En internasjonalt fremgangsrik dirigent avbryter dramatisk sin karriere og trekker seg ensomt tilbake til sin barndoms by i Nord-Sverige. Det går ikke lang tid før det lille samfunnet får vite om det. Han blir spurt om å komme for å høre på det lokale koret som øver i samfunnshuset hver torsdag. Han har vanskelig for å si nei, for det eneste de ønsker er jo bare at han skal stikke innom en gang, og kanskje gi dem noen gode råd. Han bestemmer seg, og etter dette blir ingen ting som før i den lille byen. Koret utvikler seg og vokser. Han får venner og fiender. Og ikke minst, han møter kjærligheten.
Andersson's boatyard remains after 25 years, still chased by the same stringent, but misfortuned debt collector. TV producer Vonna Jigert wants Andersson to compete against an Italian company and their boat Fortuna in a race on Göta Kanal – live on TV. The race is broadcasted as a reality show. Same gangly canoer like 25 years ago also has a canoeing vacation on the canal when the race starts.
A Swedish IT-company gets a new boss, who turns out to be a soulless hatchet man in Schildt's dark satire on the evils of the corporate world. He's opposed by Daniel, one of his employees, and eventually comes crashing down, impaled on his own hubris. So Daniel gets given the poisoned chalice of leadership in his place, just to end up as amoral and platitudinous as the man and values he initially stood up against.
Follows two girls living in Sweden in the 1960s who both dream about becoming rally drivers.
A life-affirming story about how the power of love, music and dance can change people. This is a standalone sequel to "As it is in Heaven" by director Kay Pollak.
Years after winning a race down the Göta Canal, life for a family of shipbuilders gets complicated when they get entangled with the mafia.
"The Birdcatcher's Son" - According to Faroese law, the birdwatcher Esmar will lose his lease within one year, thus forced to leave both his house and his land unless he makes sure he and his wife Johanna have a son. Because Johanna has just given birth to date, they decide what they think is their last and best chance; to jointly find another man who can make Johanna with children.
12-year-old Mariana and her stepbrother Marcus end up in a home-built rocket. Behind the rocket construction are Albert, a slightly crazy scientist, and his helper Lemming, a talking lemming.