Swedish #1 2012 • A magazine from the Swedish Film Institute Film BLONDE Berlin AMBITION Fasad bridges the gap between indie aesthetics and mainstream in Avalon and Blondie FEATURED FILMS DRAGONFLIES WITH Bill BIRDS AND SNAKE Shooting Star HEROES Bill Skarsgård shines THE ICE DRAGON in The Crown Jewels JUST A LITTLE LOOKING OUT O.G.B.I.P THE QUIET ONE UNRULY www.sfi.se THE LASERMAN STIEG LARSSON Based on a true story Documentary Starring David Dencik The Man behind Millennium INSPECTOR WINTER WALLANDER Based on books Based on books Starring Magnus Krepper Starring Rolf Lassgård www.svtsales.com
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[email protected] I'VE BEEN TO Berlin four times in my life. Who? (Wer wenn nicht wir, 2011), a study of The first was in April 1990. The wall had struggle in post-war German society. And Festivals, features come down a few months previously, but suddenly I saw Berlin in a new light. Gunnar Almér only in parts. We drove through a Check- The last time I was in Berlin was during Phone +46 70 640 46 56 point Charlie still manned by American the European Film Awards in December
[email protected] soldiers. For a Swede, shielded from the 2011. This time I had no need to visit effects of war in Europe, it was a very odd museums or monuments to feel the power Festivals, documentaries experience. We stood looking from the west of history.