Hilma
This is the story of Hilma af Klint, the woman who defied conventions and revolutionised the art world when her work was exhibited in 2019 at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC.
Hilma died in 1944, unknown and certainly not recognised as the woman who invented abstract painting, displacing Kandinsky, Malevich and Mondrian as the initiators of abstract painting and Modernism.
From her adoration of the Austrian spiritualist Rudolf Steiner to her unconventional romantic life, the film provides a nuanced portrait of a woman who chose to remain faithful to her vision as an artist, despite working in a hostile, misogynistic world that did not expect women to express themselves.
Genres
Biography, Drama, LGBT+
Duration
1 x 114'
Language
English, German
Cast
Lena Olin, Tom Wlaschiha, Lily Cole, Tora Hallström, Maeve Dermody, Martin Wallström, Rebecca Calder, Jens Hultén, Adam Lundgren, Jazzy de Lisser, Anna Björk, Emmi Tjernström
Director
Lasse Hallström
Production Company
Viaplay Studios Sweden
Production Year
2022
Awards
Nominated
Best Mask Design
Guldbaggen 2023
Official Selection
Palm Springs Intl Film Festival 2023
Sedona Intl Film Festival 2023
Sonoma Intl Film Festival 2023
USA Film Festival 2023
Mountain Shadow Film Society 2023
Out Shine LBGT 2023
Tall Grass Films 2023
European Union Film Festival 2023
Bozar Belgium 2023: Screening selection
Jerusalem Cinemateque 2023
Mardi Gras Australia 2024
Won
Great Director Tribute
USA Film Festival 2023
Press
19th Jun, 2024
Movie Web: Lasse Hallström Spotlights One of the Western World’s First Abstract Artists
30th Mar, 2023
Variety: ‘Hilma’ Review
1st Mar, 2023
Third Coast Review: “Watching her modernistic, and sometimes prescient, visions come to life on the canvas is awe-inspiring, and the film is the near-perfect match of subject, filmmaker, and actors.”
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