Bergman revealed at Ewha festival

An exhibition that examines the work of famous Swedish director Ingmar Bergman will kick off this week.

The Swedish Embassy is showcasing some of Bergman’s works during an exhibition and festival held at the Theater Arthouse Momo in Ewha Womans University from June 10 to July 10.

Bergman’s films often had dark themes such as death, illness and insanity, and were played out against an equally bleak Swedish landscape.

Bergman, who died in 2007 at the age of 89, won three Oscars during his career plus numerous awards at Cannes and other film festivals.

At the opening event on Friday, there will be a special screening of Bergman’s “Fanny and Alexander” plus a roundtable discussion of his work with CEO of the Ingmar Berman Foundation, Jan Holmberg, director of the documentary “Images from the Playground,” Stig Bjorkman, and Anders Rabenius, designer and producer of the Ingmar Bergman Exhibition.

On the following day there will be master classes with guest lecturer Holmberg, a special screening and discussion of “Dressing Room” with Bjorkman and Cho Sang-mee, followed by another discussion with Holmberg and a Korean guest to be named at a later date.

Information about the movie theater, some of which is in English, can be found at www.cineart.co.kr.