By Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Stockholm, Dec. 6(Greenpost)–Tu Youyou, Chinese Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine has said that there is more to be done in health cause.
She called on young people to follow the requirement of the World Health Organization and further research on new drugs to prevent the resistance to Artemisinin. See the live video of the press conference at Nobel Forum at Karolinska Institutet on Dec. 6. filmed by Anneli Larsson from Green Post.
By Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Stockholm, Nov. 25(Greenpost)—Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs Sven-Erik Bucht is going to visit China in order to get the permit to export Swedish pork and other food product to China.
To pave the way to China, Bucht and Chinese Ambassador Chen Yuming and others held a seminar focusing on the conditions for the export of Swedish pork to China in Restaurant Formosa, in Stockholm recently.
”I have long been impressed by the Chinese cuisine. Sweden has paid great attention to use minimium antibiotics in raising animals, and Sweden has vast land for food products. So Swedish food production is focused on quality and sustainability,” said Bucht at the Lunch Seminar.
He said he will lead a delegation to China to see opportunities to increase the Swedish food exports to China. The aim is to obtain export permits for Swedish food to China. The trip will be organized by Business Sweden.
Chinese Ambassador Chen Yuming said he suggested that the delegation understand the Chinese market and relevant regulations. He believed this cooperation has great potential and cooperation in agriculture and food production can be mutually-beneficial. He likes to see more Chinese food products in Sweden too.
The Swedish side held that China is now the world’s largest food importer and imports a large part from the EU countries. But Sweden’s export to China only accounts for 0.8 percent of its total exports, mainly to neighboring countries and EU as well as America. Thus, there is great potential for Sweden to catch up since Sweden is somewhat lagging behind in exporting to China in food products compared with its neighboring countries like Denmark.
Kött & Chark Företagen CEO Magnus Därth, HK Scan’s Magnus Sjöholm and Business Sweden’s Tobias Glittertind were also at the seminar.
In an interview with Greenpost.se, Därth said they had gotten the permit from Sweden to export pork to China, but it still takes time to get China permit. They hope that they can get it by the end of next year.
Chinese ambassador Chen Yuming is showing the Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs Sven-Erik Bucht how to use chopsticks.
After the seminar, participants tasted eight delicious dishes cooked by Chinese cook with Swedish pork and Chinese cooking methods—a perfect cooperation between China and Sweden.
The seminar was hosted jointly by Swedish KCF and Swedish Chinese Cuisine Association, a member of Sveriges Kinesiska Riksförbundet.
President Ye Keqing of Sveriges Kinesiska Riksförbundet, Counsellor Bai Xiaomei and Commercial Counsellor Han Xiaodong were among the participants during the seminar.
In another development, Swedish Poultry Association is also considering to export Swedish chicken feet to China.
Chicken feet was considered as a beauty making delicacy for many Chinese women because one can taste the good taste without gaining any weight. It was also partly because chicken feet was very cheap in the past. Whether the Chinese women still think the same way, that needs to be discovered.
Another consideration to deal with China is to consider if there is any restrictions at the EU level.
(Photo by Anneli Larsson)
Stockholm, Nov. 22(Greenpost)–Pieter ten Hoopen’s Hungry Horse is being exhibited at Fotografiska Museum in Stockholm.19 November 2015 – 31 January 2016 Emmy-nominated photographer and filmmaker Pieter ten Hoopen’s exhibition in Fotografiska’s video gallery comprises his film Hungry Horse and images from his eponymous book. Two different expressions of the artist’s attempt to describe and shed light on American society, which has provoked mixed, and strong, emotions. Far away from the picture of the “Land of Promise”. In September, Pieter ten Hoopen was nominated for an Emmy for his film (se the trailer here) which is the culmination of a decade-long documentation of life in the small town of Hungry Horse in the Rocky Mountains of Montana. The project began when George Bush was re-elected and was fighting terrorism. It was a time when the gap between the rich and the poor widened. Hungry Horse is a photographic rather than factual documentation of the state of mind of the people of the region and its landscape. Ten Hoopen wanted to get beyond the clichés of a country that many people have very distinct ideas about. Reproduced in movies and books, the stereotypical image of America is alien to most of the inhabitants of this small town in the Rocky Mountains. These are people who have been hit hard by the recession and unemployment. People plagued by drugs, poverty and loneliness. “The project was like a slow food process. In order to learn to know the people and discover the unique expression of this special condition, it was crucial that I spend as much time as possible with them. After ten years I can confidently say that I have done everything I can to describe the town and the experience of the people who live there.” The many aspects of the place and the people are brought out in a poetic and emotional work about our society and the time in which we live, sparking as many questions as answers. The images displayed at Fotografiska are ten Hoopen’s artistic interpretation of the state of the place, while the film, in the style of a documentary, provides the people with a platform to express their own views of the situation. The work has been nominated for an Emmy in the New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle and Culture category. The exhibition also includes a film by Peter Hoelstad in which journalist Lasse Bengtsson interviews ten Hoopen about the project and shows what happened when Hungry Horse was screened at the local saloon. |
Det blev den norska regissören Joachim Trier som tog hem Bronshästen under fredagskvällens prisutdelning. Nedan följer alla pristagare på Stockholms internationella filmfestival 2015.
