“Rare Exports” won the Variety Piazza Grande Award at Locarno film festival. The prize, awarded by the critics of the American trade paper, is attributed to a film screened on the Piazza Grande as a world or international première. The prize recognizes a film that stands out for both its artistic qualities and its potential for theatrical release.
Rare Exports is a co-production between Sweden, Finland and Norway. The Swedish co-producer is Anna Björk from Davaj Film, Luleå and Filmpool Nord. Jalmari Helander is the director and screenwriter of the film.
The film Autumn Man, directed by Jonas Selberg Augustsén, had its international premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival and won “the best fiction prize” at the short film competition.
Autumn Man was also screened at ’The Festival del film Locarno’ in Locarno, in Switzerland and won there the prize ‘Pardi di domani’ (Leopards of Tomorrow). The award means that the film will now be subtitled into three central European languages. The jury said: “We hope that this very good cold black comedy will, thanks to this prize, travel to hot countries.”
Co-operation with the Reikäreuna filmfestival in Finland
Films from Filmpool Nord will be screened at the Reikäreuna festival in Orivesi, near Tampere in Finland. Documentaries, short films, animations and the feature film ”Let the Right One In” will be screened. Some of these films are in the Swedish minority language Meänkieli, for instance the animation “Kaisa & Harax”.
Reikäreuna is a little film festival with film screenings, discussions, art exhibitions, music and screenings for school. The festival takes place 9.-12.9.
The festival program will be publiced 2nd of August at the homepage.
The film Autumn Man, directed by Jonas Selberg Augustsén, won earlier the novella film prize at Göteborg International Film Festival in February. Now it´s time for the international premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival, July 22 – August 8, 2010. The film takes part in the short film competition.
Autumn Man will also be screened and take part in the short film competition at the Swiss film festival in Locarno.’The Festival del film Locarno’ is one of the world’s oldest film festivals, founded in 1946. The Festival takes place in Switzerland between 4th and 14t of August.
The beautiful pictures and the Kaurismäki inspired hum our, has earlier fascinated the Swedish audience. Autumn man will now compete - as one of the first films made in the Swedish minority language Meänkieli - at the international film festivals. Meänkieli is spoken in North Sweden at the Finnish border. We wish the film good luck and hope for an international success.
Rare Exports, a hard-boiled Christmas carol is now in post-production in Finland. Inside the mountain Korvatunturi, 486 meters deep down, is the most guarded secret of Christmas buried. Now is the time to dig it out. An American research team examines the mountain and starts to dig it out. The day before Christmas Eve is the glacier on the Mountain stained with blood and on the snow lies the remains of hundreds of dead reindeer. After this Christmas, everyone will believe in Santa Claus.
Rare Exports is a co-production between Sweden, Finland and Norway. The Swedish co-producer is Anna Björk from Davaj Film, Luleå and Filmpool Nord. Jalmari Helander is the director and screenwriter of the film.
Filmpool Nord Development is having a break in intake
Project Filmpool Nord Development has received a large number of project proposals. Many more than we could dream of! But to keep up with, we now have a break in intake between 31st of March and 31st of August. Furing that time
we are not accepting new proposals but concentrate on the projects that are already in the “incubator”.
You are again welcome in your project proposal in September.
Instead of Abracadabra of Patrik Eklund is nominated for an Oscar
Instead of abracadabra is one of the five Oscar-nominated short films. This year’s Oscar gala broadcasts from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood on 7 March.
The film tells about Tomas who is a little bit too old to still be living with his parents, but his dream of becoming a magician leaves him with no other option. Bengt, his father, just wants him to grow up and get a proper job. At dad’s birthday party Tomas gives his parents, the birthday guests and first and foremost the beautiful new neighbour Monica a bizarre magic show. Patrik Eklund has written and directed the film. It is produced by Mathias Fjellström at. Instead of abracadabra is a co-production between Filmpool Nord, Film i Västerbotten and is produced with support from Swedish Film Institute.
Instead of Abracadabra was also Guldbagge nominated and Eklund won Startsladden at Göteborg International Film Festival with the film. Instead of Abracadabra was also screened last year’s Sundance Film Festival.
As the only Swedish producer participates Steve Mielle from Luleå with his production company “Levain Film Development” in the Berlinale Co-Production Market 2010, where he represents film project “Perish”.
