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Comedies, dramas and documentaries are featured in the Swedish Film Festival
Quirky black comedies, emotional dramas and reflective documentaries will be screened in the Swedish Film Festival from next Thursday to Sunday at SF World Cinema at CentralWorld.
Organised by the Embassy of Sweden, the festival has eight entries. Here is the line-up:
“The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared” – A centenarian dynamite expert escapes from a retirement home, embarking on a journey that leads to murders and suitcase full of cash. Felix Herngren directs this dark comedy, which has been a crowd-pleaser at festivals during the past year.
“Ego” – A 25-year-old hard-partying womaniser is forced to re-examine his life when he suddenly loses his eyesight. Lisa James-Larsson directs this 2013 romantic comedy.
“Belleville Baby” – Director Mia Engberg reflects on a past romance in this 2013 autobiographical drama, in which an old flame calls and says he’s spent many years in jail. She then recalls the tumultuous spring when she met him in Paris.
“Stockholm Stories” – Multiple plots are strung together in this 2013 comedy about five young urbanites whose paths cross during a few rainy days in November. Rising young helmer Karin Fahl
