Images from the playground

One for Bergman fans...

The Ingmar Bergman Foundation presents Images from the Playground (2009), a new
compilation film containing unique and never before seen material from nine of
Ingmar Bergman's behind-the-screens films, from Sawdust and Tinsel to Persona. The
film is produced with the support of World Cinema Foundation, the film preserving
organization led by Martin Scorsese.

Images from the Playground is the first in a series of two films - written and
directed by Stig Björkman - including recordings of Bergman's voice, newly recorded
interviews with actors Harriet Andersson and Bibi Andersson, and a special
introduction by Martin Scorsese.

-          Images from the Playground is no regular behind-the-screens film. Apart
from providing a rich and playful insight to Bergman's creative universe, it is its
own creation, with high artistic quality. Also Martin Scorsese is very pleased with
the work that Stig Björkman has completed, says Ingrid Dahlberg, CEO of Ingmar
Bergman Foundation.

Images from the Playground will be screened for the first time at Cannes Film
Festival, May 13-24, in connection with World Cinema Foundation's regular premiere
screenings. The film will have its national premiere during Ingmar Bergman
International Theatre Festival at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, where
Ingmar Bergman Foundation is hosting two international seminars on May 28-29.

The behind-the-screens material is a part of the collection that Bergman donated to
Ingmar Bergman Foundation in 2002 and since 2007 registered on UNESCO's "Memory of
the World".

Author and director Stig Björkman has published interview books on Ingmar Bergman,
Lars von Trier and Joyce Carol Oates. He has also directed the interview film Ingmar
Bergman (1971), from the shooting of The Touch.


Ingmar Bergman Foundation's official website.