Cycle
From 23.01. To 30.01.2017.
Program of Swedish Films
Contemporary Swedish films in this program focus on more or less intriguing and interesting, complex and provocative stories about women and their destinies, both real and fictional.
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Films in cycle
Underdog
(Svenskjävel, Sweden, 2014)
Directed by: Ronnie Sandahl
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ita Zbroniec-Zajt
Synopsis:
Just like many other young Swedes, twenty-three-year-old Dino cannot find a job and leaves her home country to find work in Oslo, Norway. Instead of a better life, she gets stuck in a vicious circle of temporary jobs, financial difficulties and late-night parties in which she finds escape from the dreary daily routine. After breaking her arm, she gets a job as a housekeeper in a middle-class family’s house. It takes some time to get used to the new situation, but soon she finds herself cau...
color, digital, 97 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 24.01.2017 AT 21:00
Monday 23.01.2017 AT 19:00
Astrid
(Sweden, 2014)
Directed by: Kristina Lindström
PHOTOGRAPHY: Sven Lindahl, Erik Vallsten
Synopsis:
Director Kristina Lindström used the previously unpublished recordings, letters and photographs in order to tell the story about Astrid Lindgren, famous Swedish writer and author of novels about Pippi Longstocking and many others. She was born in 1907 in rural Sweden in a very religious milieu and became famous throughout the world. She had a big impact on politics, public debate as an active opponent of war and racism and supporter of animals and children’s rights.
b/w and color, digital, 90 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 25.01.2017 AT 21:00
Tuesday 24.01.2017 AT 19:00
We Are the Best!
(Vi är bäst!, Sweden, 2013)
Directed by: Lukas Moodysson
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ulf Brantås
Synopsis:
Who says punk is dead? Thirteen year old Bobo and Klara do not agree. They live in Stockholm in 1980’s and unlike their colleagues the two of them adore punk rock. When they get teased by some boys on account of their looks and music they listen to, they decide to form a band. They do not know how to play any instruments or sing, but they find their colleague Hedvig who plays classic guitar.
color, 102'
PROJECTION:
Monday 30.01.2017 AT 17:00
Thursday 26.01.2017 AT 17:00
Wednesday 25.01.2017 AT 19:00
Viskan Miracles
(Miraklet i Viskan, Sweden, 2015)
Directed by: John Olsson
PHOTOGRAPHY: John Olsson
Synopsis:
Malin and Bjarne are a middle aged couple living on one side of the river Ljungan. Bjarne’s father in law Halvar lives on the other side of the river, but they have never met. A series of quarrels and problems connected to inheritance that happened twenty years ago caused the family’s estrangement. One day, Malin decides to cross the river. Bjarne wants to get a loan and Halvar is the only person who can possibly be their guarantor…
color, digital, 106 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 27.01.2017 AT 21:00
Thursday 26.01.2017 AT 19:00
Young Sophie Bell
(Unga Sophie Bell, Sweden, 2014)
Directed by: Amanda Adolfsson
PHOTOGRAPHY: Petrus Sjövik
Synopsis:
Best friends, young Sophie and Alice are growing up in a picturesque Swedish village dreaming of going into the world. After their graduation they plan to move to Berlin together. After a fight during which Alice accuses Sophie of being a coward, their plans fall through. Alice leaves with her boyfriend, and Sophie spends the next week trying to contact her. She soon learns that her friend mysteriously vanished and then died in Berlin and tries to find out what really happened. She goes to Berli...
color, digital, 84 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 30.01.2017 AT 21:00
Friday 27.01.2017 AT 19:00
The Circle
(Cirkeln, Sweden, 2015)
Directed by: Levan Akin
PHOTOGRAPHY: Neus Ollé
Synopsis:
Two teenagers, Goth Linnea and an A student Minoo, find a dead body of their colleague Elias in their school. It seems as though it was a suicide, but some things in the school are strange. At Elias’ wake, red-haired Rebecka shows signs of telekinesis. Soon it is revealed that there are six girls in the school who have special powers. They have to work together in order to find out the evil that hides in their school.