The Schoolmaster Games

Feature Film

This erotic queer melodrama takes us to St. Sebastian’s, an elite boarding school for boys where beauty, hierarchy, and desire rule beneath a surface of discipline and control. When new student Charles arrives, he’s drawn into a world of cruelty and ritual power plays led by the enigmatic prefects — culminating in the school’s decadent winter parade.

As passion and rivalry intertwine, the boundaries between obedience and longing begin to blur. Beneath the school’s immaculate order lies a dangerous web of submission, seduction, and self-discovery.

Based on the acclaimed novel by Kristofer Folkhammar, The Schoolmaster Games is a daring and visually striking debut feature by Ylva Forner. Premiering at the Göteborg Film Festival, it’s a bold exploration of identity, repression, and forbidden love — told with intensity, elegance, and dark humour.