Perish the movie is a thriller, where a young couple grieve over the death of their son while his unborn sister, frozen at minus 196ºC, will stop at nothing for her chance to live.
The seventh Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 14-16, 2010) will bring the producers and directors of 37 selected film projects from 22 countries together with 450 potential co-production and financial partners. For each of these projects, the Berlinale Co-Production Market’s team will arrange numerous thirty-minute one-on-one meetings with interested potential partners.The Berlinale Co-Production Market’s success rate is impressive: 40% of the projects selected – that is, over 90 films – have already been completed.
Director for the film “Perish” is Catherine Lens Drum. The production companies behind the film are “Bright Pictures” from Great Britain and “Levain Film Development” from Sweden. “Perish” is a part of Filmpool North Development project and Filmpool Nord as a Swedish co-producer will finance the film.
2010-01-08
Nominations for the 2009 Guldbagge Awards
In 2009 Swedish film was extremely successful, and now it’s time to present the nominations for the Guldbagge Award. With four nominations each The Girl, Glowing Stars and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo are in the lead, followed by The Wedding Photographer and Starring Maja with 3 nominations each.
Malin Crépin gets her first Guldbagge nomination for her role as Eva in the film “In Your Veins”. Filmpool Nord is a co-producer for “In Your Veins”. Crépin has awarded prize Rising Star in the Stockholm International Film Festival 2008.
A jury of 34 members has voted in a secret ballot for the following nominations for the 2009 Guldbagge Awards, Sweden’s national film awards. The nominations are listed alphabetical in order.
Best Film
I taket lyser stjärnorna/Glowing Stars
Producer: Anders Landström
Män som hatar kvinnor/ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Producer: Søren Stærmose
Prinsessa/Starring Maja
Producer: Sandra Harms
Best Director
Fredrik Edfeldt
for Flickan / The Girl
Teresa Fabik
for Prinsessa / Starring Maja
Lisa Siwe
for I taket lyser stjärnorna / Glowing Stars
Best actress in a leading role
Malin Crépin
for her role as Eva in I skuggan av värmen / In Your Veins
Stina Ekblad
for her role as May Fjellgren in Det enda rationella / A Rational Solution
Noomi Rapace
for her role as Lisbeth Salander in Män som hatar kvinnor / The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best actor in a leading role
Claes Ljungmark
for his role as Sven-Erik in Det enda rationella / A Rational Solution
Olle Sarri
for his role as Krister in Apan / The Ape
Björn Starrin
for his role as Robin in Bröllopsfotografen / The Wedding Photographer
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Annika Hallin
for her role as mother Liv in I taket lyser stjärnorna / Glowing Stars
Anki Lidén
for her role as grandmother Ingrid in I taket lyser stjärnorna / Glowing Stars
Tova Magnusson
for her role as Anna in Flickan / The Girl
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Kjell Bergqvist
for his role as Jonny in Bröllopsfotografen / The Wedding Photographer
Joel Kinnaman
for his role as Frank Wagner in Johan Falk - Gruppen för särskilda insatser
Sven-Bertil Taube
for his role as Henrik Vanger in Män som hatar kvinnor / The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best Screenplay
Karin Arrhenius
for her script for Flickan / The Girl
Teresa Fabik
for her script for Prinsessa / Starring Maja
Ulf Malmros
for his script for Bröllopsfotografen / The Wedding Photographer
Best Cinematography
Hoyte van Hoytema
for his cinematography in Flickan / The Girl
Eric Kress
for his cinematography in Män som hatar kvinnor / The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Peter Mokrosinski
for his cinematography in Flickan som lekte med elden / The Girl Who Played with Fire
Best Foreign Language Film
A jury of 15 members has voted in a secret ballot for the following nominations for the 2009 Guldbagge Awards, Sweden’s national film awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
Das weiße Band / The White Ribbon
Director: Michael Haneke
Aruitemo aruitemo / Still Walking
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Vals Im Bashir / Waltz with Bashir
Director: Ari Folman Best Short Film and best Documentary Film At a meeting held on 15 December 2009, a special committee agreed on the following nominations for the 2009 Guldbagge Awards in the Best Short Film and Best Documentary Film categories.
