17 May 2025, 12.00 PM
Celebrate love, diversity, and equality: Embassy of Sweden invites you to our 2025 WorldPride activities
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of Pride celebrations in Washington, DC. The Embassy of Sweden is participating with programming ranging from film screenings to panel discussions to musical performances.
Photo: Magnus Liam Karlsson/imagebank.sweden.se
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Embassy Rooftop Film Screening of Crossing
WorldPride 2025 Official Event Partner
Location: Embassy of Sweden
Lia, a Georgian woman, travels to Istanbul after promising her sister she'd find her missing daughter Tekla. The search seems hopeless until she meets Evrim, a lawyer advocating for transgender rights. As they explore the city's hidden corners together, Lia feels like they are getting closer and closer to Tekla.
Purchase your ticket here: https://FilmPassage_WorldPride.eventbrite.com
**In case of inclement weather, we will move the screening indoors**
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Embassy Rooftop Film Screening of Nova & Alice
WorldPride 2025 Official Event Partner
Location: Embassy of Sweden
Swedish director Emma Bucht and actors Hedda Stiernstedt and Josefin Asplund perfectly bring to life the story of two musicians who clash but grow together during a life-changing summer tour.
Purchase your ticket here: https://NovaAliceFilm_WorldPride.eventbrite.com
**In case of inclement weather, we will move the screening indoors**
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AFI Silver Pride Film Festival Screening of Loving Couples
Location: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
The title of Mai Zetterling’s boldly iconoclastic debut feature — adapted from a cycle of seven novels by the provocative feminist writer Agnes von Krusenstjerna — drips with irony. Wildly subversive in its treatment of sexuality, gender, class, religion, marriage and motherhood, Loving Couples is as electrifying a first feature as any in cinema history, announcing the arrival of an uncompromising artist in pursuit of raw emotional truth.
Purchase tickets here: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
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By Invitation Only: Rooftop Reception Celebrating WorldPride Artists
Location: Embassy of Sweden
The Embassy of Sweden and the WorldPride Arts and Culture Committee celebrate the accomplishments of the WorldPride's artistic community with complimentary drinks, light bites, and beautiful views of the Potomac River. The reception will include short tributes to Swedish musical artists performed by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington “Potomac Fever,” local drag queen MaKayla Starr, DC dancers, and members of the National LGBTQIA+ Flute Choir.
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Celebrating WorldPride 2025: Nordics for Equality
WorldPride 2025 Official Event Partner
Location: Royal Norwegian Embassy
In celebration of WorldPride 2025, join the Nordic Embassies in Washington for an insightful discussion on LGBTQI+ policy in the Nordic countries, featuring artists, parliamentarians, journalists, and activists. Speakers will discuss how they work to promote LGBTQI+ rights in their respective countries and how they use art, politics, and activism as levers for change.
Register here: Nordics for Equality
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AFI Silver Pride Film Festival Screening of Show Me Love
Location: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
Awkward teenager Agnes has recently moved with her family to the small rural town of Åmål and has a secret: she’s head over heels in love with one of the popular girls at school, the impulsive and restless Elin. When a doomed birthday party leads to a chance encounter between the pair, an unexpected romance blossoms which might be the most exciting thing to happen in Åmål in years. An instant smash hit upon its 1998 release that was acclaimed by no less than Ingmar Bergman as “a young master’s first masterpiece,” Lukas Moodysson’s Show Me Love is a touchstone of new queer cinema and one of the most authentic portrayals of youthful relationships on film.
Purchase tickets here: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
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AFI Silver Pride Film Festival Screening of Persona
Location: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
This landmark film, startling and provocative in its ideas, stands out as the pinnacle of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman's career. Nurse Alma’s cheery efforts to communicate with actress Elisabet Volger, mute and semi-catatonic after an onstage nervous breakdown, give way to deeply personal confessions. Andersson's riveting monologue of a long-ago sexual encounter ("one of the rare, truly erotic sequences in movie history," according to film critic Pauline Kael) leads to an even more intense transaction between her and the watchful actress as the exact nature of their ambiguous relationship comes into question.
Purchase tickets here: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
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Pride Parade: Nordics for Equality
Location: Washington, DC
Join the Nordic Embassies at the WorldPride Parade!
More information: WorldPride Parade - WorldPride Washington, DC 2025
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Stockholm Underground
WorldPride 2025 Official Event Partner
Location: Dupont Underground
The Embassy of Sweden and Stockholm Business Region host a festive evening at Dupont Underground, full of special displays and surprises. Discover what makes Stockholm so unique while connecting, and dancing the night away, with like-minded individuals. In our headliner talk, hear from acclaimed Swedish author and activist Jonas Gardell, one of the most distinctive voices in Sweden on LGBTQI+ rights today. Engage in a spotlight session featuring Anders Österberg, Deputy Mayor of Stockholm; Petter Wallenberg, founder of Rainbow Riots, a non-profit organization that uses arts and culture to advocate for human rights for LGBTQI+ people globally; and Ulrika Westerlund, member of the Swedish Parliament, spokesperson for LGBTQI+ rights for the Swedish Green Party, and former chairman of RFSL (Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights).
Register here: https://StockholmUnderground.eventbrite.com
