Cycle
From 14.04. To 23.04.2013.
Retrospective of Swedish film
Films in cycle
Palme
(2012.)
Directed by: Kristina Lindström
PHOTOGRAPHY: Magnus Berg, Anders Bohman
Synopsis:
Documentary about the former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme. In his early forties he became leader of the Social Democratic Party, and soon after he served two terms as prime minister during the 1970s and 1980s. His life was abruptly ended by assassination on February 28, 1986, while he was walking home from cinema with his wife. His personal and professional portrait is shown through archive footage and interviews with people he was in contact with.
color, digital, 105 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 20.04.2013 AT 17:00
Sunday 14.04.2013 AT 19:00
A One-Way Trip to Antibes
(En enkel till Antibes, 2011.)
Directed by: Richard Hobert
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jens Fischer
Synopsis:
He is still alive and kicking, but his adult children are already planning on how to get their hands on his property. His own housekeeper steals from him. He is a widower, half-blind, and is already sick of everything. In order to get the better of everybody, George blackmails his housekeeper Maria to force her to go on a journey with him. Their destination is all the way in France, where the love of his youth Christine lives. After hiding away in the safety of his home, in his old age George em...
color, DCP, 105 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 16.04.2013 AT 21:00
Monday 15.04.2013 AT 19:00
Simon and the Oaks
(Simon och ekarna, 2011.)
Directed by: Lisa Ohlin
PHOTOGRAPHY: Dan Laustsen
Synopsis:
Young Simon lives in a happy working class family in rural Sweden. He is intellectually gifted, and talks his parents into enrolling him into a prestigious school. There he makes friends with a rich “city” boy Isak. His father Ruben is a Jew who escaped to Sweden from Nazi persecution, but his family suffers the effects of anti-Semitism in the new country as well. Fascinated by Ruben’s books, art and music, Simon wants to find out more about his own family background.
color, DCP, 122 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 17.04.2013 AT 21:00
Tuesday 16.04.2013 AT 19:00
Simple Simon
(I rymden finns inga känslor, 2010.)
Directed by: Andreas Öhman
PHOTOGRAPHY: Niklas Johansson
Synopsis:
Eighteen-year-old Simon has Asperger's syndrome. He lives with his brother Sam, and his strictly defined daily routine is suddenly disrupted when his brother's girlfriend breaks up with him, which causes Sam to become depressed. In order to help his brother and return his own life back to normal, Simon decides to find a new, better girlfriend for his brother. He does not understand emotions or love, but he is decisive and he has his own methods for searching.
color, DCP, 85 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 18.04.2013 AT 21:00
Wednesday 17.04.2013 AT 19:00
A Thousand Times Stronger
(Tusen gånger starkare, 2010.)
Directed by: Peter Schildt
PHOTOGRAPHY: Rolf Lindström
Synopsis:
A high school micro-universe, with precisely defined social groups and rules of behaviour is disturbed by the arrival of a new student. Arriving from abroad, the outspoken and confident Saga does not accept the unwritten rules and status symbols, and does not want to limit her circle of friends to just those who are deemed acceptable. Her actions provoke the popular Mimi and bring hidden injustices to light. Previously withdrawn Signe becomes bolder and frees herself from her former diffidence....
color, DCP, 85 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 19.04.2013 AT 21:00
Thursday 18.04.2013 AT 19:00
Miss Kicki
(2010.)
Directed by: Håkon Liu
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ari Willey
Synopsis:
After many years of absence, middle-aged Kicki tries to re-establish the relationship with her seventeen-year-old son Viktor. Viktor was raised by his grandmother, and when he sets out on a trip to Taiwan with his mother, he secretly hopes he is going to meet his father. Kicki, however, has different plans. The real reason for her trip is meeting the rich businessman with whom she is having an online romance. Finding himself in an unknown city, Viktor makes friends with a young Taiwanese, Didi....
color, DCP, 88 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 20.04.2013 AT 21:00
Friday 19.04.2013 AT 19:00
Sound of Noise
(2010.)
Directed by: Ola Simonsson
PHOTOGRAPHY: Charlotta Tengroth
Synopsis:
If your name is Amadeus Warnebring and you come from an eminent musical family, you are almost predestined for a career in music. Unless - you are born completely tone-deaf! Amadeus therefore became a detective. A very successful detective at that, until his last case in which he can't seem to get a break. Ironically, the case is about “criminals” whose crime is disturbing the peace with music. They will stop at nothing, using every possible object to make their music, and doing...
color, DCP, 102 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 22.04.2013 AT 19:00
Saturday 20.04.2013 AT 19:00
Sebbe
(2010.)
Directed by: Babak Najafi
PHOTOGRAPHY: Simon Pramsten
Synopsis:
Fifteen-year-old Sebbe lives with his mother in an apartment that is much too small. He is quiet and shy, bullied at school, and his relationship with his mother is not very good either. Although he loves her, she secretly blames him for her own misfortune in life. Sebbe’s only refuge is the local junk yard, where he can be at peace and where he can express himself creatively. He is unusually skilled at repairing, modifying and piecing together discarded electronic equipment. The film won the...