A Good Friend of Mr. World
Director: Axel Petersén
Drömmar från skogen / Dreams from the Woods
Director: Johannes Nyholm
Skrapsår / Scratches
Director: Gabriela Pichler
Best Documentary Film
Drottningen och jag / The Queen and I
Director: Nahid Persson Sarvestani
Ebbe - The Movie
Directors: Jane Magnusson and Karin af Klintberg
Videocracy
Director: Erik Gandini
More awards at the ceremony
Three more awards will be given out for best achievements, in fields not already award with a Guldbagge. Further, the Award of honour will be presented, as well as the Gullspira (for extraordinary contributions in films for children) as well as the Audience award.
The Guldbagge Awards ceremony will be held 25 January 2010 at Cirkus in Stockholm. Swedish Television (SVT) will be broadcasting the event live.
Awarded annually since 1964, the Guldbagge (”Golden Beetle”) is the name of the Swedish Film Institute’s award for achievements during the previous year. The award itself, in the form of a fantastical beetle, was designed by the artist Karl Axel Pehrson.
Stockholm the 8th of January 2010
Martin Frostberg
Swedish Film Institute
Box 27126
102 52 Stockholm, Sweden
Filmhuset, Borgvägen 1 martin.frostberg@sfi.se
+ 46 8 665 12 12
+ 46 703 48 93 33 www.sfi.se
2009-12-21
With Best Wishes Per-Erik, Sirel, Lars-Eric, Katja, Rebecca, Michael, Anneli, Berit, Karin, Dennis, Sarah and Peder
Filmpool North bought a tonne of porridge to the children and their families during the food crisis and other emergency situations. One ton of pure porridge is enough to fill 1 500 children for one week. Read the Christmas Greeting Card as pdf file.
Democracy Council of Constance with Filmpool North and the People’s Houses Boden offered on Thursday in a debate night, where discussed everything from the only female oben to ice hockey and films. 60 pupils from the Music School in Boden, 10 politicians and other public came to Sagabiografen to discuss.
2009-12-08
For the second consecutive year Patrik Eklund from Northern Sweden is competing with a film at the Sundance Film Festival Park City, USA. This time the film is ”Seeds of the Fall” which is a low-key drama about a middle-aged couples. In addition, Patrik Eklund’s last film “Instead of Abracadabra” is shortlisted for an Oscar nomination.
“Seeds of the Fall” was recorded in Luleå in November 2008. Patrik Eklund has written and directed the film and it is produced by Mathias Fjellström the production company Direktörn & Fabrikörn in cooperation with Filmpool Nord, SVT and Film i Västerbotten. “Seeds of the Fall” had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May this year and won the Critics Week Grand Prize, Grand Prix Canal +.
Patrik Eklund’s last film, “Instead of Abracadabra”, has been short listed - in the category Live Action Short Films - an Academy Award nomination, which means that in ten short films to five selected and announced at a press conference on February 2, 2010 at Samuel Goldwyn Theater. “Instead of Abracadabra” was a success at last year’s Sundance Festival.
More about the short listed short films: http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091204.html
More about the Sundance Film Festival: http://festival.sundance.org/2010/
2009-12-08
Jenny, God and the Silence received a prize in New York
Documentary filmmaker Ingela Lekfalk from Luleå has received the prestigious Best International Alternative Lifestyle Documentary prize for the film “Jenny, God and the silence” of NYIFF New York International Film Festival.
”Jenny, God and the Silence”, a documentary that takes place in a surrounding where there is far from certain that you will be accepted for who you are. Jenny studies to become a priest in Sweden, she is young, a woman and married to Linda. “Sometimes I wonder what that silence means, the one who comes after I tell people I’m married to a woman,” Jenny says. Ingela Lekfalk followed Jenny during her last academic year. “I am so incredibly pleased with this award, Jenny has broken a silence, which was not easy for her, it makes me proud and concerned.”
“Jenny, God and the Silence” premiered in August 2008. Since the Government had not yet decided whether to introduce a gender-neutral marriage law in Sweden.
Documentary Awards (International)
Best International Political Documentary – Exarchia-Culture Shock
Best International Social Documentary – Best Foot Forward
Best International Biographical Documentary – Blas: The Man and His
Legend
Best International Art Documentary – The Courage of Lassie
Best International Inspirational Documentary- Fearless
Best International Cultural Documentary – In Search of Yiddish
Best International Alternative Lifestyle Documentary- Jenny -God and the
Silence
Best International Investigative Documentary – Rape in the Ranks: The
Enemy From Within
Best International Student Documentary - Stephen’s Journey
Best International Nature Documentary – Arsy-Versy
The entire Swedish film industry and some foreign guests met for two days in Luleå to discuss the film policy and socialize. There was an energetic glow in the discussions: Swedish film feel better than ever, yet there is much that can be improved.
