Er ist nicht nur ein brillianter und hochpräsenter Schauspieler. Stipe Erceg macht auch Filme, die lustvoll jede filmische Konvention dekonstruieren: Kluge Worte vortragen – Masken tragen. Ob man mit dem Schal des Dalai Lama zur […]
10. Zurich Film Festival gave us insight into cybercrime at an unprecedented level. Swedish TV-Miniseries ETTOR NOLLOR – meaning “zeroes and ones”, a binary code if I ever saw one – is a veritable thriller in […]
Why the fascination for Vampires? Why now? And why in teenagers? And when exactly did the gruesome dead monster turn into an enticing being, male or female? Swedish author Anna Höglund has studied Vampire lore, stories […]
The Critic’s Choice Award at 10. ZFF goes to SVENSKJÄVEL by Ronnie Sandahl (Sweden). Heja! Stort grattis, Sverige 🙂 Special Mentions go to the actresses Hera Hilmarsdottir from VONARSTRAETI and Bianca Kronlöf as well as […]
SVENSKJÄVEL is a beautiful film about some ugly truths. Like the condescension Norwegians might show towards Swedes, or men towards women, or employers towards employees. And we just might have our next Ingmar Bergman here, if […]
The sea rages like a wild beast, snow and rain and giant waves batter the longship. “On a shield the Viking sleeps” recites the voice of Thorald (Ken Duken) from the off, while we see […]
ETTOR NOLLOR – a two episodes Swedish TV Mini-Series – kicks off with a human leg landing on an old Mercedes. At least in the uncut version shown at Zurich Film Festival it does. Maybe […]
(c) Elisabeth Schabus