As the world première of Swedish director Josef Fares' Leo opens the 18th Stockholm International Film Festival tonight - the first time a Swedish feature launches the fest - local audiences are facing an 11-day programme of more than 170 features, adding seminars, lectures, Face2Face discussions and workshops, all dedicated to the late Ingmar Bergman.
A native Stockholmer, already in place, Fares will during the festival be joined by an invasion of international filmmakers, led by US directors Paul Schrader and Wes Anderson. They will receive Stockholm's Life Achievement Award and Stockholm's Visionary Award, respectively. They will also introduce their latest films, The Walker and The Darjeeling Limited.
Romania's Christian Mungiu is due to be in town with his Cannes winner, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days; France's François Ozon with Angel; Dutch-born UK director Anton Corbijn with Control; China's Zhuang Yuxin with Teeth of Love; Russia's Olga Konskaya-Andrei Nekrasov with Rebellion: The Litvinenko Case; UK's David Mackenzie with Hallam Foe; Mexico's Carlos Reygadas with Silent Light; Korea's Kim Tai-sik with Driving My Wife's Lover; and Iceland's Baltasar Kormákur with Jar City.
US director Tom Kalin, whose Savage Grace will screen out-of-competition, will preside over this year's jury, judging the 20 entries in the international competition - all works by directors with no more than three features to their credits. The jury has one Bronze Horse - for Best Film - and six Aluminium Horses available for other categories, including the new Best Music Award.
As usual US indies are a strong ingredient in the showcase, this time represented by 18 titles such as Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park, Ethan and Joel Coen's No Country for Old Men, Steve Buscemi's Interview and Adrienne Shelley's Waitress. Canada's Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine take a closer look at Michael Moore's filmmaking in Manufacturing Dissent.
Last-minute addition to the programme is Swedish director Johan Renck's presentation of his upcoming feature debut, Dreamloading Nancy, as a work-in-progress. The drama thriller stars Maria Bello as a woman who decides that suicide is the only way out of failed marriage - and she finds assistance on the web. Local helmers Ella Lemhagen (Patrik 1.5), Ryzard Solarz-Fredrik von Krusenstjerna (Let's Stop for a Double Cheeseburger) and Ruben Östlund will also show excerpts of their new films.
A native Stockholmer, already in place, Fares will during the festival be joined by an invasion of international filmmakers, led by US directors Paul Schrader and Wes Anderson. They will receive Stockholm's Life Achievement Award and Stockholm's Visionary Award, respectively. They will also introduce their latest films, The Walker and The Darjeeling Limited.
Romania's Christian Mungiu is due to be in town with his Cannes winner, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days; France's François Ozon with Angel; Dutch-born UK director Anton Corbijn with Control; China's Zhuang Yuxin with Teeth of Love; Russia's Olga Konskaya-Andrei Nekrasov with Rebellion: The Litvinenko Case; UK's David Mackenzie with Hallam Foe; Mexico's Carlos Reygadas with Silent Light; Korea's Kim Tai-sik with Driving My Wife's Lover; and Iceland's Baltasar Kormákur with Jar City.
US director Tom Kalin, whose Savage Grace will screen out-of-competition, will preside over this year's jury, judging the 20 entries in the international competition - all works by directors with no more than three features to their credits. The jury has one Bronze Horse - for Best Film - and six Aluminium Horses available for other categories, including the new Best Music Award.
As usual US indies are a strong ingredient in the showcase, this time represented by 18 titles such as Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park, Ethan and Joel Coen's No Country for Old Men, Steve Buscemi's Interview and Adrienne Shelley's Waitress. Canada's Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine take a closer look at Michael Moore's filmmaking in Manufacturing Dissent.
Last-minute addition to the programme is Swedish director Johan Renck's presentation of his upcoming feature debut, Dreamloading Nancy, as a work-in-progress. The drama thriller stars Maria Bello as a woman who decides that suicide is the only way out of failed marriage - and she finds assistance on the web. Local helmers Ella Lemhagen (Patrik 1.5), Ryzard Solarz-Fredrik von Krusenstjerna (Let's Stop for a Double Cheeseburger) and Ruben Östlund will also show excerpts of their new films.
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