Eric M. Nilsson

Eric M Nilsson talks to his mother over the years when they lived during German occupation in Belgium. Over a box of things from those years his father left behind, they helped together to remember.

A documentary essay film in which the director attempts to plunge into an artificial depression in order to perceive the world as a sad and bilious man.

The second film of the "Bläckfiskens" trilogy, with an emphasis on dreams and interpretation.

With the gloomy, mountain of the Cévennes in the backdrop, the filmmaker interviews an aging village clergyman, who shares his wisdom and perspective on life.

The English writer and composer, John Anthony Burgess Wilson, relaxed in Italy tells the full story of his life. Filmmaker Eric M. Nilsson met with Anthony Burgess by chance in 1982. They decided to make a film.

The third film featured in the "Bläckfiskens bok" trilogy, a poetic essay about the final journey.

A movie about the culture clash in Tunisia between Swedish aid workers and local people. Swedes and Tunisians both give their views on the current projects.

Farsta, a modern suburb of Stockholm. A montage of images, sounds, little songs by Robban Broberg. A film that, today, Eric M. Nilsson calls into question.

A short ferry trip in Stockholm. The camera lingers on the faces, the gestures, the postures, the fragments of conversations. Although this short film seems today quite futile to Eric M. Nilsson, the press hailed the "direct" nature of the movie.

A container with stuff from a cleaned out apartment in Stockholm drives the cineaste to look for their owners. In the course of this quest, he meets the actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård and the author Stig Larsson. The desire to give meaning where perhaps there is none.

The concrete costs for culture and creativity is here illustrated in punchy images.

The concrete costs for culture and creativity is here illustrated in punchy images.

Europe 1900 (1968) tells about the history of luxury while problematizing memory and our images of the past.

A film about sound, a film about words, a film about interpretation and misunderstanding.

A simple depiction of the work in the kitchen of a restaurant. Eric M. Nilsson and cinematographer Åke Åstrand attempt to get as close as possible to reality, without any commentary.

TV movie about memories and thoughts about the Army Museum in Stockholm.

A spacecraft containing an army of small malevolent creatures arrive with an intent to destroy the earth. But first, they must learn how people behave and feel, and therefore proceed to gather information.

A spacecraft containing an army of small malevolent creatures arrive with an intent to destroy the earth. But first, they must learn how people behave and feel, and therefore proceed to gather information.

"Words in the wind": communication, solitude, secret, power, understanding ...

A short film, capturing images of those on a pilgrimage in the city of Lourdes in France.

A short film, capturing images of those on a pilgrimage in the city of Lourdes in France.

Eric M Nilsson talks to his mother over the years when they lived during German occupation in Belgium. Over a box of things from those years his father left behind, they helped together to remember.

Eric M Nilsson talks to his mother over the years when they lived during German occupation in Belgium. Over a box of things from those years his father left behind, they helped together to remember.

A documentary essay film in which the director attempts to plunge into an artificial depression in order to perceive the world as a sad and bilious man.

A documentary essay film in which the director attempts to plunge into an artificial depression in order to perceive the world as a sad and bilious man.

Pierre comes from an island that does not exist and speaks a language that is not available - he is the man from Podalida. Conversation with Pierre, Poet Katarina Frostenson and a French Linguist on Language and Identity.

Pierre comes from an island that does not exist and speaks a language that is not available - he is the man from Podalida. Conversation with Pierre, Poet Katarina Frostenson and a French Linguist on Language and Identity.

"Bläckfiskens bok" is made up of three short films ("Första resan", "Drömresan" and "Sista resan"). While making these movies, Nilsson tried to put himself in an artificial depression in order to see the world as an angry and sad man. "My mind functions like a spider's web: all the images, all the ideas, all the sentences, all the idiocies stick. Thus am I a prisoner."

A fictional biographical portrayal of Eleonora of Bavaria.

A fictional biographical portrayal of Eleonora of Bavaria.

The second film of the "Bläckfiskens" trilogy, with an emphasis on dreams and interpretation.