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Swedish director Lukas Moodysson discusses his film We Are The Best 2013 about three teenage girls who form a punk band. It wasn't a nostalgic picture for him, but he could identity with the characters growing up in Sweden at that time. Show Me Love 1998 is about two small town teenage girls, a rebellious film that was popular throughout Europe which surprised Moodysson, as audiences picked up on the small Swedish nuances and could relate to them - there was an obvious universal connection. The next film discussed is Together 2000 a film set in the 1970's, about a family moving into a hippy commune in Stockholm and disrupting the peace. Moodysson talks about how they filmed in house, designed as if in the Seventies, which was a lot of fun. Legendary Swedish director Ingmar Bergman saw the film and championed Moodysson as the next great Swedish director. Moodysson always remembers Bergman's philosophy 'to just keep working', this is his mantra. The next film is Lilya 4-ever 2002 is a movie about poverty and child prostitution. He felt compelled to make it based on a real life event that happened in his home town, a young girl had been forced into prostitution and killed herself. However shocking, Moodysson felt a huge obligation to tell the story, not just whisper it, but to shout it to the world. A Hole in my Heart 2004 is an experimental drama that went down miserably with audiences, especially in Germany at a the Berlin film festival. Mammoth 2009 his first UK picture starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Michelle Williams, an international shoot, filmed in New York, Sweden, Thailand and the Philippines. Moodysson talks of how homesick he was and how this reflects in the film - there's a sadness to it. He then talks of his happiness when working in Sweden as he loves his native language. He can of course convey a story in English but much prefers Swedish.

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