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Abstract: she arrives in the middle of a family drama. It is hardly news that women take central stage in Ingmar In 2018, the world’s largest international celebration of a single film Bergman’s films, nor the fact that certain prominent women actors The film is not just Bergman’s last film, it`s also his most personal. auteur will be held in honor of the Swedish director, producer, and have contributed to his international fame. A photo of Bergman´s wife Ingrid, who passed away 1995 in screenwriter Ingmar Bergman, and the 100th anniversary of his birth. cancer, can for example be seen in the movie. Less noticed is arguably the gendering of the male (as male) that The iconic Swedish auteur’s body of work for film and theatre permeates Bergman’s work, both his films and theater productions. With: Erland Josephson, Liv Ullman, Börje Ahlstedt, Julia Dufvenius. brought a new level of psychological depth and intimacy to all Even less so is the androgynous theme and outright queer aspects disciplines of the performing arts. as part of the human condition. On the whole, in Bergman’s work sexuality and gender tend to be fluid entities – doubled, divided WEDNESDAY, 17 OCTOBER We welcome you to see some of his most known films, to take part in and negotiable. YUGOSLAV FILM ARCHIVE, Uzun Mirkova 1, Belgrade creative workshops and inspiring lectures, and also to experience the works of Bergman as theatre plays. 19.00 “Ingmar Bergman – Today” – Global and Local perspectives TUESDAY, 16 OCTOBER Panel discussion: Follow the festival and share your best festival memories through YUGOSLAV FILM ARCHIVE, Uzun Mirkova 1, Belgrade Mareet Koskinen, professor in film studies the hashtag; #bergmaninbelgrade Miroljub Stojanović, editor of publishing at Film Centre of Serbia; 19.00 Opening of the Festival (by invitation only) with guests The festival is organized by the Embassy of Sweden, in cooperation Moderator: Jelena Mila with the Swedish Institute, the Yugoslav Film Archive, KC Grad and 20.30 Saraband M.A.M.M.A Production. 20.00 Persona PROGRAM FESTIVAL OF TUESDAY, 16 OCTOBER FACULTY OF DRAMA ARTS, Bulevar umetnosti 20, Belgrade INGMAR 13.00 “Far too much human matter – Ingmar Bergman’s characters: male, female, androgynous – queer?” BERGMAN Lecture by Mareet Koskinen, Maaret Koskinen, professor in film studies is the first scholar given Bergman´s farewell and most personal film production -100 YEARS access to Ingmar Bergman’s private papers and appointed Honor- Saraband is a musically-mathematically organized masterpiece ary Ingmar Bergman Professor by Stockholm University and the which Bergman directed at the age of 85. It was aired in 2003 for 16 Oct - 3 Nov 2018. Ingmar Bergman Foundation jointly in 2009. She has authored the first time as a TV-film. The story is a sequel to Bergman's With elements of psychological horror, Persona from 1966 has several books on Bergman’s work in film, theatre, and literature. Scenes from a Marriage (1973), bringing back the characters of been the subject of considerable analysis, interpretation and Belgrade She is presently the Chair of the Swedish Film Academy. Johan and Marianne. Marianne, some thirty years after divorcing debate. The film, with its themes of duality, insanity and personal Johan, decides to visit her ex-husband at his summer home and identity, has been interpreted as depicting the Jungian theory of persona and explores cinema, vampire mythology, lesbianism, FRIDAY, 19 OCTOBER take up residence in a cramped little flat. motherhood, abortion and other subjects. YUGOSLAV FILM ARCHIVE, Uzun Mirkova 1, Belgrade With: Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg, Dagmar Ebbesen, Åke Fridell. When first released, Persona was edited because of its controversial 20.00 Autumn Sonata subject matter, but It received positive reviews. It also won the Best Film award at the 4th Guldbagge Awards, and was Sweden's entry RADISSON BLU OLD MILL HOTEL, Bulevar vojvode Mišića 15, Belgrade for the Oscars Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. 19.00 “The Silence” - Workshop and performance in a hotel room. With: Liv Ullman, Bibi Andersson, Margareta Krook, In this workshop, two Serbian actors from G12 HUM will use the Gunnar Björnstrand, Jörgen Lindström. film script as a starting point for further research of the silence as an active part of the films of Ingmar Bergman. The hotel room is the stage where movements and the silence will be further THURSDAY, 18 OCTOBER explored by the actors who will interact with the audience. YUGOSLAV FILM ARCHIVE, Uzun Mirkova 1, Belgrade With: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekeroth, The Silence is a 1963 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar 20.00 Wild Strawberries Nils Poppe, Bibi Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Inga Gill. Bergman. The plot focuses on two sisters, the younger a sensuous woman with a young son, the elder more intellectually oriented and Autumn Sonata is a 1978 Swedish drama film written and directed by 20.00 Summer with Monika seriously ill, and their tense relationship as they travel toward home Ingmar Bergman and Ingrid Bergman starring. This intense domestic through a fictional Central European country on the brink of war. drama oers insights into the troubled relationships between a mother and her two daughters, one of whom is dying of a terrible disease that Actors: Milan Jovanović i Maja Atanasijević. has left her paralyzed and only able to communicate via grunts, and the other who has been estranged from her mother for seven years. 