Lewerentz Divine Darkness

Broadcast release at SVT in Sweden 6th of September 2024 (TV-version)
National Cinema Release in Sweden 31/5-2024 at Folkets Bio

A cultural-historical portrait of the renowned and enigmatic architect Sigurd Lewerentz, who rarely allowed himself to be captured on film.

Sigurd Lewerentz is one of the most famous Swedish architects, considered a master of the profession internationally. His unique solutions were decades ahead of their time.

Lewerentz did not want to be filmed or interviewed. His person, like his buildings, is surrounded by a mysterious aura.

But in a root cellar in Lund, there is an unknown treasure. Film reels and audio tapes recorded by the architect Bernt Nyberg with Lewerentz during his last years are stored here. From the cellar, a cultural-historical journey begins, where the stylistic traces of Lewerentz within Nordic architecture become palpable.

Classicism and modernism converge in a poetic brutality that awakens our deepest and most archaic cultural memories.

Press material link
Original Soundtrack at Spotify (and more places)

Screenings of Lewerentz Divine Darkness
South Korea Soul International Architecture Film Festival, November 2025
US/Canada Tour January/February 2025 (TBA)
Edinburgh Fruitmarket Gallery. 16 January 2025
Tokyo Cinema and University screening tour (TBA) 2025
Kyoto Art festival, screening at National Museum of Kyoto, 14 December 2024
Antwerpen, Belgium at Flanders Architecture Institute, 10 December, 2024
Turku, Kino Kulta 22 November, 2024
Helsinki, 21 November, 2024
USI Mendrisio, Lugano, Switzerland, (TBA) 2024
Dramstadt University, Germany, 6 November 2024
Kramfors, Biograf City, 15 October, 2024
Lund Architecture Film Festival, Sweden. Screening at St Petri Church in Klippan. Lewerentz bus tours starting from Lund/Malmö. 12 October, 2024.
Rotterdam International Architecture Film Festival 11 October, 2024
Berlin festival screening, 8 October 2024
Prague International Architecture Film Festival (early Oct) 2024
Czech Republic and Slovakia, Cinema tour (7 villages).
Stockholm, Woodland Cemetery, screening inside The Chapel of Resurrection, (TBA) 2024.
Malmö, Eastern Cemetery screening inside the Chapel of Hope. 16 September, 2024
Malmö, Cinema Panora. 15 September, 2024
SVT Broadcast premiere (Sweden) ”Arkitekt Lewerentz” 6 September 2024
Stockholm, Riksförsäkringsanstalten (The National Insurance Institute). Outdoor cinema screening. 26 August, 2024.
Dublin Architecture Archive – screening at the finnisage of Neighbours in Space and Time: Grafton Architects 22 August, 2024
London, Barbican, Architecture Foundation. 23 July, 2024
Basel, Switzerland (private) July 2024

JUNE-AUGUST 2024: Continued showings in Swedish cinemas at Folkets Bio

Stockholm, Sweden, Cinema release at Zita, 31 May 2024
Malmö, Sweden, Cinema release at Panora, 1 June 2024
Lund, Sweden, Cinema release at Kino, 31 May 2024
Gothenburg, Sweden, Cinema release at Hagabion, 31 May 2024
Västerås, Sweden, Cinema release at Electra, 31 May 2024

Manuva Architectura, art festival Italy, 10 May, 2024
NEXTMIXING Space in Shanghai, China 12 April, 2024
China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China 9 April, 2024
Time Museum in Guangzhou, China 6 April, 2024
Commaa gallery, LAAB architects, Hong Kong, 3 April, 2024
Hong Kong University, Hong Kong 2 April, 2024
Archiposition, Shenzhen, China, 31 March, 2024
ADFF Architecture + Design Film Festival Winnipeg, Canada, 23 March, 2024
Budapest Architecture Film Festival, Hungary, 9 March, 2024,
Premiere at Tempo Festival, Sweden, 7 March, 2024

DIRECTOR Sven Blume
PRODUCER William Johansson, Laika Film & Television
EDITOR Eva Hillström
CINEMATOGRAPHER Per Kristiansen, Sven Blume
COMPOSER Emma Nordenstam, David Svedmyr
SOUND DESIGNER Theodora Flygt
GRAPHIC DESIGN Jon Edergren
COLORIST Per Kristiansen

In co production with SVT (swedish broad cast) K-special, YLE and Film Stockholm.

With suport from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Helgo Zettervalls fond (Statens fastighetsverk), Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse, Kulturfonden för Sverige och Finland.

Sigurd Lewerentz is one of the best known Swedish architects around the world. In the film we discover unpublished 16 mm footage of him as well as previously unknown audio recordings of his voice. This is the film about Sigurd Lewerentz.

SPECIAL THANKS TO
Mariana Manner
Beata von Uexküll
Bernt Nyberg
Olle Dahl

APPERANCE
Beata von Uexküll
Bernt Nyberg
Caroline Constant
Eva Larsson
Gennaro Postiglione
Jan Johansson
Janne Ahlin
Juhani Pallasmaa
Kieran Long
Mariana Manner
Matthew Hall
Petra Gipp
Shelley McNamara
Sigurd Lewerentz
Sivert Lindblom
Yvonne Farrell