Basement Bioscope International Film Selection

Hidden by Hanna Heilborn, David Aronowitsch and Mats Johansson (8 min)

"Hidden" is based on an interview with twelve year old Giancarlo. He lives as a hidden refugee in Sweden. By combining the real interview with animated pictures the directors want to create a level where you can listen to and absorb the story of one refugee child in a new way.


A woman's place by Ewa Cederstam (6 min)
This film focuses on five women, all of whom are rape victims. Filmmaker Ewa Cederstam went to the crime scenes read the police files and examined the women's reports. What do these women do with the memory of the rape? And what about the places where the rapes occurred?

The Russel Tribunal by Staffan Lamm (10 min)
Stockholm, 1967, the Russel Tribunal is convening in Stockhom, and suddenly finds itself at the centre of World Politics. Members of the tribunal, intellectuals like Sara Lidman, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, are investigating US war crimes in Vietnam. Victims of this war are called to the witness stand. Today, more than 35 years later, Lamm, reflects on his own footage, which has never been shown.

The Zone by Esais Baitel (10 min, 35mm)

In the 1970s, photographer Esaias Baitel lived in France, in the Parisian suburb of Aubervilliers. The Zone describes a neighbourgood where motor bikes, rock and roll and swastikas go hand in hand. In order to get close to these "Rockers", Esaias had to tell them that he was a Swede of Walloon origin. Esaias Baitel was born in Trelleborg, Sweden, in 1949, by Jewish parents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clyde by Mans Mansson (5 min)
Mans Mansson was only nineteen years old when he made the film about Clyde. He spotted Clyde when he got a haircut on the pavement in the middle of the rush hour. The shaving machine was plugged into the street lamp. Mans had to look all over Manhattan to find the homeless Clyde again.

Lowrider by Carmilla Floyd (13 min)

Carmilla made this short documentary after working several years on a book about Mexican gangs in East Los Angeles. The film explores East LA through the eyes of a young artist and truck driver Jaime Watter. Although Jaime is serious about his art he always puts his family first. Through Jaime's eyes we explore the area of the Boyle Heights and also the importance of family in Mexican-American culture.

Boogie Woogie Dad by Erik Bäfving (12 min)
About a son who, in his father's folder of negatives, finds love, despair and reconciliation with a painful memory. A journey among the 3000 negatives that the father left behind him. He was a very good photographer. Among the negatives Eric finds a self portrait, a picture of the other dad. A man that looks afraid. A man that barely dares to look into the camera. What was it he was afraid of?