MAMI Mumbai Film Fest to celebrate Ingmar Bergman's birth centenary

The Swedish Consulate will host special screenings of select works of the

renowned Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman to mark his birth centenary

as part of the 20th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star, an official said

here on Friday.

The screenings will be held in select Mumbai cinemas from Saturday as

part of the ongoing global celebrations of the birth centennial of Bergman,

who passed away in July 2007.

The films to be screened between October 27-31 are his masterpieces like

'Seventh Seal', 'Sarabanda', 'Summer With Monika', 'Persona', and

'Searching Ingmar Bergman'.

"Bergman is undoubtedly one of the best-known Swedes in the world. He is also widely regarded as one of the foremost

filmmakers in cinematic history and has directed more than 40 feature films," said Bjorn Holmgren, the Charge d'Affaires of the

Swedish Consulate.

The other best known films of Bergman are 'The Silence', 'Wild Strawberries' and his last film 'Fanny and Alexander', he added.

Later this year, the #Bergman100 will be screened at the 49th Goa International Film Festival of India (IFFI), where additional

films like 'Autumn Sonata' and 'Bergman Island' shall also be shown.

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