I juryn för Stockholm XXVI Competition sitter producenten Mimmi Spång, regissören Peter Grönlund, regissören Christian Zübert, regissören Arab Nasser och regissören Di Phan Dang. Juryn för Stockholm Impact Award består av konstnären Ai Weiwei (juryordförande), regissören Ida Panahandeh och teaterregissören Linus Tunström. Jurymedlemmar för Stockholm Documentary Competition är filmkritikern Stefan Nylén, regissören och skådespelaren Alexandra Dahlström och regissören Matías Meyer. För Stockholm XXVI Short Film Competition, skådespelaren Saga Becker, regissören Alejandro Guzmán Alvarez och regissören Takeshi Fukunaga. Och för FIPRESCI, Yael Shuv, Kristin Aalen och Dariia Badior.
Bästa film: Louder Than Bombs av Joachim Trier
Priset för Bästa film går till ett estetiskt mästerstycke, en film som innovativt använder mediets alla komponenter och fritt rör sig mellan nutid, dåtid, dröm och föreställningsvärld. Med detta täta familjedrama om försoning, lappar filmskaparen gradvis ihop våra trasiga inre rum och synliggör oss för oss själva – och för varandra.
Bästa regidebut: Mediterranea av Jonas Carpignano
Priset för Bästa debut tillfaller en regissör som tar oss på en resa till en plats, där verkligheten triumferar med sitt dolda förakt. En osentimental, men ömsint film, om drömmar, kampen och förhoppningen om ett bättre liv, som samtidigt avspeglar det aktuella världsläget. Regissören har med denna käftsmäll till debut skapat ett mångbottnat och brännande verklighetsdrama som inte lämnar någon oberörd.
Bästa regi: László Nemes, Son of Saul
Priset för Bästa regi går till en film som får oss att sluta andas och istället uppta filmens egna puls. Med ett rasande tempo, en konstant rörelse, ett konsekvent subjektivt berättande och med långa, minutiöst utförda och mästerliga scenerier, tar regissören ett helt nytt grepp på ett ämne som skildrats otaliga gånger, men aldrig så här intensivt och tätt – och aldrig så här bra.
Bästa manus: Deniz Gamze Ergüven och Alice Winocour, Mustang
Författarna till denna film skildrar ett allvarsamt ämne med ömsom humor och ömsom värme. Det är en gripande berättelse om systerskap, en kampfilm som gör upp med det manliga förtrycket och dess unkna syn på den kvinnliga sexualiteten. Konservatismen ställs mot det moderna samhället, livet inom oss – och var persons rätt till sin egen kropp.
Bästa foto: Manuel Dacosse, Evolution
Priset för Bästa foto går till ett cinematiskt mästerverk, en berättelse som likaväl kan utspela sig i det undermedvetna som i det metaforiska eller på en annan planet. Ett kusligt vackert berättaruniversum, destillerat genom en mästares lins, med ett alldeles unikt visuellt uttryck, som skapar gåshud i själen.
Bästa kvinnliga skådespelare: Julija Steponaityte, The Summer of Sangaile
Priset för Bästa kvinnliga huvudroll går till en skådespelerska som lyser upp duken med sin totala närvaro. Det är ett subtilt och ändå mångfacetterat skådespel vi får ta del av, på samma gång svalt och sårbart, som arrogant och lidelsefullt. Hon gör oss nyfikna – och vi vill se mer!
