Movies: Eric M. Nilsson

A simple depiction of the work in the kitchen of a restaurant. Eric M. Nilsson and cinematographer Åke Åstrand attempt to get as close as possible to reality, without any commentary....

A film by Eric M. Nilsson, who poses questions behind the motives of an artist, scientist, and priest, among others....

The concrete costs for culture and creativity is here illustrated in punchy images....

A container with stuff from a cleaned out apartment in Stockholm drives the cineaste to look for their owners. In the course of this quest, he meets the actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård and the author Stieg Larsson. The desire to give meaning where perhaps ...

A fictional biographical portrayal of Eleonora of Bavaria....

A film by Eric M. Nilsson....

Eric M Nilsson talks to his mother over the years when they lived during German occupation in Belgium. Over a box of things from those years his father left behind, they helped together to remember....

A focus on Sweden's greatest dramatist, August Strindberg, his years spent in Paris and the inspiration the city had on his poetry....

Close ups from cafés and beer gardens in the center of Stockholm to Robbo Brobergs songs....

Europe 1900 (1968) tells about the history of luxury while problematizing memory and our images of the past....

A four day car trip: a pop music group hits the road in winter from Stockholm to Kiruna, above the Arctic Circle. One of the first films in Sweden shot with the Éclair NPR, a light, silent camera allowing the recording of sync sound....

Two quotes from Paul Valéry: "Humanity is threatened by two dangers: order and disorder." and "Nothing is more contrary to your nature than to see things as they are." A quote from the Swedish writer Thorild : "To think freely is great ! To think cor...

An autobiographical film about Eric M. Nilsson's experiences of Swedish health care and the limits of polite society....

On a trip through Europe, Eric M. Nilsson and cinematographer Åke Åstrand stopped in the small French village of Saint-Agrève, in the Ardèche. During their stay the village was visited by a travelling circus. From the circus' arrival to the show and ...

Documentary film that follows politicians during various events....

Pierre comes from an island that does not exist and speaks a language that is not available - he is the man from Podalida. Conversation with Pierre, Poet Katarina Frostenson and a French Linguist on Language and Identity....

A film about sound, a film about words, a film about interpretation and misunderstanding....

According to Eric M Nilsson, this is an utterly unsuccesful film. It's a film about things he saw but never understood. If two people gaze upon the same thing, one of them will claim to experience something else. In this, they receive evidence that t...

The impact of art, culture and information on Western economy in the 21st century....

The English writer and composer, John Anthony Burgess Wilson, relaxed in Italy tells the full story of his life. Filmmaker Eric M. Nilsson met with Anthony Burgess by chance in 1982. They decided to make a film....