The Dialogue Police

• Susanna Edwards
• 90 min
• Sweden
• 2025

Protests, Quran burnings and political gatherings take center stage in this timely documentary about the recent turbulent struggle over freedom of speech.

Documentary filmmaker Susanna Edwards (Capturing the Divine, GFF 2020) follows a group of dialogue police officers—a specialized unit established after the Gothenburg riots in 2001—whose role is to act as a buffer zone between protesters and police leadership. Their mission is to uphold democratic values and prevent escalation through dialogue, but keeping a cool head in emotionally charged situations is a demanding task that takes its toll on many in the group. The Dialogue Police is an intense and compelling contemporary chronicle of the conflicts that have defined our recent times and the individuals who often find themselves at the center of them, serving in the name of freedom of speech and democracy.

- Annie Karlsson

• Dokumentär
• Motstånd
• Samhälle
• Politik