23/03/2010

Six new European films will be previewed in April in 12 small Swedish cities, as part of Hela Sveriges Filmfest 2010 (April 8-25), supported by the Swedish Film Institute.

Jointly organised by Swedish film distributors and exhibitors, the festival aims to broaden the releases of arthouse films outside the country’s major cities. The eight films will tour 12 cities over three weeks (four cities each week) prior to their official domestic release.

“For the most part, we chose films from smaller independent distributors that were available for an exclusive premiere” said festival coordinator Charlotte Wallström. “We hope this pilot initiative will be successful and will become an annual event”.

The selected films are: Hermine Huntgeburth’s Effi Briest [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (to be distributed May 7 by Atlantic Film), Hans Petter Moland’s A Somewhat Gentle Man [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Hans Petter Moland
film profile] (May 15, Nordisk Film), Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg (May 21, SF), omnibus New York, I Love You (July 9, SF), Luca Guadagnino’s I Am Love [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Luca Guadagnino - director
film profile] (July 16, Scanbox), Jaco van Dormael’s Mr. Nobody [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jaco Van Dormael
interview: Jaco Van Dormael
film profile] (July 21, Pan Vision), Catherine Corsini’s Leaving [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (September 19, NonStop Entertainment) and Claire Denis’ White Material [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (Folkets Bio).