PRESS CONFERENCE LONG DISTANCE LOVE - THE QUEEN AND I - THE HANGING GARDENS OF SANTA EMILIA The 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century cycle of press conferences began on Sunday, March 15, at the “Ianos” book store. The first guests were the directors Magnus Gertten, Elin Jonsson (Long Distance Love), Nahid Persson Sarvestani (The Queen and I) and Sibel Bilgin (The Hanging Gardens of Santa Emilia). ...

The Nordic Film Award was inaugurated in 1989. Last year’s winner was the Swedish film Darling by Johan Kling. All eight competing films will be screened at the main festival cinema Draken (Dragon), starting Friday January 25 with Jens Jonsson’s The Ping Pong King. The award consists of SEK 100 000 and artist Ernst Billgren's The Film Dragon. The Nordic jury members are: chairman Monika Tunbäck-Hanson, film critic, Sweden, actress Sonja Richter, Denmark, producer Anna Anthony, Sweden and di...

According to the Swedish Film Institute, the domestic box office chart for Sweden this week reveals some exceptional figures - six Swedish films in the top ten list.The Young Jönsson Gang (Lilla Jönssonligan på kollo) tops the list, closely followed by Teresa Fabik's debut feature, The Ketchup Effect (Hip hip hora), which went out on general release last Friday. The list also contains The Robbers (Rånarna) , Illusive Tracks (Skenbart) and the two Swedish Film Award winners, Daybreak (Om jag ...