Bästa manliga skådespelare: Koudous Seihon, Mediterranea
Priset för Bästa manliga huvudroll går till en skådespelare som äger berättelsen i varje scen. Det är en karaktärsgestaltning av en fighter, en street-smart överlevare och en medmänniska, som öppnar upp våra hjärtan i sin resa genom en sargad värld, full av faror. Mitt i berättelsens brutala verklighet lyckas han förmedla en känsla av hopp och tro på människan.
Bästa dokumentär: Behemoth av Liang Zhao
Den som ger sig in här gör bäst i att lämna allt hopp bakom sig. Här har vi en filmskapare som gräver djupt i sitt ämnes schakt och visar oss det giriga monster som gömmer sig i vår destruktiva civilisation. På ett poetiskt, vackert och känslomässigt sätt avslöjar filmen ett helvete på jorden. Genom kraften i starka bilder, skickligt berättande och djup empati ges vi chansen att uppfatta och göra slut på förödelsen av vår jord och varandra. Äkta och djupt nödvändig.
Stockholm Impact Award: Leena Yadav, Parched
Strålande skådespeleri i ett sensuellt färgstarkt bildspråk ger oss en unik inblick i kvinnor på den indiska landsbygdens tankar och hjärtan. En paradoxal hyllning till livet under hårda omständigheter som skapar både ilska och glädje, och ger bränsle till debatt så väl som hopp om förändring när den rör vid en brännande fråga som påverkar inte halva, utan hela vårt samhälle.
Bästa kortfilm: A Few Seconds av Nora El Hourch
Med hjälp av ett egensinnigt och djärvt berättande lyckas regissören skildra karaktärernas mänskliga egenskaper i det korta tidsformatet. Filmen är fylld av lager av känslor och vi är mycket spända på att följa denna nya talang i hennes fortsatta filmskapande.
Stockholm Rising Star: Aliette Opheim
Stockholm filmfestival Rising Star 2015 går till en skådespelare som besitter en djup känslighet och samtidigt en oerhörd styrka. Som kastar sig ut och gestaltar olikartade roller med stort mod och integritet. Med känslan att bära på en hemlighet.
Telia Film Award: Mediterranea av Jonas Carpignano
Med en varm, humanistisk hand har regissören skrivit och regisserat en starkt relevant och oväntat humoristisk film. En berättelse befolkad av skickligt sammansatta och komplext skildrade karaktärer och med en enastående huvudrollsinnehavare. En vacker film som mänskliggör upplevelsen av att leva idag och som ger en unik inblick i de erfarenheter som delas av många av de som flytt över Medelhavet.
FIPRESCI-priset: Macadam Stories av Samuel Benchetrit
FIPRESCI-priset går till en insiktsfull, melankolisk och ömsint komedi fylld med egensinnig, skruvad humor. Tre separata historier om storstadslivets ensamhet och längtan efter mänsklig närhet vävs sömlöst samman. De vackert tecknade och oerhört nyanserade berättelserna iscensätts i perfekt tempo samtidigt som de utmärkta skådespelarprestationerna låter karaktärernas mänsklighet skymta fram genom gliporna.
Stockholm Achievement Award: Ellen Burstyn
En ikon inom samtida amerikansk film, en djärv skådespelerska med stor integritet som har givit liv åt banbrytande karaktärer. Hennes framträdanden har lämnat ett bestående intryck av en obeveklig kamp för självständighet och frihet. Hon har kämpat mot det patriarkala samhället i Alice Bor Inte Här Längre, Satan i Exorcisten och missbrukets destruktiva kraft i Requiem for a Dream.
Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award: Stephen Frears
Årets mottagare av Lifetime Achievement Award är en filmskapare som inte räds att ta ställning för de marginaliserade i samhället. Hans filmskapande spänner från politiska filmer med socialt patos till storslagna epos med de största namnen. Oavsett vilken form berättelsen tar visar Stephen Frears att han är en regissör med en genuin nyfikenhet inför människors livsöden.
Stockholm Visionary Award: Yorgos Lanthimos
Genom att blottlägga mänskliga relationer synliggör Yorgos Lanthimos perspektiv som är både utmanande och egensinniga. Hans filmer tar med publiken på en oförutsägbar resa från det till synes oskyldiga till det djupt hotande; från det banala till det omvälvande; från en idé om det romantiska till den totalitära ideologin. En filmisk resa som tvingar oss att upptäcka en obekväm spegling av vårt eget beteende, våra begär och vårt sätt att kommunicera. Och ändå kan vi inte sluta titta, och identifiera oss, med ett snett leende på läpparna. Det är utmärkande för en sann visionär.
