The Feminist – A Swedish Inspiration follows Gudrun Schyman, one of Sweden's most polarising and influential political figures. Director Hampus Linder traces her path from social worker to leader of the Left Party, which she drove to record election results, through the very public reckoning with her struggles with alcohol, and on to the founding of Feminist Initiative — described as Europe's first feminist party. Through a long and turbulent career, Schyman remains fiercely, unapologetically feminist.

Why This Film Matters: More than a political biography, the film uses one woman's story to examine how gender politics and social change actually happen — the cost, the compromises and the conviction required to move a country. It is an intimate, unflinching look at resilience and principle in public life, and at what it means to refuse to soften your beliefs.