On Wednesday said representatives of the four regional film production centers, why they are disappointed with Mats Svegfors film study: film Inquiry advocate centralization where the regional production centers are forgotten.
Swedish Film Institute believes that the regional resource centers in Sweden should focus on child and youth activities, but not on a professional short film and documentary production. Malin Lagergren from Film in Dalarna are questioning this effort to centralize the production of short films and documentaries. She believes instead that it should increase aid to the resource that they can work with both cultural activities and film production.
On Thursday discussed Dramatic Institute weak relationship to the film industry a reality. Producer Helen Ahlsson former DI-student told me that she had no education in their teaching about the distribution, deployment, addressing the audience and international production worldwide.
Film ‘09 convention ended with the secret guest Gunnar Bergdahl bl. a. suggested that we should forget all quotas and instead share the Swedish Film Institute’s money so that half goes to female directors, producers, script writers etc and the other half to the male film makers.
In a year we meet again in Luleå during the first week of December and see what’s next film, the year 2010 has come up with.
text: Katja Härkönen
photo: Sarah Arildsson
2009-12-03
Film prize “Filmspark”
Film Prize “Filmspark” in 2009 was awarded to animator and documentary filmmaker Mitra Sohrabian and television director and documentary filmmaker Valentina Svensson. The award ceremony took place in connection with Film ‘09 Convention the 2nd of December during a dinner at the House of Culture in Luleå. This was the seventh consecutive year that the film prize was distributed. This year, the price of SEK 50 000, which is shared between two winners. The prize is awarded annually by Filmpool North, Academy of Norrbotten and Luleå.
text: Katja Härkönen photo: Sarah Arildsson
2009-11-30
Last entry for the Filmkonvent ‘09 was on November 26, but you can still sign up for, read more in Swedish on Filmkonvent sidan
This year, 271 people meet at Norrbottensteatern and discuss film in Luleå, from the 2nd to 3rd of December. Film Convention ‘09 addresses Film Inquiry which has recently been presented. We have invited representatives of the parliamentary advisory board which followed Film Inquiry to discuss. During the convention following themes will be discussed: film education in Sweden, the proportion of foreign money in Swedish film and production of short-and documentary film.
Welcome to the year’s best venue for Swedish film - Film Convention ‘09!
2009-11-27
What has Norrbotten and Berlusconi’s Italy in common?
The project Road Movie 2009, Folkets Hus and Democracy Council invites you to a showing of Eric Gandinis documentary Videocracy and debate about democracy, fame, media and gender.
Welcome to Sagabiografen in Boden, Thursday 3 / 12 at. 18:30
Free entrance.
Lena Abrahamsson, Professor of Work Science from Luleå University of Technology, journalist Karin Sjöberg from Publishers Club, Democracy Council Vice President Egon Palo, upper-secondary students who have participated in TV4’s show, local politicians and Åsa Lundmark from the project Road Movie 2009 are attending the discussion.
The evening starts with us showing Erik Gandinis documentary Videocracy on Berlusconi’s Italy. After the film screening are held discussion.
2009-11-23
Prize Party of Norrbotten filmmakers in Murmansk
The international festival of documentary films and television programs “The Northern Character” in Murmansk became an award banquet for filmmakers from Norrbotten. Gunilla Bresky won the Grand Prix with “A Gray Blanket with Embroidered Flowers.” Ulla Lyttkens (director) and Mona Mörtlund (manuscript) won the short film category, with short film “I want to go home”. KI Michael Johansson received an award for best cinematography in the film “The Old Man and Eagles.” Valentina Svensson received a diploma for her film “Confession”.
“The Northern Character” is a big festival with over 100 films and television programs. Attendees to the festival come from Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia.
The project Road Movie 2009 and film screenings are in full swing.
Road movie has arranged screenings in Jokkmokk. First was the short film ”Maud and Leo” premiere. It is a short film that is filmed in Northern Sweden with Marika Lindström in the lead role. The premiere was arranged in Jokkmokk on the 7th of November and during that evening was other short films also shown .
