Jawbreaker
Jawbreaker is a documentary about Anti Cimex – the band that defined Scandinavian hardcore punk and became one of Sweden's most influential musical exports. From their first recordings in a chicken coop on the plains of Västergötland to the global punk scene, marked by their uncompromising d-beat, the film paints a portrait of a band that continued to break boundaries long after they had called it quits.<div>Spanning four decades of music, chaos and retold myths, the film moves between the past and the present. Here we encounter not just a band, but an attitude – a force of nature.<br>Tomas Jonsson's iconic voice, the band's political charge and raw dynamics form the backdrop to the story of how Anti Cimex shaped both a sound and a subculture. </div><div>Through international filmmakers, archive material and newly recorded fragments, Jawbreaker takes us from Skaraborg to Kuantan in Malaysia, from DIY scenes to the Swedish Music Hall of Fame. It is a film about creative friction, about a band that refused to follow the rules – and about the resonance their music has in a contemporary world that is disturbingly reminiscent of the doom and gloom of the 1980s.</div><div>Directors Tomas Haglund and Oskar Sjödin portray Anti Cimex with humour, tenderness and a dreamlike energy that reflects the band's own unpredictability. The result is a film about a musical legacy as dirty as it is influential – and as alive today as when it started out in a chicken coop over forty years ago. </div>DocumentaryPT1H25M2026-10-22SEsvNils "Nillen" Andersson
Jean-Louis Huhta
Charlie Claesson
Oskar Sjödin
Tomas Haglund
Jawbreaker"Jawbreaker"Showtimes
October 22, 7:30 pm
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