Cinema of Sweden

Swedish actress Bibi Andersson, best known for her roles in legendary director Ingmar Bergman's films, died on Sunday aged 83, her daughter Jenny Grede Dahlstrand said.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) hosts a two-day tribute to Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman this weekend, in cooperation with the Swedish Embassy in Greece.

Internationally acclaimed Belgian director Ivo van Hove and the Toneelgroep Amsterdam help launch this year's Greek Festival with a double-bill adaptation of two films by Ingmar Bergman.

The Astor and Andora cinemas are hosting a comprehensive tribute to Swedish film legend Ingmar Bergman, running from Thursday, April 19, to Sunday, April 22, in cooperation with the Swedish Institute at Athens and the Ingmar Bergman Foundation. The event is taking place to mark the centenary of the director's birth. Tribute screenings will be showing from 6 p.m.

Documentaries and films by women - but not only for women - will be screened at the Greek Film Archive this weekend. On Friday, April 7, starting at 7 p.m., the curtain-raiser will be the Swedish film "Pure," by Lisa Langseth, about a young woman (portrayed Alicia Vikander) who is fascinated by classical music. The film's producer, Helen Ahlsson, will lead a post-film discussion.

Bulgaria's The Lesson won the prestigious Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award at the renowned Göteborg Film Festival. Local cinema lovers will also have the opportunity to see it as a part of the Sofia International Film Festival.

Swedish director Roy Andersson's film "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence", a series of comedic sketches exploring the human condition, won the Golden Lion for best movie at the Venice film festival Sept. 6.