Egghead Republic
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- Pella Kågerman
- Hugo Lilja
- Pella Kågerman
- Hugo Lilja
- Nina Lund
- Pella Kågerman
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| Based on | The Egghead Republic by Arno Schmidt |
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| Cinematography | Malin Gutke |
| Edited by | Oskar Blondell |
| Music by | Juhana Lehtiniemi |
| Animation by | Arild Andersson |
Production company | YouSavedMe |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
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Egghead Republic is a 2025 Swedish science fiction film directed and written by Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja. Inspired in part by Kågerman's tenure at Vice Magazine and the novel The Egghead Republic by Arno Schmidt, the film is set in an alternate reality in which the Cold War persists and a nuclear bomb has struck in Soviet Kazakhstan.[1][2]
The film was selected in the Discovery section of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival and had its World premiere on 6 September 2025.[3][4]
- Ella Rae Rappaport as Sonja Schmidt, the young Swedish club kid
- Tyler Labine as Dino Davis, the magazine owner
- Arvin Kananian as Turan Hiram
- Emma Creed as Gemma
- Andrew Lowery
- Gina Dirawi as Pin-Up Bob
- Merlin Leonhardt as Sergeant Barcoff
- Milan Dragisic
- Hussain Currimbhoy as Journalist
- Anna-Lu Franz
- Lara Golay
- Stephen Rappaport as Bob Singleton
Production
Release
Egghead Republic had its world premiere at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on 5 September 2025 in Discovery section.[6][7]
It was presented at the Riga International Film Festival in Nordic Highlights on 17 October 2025.[8]
It was presented at the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival for its Italian Premiere and competed in Méliès Competition on 30 October 2025.[9][10]
It competed in Competition section of the 2025 Stockholm International Film Festival on 8 November 2025 vying for the Bronze Horse.[11]
In March 2026, it will be presented in the Country Focus section of the Glasgow Film Festival.[12]
It is scheduled for release in Swedish theatres on 28 November 2025 by NonStop Entertainment.[13][14]
