An anthology of short films inspired by the work of the maker of Cries and Whispers. What these films most have in common with Bergman's work is their subject matter. Most of the stories concern complicated, or simply toxic, interpersonal relations. One of them is about the problems facing an old married couple, while another is about the problems of a young couple. The set also includes a compellingly brash animation about Bergman's love life, portraying him as both a profligate baby-maker and the jealous type. His influence can also be seen in visual terms. Unforgiving close-ups of tormented faces. Oppressively intimate staging. The final work includes images from particular films that are skillfully recreated and edited into something like a music video.
Born in Stockholm in 1958, Pernilla August is one of Sweden's top actresses. She won an award at Cannes for her role in The Best Intentions, which was based on a screenplay by Ingmar Bergman. She has appeared in two episodes of Star Wars. As a director, she made her debut with Beyond, which won a number of awards and was Sweden's candidate for the Oscars.
2005 Blindgångare / Time-Bomb (short)
2010 Wykluczeni / Svinalängorna / Beyond
2016 Den allvarsamma leken / A Serious Game
2018 Bergman Revisited (co-dir.)
Born in 1978, Patrik Eklund is from Sweden. He is mainly known for his short films: Instead of Abracadabra was nominated for an Oscar, and Seeds of the Fall was an award winner at the Cannes Festival. He has worked on both television productions and commercials. He founded the FrameStation production company.
2008 Zamiast Abrakadabra / Istället för Abrakadabra / Instead of Abracadabra (short)
2009 Nasienie upadku / Slitage / Seeds of the Fall (short)
2012 Przepięcia / Flimmer / Flicker
2013 Syndromeda (short)
2018 Bergman Revisited (co-dir.)
Jane Magnusson is a Swedish journalist, film critic, screenwriter and director. She was born in Mölnlycke in 1968. She grew up in the United States, Singapore and Hong Kong. Jane studied at Brown University in the United States and has directed both documentary and feature films.
2012 Bergmans video (TV, doc., co-dir.)
2013 Więcej niż Bergman / Trespassing Bergman (doc., co-dir.)
2014 Babeczka / Cupcake (short)
2016 Christina Lindberg: The Original Eyepatch Wearing Butt Kicking Movie Babe (TV, doc., co-dir.)
2018 Bergman Revisited (co-dir.)
Liv Strömquist was born in Sweden in 1978. She studied Political Science. Liv is a graphic artist and designed the cover for the album Shaking the Habitual by the duo The Knife. She also works in radio.
2018 Bergman Revisited (co-dir.)
Stockholm native Linus Tunström was born in 1969 and is the son of writer Göran Tunström and artist Lena Cronqvist. Linus is a theater and film director whose short film To Be Continued ... was an award winner at the Cannes Festival. He used to be a theater director in Uppsala.
2000 To Be Continued... (short)
2000 Syskonsalt (TV)
2001 Röd jul (TV, short)
2002 Pepparrotslandet (TV)
2018 Bergman Revisited (co-dir.)
Lisa Aschan is a Swedish director and screenwriter who was born in 1978. She studied the art of film in Sweden and Denmark. Lisa made a miniseries for Danish television called Thea & Leoparden andmade her full-length film debut with SheMonkeys, which won a number of awards, including the Crystal Bear at the Berlin Festival.
2005 In transit (short)
2009 Thea & Leoparden (TV)
2011 She Monkeys / Apflickorna
2015 Det vita folket / The Deposit
2018 Bergman Revisited (co-dir.)
Tomas Alfredson was born in 1965 and is the son of the Swedish actor and director Hans Alfredson. He began his film career as an assistant at Svensk Filmindustri. For a long time, he was active primarily as a television director. He gained international fame thanks to the horror Let the Right One In, which has since been remade in English. His next film, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,was an international co-production based on a novel by John le Carré.
1995 Bert - Den siste oskulden / Bert: The Last Virgin
2004 Cztery odcienie brązu / Fyra nyanser av brunt / Four Shades of Brown
2008 Pozwól mi wejść / Låt den rätte komma in / Let the Right One In
2011 Szpieg / Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2017 Pierwszy śnieg / The Snowman
Ingmar Bergman was one of the most important filmmakers in the history of artistic cinema. Born in 1918, he died in 2007 on the very same day that another legend passed away, Michelangelo Antonioni. He began his career in the film industry by correcting screenplays for others. He gained directorial experience as an assistant to Alf Sjöberg on Torment, for which he wrote the script. He made his directorial debut with Crisis. He gained international fame thanks to Smiles of a Summer Night, and then cemented his position with The SeventhSeal and Wild Strawberries, filmed shortly thereafter. The coming years and decades brought him even more success. He regularly worked with cinematographer Sven Nykvist and actors such as Harriet Andersson, Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow. He also worked in the theater.
1946 Kryzys / Kris / Crisis
1953 Wakacje z Moniką / Sommaren med Monika / Summer with Monika
1955 Uśmiech nocy / Sommarnattens leende / Smiles of a Summer Night
1957 Siódma pieczęć / Det sjunde inseglet / The Seventh Seal
1957 Tam, gdzie rosną poziomki / Smultronstället / Wild Strawberries
1960 Źródło / Jungfrukällan / The Virgin Spring
1961 Jak w zwierciadle / Såsom i en spegel / Through a Glass Darkly
1966 Persona
1972 Szepty i krzyki / Viskningar och rop / Cries and Whispers
1973 Sceny z życia małżeńskiego / Scener ur ett äktenskap / Scenes from a Marriage (TV)
1977 Jajo węża / The Serpent's Egg
1978 Jesienna sonata / Höstsonaten / Autumn Sonata
1983 Fanny i Aleksander / Fanny och Alexander / Fanny and Alexander (TV)
2003 Sarabanda / Saraband (TV)