Do Swedish films have any chance to win Film Awards?
Apparently they have as two of them are nominated to the European Film Awards. Read more about it in Lundagård’s weekly summary of Swedish news.
The Swedish movie “Eat Sleep Die” may receive a European film prize
This year’s Swedish contribution to the Academy Award, the movie “Eat Sleep Die” has a chance to win another prestigious prize. Gabriela Pichler’s movie has together with Jan Troell’s movie “Judgment over a dead man” been nominated to the European Film Awards.
On Tuesday the European Film Awards Academy made public that they have nominated 46 movies, among them Margarethe von Trottas “Hannah Arendt” and the Norwegian “Kon-Tiki” in which the Swedish actor, Gustaf Skarsgård, is one of the protagonists.
The winners will be presented at a prize ceremony in Berlin December 7th.
The father: “They could have killed me”
The maltreatment occurred around 7 p.m. on Sunday, when the 32 year old father, was walking with his son. Nobody is arrested, but the police in Malmö are confident that they will solve this crime of hatred related to a father being maltreated by several persons, who also threw the 18 months old son to the ground. “They could have killed me”, the father says.
Anna Lindh – a portrait with flaws
The cracked voice of the old man in Tom Alandh’s documentary about Anna Lindh belongs to her father, Staffan Lindh, an artist and convinced socialist. The voice cuts through the typical high quality narrative technique of Alandh.
“She was actually a little brave. If she didn’t think somebody belonged to the party, she defended her view against the party”, the father says.
It is a proud man and father of the former foreign minister of Sweden, tragically murdered 2003, who speaks. Ten years after her death the stories have grown more profound. We are allowed to get close to a young Anna and meet ambitious politicians.
Maybe ten years are not enough to get a perspective of the incomprehensible, which is why this not is the ultimate documentary.
Kulturnatten – bigger than ever before
Kulturnatten in Lund is expanding (year by year) all the time. This year, on Saturday September 21st, there are 350 activities to choose from.
In the program you can find collective dance and adventure walks as well as traditional exhibitions and concerts.
The news of the year is ‘Misc’ or Mobile Interactive Social Choreography at Bantorget. With instructions from an app in your headset you can dance together. “I am rally against technical gadgets when I dance, but this creates possibilities”, says inventor and choreographer Maria Naidu.
The world’s biggest ship is coming to Copenhagen
Within barely two weeks the world’s biggest ship, Majestic Maersk, arrives in Copenhagen. During five days the ship will be open to the public.
It will be a spectacular event when the world’s biggest ship makes a detour from its normal rout and berth at Langelinie in Copenhagen on September 23rd. This giant of the seas will enter the strait of Öresund from the north at night an will be at Langelinie at three o’clock a.m.
At ten o’clock in the morning crown princess Mary of Denmark will name the ship Majestic Maersk. After the ceremony, at one o’clock p.m., the ship will be open to the public. Until Sunday September 29th there is a possibility to visit the ship.
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