A week ago,organized Road Movie 2009 also a film session for senior citizens and high school students in Jokkmokk. Pensioners and young people talked together about the similarities and differences in how it can feel as young and old after watching the short films “Hilma” and “Fan ta dom”.
Road Movie 2009rolls on. Everyone is welcome to the screening in cinemas. Among the forthcoming events are given as a tour with Filmpool North’s best short films and a hot debate on democracy, the media and fame. Follow the project’s viewing schedule on our website. Welcome!
text: Katja Härkönen
photo: Aina Bleikvassli
2009-11-19
Two Filmmakers Got Rubus Arcticus Scholarship
County Council’s development grant Rubus arcticus, which is one of Sweden’s largest art and cultural grants, were distributed in the council house in Luleå today. Four fellows may Rubus arcticus-scholarship at SEK 100,000 each.
This year’s fellows are:
Ingela Lekfalk, documentary filmmaker, director and radio producer, Luleå.
Gun Olofsson, musician, actor, composer, producer and lyricist, Vittangi.
Jonas Selberg Augustsén, director and screenwriter, from Harads, lives in Stockholm.
Sara Edström, artist, runs the Gallery Sister, Luleå.
Congratulations!
2009-11-14
Film shooting of “Let Me In”
The film “Let me in”, which is a remake of the Swedish vampire film “Let the Right One In”, has started filming in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The American remake is produced by UK company Hammer Films and the Swedish EFTI, who produced the original film.
Read the rest of Annika Phams article at Cineurope.
2009-11-09
Filmpool Nord welcomes you to this year’s best venue for Swedish film - Filmkonvent ’09 in Luleå.
There is more information about the program in Swedish at Filmkonvent sidan
Register NOW, last day for registration is the 26:th of November.
2009-11-08
Det neutrala landet
Sorry this entry is only available in Swedish. The article is about a studentfilm made in Luleå. You can see the trailer of the film “Det neutrala landet” at You Tube.
Johan Sundkvist och Peter Larsson från filmgymnasiet i Luleå, presenterade under Arctic Filmfestival i Kiruna det pågående arbetet med filmen ”Det neutrala landet”.
”Det neutrala landet” berättar om en gammal man Erling, vars minnen väcks till liv när kvarlevorna av en man i tyskmagasinet hittas. Regissören Johan Sundkvist kallar filmen för sin lilla bebis. Han tänker att filmen kan ge honom en bra grund för framtida arbete inom film:
– Det blir kanske en novellfilm någon gång i framtiden”, säger den unga regissören.
Hela filmgymnasieklassen var involverad i filmen och många människor ställde upp frivilligt för att hjälpa till med inspelningen.
– Rolf Degerlund ville ha en roll i filmen. Först visste jag inte vem det var och sa att det inte fanns någon roll kvar. Men när jag sen hörde att han är en av Sveriges mest kända skådespelare, var jag glad att han ville vara med. Rolf Degerlund spelar kock i filmen, berättar Johan Sundkvist. Anton Raukola spelar filmens huvudroll och många andra skådespelare från Norrbottensteatern är också med i filmen.
”Det neutrala landet” spelades in på Rödbergsfortet i Boden. Både Johan Sundkvist (till höger i bilden) och Peter Larsson, som är filmens fotograf (till vänster i bilden) tycker att de har lärt sig mycket under filminspelningen:
– Vi har upplevt hur man gör film. Det skulle man inte ha kunnat lära sig även om man skulle ha läst massor av böcker.
”Det neutrala landet” har premiär den 9 december på Saga Biografen i Boden. Senare blir det visningar runt om i Norrbotten och på olika festivaler. Se filmens trailer på You Tube.
text och stillbild: Katja Härkönen
2009-11-07
A tip for a Christmas present
Magnus Fredriksson’s 28-minutes animation ”Lukas’ Dad is not a Rabbit” was screened with other short films under the titel “100% Kiruna” during The Arctic Light Filmfestival. The director thought that it was terrible to see his own film. But the audience was pleased. After the screening a man from the audience said to Magnus : “When I have seen this kind of animation, I feel proud to be from Kiruna”.
