Egghead Republic

Egghead Republic
Teaser poster
Directed by
  • Pella Kågerman
  • Hugo Lilja
Screenplay by
  • Pella Kågerman
  • Hugo Lilja
Based onThe Egghead Republic by Arno Schmidt
Produced by
  • Nina Lund
  • Pella Kågerman
Starring
CinematographyMalin Gutke
Edited byOskar Blondell
Music byJuhana Lehtiniemi
Animation byArild Andersson
Production
company
YouSavedMe
Distributed by
  • NonStop Entertainment
  • Folkets Bio
  • Best Friend Forever
Release date
  • 5 September 2025 (2025-09-05) (TIFF)
Running time
93 minutes
CountrySweden
Languages
  • Swedish
  • English

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.

The film was selected in the Discovery section of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival and had its World premiere on 6 September 2025.