I was waiting for the full programme to be unleashed as I had a feeling The Childhood of a Leader would be screening and I’m not disappointed.  Lucky Swedes.  The film is one of 8 nominated in the The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award section and will screen on 1, 2 and 3 February 2016.  Fingers crossed Brady Corbet walks away with yet another award.  Tickets are available from 16 January 2016 and I will update post with links as soon as I can.

“The 27-year-old actor Brady Corbet (Funny Games, Melancholia, Clouds of Sils Maria) makes his directorial debut with a punky combo of a dark historical drama mixed with a psychological thriller inspired by a Sartre novella. At heart is a family in decay, in a Europe on fire. The consequences of the Treaty of Versailles, discussed essentially in the family home, will shape the son — a combination of angel and evil, outstandingly played by Tom Sweet. Bérénice Bejo, Liam Cunningham and Robert Pattinson (in a smaller role) also give strong performances in these beautiful 35-mm fireworks with potent music by Scott from the Walker Brothers. Corbet won the Orizzonti Award for Best Director in Venice and the film won the festival’s debut award.”

 

The other nominees are as follows:

THE INGMAR BERGMAN INTERNATIONAL DEBUT AWARD
Motherland by Senem Tüzen
Mountain by Yaelle Kayam
Lost and Beautiful by Pietro Marcello
The Childhood of a Leader by Brady Corbet
Anna’s Life by Nino Basilia
The Demons by Philippe Lesage
The Island Funeral by Pimpaka Towira
A Good Wife by Dobra Zena

Jury: Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece), Mary Ramos (USA), Kristian Petri (Sweden).