Blood Calls You

Stockholm 2010, 52, 58 and 95 min

How do you end a history of violence repeated in three generations and avoid passing it on to your own child?

Linda Thorgren's highly personal film is the result of a life crisis and examines the far-reaching consequences of domestic violence.

Director: Linda Thorgren
Photography: Camilla Skagerström, Alberto Herskovits
Editor: Bernhard Winkler, Lisa Ekberg
Producer: Stina Gardell - MANTARAY FILM
Music: Marie Bergman, Lasse Englund
Sound Mix: Christian Christensen
Post Production/Aftereffects: Gabriel Watson

Release: 9th of April 2010 in cooperation with Folkets Bio

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The Photographer from Riga

- a film about Inta Ruka

Inta Ruka, one of Latvia's most prominent photographers, bears witness of the conditions of the artist during the Soviet period and in today's Latvia burdened by financial crises.

Director: Maud Nycander
Photographer: Andra Lassmanis, Lars Tunbjörk, Maud Nycander
Editor: Kersti Grunditz
Producer: Stina Gardell - Mantaray Film
With support from EU MEDIA

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...but film is my mistress

2010, 50 min

Stig Björkman's second film is commissioned by Stiftelsen Ingmar Bergman with funding by Martin Scorcese and the World Film Foundation.

A retrospective film on Ingmar Bergman with unique material from behind the scenes of his major film productions.

Featuring Woody Allen, Bernardo Bertolucci,  Olivier Assayas, Arnaud Desplechin, John Sayles and Martin Scorsese.

Director: Stig Björkman
Editor: Dominika Daubenbuchel
Music: Matti Bye
Producer: Stina Gardell - Mantaray Film
commissioned by Stiftelsen Ingmar Bergman

With the support of Martin Scorcese's WFF, World Film Foundation, SFI, Swedish Film Institute Lars G Lindström, SVT Kultur, Swedish Television Vera Bonnier

Release: 2010

Images from a playground

Supported by Martin Scorsese World Film Foundation and Ingmar Bergman. World release in Cannes 2009. During his productions Ingmar Bergman filmed behind the scenes, with his own private cinema camera. Stig Björkman has directed a film out of the material.

Images from a Playground has been screened on following festivals:

Cannes Film Festival
Ingmar Bergman International Theatre Festival, Stockholm
Bergmanveckan, Fårö
Barbican, The Directorspective, London
Era, New Horizons, Wroclaw
Hamptons International Film Festival

Director: Stig Björkman
Editing: Dominika Daubenbuchel
Music: Matti Bye
Producer: Stina Gardell Mantaray Film

With support from SFI, Swedish Film Institute Tove Torbiörnsson, SVT Kultur, Swedish Television Vera Bonnier

The Nun

Stockholm 2007, 74 min

Vid 19 års ålder gör Marta ett avgörande beslut. Hon lämnar sin familj och sina vänner för ett liv som nunna i den strängaste av klosterordnar. I filmen "Nunnan" berättar Maud Nycander om ett radikalt livsval.

Director: Maud Nycander
Photography: Staffan Lindqvist, Gunnar Källström
Editor: Kersti Grunditz, Dominika Daubenbüchel
Producer: Stina Gardell / Mantaray Film& TV
The Nun is produced in colaboration with Final Cut Production
Music: Sebastian Öberg

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Alice and Me

Stockholm 2006, 74 min

Director: Rebecka Rasmusson
Photography: Lukas Eisenhauer, Rebecka Rasmusson
Editor: Bernhard Winkler, Dominika Daubenbüchel
Producer: Stina Gardell / Mantaray Film&TV
Alice and Me is produced in colaboration with Misfitsfilm.
Music: Felix Anér
Distributors: Folkets Bio

Press about Alice and Me:  DN, SvD

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a film about bathing men

The film is shot at Liljeholmsbadet in Stockholm and is a film about many film and a public bath. A film about the cab drivers, which are longing for love and the inventor reflecting on death and everybodies need for be surrounded by water.

Director: Bengt Bok
Cinematographer: Bjarne Santesson
Editor: Ingrid Nilsson
Editor Supervisor: Anette Lykke-Lundberg
Music: Daniel Bingert
Producer: Stina Gardell