Bergman, Black Power and Monkeys on show
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Past and present Swedish filmmakers feature strongly on the programme of the 61st Berlinale (February 10-20), with a retrospective of Ingmar Bergman’s work, Lisa Aschan’s directorial debut She Monkeys, four short films, plus the documentary The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 selected in Panorama.
Fans of the master filmmaker Bergman will be able to see all of his own films, including those he only scripted and the documentaries Images from the Playground and …but Films is My Mistress by Stig Björkman. Three of Bergman’s favourite actresses – Liv Ullmann, Harriet Andersson and Gunnel Lindblom – will discuss his work, as will former collaborator Katinka Faragó, the producer, and set and costume designers Gunil Palmstrierna-Weiss and Anna Bergman.
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