Freelance documentary producers Mikael Eriksson and Philip Recht are in the midst of making a documentary film about the Sweden Rock Festival. The documentary film will focus on the audience and the artists view on heavy metal music and the Sweden Rock Festival in particular.

The films main character is Robert, he is 42 years old and a recurring visitor of the Sweden Rock Festival (SRF). He has kept on coming back to the festival every year from the start of the festival back in 1992, he has seen the festival grow from a one-day event to a full-fledged international rock festival with festival-goers coming from all over the world.

"Our main thought about making this documentary is to give a balanced picture of the festival-goers, in both the their everyday life and on the festival", says Philip Recht. We will follow Robert and other festival-goers to get their thoughts, feelings, memories, experiences and views about heavy metal in general and the Sweden Rock festival in particular. The documentary will also highlight the artists and the bands view on the festival."

Mikael Eriksson and Philip Recht are themselves recurring visitors of the festival and have long been thinking about how they could make an interesting portrait of the festival-goers. After last years festival they got together and started planning for this documentary, the result is an independent production in it’s making with the SRF as a partner.

"We want to give a genuine interpretation of the festival-goer. What is his or hers everyday life about when they are not at the festival? Is it a must to have long hair and wear a leather jacket to be a true heavy metal fan? What is it that makes people come back year after year to the Sweden Rock festival? These are some of the questions we want to give an answer to with this documentary", says Mikael Eriksson

The festival management are looking forward to this documentary with great anticipation.

"This feels exiting and fun to see this documentary emerge, this production separates itself from our previous releases with a more in depth view of the festival-goers everyday life before, during and after the festival", says Johannes Lindstro?m, public relations at Sweden Rock Festival.

In the month of June every year 30 000 people from all over the world get together in Norje, a small village in Blekinge, Sweden with a population of about 800 people normally.

The attraction is The Sweden Rock Festival; what many refer to as the only real heavy metal festival in Sweden. This year’s festival will take place June 4th - 7th with acts such as JUDAS PRIEST, POISON and DEF LEPPARD.