The Stockholm International Film Festival 2013

On tuesday, october 22 was the press Conference to announce the program for the Stockholm International filmfestival. The festival director Git Scheynius and George Ivanov presented the program. This year there will be 180 movies from 50 different countries. The festival will begin 6 november until 17 november. It will be 12 Days of Movies in different Cinemas in Stockholm.

By Sofia Sanchez

George Ivanov and Git Scheynius  

The theme of the festival for this year is FREEDOM. The festival will be open with the film 12 Years a Slave of director Steve McQueen. The screenwriter of this film is John Ridley.
John Ridley will attend the Stockholm Film festival and his movie Jimi: All is by my side is one of the movies nominated to the Bronze Horse Award for Best Film in the Stockholm Film Festival.

The Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Claire Denis, a French director.

Jury statement: ”Claire Denis refuses to close her eyes to the creative and destructive force

unleashed by human weaknesses. A bold explorer of postcolonial Africa and the dark corners
of modern society, who invites the audience to an exposed universe that is beautiful and raw.
This year's Lifetime Achievement Award goes to a filmmaker who continues to seek what
others turn away from, always fearless and with a rare eye for visual poetry”.

The Visionary Award is to Peter Greenaway, a British film director. Greenaway will be in Stockholm to receive the Bronze Horse on November 8 and meet the audience during a Face2face.

Jury Statement: ”Whether men are drowning by numbers, bodies are turned into art or savage nature is transformed into haute cuisine, Peter Greenaway has always challenged the spectator like a true modern visionary. By questioning traditional notions of artistic expression and combining the latest techniques with his vast knowledge of the classic art forms, this year’s recipient of the Stockholm Visionary Award has indeed created a new cinematic language."

 

George Ivanov and the film festival poster

 

Here are the Latin Visions movies for this year: There are 12 movies from Latin America.

All About The Feathers av Neto Villalobos (Costa Rica, 85 min)
Bobo av Inês Oliveira (Portugal, 80 min)
The Boy Who Smells Like Fish av Analeine Cal y Mayor (Kanada/Mexiko, 88 min)
Brazilian Western av René Sampaio (Brasilien, 105 min)
Crystal Fairy av Sebastian Silva (Chile, 98 min)
The Desert av Christoph Behl (Argentina, 98 min)
El Mudo av Daniel Vega, Diego Vega (Peru/Mexiko/France, 86 min)
Rio 2096 av Luiz Bolognesi (Brazilien, 75 min)
So Much Water av Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge (Urugay, 102 min)
Some Girls av Santiago Palavecino (Argentinien, 100 min)
Workers av Jose Luis Valle (Mexico/Tyskland, 120 min)
Wounded av Fernando Franco (Spanien, 95 min)

The Stockholm XXIV Competition movies.

12 Years a Slave av Steve McQueen (USA, 133 min)
Återträffen av Anna Odell (Sverige, 88 min)
Bad Hair av Mariana Rondón (Venezuela, 93 min)
Bluebird av Lance Edmands (USA, 90 min)
Club Sandwich av Fernando Eimbcke (Mexico, 82 min)
Concussion av Stacie Passon (USA, 96 min)
Eastern boys av Robin Campillo (Frankrike, 128 min)
For Those in Peril av Paul Wright (Storbritannien, 93 min)
Grand Central av Rebecca Zlotowski (Frankrike/Österrike, 93 min)
Heli av Amat Escalante (Mexico/Frankrike/Tyskland/Nederländerna, 105 min)
Ilo Ilo av Anthony Chen (Singapore, 99 min)
Jimi: All is by my side av John Ridley (Storbritannien/Irland/USA, 118 min)
Last Stop Fruitvale Station av Ryan Coogler (USA, 85 min)
The Lunchbox av Ritesh Batra (Indien/Frankrike/Tyskland, 104 min) Luton av Michalis Konstantatos (Grekland, 100 min)
Miele av Valeria Golino (Italien/Frankrike, 90 min)
Miss Violence av Alexandros Avranas (Grekland, 99 min)
The Selfish Giant av Clio Barnard (Storbritannien, 91 min)
A Texas Love Story av David Lowery (USA, 96 min)
Traitors av Sean Gullette (Marocko/USA, 86 min)

Spotlight: Freedom

Fifth Estate av Bill Condon (USA, 128 min)
Five Years av Stefan Schaller (Tyskland/Frankrike 95 min)
L'inconnu du lac av Alain Guiraudie (Frankrike, 100 min)
La Jaula De Oro av Diego Quemada-Díez (Mexico/Spanien, 102 min)
Manuscripts Don't Burn av Mohammad Rasoulof (Iran, 127 min)
Moebius av Ki-duk Kim (Sydkorea, 89 min)
Trap Street av Vivian Qu (Kina, 93 min)


Link : http://www.stockholmfilmfestival.se/en