'''''FuckingF*cking Åmål''''' (released in some countries as '''''Show Me Love''''') is a 1998 Swedish [[Romance film|romantic]] [[comedy-drama]] film written and directed by [[Lukas Moodysson]] in his feature-length [[directorial debut]]. It stars [[Rebecka Liljeberg]] and [[Alexandra Dahlström]] as two seemingly disparate teenage girls who begin a tentative romantic relationship. The film was released theatrically in Sweden on 23 October 1998,<ref name="SFD">{{cite web |url=http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/Item/?type=film&itemid=37924 |title=FuckingF*cking Åmål |website=[[Swedish Film Database]] |publisher=[[Swedish Film Institute]] |access-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref> and first premiered internationally at the 1998 [[Cannes Film Festival]].
The film received an overwhelmingly positive reception<ref name="RottenTomatoes">{{cite web |title=FuckingF*cking Åmål (Show me love) (1999) |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/show_me_love/ |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=December 6, 2011}}</ref> and won four [[Guldbagge Award]]s (Sweden's official film awards) at the 1999 ceremony. Its international awards include the [[Teddy Award]] at the 1999 [[Berlin International Film Festival]],<ref name="TeddyAward">{{cite web |url=http://www.teddyaward.tv/de/archiv?a-z=1&select=F&id_film=387 |title=FuckingF*cking Åmål |website=[[Teddy Award]] |language=sv |access-date=April 12, 2020}}</ref> and the [[Special Jury Prize (Karlovy Vary IFF)|Special Jury Prize]] at the [[34th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]].
The Swedish title refers to the small town of [[Åmål]] in [[Västra Götaland County]], western Sweden. However, only a few scenes were filmed in Åmål,<ref>{{cite news |last=Wangeby |first=Robert |title=Smygpremiär på FuckingF*cking Åmål |work=Provinstidningen Dalsland |date=October 13, 1998}}</ref> and they were not included in the [[final cut privilege|final version]]. The main shooting took place in the nearby town of [[Trollhättan]], the location of producing company [[Film i Väst]]'s studios.<ref name="Trollhättan">{{cite web |url=https://filmivast.com/locations-in-vastra-gotaland/ |title=Locations in Västra Götaland |website=[[Film i Väst]] |date=10 November 2017 |access-date=April 12, 2020}}</ref><ref name="FilmiVäst">{{cite web |url=https://ng.se/artiklar/fuckingf*cking-javla-kukamal |title=FUCKINGF*CKING JÄVLA KUK_ÅMÅL! |last=Sahlin |first=Fredrik |date=Aug 12, 1998 |website=Nöjesguiden |language=sv |access-date=April 14, 2020}}</ref>
