A selection of new acquisitions from the Filmform distribution catalogue will be presented in the programme Filmform News 2025 at the 71st International Short Film Festival Oberhausen on May 2nd. The programme will be presented by Anna-Karin Larsson & Andreas Bertman from Filmform.
Lost and found
This year’s programme highlights both brand new as well as several remarkable rediscoveries from the Filmform collection. Covering topics such as the materiality of film and photography, the programme explores both local monsters and myths as well as the postindustrial cultural and environmental impact of the Agfa factory in Wolfen. Together with the Swedish Film Institute, Filmform is proud to present the spectacular reconstruction of a complex and unique piece of Swedish film history – the double projected film Amen from 1964, by Carl Slättne, active in the Situationist oriented artist group Filmligan. The programme also pays tribute to the memory of recently passed Gunvor Nelson, the grand old dame of Swedish experimental cinema – here seen in a unique and until now lost portrait from 1972 by the American filmmaker J.T. Vale in Pittsburgh. Acting as a developing bath for lost films and forgotten histories – prints, bodies and memories slowly appear in the silvery lake that constitutes this programme.
Programme:
Works distributed by Filmform
Amen
Carl Slättne
1964, 00:20:00
Det tryckta ordet 500 år
Pontus Hultén & Hans Nordenström
1949, 00:00:00
Silbersee
Hagren/Bela
2024, 00:12:04
The Chatawa Monster
Johan Thurfjell
2024, 00:07:10
Kvinnorna vid Tjursjön
Tuija Lindström
1991, 00:10:00