TV series

Vaka

2026 · 1 season

A slow-building, uneasy plunge into sleepless chaos, following several lives as a strange epidemic frays nerves and ties.

Overview: An insomnia epidemic plunges Stockholm into chaos. A prime minister manages the crisis while protecting his son, a nurse fights to save her infected partner, and a teenager protects her neighbor amid the spreading disease.
How it feels: Tense, dark, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, family, survival, power
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
family
survival
power
trauma
Places: big city
home
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama
Created by: Brynja Björk
Starring: Lola Zackow, Jonas Karlsson, Aliette Opheim, Gizem Erdogan, Silas Strand, Jens Hultén, Malte Gårdinger, Frida Argento
Length: 1 seasons, 6 episodes, 44 min each
Network: Prime Video
Country: United States of America, Iceland, Sweden
Languages: Swedish