Honorees to include Asghar Farhadi, Mary Harron and Gunnell Lindblom.The Stockholm International Film Festival has revealed its 2018 programme, with the festival kicking off Nov 7 with the anticipated world premiere of Anna Odell’s X&Y, in competition.Odell, the Swedish artist and filmmaker who last directed 2013’s award-winning The Reunion, returns starring as a fictionalized version of herself, collaborating with the celebrated actor Mikael Persbrandt to deconstruct themselves.
The cast also features Trine Dyrholm, Sofie Gråbøl, Vera Vitali, Shanti Roney, Jens Albinus and Thure Lindhardt.
New Europe handles sales.Stockholm will close Nov 18 with The Favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos, from the Open Zone section.
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