At the age of 86, Swedish experimental cinema master Claes Söderquist unveiled his latest work: Rum, a split-screen study of a manor’s interiors set to Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber’s Rosary Sonatas (~1606). A vision of the world after the human beings are gone, with only the objects left to tell their stories.
– Olaf Möller
Film details
Country of production
Sweden
Year
2026
Festival edition
IFFR 2026
Length
24'
Medium/Format
DCP
Language
no dialogue
Premiere status
World premiere
Director
Claes Söderquist
Producer
Claes Söderquist
Screenplay
Claes Söderquist
Cinematography
Lennart Carlsson, Carl-Magnus Lindström, Lennart Carlsson, Carl-Magnus Lindström
Editing
Mats Hjelm, Mats Hjelm
Music
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Sirkka-Lisa Kaakinen-Pilch
Production company
Filmform – The Art Film & Video Archive
Sales / World rights holder
Filmform – The Art Film & Video Archive
Shows of "Rum"
Cinerama 5
This screening consists of the following films:
Rum
A Philological Quandary, Kenneth Anger’s ¡Que Viva Mexico! (1950)