The 25th edition of the Tempo Documentary Festival was characterized by a high level of participation from both industry and audience. Among the highlights of the festival were sold out screenings of the Swedish premieres of Gustav Ågerstrand’s film about Sara Parkman Som vi har älskat and Johan Palmgren and Isabel Andersson’s Meteoriten. Screenings of Lina Soualem’s Bye Bye Tiberias were embellished by Q&As with the festival guest Hiam Abbass.
Sven Blume’s film Lewerentz Divine Darkness was shown in the church Markuskyrkan designed by the architect Sigurd Lewerentz himself. And in collaboration with Konträr, we screened the VR work In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats about the acid house scene in Great Britain in the 90s.
The industry program included, among other things, an extended work in progress section and a conversation about AI in documentary film with the British director Sophie Compton. The industry program was well attended and we more than doubled the industry audience in comparison to the previous years.
Tempo could also announce an increase in the prize money in the two Swedish competitions Tempo Documentary Award and Tempo Short Award, where the total value of the prizes amounts to SEK 200,000.
The next festival will take place on March 3-9, 2025.