1 km film-stipendiat: Jag vill nå dig av Victor Lindgren
Två syskon tvingas uthärda att deras föräldrars relation bryter samman. Regissören ställer en obekväm fråga till oss i publiken: kan ett barns överlevnadsinstinkt övervinna en förälders självdestruktivitet? Filmen använder en förfinad stil för att åstadkomma stark känslomässig effekt och regissören visar stort mod och potential.
iFestival Award: Tisure av Adrian Geyer
Framröstad av Stockholms filmfestivals besökare.
Stockholm, Nov. 22(Greenpost)–Behemoth av Liang Zhao vann Bästa dokumentär på Stockholm Film Festival.
Den som ger sig in här gör bäst i att lämna allt hopp bakom sig. Här har vi en filmskapare som gräver djupt i sitt ämnes schakt och visar oss det giriga monster som gömmer sig i vår destruktiva civilisation. På ett poetiskt, vackert och känslomässigt sätt avslöjar filmen ett helvete på jorden. Genom kraften i starka bilder, skickligt berättande och djup empati ges vi chansen att uppfatta och göra slut på förödelsen av vår jord och varandra. Äkta och djupt nödvändig.
Stockholm Impact Award: Leena Yadav, Parched
Strålande skådespeleri i ett sensuellt färgstarkt bildspråk ger oss en unik inblick i kvinnor på den indiska landsbygdens tankar och hjärtan. En paradoxal hyllning till livet under hårda omständigheter som skapar både ilska och glädje, och ger bränsle till debatt så väl som hopp om förändring när den rör vid en brännande fråga som påverkar inte halva, utan hela vårt samhälle.
By Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Stockholm, Nov. 22(Greenpost)–Zhao Liang’s documentary Behemoth from China has won the best documentary award at 26th Stockholm International Film Festival.
The citation is ” This filmmaker digs deep inside the bowels of its subject, showing us the monster of greed hiding in our destructive civilization. This film unveils hell right here on earth in a beautiful, emotive and poetic way. Through the power of great imagery, storytelling and empathy we are given a chance to perceive and finally end this abuse of the earth than of each other. Pure and utterly necessary.”
Zhao Liang was born in Liaoning and studied at Luxun Art Academy and Beijing Film Institute. He is an independent documentary film maker and director.
Meanwhile, Stockholm Impact Award won by Leena Yadav, with her film Parched.
The citation is “Through superb acting giving a unique insight into the minds and hearts of women in rural India told with colourful, sensual cinematography. This film is a paradoxical celebration of life in tough circumstances, creating both anger and joy, giving fuel for debate as well as hope for change when addressing a burning question that affects, not half, but the whole of our society.”
The Stockholm Film Festival has just ended today after 11days of screening about 190 films from 70 countries. This year’s theme focuses on migration a lot.
This year’s Stockholm XXVI Competition jury is producer Mimmi Spång, director Peter Grönlund, director Christian Zübert, director Di Phan Dang, and director Arab Nasser. The jury for the Stockholm Impact Award includes artist Ai Weiwei (head of jury), director Ida Panahandeh, and theatre director Linus Tunström. For the Stockholm Documentary Competition the jury members are film critic Stefan Nylén, director and actor Alexandra Dahlström, and director Matías Meyer.
The Stockholm XXVI Short Film Competition jury consists of actor Saga Becker, director Alejandro Guzmán Alvarez, and director Takeshi Fukunaga. And for the FIPRESCI, Yael Shuv, Kristin Aalen, and Dariia Badior.
Best film: Louder Than Bombs by Joachim Trier
The prize for best film goes to an aesthetic masterpiece, a film that innovatively uses all cinematic components to move freely between present, past, dream and imagination. With this tightly woven family drama, the director gradually patches together our broken inner places and makes us visible to ourselves – and to each other.
Best first film: Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano
The prize goes to a director who takes us on a journey to a place where reality triumphs with its hidden contempt. An unsentimental yet tender film about dreams, struggles and hopes for a better life that at the same time mirrors the contemporary state of the world. The director has with this knockout of a debut created a multifaceted and pressing real-life drama that leaves no one unaffected.
Best director: László Nemes, Son of Saul
The award goes to a film that makes us hold our breath and instead become part of the film’s own pulse. With furious pacing, constant motion, a consistently subjective point-of-view and with long, meticulous and masterly executed sequences, the director takes a whole new perspective on a subject that has been depicted countless times, but never with this intensity – and never this good.
