Sveriges färger lyser över Tribecas filmfestival. I sektionen Discovery deltar Måns Herngrens Allt flyter och dansksvenska samproduktionen Original av Alexander Brøndsted och Antonio Tublén. Kortfilmen densen av Anna Linder är klar för sektionen Human Lan
Swedish film Original starring Tuva Novotny is screening at Tribeca. Photo: Alexander Brøndsted
Blending documentaries and narrative features, the Discovery section comprises fourteen films, showcasing innovative and emerging voices in the film world. Måns Herngren's synchronised swimming comedy The Swimsuit Issue (Allt flyter) is described in the Tribeca programme as a "fun, feel-good comedy about friendship and family". The film is distributed by Nordisk Film with support from the Swedish Film Institute's film commissioner, Lisa Ohlin.
Original was co-written and directed by Denmark's Alexander Brøndsted and Sweden's Antonio Tublén. Starring Tuva Novotny (Stoned and upcoming Possession) and David Dencik (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), the film is set in Malmö and Copenhagen. Original is an existential comedy about Henry, a loser who realises that he's just a pale imitation of the man he'd like to be and decides to swap his dull everyday life for sangria and a restaurant in Spain. The Swedish distributor is Nordisk Film.
Anna Linder's short film densen (the Japanese word for overhead cables) explores cables from Tokyo to Buenos Aires against a score of meditative electronic music by the Swedish group Tape. The Human Landscapes section focuses on short films of an experimental nature. Linder's previous works include cum pane, that was something of a cinema hit in Sweden. The film is produced by Lisbet Gabrielsson Film with support from the Swedish Film Institute's film commissioner, Anne-Marie Söhrman Fermelin.
The Russian-Swedish action film Newsmakers (Gorjačije novosti) by the Swede Anders Banke (Frostbitten) and starring Loa Falkman in one of the roles, is also taking part in the festival. The film follows police officer Smirnov, whose working life is being filmed for a reality show, in his hunt for a notorious gang leader Herman. Newsmakers will screen in the Midnight section. The Swedish producer is Peter Hiltunen at Illusion Film:
"Russian-Swedish co-productions are extremely rare. This is the first time I've been involved in such a project, which would have cost three times as much to produce in Sweden as in Russia, where thanks to its stylish appeal, it has already attracted favourable reviews along the lines of "at last… a Russian action film that looks as if it was made in Hollywood", says Hiltunen.
Last year the Swede Tomas Alfredson's Let the Right One In scooped first prize at the Tribeca Festival.