10 Years of 'Bad Films by Good People'

Belle and Elizabeth

(Press Release) Lake Worth Beach, FL (March 14, 2024) The Palm Beach Film Society presents a showcase of hilariously bad, 3-minute remakes of Hollywood hits from the past 10 festivals during the return of the popular, amateur film festival swede festTM palm beach. The no-budget film festival kicks off this year’s annual L-Dub Film Festival at the Lake Worth Playhouse on March 28 at 7 p.m.

This year’s list of “bad films by good people” includes new submissions: “Jurassic Park,” “Weekend at Bernie’s,” “Jay and Silent Bob,” “12 Monkeys,” and “Rocky,” along with top favorite remakes “Aliens,” “Twister,” “E.T.,” “Titanic,” “Hunger Games,” “Ghost,” “The Fast & the Furious,” “The Thing,” “Momento,” “Goodfellas,” “Rambo,” “Goonies,” “Back to the Future,” “Basic Instinct,” “Willy Wonka,” and more creatively planned disasters by complete amatures of all ages. 

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What’s a swede? Indie film festivals have a rich history of showcasing amazing undiscovered talent, where Hollywood insiders troll for the next big thing, where A-list stars promote the small, labor-of-love projects they do between blockbusters. This is not the case with the annual swede fest™ palm beach. Instead, a “swede” is a no-budget, laughably bad remake of a hit Hollywood film. The term comes from the 2008 comedy, “Be Kind Rewind,” which started an underground sweding craze and resulted in the very first swede fest™ in Fresno, CA. swede festÔ palm beach continued the tradition and now celebrates 10 years of “bad films by good people.” The event includes juried awards for categories such as “best use of paper towels in a swede” as well as the Audience Choice Award selected and presented that evening.

swede fest™ palm beach kicks off the 12th Annual L-Dub Film Festival, which features professional shorts and feature films. Screenings for the L-Dub run Saturday and Sunday at the Lake Worth Playhouse’s Stonzek Theater. For tickets and film line-up, visit lakeworthplayhouse.org.

The 10th Annual swede festTM palm beach takes place Friday, March 28 at 7:00 p.m. The “you call this a red carpet?!” entrance begins at 6:00 p.m. at the Lake Worth Playhouse, located at 703 Lake Avenue, Lake Worth. Tickets are $10 per person and an afterparty with a cash bar is included with admission. Visit lakeworthplayhouse.org for tickets.