Swedish #1 2011 • A magazine from the Swedish Film Institute Film BERGMAN PORTFOLIO Rare images from behind the scenes ALICIA VIKANDER PURE STAR IS ON HER WAY UP MATERIAL POWER TO THE PEOPLE GÖRAN HUGO OLSSON TRACES THE ROOTS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ZOMBIES, PUPPETS AND BLIND FOOTBALLERS FIVE SWEDISH SHORTS IN BERLIN www.sfi.se Torgny Johnsson, Henrik Johansson, Focus Puller. Project Coordinator Light and Grip Dept. Anders Claesson, Production Coordinator. Jessica Simonsson, Make-up Artist. Simon Pramsten, Marie Flyckt, Costume Designer. Luisa Faciullacci, Gaffer. Director of Photography. Petra Valén, Production Designer. Christian Holm & Henrik Ohlin, Tom Ekman, Set Carpenter. Kristina Sandfors, Prop Master. Supervising Sound Editors. Martin Zetterlund, Stunt Coordinator. Jimmy Jib Triangle & J.L. Fisher Model 11 Dolly. Erik Svalin, Key Grip. Anders Muammar, Prop Maker. Behind every great film lies dedicated efforts from skillful and devoted film workers. 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Ever since the beginning of cine- Deutsche Kinemathek, a retrospective Festivals, documentaries Sara Yamashita Rüster ma, the love story between Hollywood and that not only offers more than 60 films, Phone +46 76 117 26 78 Sweden has been strong and mutual. Our but also a major exhibition and several [email protected] relationship may have had its ups and guests, including Harriet Andersson, the downs, but just recently it has blossomed star of Summer with Monika and other from a comfortable marriage into a pas- Bergman classics. A selection of seldom Festivals, short films sionate love affair. published behind-the-scenes Bergman Andreas Fock Swedish director Daniél Espinosa (Easy photographs can be enjoyed in this issue Phone +46 70 519 59 66 [email protected] Money) is in South Africa filming Safe of Swedish Film. House with Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. American filmmaker David BERGMAN ASIDE, SWEDEN has a very Special projects Fincher spent the autumn in Stockholm strong presence at this year’s Berlinale Petter Mattsson shooting the remake of The Girl with the with seven new films in the programme. Phone +46 70 607 11 34 Dragon Tattoo. And the star of the original Teenage friendship drama She Monkeys [email protected] Swedish movie, BAFTA-nominated Noomi by feature debutant Lisa Aschan and Rapace, is set to star in the Alien prequel Göran Hugo Olsson’s documentary The Prometheus. Add to this the fact that our Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 are joined Special projects Andrea Reuter cover girl, Alicia Vikander, Sweden’s by no less than five short films, two of Phone +46 76 833 14 49 Shooting Star at the Berlinale, is being them competing for the Golden Bear won [email protected] widely tipped to star in Universal’s last year by Sweden’s Ruben Östlund with upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman, his Incident by a Bank. In addition to the and you’ll appreciate what I mean. Berlinale, Swedish films have also been Head of Communications selected for Sundance, Rotterdam and & Public Relations Åsa Garnert YET HOLLYWOOD ISn’t alone in its passion Clermont-Ferrand, giving the festival Phone +46 70 615 12 41 for Sweden; many other parts of the world season an impressive kick-start. Looks [email protected] seem to be in love with Swedish film right like 2011 is set to be yet another passion- now. Last year, Swedish films scooped a ate year for Swedish film. Press Officer record-breaking 170 festival awards all Jan Göransson over the world, and at this year’s Berlinale Phone +46 70 603 03 62 more Swedish films than ever before are [email protected] being screened. This is due in no small Bengt Toll measure to the most comprehensive Acting CEO, Ingmar Bergman retrospective ever, Swedish Film Institute Swedish Film Institute International Department P.O. Box 27126 SWEDISH FILM ISSUE 1/2011 SE-102 52 Stockholm, Sweden Issued by The Swedish Film Institute Phone +46 8 665 11 00 Fax +46 8 666 36 98 Publisher Pia Lundberg Editors Mattias Dahlström, Bo Madestrand Art Direction Markus Edin www.sfi.se Contributing Anders Annikas, Henrik Emilson, Olof Peronius, Karolina Ramqvist, Alexandra Sundqvist, Roger Wilson, Nanushka Yeaman, Per Zetterfalk The Swedish Film Institute’s aims include the Photography Johan Bergmark, Marica Rosengård, Sara Mac Key promotion, support and development of Swedish Cover photo Marica Rosengård films, the allocation of grants, and the promotion of Translation Derek Jones Print Norra Skåne Offset, Hässleholm Swedish cinema internationally. ISSN 