Broadcast release at SVT 2024 (TV-version)
National Cinema Release, Sweden 2024 at Folkets Bio
International screening tour 2024-2025.
Sigurd Lewerentz (1885–1975) is internationally renowned as one of Sweden’s greatest architects, but due to his aversion to being interviewed and recorded, he has long been shrouded in mystery. Recently, however, a treasure trove of film and sound recordings of the ageing Lewerentz was found in a cellar in Lund, and it’s these recordings that form the basis of this captivating documentary. LEWERENTZ DIVINE DARKNESS is a unique portrait of this enigmatic figure of 20th century architecture, whose work still resonates and inspires today.
Screenings
2025
South Korea Soul International Architecture Film Festival, November (TBA)
Kookmin University, Korea, November (TBA)
Tokyo Cinema and University screenings (TBA)
Mexico, Casa de Arquitectura, Queretaro, (TBA)
Spain screening tour (TBA)
Gothenburg, Sweden, Chalmers University (TBA)
The Nederlands, Academy of Architecture in Maastricht (September/October)
Porto, Coimbra (Docomomo Portuga) and Lisbon, Portugal, 19 October
National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan 27 September
Mextropoli festival, Mexico City, September 21
University of Shih-Chien in Taipei, Taiwan 20 September
South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China (mid September)
Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China (mid September)
Stockholm, Book Release (Matteson/Hall/Blume)
”Sigurd Lewerentz and Bernt Nyberg In Dialogue” 18 June
Schio, Italy, organizer AIAC 12-13 June
Resene Film Festival, New Zealand Cinema Tour
17 May, 20 May, 26 May, 31 May, 2 June, 5 June
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus, Germany, 21 May
School of Architecture & Environment, College of Design University of Oregon, 16 May
Arkitektskolen Aarhus, Denmark 22 April
Oregon, US, Nordia House, Nordic Northwest, 18 April
Seattle, US, National Nordic Museum 24 April
Stockholm, Sweden, KTH 8 April
München, Germany. Filmmuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum 4 April
Melbourne, Australia, DADo Film Society, 1 April
Los Angeles, California, ELAC community college, 28 March
TIAFF Festival – Official Selection, Tilburg, The Netherlands, 13-14 March
Arkitekturfilm Oslo Festival (Oslo Cinematheque) 27feb – 2 mars 2025
Aachen, Germany, Apollo Cinema 26 February
Tallinn, Estonia Kumu Art Museum. 19 February
Kyoto Art festival, screening at National Museum of Kyoto, 16 February Japanese Trailer
North America Tour 2025 in collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden in Washington, DC:
University of Toronto, Canada, Friday, February 7 at 6:00 PM
SCI-Arc, Los Angeles, February 5, 6:00 PM
Woodbury School of Architecture, Los Angeles: February 4, at 6 PM
University of Southern California, USC, Los Angeles at The Michelle & Kevin Douglas IMAX Theatre, Monday February 3, 7:00 PM
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Thursday January 30, 6:30 PM
Auburn University, Alabama, Wednesday January 29, 5:30 PM
Wellesley College, Boston, Tuesday January 28, 3:30 PM
Princeton SoA, New Jersey, Monday January 27, 6:00 PM
Yale University, New Haven, Friday 24 January, 4 PM
Columbia University GSAPP, New York. Thursday 23 January, 6:30 PM
Rotterdam at Ziegler Branderhorst 29 January
Praha, Czech Republic CAMP, 17 January
Edinburgh Fruitmarket Gallery. 16 January
2024
Copenhagen, Cinematheque, with Royal Danish Academy. 16 december
Saarbrücken, Germany Kino AchtEinHalb 12 December
Antwerpen, Belgium at Flanders Architecture Institute, 10 December
Eskilstuna, Cinema Royal with IDESTA exhibition. 25 November
Turku, Kino Kilta, House of Art 22 November
Helsinki, ARK REX, 21 November
Milan Politecnico, Italy, 14 November
Rome, Italy Circolo Scandinavo, co-host by UniRoma3, Architecture Department. 13 November
USI Mendrisio, Lugano, Switzerland, 8 November
Singapore, World Architecture Festival 7 November
Dramstadt University, Germany, 6 November
Guadalajara, Mexico, ForA, 29 October
Södra Stockholm Film Fest special screenings in
The Chapel of Resurrection, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm 26 October
BIFF, Bergen International Film Festival, Norway, 18, 20 & 24 October
Kramfors, Biograf City, 15 October
Lund Architecture Film Festival, Sweden. Screening at St Petri Church in Klippan. Lewerentz bus tours starting from Lund/Malmö. 12 October.
Rotterdam International Architecture Film Festival 11 October
Berlin festival screening, BHROX bauhaus reuse, Germany 8 October
Žilina, Rosenfeldov Palace, Slovakia 2 October
Prague International Architecture Film Festival Kino Svêtosor, Praha, Czech Republic 1 October,
Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic, 1 October
Brno, Faculty Architectury, Czech Republic 2 September
Slavonice, Federal House, Czech Republic. 29 September
Lanškroun, LArt Culture Center, Czech Republic, 27 September
Stockholm, Kultur i Sjöstan, 23 September
USI Mendrisio, Lugano, Switzerland, 20 September
Malmö, Eastern Cemetery screening inside the Chapel of Hope. 16 September
Malmö, Cinema Panora. 15 September
SVT Broadcast premiere (Sweden) ”Arkitekt Lewerentz” 6 September
Stockholm, Riksförsäkringsanstalten (The National Insurance Institute). Outdoor cinema screening. 26 August.
Dublin Architecture Archive – screening at the finnisage of 22 August
London, Barbican, Architecture Foundation. 23 July
Basel, Switzerland (private screening) July
JUNE-AUGUST 2024: National cinema screenings, Sweden, Folkets Bio
Stockholm, Sweden, Cinema release at Zita, 31 May
Malmö, Sweden, Cinema release at Panora, 1 June
Lund, Sweden, Cinema release at Kino, 31 May
Gothenburg, Sweden, Cinema release at Hagabion, 31 May
Västerås, Sweden, Cinema release at Electra, 31 May
Manuva Architectura, art festival Italy, 10 May
NEXTMIXING Space in Shanghai, China 12 April
China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China 9 April
Time Museum in Guangzhou, China 6 April, 2024
Commaa gallery, LAAB architects, Hong Kong, 3 April
Hong Kong University, Hong Kong 2 April
Archiposition, Shenzhen, China, 31 March
ADFF Architecture + Design Film Festival Winnipeg, Canada, 23 March
Budapest Architecture Film Festival, Hungary, 9 March
Premiere at Tempo Festival, Screening in St Marks, Sweden, 7 & 9 March
TEAM
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.
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
Photo Catherine Cheng