20.00 Performance - Liv Ullman, the interview and the love story This performance will portray Liv Ullman, the muse of Ingmar With: Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullman, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk Bergman, giving an interview to the Yugoslav journalist Dragan Babić. Talking about her films and her relation to Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullman shows a broad spectrum of emotions. In a moment of SATURDAY, 20 OCTOBER silence the love story between the two, is said to have begun. YUGOSLAV FILM ARCHIVE, Uzun Mirkova 1, Belgrade Actors: Milan Jovanović i Maja Atanasijević. Through flashbacks, fantasies, dreams, nightmares and philosophical 18.00 The Seventh Seal themes related to the human existence, Wild Strawberries dramatizes The Seventh Seal is considered a classic of world cinema, as well as one man’s remarkable voyage of self-discovery. This richly humane one of the greatest movies of all time. This 1957 Swedish historical Summer with Monika from 1953 is not among the best known or masterpiece from 1957, full of iconic imagery, is one of Ingmar fantasy film established Bergman as a world-renowned director most representative works of Ingmar Bergman, but it may be his SUNDAY, 21 OCTOBER Bergman’s most widely acclaimed and influential films. and contains scenes which have become iconic. The film takes most influential. The film helped to create the reputation of BELGRADE PHILHARMONICS, Studentski trg 11, Belgrade place during the Black Death and tells the journey of a medieval Sweden as a sexually liberated country. In this romantic drama we With: Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin. knight and a game of chess he plays with the personification of get to follow Monika from Stockholm who falls in love with Harry, a 15.00-19.00 Death. One famous quote which shows the deepness in the film is young man on holiday. When she becomes pregnant they are Masterclass for young musicians and video artists (by invitation), held by “How are you? I´m death”. forced into a marriage, which begins to fall apart soon after they Matti Bye. This masterclass - workshop is designed for young film artists, musicians, composers and sound designers and addresses the connection lives a man who wants to be left alone. A man whose only MONDAY, 22 OCTOBER TUESDAY, 23 OCTOBER between film, music and improvisation. The workshop will include company is the sea and his own demons. YUGOSLAV FILM ARCHIVE, Uzun Mirkova 1, Belgrade YUGOSLAV FILM ARCHIVE, Uzun Mirkova 1, Belgrade techniques of improvisation and introduce a specific understanding of silent movies. 19.00 The Last Gasp, watch the film together with the music 19.00 Public Reading of “The Best Intentions” with live music composer Matti Bye by Mattie Bye 20.00 Concert by Matti Bye This film was originally a one-act stage play, later filmed for television. The Best Intentions is a 1992 Swedish drama film directed by Billie Matti Bye is the composer of the music in Bergman’s film “The Last The Last Gasp from 1995 portrays a meeting at the Swedish Film August and written by Ingmar Bergman. It is semi-autobiographical, Gasp”, when he worked with Bergman himself. With his Ensemble Industry headquarters between the former director Georg van telling the story of the complex relationship between Bergman´s Bye works in the field of musical improvisation and performs all Klercker and the businessman behind Swedish Film Industry, Director parents. The film documents the courtship and the dicult early over the world. Charles Magnusson. A drunk and bitter Klercher brags about old years of their marriage, until the point when Anna becomes movies but the most important question for him is if he cannot get a pregnant with their second son, who corresponds to Ingmar himself. At his Belgrade concert, Matti will perform some of his most successful chance to make a new movie? The film won the Palme d´Or at the 45 Cannes Film Festival. compositions as well as parts of his new album, released in 2018. Director: Marie Nyreröd With: Ingvar Kjellson, Björn Granath, Anna von Rosen This multimedia performance will include four actors: Until now, Bye has been best known as one of Sweden’s most sought-after Cinematography: Arne Carlsson Score: Matti Bye Bojan Žirović, Katarina Dimitrijević, Marija Opsenica, Željko Maksimović film composers, working on scores not only for contemporary but also i Katarina Martinović, kao i VJ Marija Kovačina.