Best script: Deniz Gamze Ergüven and Alice Winocour, Mustang
The writers of this film depict a serious topic with both humour and warmth. It is a touching story of sisterhood, an empowering film that challenges patriarchal oppression with its stale views on female sexuality. Conservative values are placed in opposition to modern society, the life within each of us – and every person’s right to their own bodies.
Best cinematography: Manuel Dacosse, Evolution
The prize for best cinematography goes to a cinematic masterpiece, a story that could as well take place in the subconscious as on a metaphorical plane or another planet. A hauntingly beautiful universe distilled through the lens of a master, with a singular visual expression that provokes goose bumps in the soul.
Best actress: Julija Steponaityte, The Summer of Sangaile
The prize for best female lead goes to an actress who illuminates the screen with her absolute presence. It is a subtle yet multifaceted acting we are witnessing, at the same time cool and vulnerable, arrogant and passionate. She makes us curious – and we want to see more!
Best actor: Koudous Seihon, Mediterranea
The prize for best male lead goes to an actor who owns the story in every scene. It’s a portrait of a fighter, a street-smart survivor and a fellow human, who opens our hearts on his journey through a torn world full of dangers. He manages to convey a feeling of hope and faith in humanity in the midst of the brutal reality of the story.
Best documentary: Behemoth by Liang Zhao
Abandon all hope you who enter here. This filmmaker digs deep inside the bowels of its subject, showing us the monster of greed hiding in our destructive civilization. This film unveils hell right here on earth in a beautiful, emotive and poetic way. Through the power of great imagery, storytelling and empathy we are given a chance to perceive and finally end this abuse of the earth than of each other. Pure and utterly necessary.
Stockholm Impact Award: Leena Yadav, Parched
Through superb acting giving a unique insight into the minds and hearts of women in rural India told with colourful, sensual cinematography. This film is a paradoxical celebration of life in tough circumstances, creating both anger and joy, giving fuel for debate as well as hope for change when addressing a burning question that affects, not half, but the whole of our society.
Best short film: A Few Seconds by Nora El Hourch
In a very unique and bold way of storytelling the director manage to show how much humanity in the characters in such a short time. There are so many layers of emotions in this film. We are excited to discover this new talent in her future work.
Stockholm Rising Star: Aliette Opheim
This year’s Rising Star is awarded an actor who inhabits a deep sensibility as well as an immense power. Who delves into diverse roles with great courage and integrity. With the sense of carrying a secret.
Telia Film Award: Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano
With a warm, humanistic touch Jonas Carpignano has written and directed a film with acute relevance and unexpected humour. Populated by brilliantly crafted and depicted characters with complexity, throughout the story, with an outstanding Koudous Seihon in the male lead. A beautiful film that humanizes what it is to live in the world today and offers a unique glimpse into experiences shared by many of the people fleeing across the Mediterranean Sea.
FIPRESCI best film: Macadam Stories by Samuel Benchetrit
The FIPRESCI award goes to Samuel Benchetrit’s Macadam Stories (Asphalte), an insightful, melancholic and tender comedy, filled with quirky deadpan humour. Three separate stories are seamlessly interwoven around the theme of urban loneliness and the longing for human connection, all beautifully drawn, highly nuanced and perfectly paced, while the excellent performances allow the characters humanity to shine through the cracks.
Stockholm Achievement Award: Ellen Burstyn
An icon of contemporary American cinema, a bold actress with great integrity, who has given life to groundbreaking characters. Her performances have left a lasting impression with a relentless struggle for independence and freedom.
Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award: Stephen Frears
This year’s receiver of the Lifetime Achievement Award is a filmmaker who is not afraid to take a stand for those who exist at the margins of society. Regardless of what form the story takes, Stephen Frears shows us that he is a director with a genuine curiosity for people’s life stories.
Stockholm Visionary Award: Yorgos Lanthimos
This director gives us a perspective that is both challenging and headstrong. His films offer the audience an unpredictable cinematic trip that forces us to discover an inconvenient reflection of our own behaviour, logic and desires. And yet we cannot stop looking, identifying and yes, very oddly smiling.
