Beyond the visible – Hilma af Klint

(R: Halina Dyrschka)

How can an artist discover abstraction by the beginning of the 20th century and nobody is noticing? A woman, misjudged and concealed, rocks the art world with her mind-blowing oeuvre. Hilma af Klint was a pioneer creating her first abstract painting in 1906, four years before Vassily Kandinsky. But why was she ignored? Why are her paintings not available on the market? This first film on her is about her life and work, the role of women in art history and the discovery of an art scandal. Her quest for meaning in life and a boundless thinking led into a timeless, outstanding oeuvre.
The film had its premiere at the Göteborg Filmfestival in January 2019 and has since been travelling the world (screenings at the Guggenheim New York during their Hilma-af-Klint-exhibition [the most frequented exhibition in the museum’s history], Hot Docs Toronto, Doc Aviv, i.a.).
It is shown in theaters in Sweden (October 2019), Germany (March 2020) and US (April 2020).

Watch the trailer below.

Rå

In Rå, director Sophia Böschs tells the story of a young girl who is initiated into her father’s hunting group. But when things don’t go as planned she realises that she is still considered a little girl by the group of men. She decides to take of on her own to set things right and redeem herself, cutting away from the group going deep into the woods of this vast swedish forest. It is a quiet, thoughtful and magical film about finding the strength within your true self. The film was first shown at Berlinale 2018 (Perspektive Deutsches Kino). It has won numerous prizes, most prominently Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis and Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis. The music was nominated for Best Score at the Festival International du Film d’Aubagne.