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SVT (SE), YLE (FIN), Avrotros (NL) och NRK (NO)
Crooked Lines of Beauty – My Grandfather the Architect Carl Nyrén
Crooked Lines of Beauty (original title: Det krokiga och det raka) offers a unique perspective on the work of renowned architect Carl Nyrén, starting from his private life. The film, directed by Sven Blume, uses old 8mm films, VHS tapes, and ongoing documentary footage to explore Nyrén’s career and personal life.
The narrative blends everyday scenes from the 1960s, featuring the villa and mountain house Nyrén designed for his family, with revisits to the laboratories, office blocks, churches, and schools he created during his half-century-long career.
For Blume, the film is a way to reconnect with his grandfather, whom he knew more as a family member than as an architect. His outsider’s perspective, combined with a compassionate reflection on architecture, allows viewers to intimately experience both the professional and personal sides of Carl Nyrén.
The film has been on national cinemas in Sweden and a 2 year tour of screenings inside Nyréns architecture. Broadcasted in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and The Netherlands. Festival screenings in Europe, New Zealand and US. In many ways this film has introduced architecture to a broad audience beside the big fan base of architects, students, academics and historians.
Winning of the Architects Sweden Critics’ Prize 2022:
”The 2022 Critics’ Prize goes to a deeply personal reflection on the essence of architecture. A poetic odyssey that takes us from an outsider’s perspective right under the pale glow of desk lamps. It captures not only a life’s work, but the essence of much of what is at the heart of architecture.”’
Lyssna på pod ”Arkitekturens vinnare” ett samtal med Dan Hallemar och Sven Blume om filmen och Kritikterpriset 2022. Finns även på Spotify
Official movie Soundtrack – Spotify
Musik av The Second Hand Orchestra under ledning av Emma Nordenstam och Karl Jonas Winqvist.
Immanuelskyrkan, Jönköping September 8th 2024
Film and Architecture Czech festival in Prague, Czech Republic,
Screenings in several cities in September and October 2023.
Screening with directors talk in Prague, October the 4th.
Malmö in the making
Film screening at cinema Panora, Folkets bio. Malmö
September the 27th. Including a work in progress talk about the new film about the architect Sigurd Lewerentz
Jönköpings arkitekturvecka (architecture week) 2023
Carl Nyrén Symposium
Film scrteening and panel discussion. September the 6th.
Umeå, 18de April 2023
Visning inne i Ålidhems kyrkorum (Nyrén 1973)
som del av kyrkans 50-års jubileum (2023)
München, Tyskland 28de mars 2023
Architecture film day. Filmmuseum im Müncher Stadtmuseum
AFFR Rotterdam Architecture Film Festival
6-9 Oktober 2022
Fyrislund, Uppsala (Screening at Pharmacia factory)
20th September 2022, open screening for all audience, book in advance here
Symposium – part of a panel discussion about Architecture and Film (focus on Sigurd Lewerentz). ArkDes Stockholm 2nd August 2022
Handelshögskolan, Göterborg
17 maj kl 18:00. Panel discussionwith Johannes Norlander and Peter Eréus after screening. Free entrance. More info about the event
ArkDes Stockholm (Sweden’s national centre for architecture and design).
– screening with director 29th of March 2022 at 18.00
Avrotros (NL) The Nederlands broadcast premiere 3rd of March 2022
YLE (FIN) Finsk TV-premiär 28 februari
Architecture Design Art Film Festival (ADAFF), Palm Springs, USA
17-20 Februari 2022
Norway TV-Premiere – January 6th 2022 at 20:00,
NRK2 Norwegian title ”Carl Nyrén – om det bøyde og det rette”
Immanuelskyrkan, Jönköping
31 januari 2022 kl 18.00. By Carl Nyrén. Screening with director
Culturum, Nyköping. 9 dec 2021 kl 18:30 -the event
(by Carl Nyrén) screening with director
Uppsala Stadsbibliotek- 6e december 2021 at 18.00
(by Carl Nyrén) screening with director
Screening at Villa Nyrén – Bromma – In Nyréns former home, the villa he made for him and the familly 1962. November 28th 2021 – tickets here
Värmlands museum (by Carl Nyrén) wed 23rd Oktober
– screening with director + ongoing exhebition guided with Matti Klenell ”Stanna här en stund” in the museum.
ArchFilmLund (in competition) – screening in Västerkyrkan (by Carl Nyrén) söndag 17 okt kl 1730
Fyrisbiografen Dokumåndag Uppsala Folkets bio 11e okt kl 17:30
Regina, Folkets bio Östersund,
2a oktober kl 15:00
Zita-screenings (Stockholm)
– For Students: 10/11 kl 17:45
– Co workers of Nyrén (nya och fd) Nyréns arkitektkontor 11/11 kl 17:45
– Branch 23/10 kl 17:45
Read by director Sven Blume (2021)
Tidningen Arkitektur about the film
The paper Mitt i about the film
Premiere screening at Tempo Dokumentärfestival in March 2021 at Vällingbykyrkan in Stockholm
Interview with director Sven Blume in swedish broadcast
Kulturnyheterna, SVT:
Presentation på Filmhusets vårpresentation 2021
Preview screening in Värnamo, Sweden. Monday 19 October 2020!
Ticket and more about the event, screenings at 3 PM and 6 PM
Photo: Sune Sundahl
Running time: 58 minutes
Director Sven Blume
Producer William Johansson, Laika film
In co-production with SVT, Swedish Television art and culture department.
DP: Annika Busch, Per Kristiansen, Sven Blume
Editor: Niel Wigardt
Composers: Emma Nordenstam & Karl Jonas Winqvists, The Second Hand Orchestra
Sound Design: Theodora Flygt
Grafik och poster: Karin Robérts
Release: 2021