1 km Film-scholarship: I turn to you by Victor Lindgren
Two siblings are forced to experience the implosion of their parents’ relationship. The director poses an inconvenient question to us in the audience, can a child’s will to survive overcome the self-destructive desires of the parent. The film seamlessly connects refined form with emotional impact and the director shows great courage and promise.
iFestival Award: Tisure by Adrian Geyer
Voted for by the 2015 Stockholm Film Festival audience.
Over 80 directors and actors from the international film industry are attending the 26th edition of the Stockholm Film Festival. Nearly all competing directors, all jury members and many others will be in Stockholm.
The jury for the Stockholm Impact Award is the artist Ai Weiwei, Director Ida Panahandeh, and Theatre director Linus Tunström.
For the Stockholm XXVI Competition the jury members are Producer Mimmi Spång, Director Peter Grönlund, Director Christian Zübert, and Director Arab Nasser. The Stockholm Documentary Competition jury consists of Film Critic Stefan Nylén, Director Alexandra Dahlström, and Director Matias Meyer. And for the Stockholm XXVI Short Film Competition, Actor Saga Becker, Director Alejandro Guzman Alvarez, and Director Takeshi Fukunaga.
| Italy | * | |||
| Erik Gandini | Director | The Swedish Theory of Love | Sweden | All days |
| STOCKHOLM IMPACT | ||||
| Ai Weiwei | Chairman of Impact jury | China | * | |
| Lisa Aschan | Director | Det Vita Folket | Sweden | All days |
| Erik Matti | Director | Honor Thy Father | Philippines | * |
| Matias Meyer | Director | Yo | Mexico | 12 |
| Yuval Delshad | Director | Baba Joon | Israel | * |
| Sterlin Harjo | Director | Mekko | USA | 12 |
| Cyril Dion | Director | Tomorrow | France | 17 |
| Leena Yadav | Director | Parched | India | * |
| SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS | ||||
| Mikael Marcimain | Director | Gentlemen & Gangsters | Sweden | All days |
| Ninja Thyberg | Director | Hingsten | Sweden | All days |
| Fia-Stina Sandlund | Director | She’s Wild Again Tonight | Sweden | All days |
| Avi Lewis | Director | This Changes Everything | USA, Canada | * |
| Naomi Klein | Writer | This Changes Everything | USA, Canada | * |
| OPEN ZONE | ||||
| Mai Masri | Director | 3000 nights | Jordan | 16 |
| Daniel Dencik | Director | Gold Coast | Denmark | 16 |
| Xavier Giannoli | Director | Marguerite | France | 14 |
| Olivier Delbosc | Producer | Marguerite | France | 14 |
| Matteo Garrone | Director | Tale of Tales | Italy, France, Great Britain | * |
| AMERICAN INDEPENDENTS | ||||
| Bob Byington | Director | 7 Chinese Brothers | USA | * |
| Charles Hood | Director | Night Owls | USA | 19 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | Director | Go with me | USA | * |
| ASIAN IMAGES | ||||
| Di Phan Dang | Director | Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories | Vietnam | * |
| Rubaiyat Hossain | Director | Under Construction | Bangladesh | * |
| Arab Nasser | Director | Dégradé | United Arab Emirates | 19 |
| LATIN VISIONS | ||||
| Jorge Forero | Director | Violence | Colombia | 12 & 13 |
| Alejandro Guzmán Alvarez | Director | Walking Distance | Mexico | 16 |
| Mariana Monroyl | Producer | Walking Distance | Mexico | 16 |
| Jacques Toulemonde | Director | Anna | France | 18 |
| Joshua Gil | Director | Evilness | Mexico | * |
| SPOTLIGHT | ||||
| Caroline Kernen och Tova Kurkiala Medbo | Director | I jakt på ett bättre liv | Sweden | All days |
| Takeshi Fukunaga | Director | Out of My Hand | USA, Liberia | 17 |
| Simon Rouby | Director | Adama | France | 17 |
| Jakob Brossmann | Director | Lampedusa in Winter | Austria | * |
| Migueltxo Molina Ayestarán | Director | Walls | Spain | * |
| Christian Zübert | Director | One breath | Germany | * |
| TWILIGHT ZONE | ||||
| Can Evrenol | Director | Baskin | Turkey | 14 |
| Dietrich Brüggeman | Director | Heil | Germany | 15 |
| Daniel di Grado | Director | Alena | Sweden | All days |
| Sergio Uguet de Resayre | Producer | Crumbs | Spain, Ethiopia | * |
| Won-Chan Hong | Director | Office | South Korea | * |
| Carlos Osuna | Director | With The Lips Closed | Colombia | * |
