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
Mexico, Festival Mextropoli, September
Tokyo Cinema and University screenings (TBA)
Tallinn, Estonia Kumu Art Museum. 16 February
Mexico, Casa de Arquitectura, Queretaro, (TBA)
San Diego, Woodbury University Screening 4 February
Los Angeles, USC University Screening 3 February
New York, US. Yale University Screening 24 January
Edinburgh Fruitmarket Gallery. 16 January
2024
Copenhagen, Cinematheque, with Royal Danish Academy. 16 december
Kyoto Art festival, screening at National Museum of Kyoto, 14 December
Saarbrücken, Germany Kino AchtEinHalb 12 December
Antwerpen, Belgium at Flanders Architecture Institute, 10 December
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
Naples University Screening, Italy, October/November (TBA)
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, 8 October
Czech Republic and Slovakia, Cinema tour (7 villages) October.
Prague International Architecture Film Festival 30 September & 1 October,
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
