90 minutes of the 90’s

In relation to the exhibition Organising Freedom, the recently completed Swedish film 90 minutes of the 90’s will be screened for the first time in Stockholm. These showings will take place in the Moderna Museet Auditorium on Saturdays 11th and 18th March at 15.00 hrs.

This is both a manifestation of the Swedish film art and a different kind of full-length feature film – a relay picture. The project was initiated by Göteborg Film Festival and is produced and carried out in cooperation with the Swedish Film Institute and SVT Göteborg. 90 minutes of the 90’s is a film made to reflect the gradual changes of the decade as it goes by. Each year a Swedish director has been assigned to produce a new ten minutes short addition to the picture. The film has now been completed. The latest addition to the film is having its annual world première at the Rotterdam and Göteborg Film Festivals where it is screened together with the previous episodes.

Roy Andersson directed the first episode of the film World of Glory in 1991. His pessimistic and filmical depiction of Sweden in an uncompromising fashion has received a lot of recognition abroad. The following year Agneta Fagerström-Olsson made See you in Crakow followed by Björn Runge’s A Day at the Beach. Then the turn came to Gunnel Lindblom who made Reflection. In 1995 Lisa Ohlin half-finished the “relay” picture with Happy Days and in 1996 Hans Alfredsson made The Fairy King Pops Up. In 1997 Eva Bergman’s Sven was added to the film and 1998 year’s episode was called The 8th Song and was directed by Reza Parsa. 1999 Rolf Börjlind made Fatima’s third secret. The tenth and the last part of the relay film is represented by Daniel Alfredsson and his 10:10.

Production:
Vildhundarna HB for Göteborg Film Festival,
The Swedish Film Institute
and SVT Göteborg

Sales:
Swedish Film Institute
Box 27126
102 52 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel:+46 8 665 11 00
Fax:+46 8 661 18 20

Running time:
Parts I-IX: 105 minutes
Part X: 14 minutes