Cycle
From 27.01. To 02.02.2015.
Program of Swedish Films
Films in cycle
Call Girl
(2012.)
Directed by: Mikael Marcimain
PHOTOGRAPHY: Hoyte Van Hoytema
Synopsis:
Even though it is based on a real scandal of underage prostitution that shocked Sweden in the 1970’s, the film uses fictional characters and events. The main character is Iris, a teenager who gets sent to a home for delinquents. Together with a friend she sneaks out each night and on one occasion meets Dagmar Glans. She is a Madame in charge of organizing prostitutes for rich and powerful men. Unaware of her power, a policeman starts to investigate the operation…
color, digital, 134 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 28.01.2015 AT 20:30
Tuesday 27.01.2015 AT 19:00
Big Boys Gone Bananas!*
(Boys Gone Bananas!*, 2011.)
Directed by: Fredrik Gertten
PHOTOGRAPHY: Joseph Aguirre, Kiki Allgeier, Stefan Berg, Joakim Demmer, Malin Korkeasalo, Gabriel Noguez, Frank Pineda, Sasha Snow, Jason Wawro
Synopsis:
After finishing the documentary Bananas!* in 2009, its director Fredrik Gertten was sued by the American company Dole. The film told the story about the lives of poor and exploited workers from Nicaragua who work on banana farms owned by Dole. The company exposed them to illicit pesticides, which poisoned the workers and made them sterile. Instead of giving up after the lawsuit, the director chose to document the company’s tactics…
color, digital, 87 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 28.01.2015 AT 19:00
Tuesday 27.01.2015 AT 21:30
Behind Blue Skies
(Himlen är oskyldigt blå, 2010.)
Directed by: Hannes Holm
PHOTOGRAPHY: Göran Hallberg
Synopsis:
It is the summer of 1975 and Martin just graduated from high school. He does not want to stay at home with his alcoholic and abusive father and his mother who is incapable of standing up to him. At his friend’s suggestion he gets a job in a yacht club in an archipelago near Stockholm. There he meets and falls in love with a girl, and his boss Gösta likes him and takes him under his wing. Martin enjoys the attention and the trust of a father figure but he does not realize that Gösta is engaged in...
color, digital, 108 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 30.01.2015 AT 20:30
Thursday 29.01.2015 AT 19:00
Avalon
(2012.)
Directed by: Axel Petersén
PHOTOGRAPHY: Måns Månsson
Synopsis:
Sixty-year-old Janne just finished serving his parole and is eager to start a new life. For him that means constant fun and lack of any responsibility. With his partner Klas, who has the necessary capital, he embarks on a project of opening an entertainment club in a tourist town Bastad. It is the tennis season, the town is full of tourists and the guys have just two weeks to prepare for the opening. Janne’s sister Jackie, equally egocentric, joins them…
color, digital, 79 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 30.01.2015 AT 19:00
Thursday 29.01.2015 AT 21:00
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:
Monday 02.02.2015 AT 21:00
Saturday 31.01.2015 AT 19:00
The Last Sentence
(Dom över död man, 2012.)
Directed by: Jan Troell
PHOTOGRAPHY: Mischa Gavrjusjov
Synopsis:
This is a biography of Torgny Segerstedt who was a fierce opponent of Hitler’s Nazi regime during the 1930’s and 1940’s. He was a respectable newspaper editor, which meant he had the freedom and persistence to fight against Nazism in spite of Sweden’s attempt to stay neutral. The film also follows his private life.
b/w, digital, 126 min
PROJECTION:
Sunday 01.02.2015 AT 19:00
Saturday 31.01.2015 AT 21:00
The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard
(Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard, 2012.)
Directed by: Simon Klose
PHOTOGRAPHY: Simon Klose
Synopsis:
Documentary about the three founders of Pirate Bay: Gottfrid Svartholm, Peter Sunde and Fredrik Nei. We follow them from when they were hackers, internet activists, computer junkies and founders of the most popular webpage for downloads of movies and music to the time when they became persecuted by the media and entertainment industry. The film was shot from 2008 to 2012 and Gottfrid Svartholm and Peter Sunde are now in Swedish prisons. Fredrik Neij has recently been arrested and the Pirate Bay...