Paradise Is Burning: Not so perfect freedom
Paradise Is Burning, from director Mika Gustafson,seems to be a story of youth and freedom, but is...
Tag: Sweden
About Endlessness – Pictures of Life
“Isn’t it quite fantastic?” Watching Roy Andersson?s About Endlessness is more...
Koko-di Koko-da – Inescapable Nightmare
A broken relationship fueled by grief is the engine that runs Johannes Nyholm?s Koko-di Koko-da....
Saturday at AFIFest 2018
Films often bring the world to us in many different ways. We see other countries through the eyes of filmmakers who wish to share their cultures?both with love and with a critical eye.
TIFF17: Ravens
Taking place in 1970s Sweden, Ravens follow the life of Agne (Reine Brynolfsonn), an aging farmer determined to see his son, Klas, take over care of the family land.? Aging and broken, Agne?s struggles range from battling...
A Man Called Ove – A Grump with a Heart That’s Too Big
If you look up ?curmudgeon? in a Swedish dictionary, you may well find a picture of Ove (Rolf Lassg?rd) from the book and now movie A Man Called Ove.
Moomins on the Riviera: Simple Lives
Do you know the Moomins? They are the characters in a series of Swedish/Finnish children books and...