The Sex Temple (2015) « Johan Palmgren

The Sex Temple (2015)

SHOWING ON SVT2 THURSDAY AUGUST 26 AND SUNDAY AUGUST 30 AND SVTPLAY

Robin owns a beautiful old theatre in Norrköping, Sweden. There he lives with his husband. To solve a critical financial situation for the theatre, Robin puts up an LGBTQ burlesque show. In the middle of rehearsals he gets a phone call from Christian, the owner of a swingers club, who is in desperate need of new facilities because of a terrible fire that ruined his club. Renting out the cellar is a very interesting option for Robin and soon the two new friends start to cooperate while the town of Norrköping is in a rage. The dream of Christian is to make a big swingers party in the whole theatre and sometimes dreams come true.

REVIEWS

“A wonderful movie!”
Ronny Svensson, TV4 Nyhetsmorgon

“Rare Beauty of a traditional theater that turns into a combined Moulin Rouge and a swingers club … a joy to see! ”
M MAGASIN

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“Funny, touching and thought-provoking film about people who work with other things than sitting at a check-out counter at the ICA”
Andreas Samuelsson, QX

“A film about unusual and usual Swedish enthusiasts … but mostly about passion”
Sveriges Radio P4

“Respectfully told, with a twinkle in the eye!”
Aftonbladet

“This unlikely, true story of the two so colorful characters is an instructive story about prejudices that come to naught ”
Kommunalarbetaren

“Sympathetic film that want to make a pitch for tolerance”
TT Spektra

Barometern 2015-08-19 “Sexdokumentär till Stadsparken”

NEWS

–	Official selection at San Antonio QFest International Film Festival Oktober 13 – Oktober 16, 2016 (http://www.pridesanantonio.org/qfest-film-festival.html)
–	Official selection at SR(™) Reykjavik International Film Festival September 29 – Oktober 9, 2016 (http://riff.is/en/)
–	Official selection at SR(™) Socially Relevant Film Festival New York (Rated SR) – 3rd edition – March 14-20, 2016 (http://www.ratedsrfilms.org/)
–	Golden Award Winner: Documentary Feature – World Documentary Awards (WDA).
–	The 14th of December The Sex Temple wins the Award of Excellence at the Accolade Global Film Competition.
–	Vi på TV – The Sex Temple won first prize in USA, October 25 2015. (https://vipatv.svt.se/204/priser/arkiv-for-priser/2015-10-28-sextemplet-vann-forsta-pris-i-usa.html)
–	Watertown Daily Times – Filmmakers honored during St. Lawrence International Film Festival ceremony, October 26 2015. (http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/ogd/filmmakers-honored-during-st-lawrence-international-film-festival-ceremony-20151026)
–	Indiewire – St. Lawrence International Film Festival Announces 2015 Award Winners, October 25 2015. (http://www.indiewire.com/article/st-lawrence-international-film-festival-announces-2015-award-winners-20151025)
–	The Sex Temple will compete at St. Lawrence Film Festival, USA, October 22 to 25. (http://www.thewrap.com/supergirl-melissa-benoist-matthew-gray-gubler-comedy-headed-to-st-lawrence-international-film-festival-exclusive/)
–	The Sex Temple will also compete at the Austin Film Festival, USA, October 29 to November 5 (http://www.austinfilmfestival.com).
–	The film is to be shown on SVT2 Thursday, August 27 at 20:00 and replay Sunday, August 30 at 23:55. Then at SVT Play.
–	Doc Lounge in Kalmar is to have an outdoor screening of the film on August 21 (http://doclounge.se/kalmar).
–	The Sex Temple enters the St. Lawrence International Film Festival where it will have its North American premiere on October 22.
–	July. The film received an international distributor through the Movie Marketing Services LA, United States.
–	The Sex Temple was screened June 10 on Ammarnas Film Festival.
–	The film was screened in movie theaters in Stockholm (Zita), Östersund (Regina), Vimmerby Bio, Norrköping (Cnema), Malmö (Panora), Lund (Kino) and Jönköping during May and June.
–	Interview with the director in Swedish (http://blogg.svt.se/dokumentar/sextemplet-intervju-med-regissoren-johan-palmgren/).
–	April. We are happy to announce that distributor Njutafilms has taken on the film (http://www.njutafilms.com/sextemplet).
–	Premiere at cinema Bio Rio March 7, 2015.