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Min Sista Vilja
''Four Shades of Brown'' () is a 2004 Swedish film written by the comedy group Killinggänget and directed by their member Tomas Alfredson. The film stars Robert Gustafsson, Johan Rheborg, Henrik Schyffert, Jonas Inde, Maria Kulle and Ulf Brunnberg. The film consists of four interwoven stories about life tragedies, each related to fatherhood as the common theme. It was produced by Sveriges Television. The film won four Guldbagge Awards including Best Director and Best Actor for Gustafsson. In 2005 it was aired on television as four mid-length television films, which had been reedited with additional footage. Plot The stories are interwoven in the film version, though their stories are completely unconnected. In the television version, each story constitutes one episode and works as an independent television film, varying in length between 40 and 60 minutes. ;Landins (''The Landins'') Christer Landin, the father in a family living in a community in Scania, southern Sweden, tries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomas Alfredson
Hans Christian Tomas Alfredson (born 1 April 1965) is a Swedish film director who is best known internationally for directing the 2008 vampire film '' Let the Right One In'' and 2011 espionage film '' Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy''. Alfredson has received the Guldbagge award for Best Direction twice; in 2005 for '' Four Shades of Brown'', and in 2008 for ''Let the Right One In''. He is the son of director and actor Hans Alfredson and the brother of director Daniel Alfredson. Early life Alfredson was born in 1965 in Lidingö, Stockholms län, Sweden, the son of Gunilla and comedian, writer, and director Hans "Hasse" Alfredson. Tomas was used to being treated differently from an early age. " smallnumber of people were public property, and he was one of them," Alfredson said of his father. Hasse was seldom home, and Tomas was mostly raised by his mother. "But I participated in asse'sfilm productions every summer, it was probably a way for us to reach each other (...) I thought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallpaper*
''Wallpaper'', stylized ''Wallpaper*'', is a publication focusing on design and architecture, fashion, travel, art, and lifestyle. The magazine was launched in London in 1996 by Canadian journalist Tyler Brûlé and Austrian journalist Alexander Geringer. It is now owned by Future plc after its acquisition of TI Media. History Brûlé sold the magazine to Time Warner in 1997 and stayed on as editorial director until 2002, when he was replaced by Jeremy Langmead. In 2003 Langmead appointed Tony Chambers as Creative Director. Chambers, a self-styled "visual journalist", replaced Langmead as editor-in-chief in April 2007. In September 2017, Chambers was succeeded by the publication's creative director, Sarah Douglas. Douglas had worked at the magazine for over a decade, joining as Art Editor in 2007 before being appointed to Creative Director in 2012. Chambers, in turn, took on the role of Wallpaper* brand and content director. In 2023, Bill Prince was appointed editor-in-chief. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs From The Second Floor
''Songs from the Second Floor'' () is a Swedish black comedy-drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 6 October 2000, written and directed by Roy Andersson. It presents a series of disconnected vignettes that together interrogate aspects of modern life. It uses quotations from the work of Peruvian poet César Vallejo as a recurring motif. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 73rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. It is the first film in a trilogy, followed by ''You, the Living'' (2007) and '' A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence'' (2014). Plot A man is standing in a subway car, his face dirty with soot. In his right hand he carries a plastic bag with documents, or rather, the charred leftovers of them. In a corridor a man is clinging desperately to the legs of the boss who just fired him. He is screaming: "I've been here for thirty years!" In a coffee shop someone is waiting for hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Andersson
Roy Arne Lennart Andersson (born 31 March 1943) is a Swedes, Swedish film director, best known for his distinctive style of absurdism, absurdist humor and Melancholia, melancholic depictions of human life. His personal style is characterized by long takes, and stiff caricaturing of Swedish culture and grotesque. Over his career Andersson earned prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival. Andersson spent much of his professional life working on advertisement spots, directing over 400 commercials and two short films; directing six feature film, feature-length films in six decades. He made his feature film debut with ''A Swedish Love Story'' (1970) followed by ''Giliap'' (1975). Anderson received the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize for ''Songs from the Second Floor'' (2000). His film ''A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence'' (2014) won the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion. His other not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svenska Dagbladet
(, "The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily List of Swedish newspapers, newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. History and profile The first issue of appeared on 18 December 1884. During the beginning of the 1900s the paper was one of the right-wing publications in Stockholm. Ivar Anderson is among its former editors-in-chief who assumed the post in 1940. The same year was sold by Trygger family to the Enterprise Fund which had been established by fourteen Swedish businessmen to secure the ownership of the paper. The paper is published in Stockholm and provides coverage of national and international news as well as local coverage of the Greater Stockholm region. Its Subscription business model, subscribers are concentrated in the capital, but it is distributed in most of Sweden. The paper was one of the critics of the Prime Minister Olof Palme, and in December 1984 it asked him to resign from the office following his interview published in ''Hufvudstadsbl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Film Festival Rotterdam
