Guests

We are very proud to present this year’s festival guests. Meet them at the screenings, seminars and in Södra Bar, together with Andrea Reuter at 17.00 – 18.00, Thursday – Sunday.

Frederick Wiseman, the legendary American documentary filmmaker visits Tempo with his latest film LA DANSE – THE PARIS OPERA BALLET, which will receive its Swedish premiere! The film is a tribute to dance and the dedication of dancers exhibit. In many of his films, Wiseman has used an institution as a starting point, as “institutions have certain rules, which gives you the opportunity to explore how a small society operates”, he explains. As an example of this, in LA DANSE – THE PARIS OPERA BALLET, we follow everyday life at the French Ballet School, with its daily routines of training, rehearsal and performance. Wiseman has made almost 40 films and will soon be 80 years old. He maintains that his filmmaking is still driven by the same motivations as it was in the 1960s. We are delighted to welcome him to Tempo Documentary Festival! Meet him at Södra Bar with Andrea Reuter, Thursday 11 March, 17.00 – 18.00 and also at the screening of LA DANSE – THE PARIS OPERA BALLET.

Mandisa Zitha is Festival Director of Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, which is South Africa’s largest documentary film festival. Zitha is also one of the jury members for the Tempo Documentary Award 2010 and will also take part in the seminar THE POWER OVER THE PICTURE.

Other members of the jury for the Tempo Documentary Award include: Måns Månsson, one of Sweden’s most promising filmmakers and winner of the Tempo Documentary Award 2009, Margreth Olin, one of Norway’s foremost filmmakers, Johan Croneman, film critic for Dagens Nyheter and Andrea Östlund, director and consultant for the Rookie project

In the jury for Tempo’s competition for short documentaries, ”STHLM.DOC”/english/program/sthlm-doc, is Ann-Marie Söhrman-Fermelin, Lecturer at the School of Film Directing, Gothenburg University, Ulla Nilsson, Project Leader for SVT Documentary, the award-winning filmmaker Mårten Nilsson, Katarina Mathsson, Distributor at Folkets Bio and Fredrik Sahlin, Film Critic for Swedish Television (SVT).

Valentina Monti will also visit the Tempo festival with her film GIRLS ON THE AIR.

Vaughan Giose from IKON SOUTH AFRICA Africa visits to discuss a collaboration between Swedish and South African documentary filmmakers in the context of IKON SOUTH AFRICA.

Kirsten Laumann is one of Europe’s most successful radio documentary makers and visits Tempo with the documentary DEROUTE IN FIRST CLASS.