The Unknown Bergman

In connection with Ingmar Bergman International
Theatre Festival in Stockholm,
Ingmar Bergman Foundation hosts a one-day-symposium
at Målarsalen, Dramaten on May 29, 2009.
"The Unknown Bergman" features leading Bergman scholars
from around the world and centres on less identified
aspects of Bergman's artistry.
The first holder of the Ingmar Bergman professorship,
Prof. Thomas Elsaesser lectures on "Ingmar Bergman in
the Museum? Thresholds, Limits, Conditions of
Possibility" and shows a compilation film specially made
for the occasion. Prof. Maaret Koskinen, acclaimed Bergman
scholar, provides new outlooks on The Silence in
a presentation entitled "Sex and the City: Embodied Visions
and the Eroticism of Language". Prof. Em. Rochelle Wright
gives a lecture on the "Jewish Figures in the
Films of Ingmar Bergman". Also the queer perspective in
Bergman's films and stagings will be approached.

Our ambition is to present some of the most prominent
scholars worldwide on Bergman territory and host exclusive
film screenings. In doing so we want to contribute to the
festival with both width and depth, says Ingrid Dahlberg,
CEO of Ingmar Bergman Foundation.
As a part of the symposium, The Swedish National Library
presents the ongoing digitization of the Ingmar Bergman
Foundation Archives. The Foundation's newly created film
Images from the Playground will also premiere. The film,
directed by Stig Björkman and supported by Martin Scorsese's
World Cinema Foundation, is based on Bergman's early
behind-the-screen films.

The symposium is arranged by Ingmar Bergman Foundation with
the support of Swedish Arts Council, The Royal Swedish Academy
of Letters, History and Antiquities and The Swedish Institute.

Read more at Ingmar Bergman Foundation's website
Ingmar Bergman Face to Face
www.ingmarbergman.se.
Read more about Ingmar Bergman International Theatre
Festival