Stockholms Filmfestival

Somewhere between ongoing discussions concerning kitchen countertops and tiles, C and I managed to have a brief conversation about Stockholm International Film Festival. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the Festival will take place between 18th and 29th November.

As a cinephile to the core, I do enjoy following international film festivals and getting excited about the new films of my favorite directors, and this year Stockholm Film Festival manages to bring quite a few them together. Without any doubt, Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” is on top my list. For those of us who are familiar with this marvelous story of Roald Dahl –the legendary author of Charlie and Chocolate Factory, Jack & the Beanstalk, Goldilocks, Snow White and Cinderalla to name the few- it will be a pleasure to watch Fantastic Mr. Fox through the camera of extraordinary Wes Anderson. 

Fantastic Mr. Fox is followed by lovely Lone Scherfig’s “An Education”, who is renowned for her “Italian for Beginners” and “Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself”. Latest films of Jim Jarmush and Francis Ford Coppola, both of which have bypassed Filmekimi, are definitely not to miss as well.

Most of us might have to wait until Istanbul Film Festival in order to be able to watch it, but the lucky ones can see Bahman Ghobadi’s “No One Knows about Persian Cats” during Stockholm Film Festival. Always witty and daring, Ghobadi portrays Tehran as a city with a vibrant underground indie rock scene.

In case you want to catch the screenings you've been longing for, hurry up as the tickets will be out tomorrow.