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Timeline of selected Bergman 100 events
This timeline includes major activities before and during the Bergman year. Please note that there are many more events to be announced both within this timeframe and beyond. A full, regularly updated calendar of performances, retrospectives, exhibitions and other events is available at www.ingmarbergman.se
September 2017 • Misc.: Launch of Bergman 100, 18 Sep, London, UK. • On stage: Scenes from a marriage, opening 31 Aug, Det Kgl Teater (The Royal Playhouse), Copenhagen, Denmark. • On stage: Autumn Sonata (opera), opening 8 Sep, Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, Finland. • Book release: Ingmar Bergman A–Ö (in English), Ingmar Bergman Foundation/Norstedts publishing, Sweden. • On stage: The Best Intentions, opening 16 Sep, Aarhus theatre, Aarhus, Denmark. • On stage: After the Rehearsal/Persona, The Barbican, London, UK. • On stage: Scenes From a Marriage, opening 20 Sep, Teatros del Canal, Madrid, Spain. • On stage: Breathe, Bergman-inspired dance performance, opening 28 Sep, Inkonst, Malmö, Sweden. • On stage: The Serpent’s Egg, opening 30 Sep, Cuvilliés-Theater, Munich, Germany. • On stage: Scenes From a Marriage, world tour Sep–Dec, Asia, Europe, South America.
October 2017 • On stage: Scenes from a marriage, opening 5 Oct, Ernst-Deutsch-Theater, Hamburg, Germany. • On stage: After the rehearsal, opening 20 Oct, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany. • Misc.: The European Film Academy awards Hovs Hallar the title ‘Treasure of European Film Culture’. (A nature reserve in the county of Skåne, Sweden, Hovs Hallar is the location of the chess scene in The Seventh Seal.) • On stage: Scenes From a Marriage, opening 25 Oct, Teatro Tivoli, Barcelona, Spain.
November 2017 • On stage: Scenes From a Marriage, opening 1 Nov, Teatro Campos Elíseos, Bilbao, Spain. • On stage: From the life of the marionettes, opening 5 Nov, Staadschowburg Amsterdam, the Netherlands. • Exhibition: Bergman à la mode: Film costumes for leading ladies, The Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm, Sweden. • On stage: Scenes from a marriage, opening 11 Nov, Queensland Theatre, Queensland, Australia. • On stage: Scenes From a Marriage, Reykjavik City Theatre, opening 10 Nov, Reykjavik, Iceland.
December 2017 • On stage: Private Confessions, dir. Liv Ullmann, opening 6 Dec, Kennedy Center, Washington DC, USA. • Conference: Faithless: Luther in Bergman and Bergman in Luther, 8 Dec, Stockholm School of Theology, Stockholm, Sweden. • On stage: Scenes From a Marriage, French tour Dec 2017–Feb 2018.
January 2018 • On stage: After the Rehearsal/Persona, opening 11 January, Santiago a Mil, Santiago, Chile. • On stage: Festival Nordique, screening of dance film Ingmar Bergman Through the Eye of Choreographers, opening 16 Jan, Théâtre Chaillot, Paris, France. • On stage: The Hour of the Wolf, opening 27 Jan, Theater Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective (throughout the year), Cinemateket /Norsk filminstitutt, Oslo, Norway. • Book release: Ingmar Bergmans skrifter (Ingmar Bergman’s writings), spring release: Vol 1: Articles, Essays, Lectures; Vol. 2, The Magic Lantern; Vol. 3, The Work Diary I. Norstedts publishing, Sweden. • Book release: Författaren Ingmar Bergman (Ingmar Bergman, the Writer), by Jan Holmberg, Norstedts publishing, Sweden. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective (throughout the year), Cinemateket, Swedish Film Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective (until March), Art-kino, Rijeka, Croatia. • On stage: Autumn Sonata, Culturemine, opening 1 Jan, Seoul, Korea. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective (until March), BFI South Bank, London, UK. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective (until March), Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia/Cineteca Nazionale, Rome, Italy. • On stage: Scenes From a Marriage, venue tba, opening 1 Jan, Barcelona, Spain.
January 2018, cont’d • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective (throughout the year), Cinematheque / KAVI, Helsinki, Finland. • On stage: Wood Painting, Romeo & Juliet Choir, on tour, Sweden. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective (until Feb), Österreichisches Filmmuseum, Vienna, Austria. • Book release: Se Bergman (See Bergman), by Leif Zern, Natur & Kultur, Sweden. • Film and TV/On stage: 41st Gothenburg International Film Festival, with several Bergman-related events, Gothenburg, Sweden. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective, 11 Jan–8 March, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, USA. • On stage: Scenes From a Marriage, Hämeenlinnan Teatteri, opening 11 Jan, Hämeenlinna, Finland. • Film and TV: Bergman screenings, Scandi film festival, Prague, Czech Republic.
February 2018 • Film and TV: US theatrical release by Janus/Criterion of Bergman films, starting at Film Forum (until April), New York City, with wider distribution around the USA. • On stage: Autumn Sonata, International Theatre of Finland, opening 14 Feb, Espoo, Finland. • Book release: Ingmar Bergman: En aktion (IB: An Auction), written by Tom Österman, Calidris publishing, Sweden. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective (throughout the year), Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA, USA. • On stage: After the Rehearsal/Persona, opening 19 April, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., USA. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective, Cinémathèque Québécoise, and screenings, Nordic Spring, Place des arts, Montreal, Canada. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective, Cineteca Nacional/Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda, Santiago, Chile. • Film and TV: Bergman screenings, the Projector, Singapore.
March 2018 • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective, California Film Institute, San Rafael, CA, USA.
