Event

PD03: Day Dream Nation

A far cry from the beloved Saturday cartoons of mornings past,
Daydream Nations roster of 17 animated films and videos offers a
vision of Sweden all grown-up, bringing unorthodox and often
unsettling imagery to life. Couples on the brink, lonely mopers,
professional disillusionment, and more than a few decapitation and
dismemberment scenes find themselves juxtaposed against the nicer
things in life: colorful origami, toy cars, dancing ladies with
parasols, horses, and pretty blonde party girls. So is Sweden, then,
a nation of dreamers? Well, this program, featuring vibrant work from
the cosmopolitan strts of Stockholm, the up-and-coming communities
of arty Gteborg, the maritime landscape of southernmost Malm, and
various expatriate outposts, dares to suggest so.

Daydream Nations diverse program includes work by festival favorites Klara Swantesson
and Peter Larsson, whose films represented two-thirds of the 2006
nominations for Best Short Film at Swedens national version of the
Oscars, the Guldbagge awards. Likewise, Swedens world-class
contemporary music scene is ably represented, running the gamut from
the macabre electronica of The Knife to the saccharine pop of The
Concretes,Peter, Bjrn, and John, the Envelopes, and El Perro Del
Mar. Also on offer are films by well-known music video directors
Andreas Nilsson, Andreas Korsr, Bjrn Renner, and Henrik kerberg.