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, focused on independent and experimental films. The inaugural festival took place in June 1972, led by founder Huub Bals. IFFR also hosts CineMart and BoostNL, for film producers to seek funding. History The first festival, then called Film International, was organized in June 1972 under the leadership of Huub Bals. The festival profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative, and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and developing countries. Around 1983, the festival founded CineMart to serve as a "regular film market", and later modified the business model to serve instead as a "co-production market", which helps a selected number of film producers connect with possible co-producers and funders for their film projects. After the festival founder's sudden death in 1988, a fund was initiated and named af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordisk Film
Nordisk Film A/S () is a Danish entertainment company involved in film production and distribution and a subsidiary of Egmont Group. The multimedia entertainment company is also involved in television production, cinemas, computer games and advertising. The film studio was established in 1906 in Valby, Copenhagen, by filmmaker Ole Olsen. It is the fourth-oldest film studio in the world behind Gaumont, Pathé, and Titanus, and the oldest studio to be continuously active. The logo consists of a polar bear standing on the globe, and currently distributes films from various companies including Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment and FilmNation Entertainment among others. History Olsen started his company in the Copenhagen suburb of Valby under the name "Ole Olsen's Film Factory," but soon changed it to the Nordisk Films Kompagnie. In 1908, Olsen opened an affiliate branch in New York, the Great Northern Film Company, to handle the distribution of his films to the American ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Ulrica Ericsson
Anna Ulrica Ericsson (born 30 December 1966) is a Swedish actress. Ericsson made her debut as actress as she studied at high school in Gösta Jansson's local revues. She met the playwright Bo Sigvard Nilsson at the recreation center. Ericsson studied at the stage school in Malmö 1987–90 and except the studies she has spent one year in Buffalo, United States, where she studied drama. After that she has been engaged at Borås City Theatre, Stockholm City Theatre and Helsingborg City Theatre. Filmography *'' Wallander – Hämnden'' (2009) * 2006 – '' Mästerverket'' * 2005 – '' Kvalster'' *'' Sex, hopp & kärlek'' (2005) *''Four Shades of Brown'' (2004) *''Beck – Öga för öga'' (1998) * 1998 – ''Rederiet'' *'' Beck – Vita nätter'' (1998) *'' Beck – Pensionat Pärlan'' (1997) *''Beck – Mannen med ikonerna'' (1997) *'' Beck – Lockpojken'' (1997) * 1995 – ''Som löven i Vallombrosa Som, SOM or Søm may refer to: Computing * Syste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Helin
Sofia Margareta Götschenhjelm-Helin is a Swedish actress. She was nominated for a Guldbagge Awards, Guldbagge Award for her role in ''Dalecarlians (film), Dalecarlians'', and stars as Saga Norén in the Danish/Swedish co-produced TV series ''The Bridge (2011 TV series), The Bridge'' (Danish: Broen; Swedish: Bron). Early life and education Sofia Margareta Helin was born on 25 April 1972 in Hovsta in Örebro, Närke. Her father was a salesman and her mother a nurse. When she was 10 days old, her grandmother and her six-year-old brother had a car accident; her grandmother survived, but her brother was killed. She grew up in Linghem, Sweden, Linghem, near Linköping. From 1994 to 1996, she went to Calle Flygares theatre school and graduated from the Stockholm Theatre Academy in 2001. Career Helin played the leading role of Chief Inspector Klara in the film ''At Point Blank (film), At Point Blank'' (''Rånarna'') in 2003. In 2004, she took the leading role of Mia in the Swedish co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabet Carlsson
Elisabet Carlsson (born 9 January 1968) is a Swedish actress. She studied at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in Stockholm 1988–1992. She is married to the actor Stefan Roos and together they have a daughter. Filmography *''Angel'' (2008) *'' Predikanten'' (2007) *''Isprinsessan'' (2007) *'' Järnets änglar'' (2007) *'' Beck – I Guds namn'' (2007) *'' Beck – Flickan i jordkällaren'' (2006) *''Beck – Skarpt läge'' (2006) * 2005 – '' En decemberdröm'' *''Four Shades of Brown'' (2004) * 2004 – '' Allt och lite till'' * 2002 – '' Dieselråttor och sjömansmöss'' *''Grabben i graven bredvid'' (2002) *''Woman with Birthmark ''Woman with Birthmark'' (''Kvinna med födelsemärke'') is a 1996 novel by Håkan Nesser, which won the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award The Best Swedish Crime Novel Award (''Bästa svenska kriminalroman'') is a literary prize awarded annually s ...'' (2001) References * * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Björk
Anna Cecilia Björk (born 12 March 1970 in Trollhättan) is a Sweden, Swedish actor, actress. Now she works at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. Selected filmography *1989 - ''Flickan vid stenbänken'' (TV) *1993 - ''Chefen fru Ingeborg'' (TV) *1996 - ''Rusar i hans famn'' *1997 - ''In the Presence of a Clown'' (TV) *1999 - ''Jakten på en mördare'' (TV) *2003 - ''Illusive Tracks'' *2004 - ''Four Shades of Brown'' *2005 - ''Harrys döttrar'' *2006 - ''Varannan vecka'' *2006 - ''Inga tårar'' *2007 - ''Gynekologen i Askim'' (TV) *2008 - ''LasseMajas detektivbyrå – Kameleontens hämnd'' *2019 - ''Quicksand (TV series), Quicksand'' (Netflix, Netflix Series) References External links *Swedish Film Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Bjork, Anna Living people People from Trollhättan Actresses from Västra Götaland County 1970 births Swedish stage actresses Swedish film actresses Swedish television actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
