Night is Fading Away lists SEK 220 ordinary admission and SEK 120 for members. That is a price for this particular screening, not a promise that every festival ticket costs the same.

Stockholm Film Club membership (stockholmfilmfestival.se/en/medlemskort) is a separate purchase: the current annual prices are SEK 390, or SEK 250 for students and seniors. Compare the membership cost with the screenings you actually want to attend. A discounted member ticket requires valid membership at the screening.

Before paying, check the date, cinema, auditorium, subtitle language and total price on the individual film page. A familiar language in the film description does not mean every screening in the wider programme has English subtitles.

Looking for something earlier in the month? Stockholm’s separate Arab Film Festival and library events (babylon.international/stockholms-arab-film-festival-adds-library-events-for-families-this-november) run from 5 to 9 November.

Archive: participants on stage at the Stockholm International Film Festival in 2014. Photo: Frankie Fouganthin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; this adaptation is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.