| STOCKHOLM XXVI SHORT FILM COMPETITION | ||||
| Gabriel Sanson | Director | The Sheep of Erwin S. | Belgium | * |
| Ashley McKenzie | Director | 4 Quarters | Canada | * |
| Ninja Thyberg | Director | Boys & Girls | Sweden | All days |
| Ahmed Abdullahi | Director | Francis | Sweden | All days |
| Stefan Constantinescu | Director | Prologen | Sweden | All days |
| Teresa Kuhn | Director | Isabel In Winter | Germany | * |
| Nelson MacDonald och Ashley McKenzie | Director | 4 Quarters | Canada | * |
| 1 KM FILM | ||||
| Christine Berglund & Sophie Vukovic | Director | 09:55-11:05 Ingrid Ekman, Bergsgatan 4B | Sweden | All days |
| Nathalie Alvarez | Director | Vi känner inget alls | Sweden | All days |
| Lovisa Sirén | Director | Audition | Sweden | All days |
| Caroline Ingvarsson | Director | Under Rymdskeppet | Sweden | All days |
| Bahar Pars | Director | Rinkebysvenska | Sweden | All days |
| Marcus Lindeen | Director | Dear Director | Sweden | All days |
| Johan Tappert | Director | Flykten från enplansvillorna | Sweden | All days |
| Oliver Guerpillon | Director | IN/UT | Sweden | All days |
| Lars Persson | Director | Radioamatören | Sweden | All days |
| Victor Lindgren | Director | Jag vill nå dig | Sweden | All days |
| iFESTIVAL | ||||
| Derya Durmaz | Director | Mother Virgin No More | Turkey | * |
| Hanna Verboom | Director | Alice | Netherlands | * |
| Adrian Geyer | Director | Tisure | Venezuela | 16 |
| Assaad Khoueiry | Director | The Drought Land | Lebanon | * |
| RISING STAR | ||||
| Aliette Opheim | Actor | Det Vita Folket | Sweden | All days |
| Bianca Kronlöf | Actor | Svenskjävel | Sweden | All days |
| Josefin Asplund | Actor | Cirkeln | Sweden | All days |
| Marina Nyström | Actor | Aerobics – a Love story | Sweden | All days |
| Rasmus Luthander | Actor | Från djupet av mitt hjärta | Sweden | All days |
| Sebastian Hiort af Ornäs | Actor | Cirkeln | Sweden | All days |
Stockholm, Oct. 22(Greenpost)–The 26th Stockholm Film Festival will focus on migration, said Git Scheynius, Director of the Stockholm Film Festival.
Git Scheynius, director of Stockholm Film Festival was interviewed by Xuefei Chen Axelsson on Oct. 20, 2015. Filmed by Anneli Larsson.
In an interview with Green Post, Scheynius said that this year attracts 190 films from 70 countries and regions in the world.
“We have a section called spotlight, this section focuses on migration. The reason for that is a question that is touching us all in the society.” said Scheynius.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — Media and entertainment investment fund China Media Capital (CMC), together with industry players including Disney, have invested 65 million U.S. dollars in Jaunt, a company pioneering cinematic virtual reality (VR).
The deal will give Jaunt resources to create more content and innovate in VR filmmaking, said CMC in a statement on Tuesday.
The series C round of funding will greatly expand Jaunt’s global reach, helping make VR the next mainstream content medium, it added.
There is much room for VR technology to be applied in film, television, games, sports, and mobile media, according to the statement.
In recent years, advances in technology and mobile devices have made fully-immersive VR possible and accessible to the masses.
CMC was founded in 2010 as China’s first private equity fund for financing media companies, with an initial fund of 2 billion yuan (314 million U.S. dollars). Enditem
Av Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Stockholm, 25 Sept. (Greenpost)– Kinesisk Akrobatik spelare Wang Qiang gav en fantastisque spel i Stockholm den 24, sept. 2015.
By Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Stockholm, Sept. 25(Greenpost)–Chinese acrobatic performer Wang Qiang gave an excellent performance on Thursday in Stockholm. This is one of the programs performed by Cultural China’s European Tour for overseas Chinese.
Filmed by Xuefei Chen Axelsson, on Sept. 24, 2015.
Justification: British director Stephen Frears never shies away from taking on people’s dark and tragic sides, doing so with warmth, passion and a sense of humor.
