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Read the interview, and take the Swedish Film Institute opportunity to see his film, with unique International Department P.O. Box 27126 SE-102 52 Stockholm, Sweden Phone +46 8 665 11 00 Fax +46 8 666 36 98 SWEDISH FILM Contributing Editors Photography www.sfi.se ISSUE 2/2009 Anders Dahlbom Henrik Andersson Klas Ekman Kristian Bengtsson Issued by Henrik Emilson Johan Bergmark The Swedish Film Institute Niklas Eriksson Frans Hällqvist Christina Höglund Sara Mac Key Publisher Paola Langdal Pia Lundberg Per Nyström Translation Editors Hynek Pallas Matt Bibby Mattias Dahlström Jannike Åhlund Derek Jones Elin Larsson The Swedish Film Institute’s aims include the Art Direction Cover photo Print promotion, support and development of Swedish films, Markus Edin Johan Bergmark Fagerblads Print & the allocation of grants, and the promotion of Swedish Packaging, Västerås cinema internationally. (www.sfi.se) ISSN 1654-0050 4 THE FILM ‘‘ INDUSTRY HAS ASSUMED THE SHAPE AND FORM OF A BUTCHERY AND FORNICATION BUSINESS. Ingmar Bergman ’’ GET IT RIGHT FROM THE START. THE INGMAR BERGMAN INTERNATIONAL DEBUT AWARD 2010 5 bergmark johan , arlbom C olf , R , andersson 12 20 14 henrik wei - hi C U , W , llqvist Ä H frans , 22 40 26 atmo #2/2009 8 NEWS 26 Håkon LIU The latest in Swedish cinema. Made in Taiwan – director Håkon Liu tells the story about a mother and son who reunite for different reasons during a journey to the East. 11 JOHANNES NYHOLM The puppet master who brought us The Tale of Little Puppet Boy (Sagan om den 29 IMAGES FROM THE PLAYGROUND lilla dockpojken) is back in Cannes with his latest short film Dreams from the Journalist, filmmaker and author Stig Björkman has made a documentary Woods (Drömmar från skogen). about Ingmar Bergman. 12 ProdUcer ON the moVE 32 Jesper Ganslandt Meet Erik Hemmendorff, the producer behind the production company Plattform Sweden’s it-boy is back with a new film. But why won’t he tell his lead actor and last year’s Cannes entry Involuntary (De ofrivilliga). what it’s all about? 14 Noomi Rapace 36 A RATIONAL SOLUTION Will the role as Lisbeth Salander in the keenly-awaited adaptation of Stieg With a script by last year’s Sundance-winner Jens Jonsson and an all star Larsson’s Millennium trilogy turn Noomi Rapace into Sweden’s next international Swedish cast, director Jörgen Bergmark and producer Helena Danielsson are star? aiming for the international market with A Rational Solution (Det enda rationella). 18 Teresa Fabik It took five years to follow up her popular debutThe Ketchup Effect (Hip Hip Hora!). 40 Fredrik Gertten Now at last, Teresa Fabik is back with Starring Maja (Prinsessa). No, we have no bananas. Fredrik Gertten has made a documentary about the victims of fruit companies 20 PATRIK EKLUnd He visited Cannes with Situation Frank in 2007, and Sundance with Instead of 42 NEWS Abracadabra (Istället för Abrakadabra) in January. Now, Eklund’s new filmSeeds Industry news from Sweden. from the Fall (Slitage) is competing in the 48th International Critics’ Week. 44 NEW Films 22 Tarik Saleh Everything you need to know about new Swedish films. Q: What do Juliette Lewis, Vincent Gallo and Udo Kier have in common besides being somewhat, well…eccentric actors? A: They’re all doing voices in Tarik 53 COMPANY INDEX Saleh’s animated Metropia. Your guide to the Swedish film industry. 6 NEWS ersson P örgen J CARIN BRÄCK ATTACHED TO YOU (SHORT) Mamma Mia Attached to You (Fäst vid dig), a clay animation about what it means to be a mother, scooped the Viewers’ Choice Award in the Startsladden short film competition at the Göteborg Int’l Film Festival in January.