A tip for a Christmas present: The animation ”Lukas’ Dad is not a Rabbit” is now for sale on DVD at www.bortbyting.com
text and photo: Katja Härkönen
2009-11-02
Magnus Fredriksson
At The Arctic Light Film Festival in Kiruna you can soon see a new animation called ”Busshållplatsen” (”Bus Stop”) by Magnus Fredriksson. The animation is screened before the film” The September Issue” on Friday 6th of November at 20.45. Welcome!
Magnus is now working with a new web series called ”Alice, Jonas & Kappa”. The series is about bored Jonas, his quiet friend Kappa and wise Alice. Both Jonas and Kappa love Alice. But in this love fight there will be no winner - only losers. The series will be made in six episodes with each film 1,5 minutes. The series will have its opening night on You Tube in the beginning of next year. The animations are produced by the company Bortbyting with Filmpool Nord as a co-producer.
2009-10-29
Northern Sweden in São Paulo
The on going São Paulo International Film Festival has a distinct Swedish feel this year with Swedish entries in the competition, a Swedish retrospective and a Swedish co-production forum. In total, more than 35 Swedish films are being screened at the festival, which runs until 5 November. Visitors to one of Latin America’s biggest film festivals right now are gaining a good insight into Swedish film.
One of the films in the competition in São Paulo is “The King of Ping Pong” (Ping-pongkingen). Director Jens Jonsson is at the festival to discuss his film with the public.
A series of short films is also being shown under the heading “Sweden Festival – Short Movies”, with a special focus on one of Swedish film’s great hopes, Patrik Eklund. Both Jens Jonsson and Patrik Eklund have their roots in Northern Sweden and Filmpool Nord has been co-producering their films.
“Let the Right One In” was one of the most popular Swedish films last year. This vampire story tells us about the love between two young people in an environment where darkness and snow creates its unique atmosphere. This film was to a large extent filmed in Luleå with Filmpool Nord as one of its co-producers.
Matt Reeves is now directing the American version of “Let the Right One In”. The name of the remake is “Let Me In”. Overture Film announced recently that Richard Jenkins, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Chloe Moretz have been cast in “Let Me In”. The filming begins in New Mexico. The remake will be released in January 2010. Read article in “Cinematical”.
2009-10-22
Patrik Eklund from Sweden
Patrik Eklund won with his short film “Seeds of the Fall” the prestigious best short film prize at the critics week in Cannes this year. The Critics’ Week is a parallel section of the Cannes film aimed at awarding new talented filmmakers. In the past the prize has been given to filmmakers such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Ken Loach, Wong Kar Wai, and Jacques Audiard. Remember the name Patrik Eklund and his short films “Seeds of the Fall”, “Instead of Abrakadabra” and “Situtation Frank”. His short fims are showed at international filmfestivals around world.
2009-10-22
Between two fires
The new feature film “Between two fires” directed by Agnieszka Lukasiak will most likely have its première at the Berlin International Film Festival in February. The film tells us about the escape of a young mother and daughter’s from threatening child trafficking in Belarus to a reception center for refugees in northern Sweden. As refugees she finds herself in a vulnerable situation and has to make extreme choices for herself end her daughter.
For the second consecutive year Patrik Eklund from Northern Sweden is competing with a film at the Sundance Film Festival Park City, USA. This time the film is ”Seeds of the Fall” which is a low-key drama about a middle-aged couples. In addition, Patrik Eklund’s last film “Instead of Abracadabra” is shortlisted for an Oscar nomination.
The entire Swedish film industry and some foreign guests met for two days in Luleå to discuss the film policy and socialize. There was an energetic glow in the discussions: Swedish film feel better than ever, yet there is much that can be improved.
Film Prize “Filmspark” in 2009 was awarded to animator and documentary filmmaker Mitra Sohrabian and television director and documentary filmmaker Valentina Svensson. The award ceremony took place in connection with Film ‘09 Convention the 2nd of December during a dinner at the House of Culture in Luleå. This was the seventh consecutive year that the film prize was distributed. This year, the price of SEK 50 000, which is shared between two winners. The prize is awarded annually by Filmpool North, Academy of Norrbotten and Luleå.
Last entry for the Filmkonvent ‘09 was on November 26, but you can still sign up for, read more in Swedish on 
The project Road Movie 2009, Folkets Hus and Democracy Council invites you to a showing of Eric Gandinis documentary Videocracy and debate about democracy, fame, media and gender.
Filmpool Nord welcomes you to this year’s best venue for Swedish film - Filmkonvent ’09 in Luleå.
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