History
Tempo Documentary Festival is the largest festival of its kind in Sweden and holds the national commission for documentary film. Founded in 1998, it has since then presented documentaries from all over the world, which would otherwise probably not reach the Swedish audience. Tempo has also established a unique forum for the presentation of documentary work across traditional boundaries – Film/TV, radio, photography, as well as more experimental forms of expression. Between festivals, a number of different events are arranged with a documentary focus, such as seminars, debates, photo exhibitions, together with screenings and workshops for young people. The festival and other associated events are arranged and developed by the non-profit organisation Tempo Documentary Festival.
Tempo acts as the host for six competitions: The Tempo Documentary Award, one of Europe’s largest documentary prizes, for best Swedish documentary, Tempo Short Award for best Swedish short documentary, NewDoc, Tempo Pitch, Tempo Radio Award and Short Dox Radio.
In 2007, Tempo was elected as one of Dagens Nyheter På Stan’s “Stockholm’s Heroes” and prior to the 2008 Guldbagge Award Ceremony (the Swedish equivalent to the Academy Awards) Tempo’s Programme Director Sofi Lagergren and Festival Director Agneta Mogren were members of the jury for short and documentary film.
The festival has been staged at a number of major venues in Stockholm including Kulturhuset, Filmhuset, Södra Teatern, the Finnish Institute and the film theatres Sture and Zita, amongst others. Since 2008, Tempo has taken place at the beginning of March, with the most recent festival presented on 8th – 13th March 2011, at the Victoria and Rio cinemas on Södermalm in Stockholm. The 13th Tempo festival will be presented on 6th – 11th March 2012.
Tempo Documentary Festival
Festival Director/Artistic Director/Agneta Mogren
Program Director/Melissa Lindgren
Editor TDA and TSA/Camilla Larsson
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Contact: agneta.mogren@tempofestival.se
melissa.lindgren@tempofestival.se
camilla.larsson@tempofestival.se
Website: www.tempofestival.se
Tel: + 46 8 21 11 48
Tempo Documentary Festival – Executive Committee
Anna Carlson (president), Ulf Andersson-Greek, Elsa Cojnby, Martin Johnson, Agneta Mogren, Ylva Mårtens, Maria Patomella och Zandra Thuvesson.
Thanks to
All the documentary makers, Madeleine Bergh, Jesper Bergom-Larsson, Monica Boni, Marie Booberg, AnnaLena Byström, Caroline Campbell, Lotta Eriksson, Fanzingo, FilmCentrum, Filmkontakt Nord, Film Stockholm, Folkets Bio, Futurniture, Åke Hedlund, Bettan von Horn, PeÅ Holmqvist, Hornstull Strand, Richard Letterborn, Pether Lindgren, Hanna Karlsson, Terese Mörnvik, Mats Nordin, Oktavilla, Lisa Partby, Ingemar Persson, Ove Rishöj Jensen, Story, Frédéric Strauss, Svenska Bio, Ellen Tejle, Tove Torbiörnsson, Katja Uneborg, Louise Welander, all at the office/Bergsunds Strand 39, Tempo’s executive committee, our volunteers, partners and sponsors.
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