Swedish Film IN THE MOOD FOR LUKAS Lukas Moodysson’s Mammoth ready to meet the world Nine more Swedish films at the Berlinale BURROWING | MR GOVERNOR THE EAGLE HUNTEr’s SON | GLOWING STARS HAVET | SLAVES | MAMMA MOO AND CROW SPOT AND SPLODGE IN SNOWSTORM | THE GIRL #1 2009 A magazine from the Swedish Film Institute www.sfi.se Fellow Designers Internationale Filmfestspiele 59 Berlin 05.–15.02.09 BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009 OFFICIAL SELECTION IN COMPETITION GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL MICHELLE WILLIAMS MA FILMA BYM LUKMAS MOOODTYSSHON MEMFIS FILM COLLECTION PRODUCED BY MEMFIS FILM RIGHTS 6 AB IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH ZENTROPA ENTERTAINMENTS5 APS, ZENTROPA ENTERTAINMENTS BERLIN GMBH ALSO IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH FILM I VÄST, SVERIGES TELEVISION AB (SVT), TV2 DENMARK SUPPORTED BY SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE / COLLECTION BOX / SINGLE DISC / IN STORES 2009 PETER “PIODOR” GUSTAFSSON, EURIMAGES, NORDIC FILM & TV FUND/HANNE PALMQUIST, FFA FILMFÖRDERUNGSANSTALT, MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG GMBH, DANISH FILM INSTITUTE/ LENA HANSSON-VARHEGYI, THE MEDIA PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Fellow Designers Internationale Filmfestspiele 59 Berlin 05.–15.02.09 BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009 OFFICIAL SELECTION IN COMPETITION GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL MICHELLE WILLIAMS MA FILMA BYM LUKMAS MOOODTYSSHON MEMFIS FILM COLLECTION PRODUCED BY MEMFIS FILM RIGHTS 6 AB IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH ZENTROPA ENTERTAINMENTS5 APS, ZENTROPA ENTERTAINMENTS BERLIN GMBH ALSO IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH FILM I VÄST, SVERIGES TELEVISION AB (SVT), TV2 DENMARK SUPPORTED BY SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE / COLLECTION BOX / SINGLE DISC / IN STORES 2009 PETER “PIODOR” GUSTAFSSON, EURIMAGES, NORDIC FILM & TV FUND/HANNE PALMQUIST, FFA FILMFÖRDERUNGSANSTALT, MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG GMBH, DANISH FILM INSTITUTE/ LENA HANSSON-VARHEGYI, THE MEDIA PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY CEO’S LETTER Director, International Department Pia Lundberg Phone +46 70 692 79 80 [email protected] Swedish film belongs to children WHEN IT BECAME clear that Sweden had sometimes we need to remind ourselves Festivals, features no fewer than ten films at this year’s of the sterling efforts that lie behind the Gunnar Almér Berlinale, I started to try to cast my mind nurture of this solid tradition, lest we Phone +46 70 640 46 56 back to a year or an earlier festival when should ever take it for granted. In [email protected] we were so well represented. I didn’t get precisely the same way that Mammoth very far. Because it doesn’t matter how far reminds us that we should never take for back in time you look, Sweden’s participa- granted our families and our children. tion in Berlin this year is utterly unique. Features, special projects Petter Mattsson Never before has any Nordic country had I AM SO impressed that Swedish filmmak- Phone +46 70 607 11 34 such a strong presence at the festival. ers regard children with the same respect [email protected] The main spotlight, of course, is on as they regard adults. And it makes me Lukas Moodysson’s Mammoth, which you proud that Swedish films for children and can read about in this issue of Swedish young people do not shy away from Film. More than ten years have passed difficult subjects. When I recently saw Festivals, documentaries since Moodysson was in Berlin picking up Glowing Stars (I taket lyser stjärnorna) Sara Yamashita Rüster Phone +46 76 117 26 78 two awards for his debut feature, Fucking with my own children, all three of us sat [email protected] Åmål (aka Show Me Love). and laughed and cried by turns – out loud! Lukas Moodysson is one of Sweden’s That’s precisely the kind of emotional leading film directors on the internation- reaction you should expect from really al stage, and a major new work for him good films. And it’s precisely in that way Festivals, short films has been keenly anticipated for some that one can sow the seeds in children to Andreas Fock time. And Mammoth certainly lives up to ensure they retain an interest in film for Phone +46 70 519 59 66 [email protected] its name: it’s a big film, with big interna- the rest of their lives. tional stars in a truly global setting. This year for the first time he’s in with I WISH ALL of you – adults and children a chance of winning the prestigious alike – many moving film experiences in Head of Communications Golden Bear with his Mammoth, an your cinema seats in Berlin. & Public Relations agonisingly powerful work that questions Åsa Garnert the way we, in different parts of the