“What I never understood before meeting Hugo is that sci-fi, it’s a lot about philosophy.” Pella Kågerman Swedish sci fi film Aniara is based on a well-known poem written in the 1950s by Harry Martinson, who later went on to become Sweden’s poet laureate. Originally written as his response to the hydrogen bomb tests, directors Pella… “ANIARA” INTERVIEW: directors Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja on updating a Swedish sci fi classic for the 21st century Read More
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Earth is burning, and the answer is to move the surviving population to Mars. The final shuttle ride from the doomed planet blends the humdrum with the remarkable: a mum tries to make her child understand the finality of what they’re doing and wave at their old home (“want to say bye-bye Earth? … you’ll… Aniara Read More