This year’s receiver of the Lifetime Achievement Award is a filmmaker who is not afraid to take a stand for those who exist at the margins of society. His filmmaking ranges from political films with social pathos to grand epics with the biggest stars. Regardless of what form the story takes, Stephen Frears shows us that he is a director with a genuine curiosity for people’s life stories.
Stephen Frears has since his breakthrough with My Beautiful Laundrette (1984) mesmerized the audience with a series of acclaimed films. The director has been nominated for two Oscars with The Grifters (1990) and The Queen (2006), and awarded with the Silver Berlin Bear for The Hi-Lo Country (1998) at the Berlin International Film Festival. His latest film Philomena (2013) was shown during the Stockholm International Film Festival two years ago and was praised by both audiences and critics.
In the exhilarating thriller The Program (2015), Frears narrates the dramatic story of Lace Armstrong. The undefeated Tour de France champion was discovered to be involved in the most sophisticated doping program in the history of cycling. Starring Ben Foster as Armstrong and Chris O’Dowd as David Walsh, the journalist who devoted years to reveal the scandalous fraud, The Program is a gripping story with a deeply psychological portrait of its main characters.
Cast: Ben Foster, Lee Pace, Dustin Hoffman, Chris O ‘Dowd, Elaine Cassidy, Jesse Plemons, Laura Donnelly.
The Program has premiere in Swedish cinema December 4. Distributor: AB Svensk Filmindustri.
The Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to honor and acknowledge a longstanding career and an outstanding achievement in cinema. The prestigious award, in the shape of a 7,3kg (16 lb) Bronze Horse is the heaviest film award in the world. It is also a paraphrase on a national design icon, the Swedish Dala horse, and was created by artist Fredrik Swärd. The prize has previously been awarded to directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Quentin Tarantino, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Oliver Stone and Mike Leigh.
By Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Cosmopolitan Luoyang, a famous historical city in Tang Dynasty is being exhibited in Stockholm’s Far Eastern Museum of Antiquities. Greenpost’s Xuefei Chen Axelsson has talked with Michel Lee, Director of the museum. 
By Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Stockholm, Sept. 6(Greenpost)–Gabriella Pichler and Jonas Hassen Khemiri collaborate, Ninja Thyberg updates the image of the horse-loving girl and sami coming of age drama by Amanda Kernell in West Bothnia are among the films awarded funding in August.
From Sámi Blood (Sameblod) by Amanda Kernell. Photo: Oskar Östergren Amanda Kernell
Invasion! is Gabriela Pichler’s first film since the Venice awarded Eat Sleep Die (Äta sova dö). The script is a collaboration between Pichler and Swedish award-winning novelist and playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri. As in her previous film, Pichler works with first time actors on location.
Tacit Wisdom (Tyst kunskap) by Saara Cantell is a reality-based psychological social drama about witchcraft on the Swedish-governed Åland islands in the 17th century, where the men in power suppress the wisdom of women. Independent young Anna is at the centre when the church begins a hunt for women who are in league with the devil.
With her debut feature Sámi Blood (Sameblod), Amanda Kernell continues along the same lines as her acclaimed short Northern Great Mountain (Norra Storfjället). Elle Marja attends a Sami boarding school in the 1930s. Racial biology examinations cause her to break away from her Sami identity, but becoming Swedish proves to be harder than she thought.
Three projects in a short format have been awarded funding in August. In the erotic short The Stud (Hingsten) by Ninja Thyberg, horse-loving 16-year-old Adena wants to lose her virginity to her handsome teacher Adam. Patterns are broken and gender roles switch places. In 2013 Thyberg was awarded the Canal+ Award in Cannes for Pleasure, about the porn industry. This is her first film after graduating from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts.
The children’s adventure Dreamgame (Drömspel 1) by Elisabet Gustafsson, who made Annabell’s Spectacularities (Krakel Spektakel) in 2014, is part of the Moving Sweden initiative. Nicolas’s mum spends too much time working on her thesis and is literally absorbed into her computer. Nicolas jumps into his video game to save her and meets giant spiders and other characters on his journey to the factory, where his mum is being held captive.
In Ni ska se att jag har rätt (English title tba) by Saga Gärde, bus-driving union man Magnus gives an impassioned speech behind the wheel as he sees the union losing members, and how the privatisation of public transport is creating stress and occupational injuries among his colleagues