April 2018 • Film and TV: Bergman screenings, China Film Archive, Beijing International Film Festival. • On stage: After the Rehearsal, Teatro Picadero, opening 4 April, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
May 2018 • Film and TV: Cannes Film Festival, with Bergman-related events and celebration. • Misc.: Exhibition Bergman 100 Years, Museum of Performing Arts, Stockholm, Sweden. • On stage: Concernant Bergman, Théâtre de la Garonne, opening 2 May, Toulouse, France. • Film and TV: Bergman screenings, Palazzo delle esposizioni, and Nordic Film Fest, Rome, Italy. • Film and TV: Bergman screenings, Transilvania International Film Festival 25 May–3 June, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
June 2018 • Misc.: Inauguration of ‘Bergman quarters’, area of Östermalm, Stockholm. • On stage: Hommage à Bergman, new dance works by Mats Ek, Johan Inger and Alexander Ekman, opening 9 June, Theâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, France. • Conference: Bergman 100 years, International film studies conference, 13–17 June, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective (until Sep), TIFF Cinematheque, Toronto, Canada. • Book release: Alla talar om Bergman (Everybody’s talking about Bergman), book of interviews by Andreas Fock and Stig Björkman, Alfabeta publishing, Sweden. • Film and TV: Bergman screenings, XXXII edizione of Il cinema ritrovato festival, Bologna, Italy. • Misc.: The Bergman week, Fårö, Sweden. • Film and TV: Bergman screenings, Shanghai International Film Festival, Shanghai, China. • Book release: Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide, New edition, accompanied by database, by Birgitta Steene, Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. • Film and TV: Bergman screenings, National Film Archive, Prague, Czech Republic.
July 2018 • Film and TV/Misc.: Ingmar Bergman’s 100th birthday on 14 July will be celebrated with a special programme on Swedish Television (SVT), and with a party in Stockholm, Sweden. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective ‘Summer with Bergman’, broadcast on SVT, Sweden. • Misc.: Bergmanfest PDX, Portland, OR, USA. • Film and TV: Shooting starts for Bergman Island, dir. Mia Hansen-Løve with Greta Gerwig, Mia Wasikowska, John Turturro, Fårö, Sweden.
July 2018, cont’d • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective, 44th Summer Film School, Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective (films to 1957), National Gallery of Arts, DC, USA. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective (films from 1957), American Film Institute, Silver Springs, Washington DC, USA. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective, Hong Kong International Film Festival Society, Hong Kong. • Film and TV: Bergman screenings, IndieBo Film Festival, Bogota, Colombia.
August 2018 • Film and TV: Theatrical release of Swedish documentary Bergman, dir. Jane Magnusson, B-Reel, Sweden. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective, Cinemateket, Danish Film Institute (until Dec), Copenhagen, Denmark. • Misc.: Catédra Ingmar Bergman, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico. • Film and TV: Bergman screenings, New Horizons Wroclaw, Poland. • On stage: Ingmar Bergman International Theatre Festival, Dramaten (Royal Dramatic Theatre), Stockholm, Sweden. • Film and TV: Outdoor Bergman screenings, Stockholm International Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden. • Exhibition: The process of Fanny and Alexander, House of Sweden, Washington DC, USA.
September 2018 • Misc.: Bergman festival, Hanaholmen, Helsinki, Finland. • On stage: Autumn Sonata, Kuopio City Theatre, opening 6 Sep, Kuopio, Finland. • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective, Cinémathèque française, Paris, France. • On stage: Autumn Sonata, Teater Giljotin, Stockholm, Sweden. • Book release: Ingmar Bergmans skrifter (Ingmar Bergman’s writings), autumn release: Vol. 4, Unfilmed, Unfilmed, Unpublished; Vol. 5, Best Intentions, Sunday’s Children, Private Confessions; Vol. 6, The Work Diary II, Norstedts publishing, Stockholm, Sweden. • Film and TV: Bergman screenings, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, NY, USA.
October 2018 • Film and TV: Bergman retrospective, Slovenska kinoteka / Slovenian Cinematheque, Ljubljana, Slovenia. • Film and TV: Bergman screenings and exhibition, Uppsala Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden. • Film and TV: Bergman screenings, Mostra International Film Festival, São Paulo, Brazil. • Film and TV: Bergman screenings and seminars, Best of Norden, Nordiska museet, Stockholm, Sweden. • On stage: De oroliga (The worried), after Linn Ullmann’s novel, dir. Pernilla August, adaptation by Karen-Maria Bille, Dramaten (Royal Dramatic Theatre), Stockholm, Sweden.
November 2018 • Film and TV: 28th Stockholm International Film Festival with Bergman-related screenings and events.
December 2018 • On stage: Fanny and Alexander, dir. Eva Bergman, Gothenburg City Theatre, Gothenburg, Sweden. • Film and TV: Scenes From a Marriage, showrunner Hagai Levi, co-author Amy Herzog. Produced by Lars Blomgren, Filmlance. First ever Bergman remake, initiated by executive producer Daniel Bergman.
During 2018 (dates tbc) • Film and TV: Bergman retrospectives Jerusalem Cinematheque/Israel Film Archive, Jerusalem, Israel; Filmoteca Española, Madrid, Spain; Kino des deutschen Filmmuseums, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia. • On stage: Persona, Cesar Productions, Riverside Studios, London, UK. • Film and TV: Legacy of a Defining Genius (working title), film documentary, dir. Margarethe von Trotta, Felix Moeller, C-Films, Germany. • Film and TV: Bergman documentary (title to be decided), dir. Henrike Sandner, produced by Broadview TV for 3-Sat, Germany. • On stage: Wild Strawberries, dir. Eva Dahlman, venue tba, Stockholm, Sweden. • Film and TV: Persona: Le film qui a sauvé Bergman, film documentary, dir. Manuelle Blanc, Arte, France.
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