A Swedish single father, filmmaker and self-proclaimed feminist travels to a conservative men’s camp in Denmark He wants to understand the men’s anger and why this space is needed. The journey into the rabbit hole of the manosphere turns his assumptions upside down and raises questions about his own identity as a man, a father to a son – and not least, his relationship with his own father. Can we prevent our own traumas from becoming someone else’s wounds?

Confessions of a Swedish Man is Hampus Linder’s second feature-length documentary. After making The Feminist (2018), a film about Gudrun Schyman, the leader of the Swedish Feminist Party, he became curious to explore masculinity and the men’s movement. At a time when young men are turning to role models such as Andrew Tate and Jordan B. Peterson, Hampus navigates different groups with different views on what a man is and should aspire to be. What happens when we choose to stay and listen – even when it hurts, feels uncomfortable, or challenges our beliefs? The result is an unexpectedly humorous film, essential for anyone who is a man or has a man in their life.