For the past 20 years, the Bergman Week (Bergmanveckan) has been held at the ‘Bergman Island’ of Fårö in Sweden. This is an annual festival arranged by the Bergman Center to celebrate the cinematic brilliance of the esteemed Swedish director Ingmar Bergman (‘The Seventh Seal’, ‘Persona’).
The festival theme this year is Cirkus Bergman: 20 years of light and darkness, and the Bergman Week 2024 will run from June 24 to 28. In addition to film screenings of Bergman classics and new films by young filmmakers, the festival also includes music, theatre, and talks.
This year’s special guests and stars include Norwegian talents: Oscar winning actress Renate Reinsve (‘The Worst Person in the World’, ‘Armand’), celebrated director Dag Johan Haugerud (‘Beware of Children’, ‘Sex’), and Halfdan Ullman Tøndel (‘Armand’), a director and grandchild of Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullman. The festival will also host films and talks with Swedish directors Mika Gustafson (‘Paradise is Burning’), Suzanne Osten (‘The Guardian Angel’), and the acclaimed Swedish actress Lena Endre (‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’), among others.
‘Armand’, the debut feature film by Halfdan Ullman Tøndel, starring Renate Reinsve, recently won the prestigious Camera d’OR award at the Cannes Film Festival2024, and it has received great acclaim.
Watch the press conference for Camera d’OR winner ‘Armand’:
‘Armand’ will be screened at the festival followed by a talk with the filmmaker. The drama unfolds in an elementary school on one of the last days before the summer holidays. Something has happened between the six-year-old Armand and his best friend Jon. Their parents are asked to attend a meeting at the school, but no one really knows what happened. Was it just two kids fooling around, or something much more serious?
Watch a clip from ‘Armand‘ with Renate Reinsve:
“This year The Bergman Week turns 20, and we want to celebrate by focusing on the filmmakers, storytellers and guests we have had over the years, but certainly also look ahead. A young generation of filmmakers redefines what film can be, and we are excited to screen a number of new films by young filmmakers, along with the beloved Bergman classics. Building a festival is a bit like raising a circus tent with all of its components.The festival is resurrected each summer when we breathe new life into the circus with a cavalcade of film, musi, theatre and talks. From Norway we have some of the brightest shining stars in our special guest, actress Renate Reinsve and directors Dag Johan Haugerud and Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel. There will be films & talks with Mika Gustafson, Suzanne Osten and Lena Endre among others. We are also celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Magic Flute and explore topics as the role of the clown to the occult in the works of Ingmar Bergman. A concert with acclaimed musician Martin Hederos and a slightly crazy variety show are also on offer. Let the circus begin!”
Johan Hallström, Artistic Director
About the Bergman Week
The Bergman Week s an annual event organized by the Bergmancenter at the end of June, with screenings, performances and lectures. International guests who have attended over the years include Wim Wenders, Ang Lee, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Mia Hansen-Løve, Margarethe von Trotta, Willem Dafoe, Noah Baumbach, Andrey Zvyagintsev and Kenneth Branagh, among other notables – and of course Ingmar Bergman himself as a regular until his death in 2007.
Source: Bergman Center
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For the past 20 years, the Bergman Week (Bergmanveckan) has been held at the ‘Bergman Island’ of Fårö in Sweden. This is an annual festival arranged by the Bergman Center to celebrate the cinematic brilliance of the esteemed Swedish director Ingmar Bergman (‘The Seventh Seal’, ‘Persona’).
The festival theme this year is Cirkus Bergman: 20 years of light and darkness, and the Bergman Week 2024 will run from June 24 to 28. In addition to film screenings of Bergman classics and new films by young filmmakers, the festival also includes music, theatre, and talks.
This year’s special guests and stars include Norwegian talents: Oscar winning actress Renate Reinsve (‘The Worst Person in the World’, ‘Armand’), celebrated director Dag Johan Haugerud (‘Beware of Children’, ‘Sex’), and Halfdan Ullman Tøndel (‘Armand’), a director and grandchild of Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullman. The festival will also host films and talks with Swedish directors Mika Gustafson (‘Paradise is Burning’), Suzanne Osten (‘The Guardian Angel’), and the acclaimed Swedish actress Lena Endre (‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’), among others.
‘Armand’, the debut feature film by Halfdan Ullman Tøndel, starring Renate Reinsve, recently won the prestigious Camera d’OR award at the Cannes Film Festival 2024, and it has received great acclaim.
Watch the press conference for Camera d’OR winner ‘Armand’:
‘Armand’ will be screened at the festival followed by a talk with the filmmaker. The drama unfolds in an elementary school on one of the last days before the summer holidays. Something has happened between the six-year-old Armand and his best friend Jon. Their parents are asked to attend a meeting at the school, but no one really knows what happened. Was it just two kids fooling around, or something much more serious?
Watch a clip from ‘Armand‘ with Renate Reinsve:
About the Bergman Week
The Bergman Week s an annual event organized by the Bergmancenter at the end of June, with screenings, performances and lectures. International guests who have attended over the years include Wim Wenders, Ang Lee, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Mia Hansen-Løve, Margarethe von Trotta, Willem Dafoe, Noah Baumbach, Andrey Zvyagintsev and Kenneth Branagh, among other notables – and of course Ingmar Bergman himself as a regular until his death in 2007.
Source: Bergman Center
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