1654-0050 3 N 22 29 É wirs NEWS tina : S : illustration , , ahr B von indroth odell L I K I N MONT- jonas CLER FErrAND The festival hit institutet A Jonas Odell’s animated documenta- K ry Tussilago, about the relationship atis M between a Swedish woman and a dra , , West German terrorist, began doing sterberg lelbye K Ö K the festival rounds in Göteborg and K 18 17 8 la atri Berlin early in 2010. Fresh from P O winning Best Short at Sweden’s 24 32 Guldbagge awards, it is now in LAB competition at Clermont-Ferrand. How has the terrorist theme gone down? orsberg F “Most reactions have rille , C , been to the human ab drama, the fact that it’s story primarily about people in Jonas Odell a relationship. Terrorism in the 1970s was rather different from what we think of today, but there is a link CONTENTS to young activists who are at the point of 4 News 24 The Black Power no return.” What are the strengths of an animated News from the Swedish film industry. Mixtape 1967-1975 documentary? Director Göran Hugo Olsson uses archive footage to create a visual mixtape of the civil rights movement. “It poses questions about the whole 10 Hello Linus Torell concept of a documentary. ‘Normal’ The Swedish Film Institute’s new commissioner for documentaries all have their own films for children and young people about his vision for 29 Animation agendas, but with animation the choice of the future. and adaptation settings stands out even more. I’m not Joanna Rubin Dranger, Stina Wirsén and Jessica really sure that my films are documenta- Laurén in a discussion about adaptation of graphic 12 What’s next ries.” novels and illustrated children’s books. Upcoming projects from Cannes winner Patrik Eklund, What’s next for you? Involuntary director Ruben Östlund and Berlin favorite “I’m busy writing a few things that aren’t Ella Lemhagen. 32 Cornelis documentaries, and that won’t necessarily Second film by director Amir Chamdin is a biopic about be animations either.” 14 New talents Sweden’s most famous troubadour – Cornelis Your films have scooped lots of Vreeswijk. Swedish film: the next generation. awards, including a Golden Bear. Why are you never nominated for an 18 Alicia Vikander 34 Ingmar Bergman: Oscar? portfolio This year’s Swedish Shooting Star at the Berlin Film “Ha-ha, lots of filmmakers are never Festival about her breakthrough role in Lisa Yeah, that guy again. We celebrate the Bergman nominated. One thing I might say, though, Langseth’s Pure and where it might take her. hommage at the Berlin Film Festival with a portfolio of is that my films don’t tend to go down rarely seen behind the scenes photos. quite so well at pure animation festivals, 22 Tord and Tord and it’s the people involved with those who 40 New films Niki Lindroth von Bahr uses stop-motion technique do the nominating.” and David Lynchian rabbits in her acclaimed short film. All the information about all the new Swedish films. Anders ANNIKas 4 ster RÜ ashita M A Y ara S Black Power at Sundance Director Göran Hugo Olsson was in Sundance with his civil rights movement documentary The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975. From left: Director Göran Hugo Olsson, producer Annika Rogell, co-producer Danny Glover, co-producer Joslyn Barnes, executive producer Tobias Janson and music producer Corey Smyth. See also page 22. BERLIN Don’t be square The fact that life can feel pretty angular and boxed-in is highlighted in Mario Adamson's short film I Am Round, selected for Generation Kplus at the Berlin Film Festival. In a claymation world where everything and everyone is square, a round character arrives on the scene. How did you get the idea for the film? then I don't use it. For "It was my sister – everyone in my family is viewers, it means that from involved in film – who had an idea about a the sound, images, music round figure born into a square world. I could and montage they can see it had potential, and decided to run with it. create their own dialogues Roundness for me was an obvious visual and not just be a passive oivisto symbol for everything that's considered a receiver." K Noomi Rapace. nut deviation from the norm, whether political, Mario Adamson Are you planning more K social or ethnic." claymation films? Why did you opt to make a claymation film? "I have a number of projects that I'm The film with the BAFTA "To begin with we were going to use a cut working on, and I've already decided that they nominations out technique, and we even considered will be animations, though not necessarily Success for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo computer generated animation.