Hans Appelqvist

"In the Basement of Apollo Hall" delves into the greatest and most significant question for a composer: What is music, and why does it exist? Attempting an answer Appelqvist draws upon the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's theories about art, where the Greek gods Apollo and Dionysus are used to describe humanity's inherent conflict between order and chaos, a tension that also plays out within the music.

Tiny cornflake boxes with precise proportions, absurd everyday humor, and melancholic animals are some of the things that characterize the miniature maker Niki Lindroth von Bahr. The Guldbagge Award-winning Min börda led to success and recognition. Now she has won so many awards that they no longer fit on the shelves at home. In Joanna Karlberg and Tove Palén’s documentary, we get to enter the model studio and witness everyday situations that are transformed into great art in a small format.

A mysterious film about loneliness and death. Theodora lives in her house somewhere in the forests of Sweden. Vissen, a young boy with a broken arm, is her closest friend. In Theodora's kitchen Sot is resting in a pile of flour. Then their world is struck by a song and all goes on as usual.

"In the Basement of Apollo Hall" delves into the greatest and most significant question for a composer: What is music, and why does it exist? Attempting an answer Appelqvist draws upon the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's theories about art, where the Greek gods Apollo and Dionysus are used to describe humanity's inherent conflict between order and chaos, a tension that also plays out within the music.

"In the Basement of Apollo Hall" delves into the greatest and most significant question for a composer: What is music, and why does it exist? Attempting an answer Appelqvist draws upon the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's theories about art, where the Greek gods Apollo and Dionysus are used to describe humanity's inherent conflict between order and chaos, a tension that also plays out within the music.

A mysterious film about loneliness and death. Theodora lives in her house somewhere in the forests of Sweden. Vissen, a young boy with a broken arm, is her closest friend. In Theodora's kitchen Sot is resting in a pile of flour. Then their world is struck by a song and all goes on as usual.

A mysterious film about loneliness and death. Theodora lives in her house somewhere in the forests of Sweden. Vissen, a young boy with a broken arm, is her closest friend. In Theodora's kitchen Sot is resting in a pile of flour. Then their world is struck by a song and all goes on as usual.