Phone +46 70 615 12 41 [email protected] world, choose – or are forced – to relate to our children. Press Officer AND CHILDREN ARE certainly making their Cissi Elwin Frenkel Jan Göransson presence felt this year in Berlin. Six of the CEO, Phone +46 70 603 03 62 Swedish films are aimed primarily at a Swedish Film Institute [email protected] younger audience. This provides an ideal opportunity to reflect on Swedish films for children. We’ve long been spoilt in Sweden by Swedish Film Institute children’s films of world class. And 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 Cover photo www.sfi.se ISSUE 1/2009 Anders Dahlbom Per-Anders Jörgensen/ Jennie Dielemans Memfis Film 2009 Issued by Klas Ekman Photography The Swedish Film Institute Henrik Emilson Kristian Bengtson Niklas Eriksson Frans Hällqvist Publisher Emma Gray Munthe Sara Mac Key Pia Lundberg Christina Höglund Editors David Kollnert Translation Mattias Dahlström Paola Langdal Derek Jones Elin Larsson Per Nyström The Swedish Film Institute’s aims include the Art Direction Print promotion, support and development of Swedish films, Markus Edin Fagerblads Print & the allocation of grants, and the promotion of Swedish Packaging, Västerås cinema internationally. (www.sfi.se) ISSN 1654-0050 4 SCREENINGS Feb 6 at 9.30 AM - CinemaxX Studio 12 Feb 9 at 1.15 PM - CinemaxX Studio 12 Feature & Mini-Series (2x90’ approx.) & TV-series (6x45’ approx.) FESTIVAL SCREENINGS Feb 7 at 10.30 AM - Zoo Palast 1 CONTRACTUAL NOT CREDITS Feb 8 at 10.00 AM SCREENING - Filmtheater am Friedrichshain Feb 8 at 3 PM - Feb 10 at 11.30 AM - CinemaxX 3 CinemaxX Studio 17 MARKET SCREENING Feb 7 at 4.15 PM - CinemaxX Studio 18 SCREENING Feb 5 at 6.30 PM - CinemaxX Studio 17 Visit us at Martin-Gropius Bau - Scandinavian Films stand no. 24 Ann-Kristin Westerberg AB Svensk Filmindustri Karin Thun Sr. VP, Head of Int´l Div. E-mail: [email protected] International Sales Manager 5 Phone: +46 705 38 48 48 Website: www.sfinternational.se Phone: +46 765 25 66 21 CONTENTS #1/2009 ensen G R JÖ anders - per / film efis M © , odell onas , J , nsson Å M ns 6 13 14 Å M el Z ent W fredrik , oivisto K nut , K , vist K 20 24 28 annah S vist Q ll Ä H rans , F , nimation G A G Za G Zi Y, Y, ke mac 34 38 40 sara 8 NEWS The latest in Swedish film:Majken , Havet, The Eagle Hunter’s Son, 34 MåNS HERNGREN & JANE MAGNUSSON Buoyant Mr Governor, Glowing Stars, The Ballad of Marie Nord and Her Clients, times for the duo behind The Swimsuit Issue, a comedy about synchronised Instead of Abracadabra and Lies. swimming. 14 LUKAS MOODYSSON After an interlude of smaller films, Sweden’s 37 MALIN CRÉPIN Rising star in drug addiction love story In your Veins. best-known director is back with Mammoth, his biggest production yet. 38 CHILDREn’s FILMS The success story of Swedish films for kids. 20 AcNE They’ve conquered the world with jeans, commercials and magazines. Now it’s time for creative company Acne to take the next step – into the world of 40 HELENA DANIELSSON Producer looking to broaden her horizons. feature films. 42 THE SWEDISH FILM AWARDS Everlasting Moments and Let 24 MILLENNIUM Crime writer Stieg Larsson’s successful Millennium trilogy the Right One In were among the latest Guldbagge winners. hits the big screen. 46 NEW FILMS 28 FREDRIK WENZEL & HENRIK HELLSTRÖM Searching for Everything you need to know about the latest Swedish films. the in-between spaces in Burrowing. 54 COMPANIES 32 JOHAN JONASON Debutant director hits Rotterdam with Guidance. Your guide to the Swedish film industry. 6 FILMING IN SWEDEN Deep forests, archipelagos, mountains, lakes, open landscape, modern cities, medieval towns, villages, midsummer light a minimum of security issues, internationally experienced film crews and equipment houses history to be proud of, Ingmar Bergman, Jan Troell, Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, Lasse Hallström, to name a few we work together - with great locations - all over Sweden Swedish Lapland Film Commission Stockholm Film Commission Oresund Film Commission/ Mid Nordic Film Commission Berit Tilly Ingrid Rudefors Southern Sweden Per Hjärpsgård www.slfc.se www.stofilm.com Mikael Svensson www.midnordicfilm.com [email protected] [email protected] www.oresundfilm.com [email protected] +46 70 330 45 99 +46 70 323 77 71 [email protected] +46 76 800 75 10 +46 70 716 32 02 59th Berlin International Film Festival FILM I VÄST PROUDLY PRESENTS COMPETITION: MAMMOTH GENERATION: MAMMA MOO & CROW • GLOWING STARS • THE GIRL 7 Film i Väst is owned by Region Västra Götaland. WWW.FILMIVAST.SE NEWS ANDREA ÖSTLUND MAJKEN (SHORT) Slaves make good Hanna Heilborn and David Band of mothers Aronowitsch’s animated documentary Slaves (Slavar) will Majken is the result of a chance meet- who are making a stand for the things they be competing in the Berlin Film Festival’s Generation 14plus ing.