History
Ingmar Bergman first came to Fårö on a stormy day in April 1960, reluctantly looking for a shooting location for Through a Glass Darkly. The visit made a deep impression. Since then, seven of Bergman’s films have been shot on Fårö. The island is also the place where Bergman lived and worked for long periods of his life. Ingmar Bergman is buried at the cemetary of the Fårö Church.
The Bergman Week was founded in 2004 by a group of local enthusiasts and organisations who created Fårö Filmcenter. When the center dissolved in the fall of 2005, the management was taken over by Fårö Future, Film on Gotland, Göteborg Film Festival, and Gotland University. Today, the Fårö Bergman Center Foundation is the main organizer of the week, and nowadays many of the events are presented in collaboration with The Bergman Estate and the Ingmar Bergman Foundation.
The Bergman Week is a celebration of Ingmar Bergman’s art, with films, guests, seminars, concerts and tours to filming locations on Fårö. Bergman’s abundant work is a constant source of inspiration to filmmakers all around the world and his themes are highly relevant in our century as well! The goal of the Bergman Week is to shed new light on his films and highlight the timeless themes reappearing throughout the body of his work.
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Bergman Week 2011
Sunday night, the eighth edition of the Bergman Week on Fårö wrapped with a sound installation on the theme of ”The Sounds of Bergman’s landscape” amongst the ”rauks” (huge lime stones) on the island. The arrangers were content with ticket sales having increased 20 percent from the previous year.
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Bergman Week 2008
On the eve of the Bergman Week 2008 on Fårö, a record result in terms of visitors and sales was noted by the Bergman Week organisers.
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Bergman Week 2007
Visitors came from all around the world, Sweden, France, USA, Russia, England, China, and Germany. The week also got great attention from the press this year, as well in Sweden as abroad!
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Bergman Week 2006
The third Bergman Week on Fårö was a great success! Ingmar Bergman participated on numerous occasions during the week and, with considerable enthusiasm and energy, contributed with personal commentaries in the discussions and talks about his work, as well as answered questions from the audience.
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Bergman Week 2005
The Bergman Week 2005 was inaugurated by Åse Kleveland, former president of the Swedish Film Institute. British director Peter Webber (Girl with a Pearl Earring) and Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt were among the guests.
News
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Sneak preview from the Bergman safari!
Visit the locations and discover one of Sweden’s most famed artistic talents in one of Sweden’s most distinctive landscapes. Go on a film safari to Ingmar Bergman’s Fårö! See a sneak preview of the safari below and book your tickets here: www.bergmancenter.se/en/book-bergman-experience/activities
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Record attendance at the summer’s Bergman Week!
Sunday night, the eighth edition of the Bergman Week on Fårö wrapped with a sound installation on the theme of ”The Sounds of Bergman’s landscape” amongst the ”rauks” (huge lime stones) on the island. The arrangers were content with ticket sales having increased 20 percent from the previous year.
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Fårö Document released on dvd for the first time!
Bergman’s documentary about the Baltic isle of Fårö is a time capsule of life on the tiny island at the end of the 1960s. It is a unique film featuring Fårö residents in the main roles and Ingmar Bergman as a socially committed reporter engaging in the fabric of a small rural society. Fårö Document, a field trip into Bergman territory with a political edge, is one of his lesser known films.
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Theater during the Bergman Week!
Demon Theater of Los Angeles presents Ingmar Bergman’s THE DAY ENDS EARLY- a new English Language production of Bergman’s 1947 play, translated and directed by Demon Theater co-founder and Gotland native Anna Lerbom. The play is given twice during the Bergman Week, Thursday June 30 and Saturday July 2, 7 pm at Laterna Magica near Kutens Bensin. Tickets cost 60 SEK and can be bought at the Bergman Center. Welcome!