Lasse Hallström’s Hilma brings to life the story of a woman who posthumously revolutionized the art world as one of the first abstract artists. In this immersive biopic starring Tora Hallström as the young Hilma, and Lena Olin as the mature Hilma, we follow the artist from her early life through her rising artistic career and spiritual awakening after the loss of her beloved younger sister Hermina. Hilma explores af Klint’s spiritualism, her unconventional love life, and the impetus behind her work — from the writings of Rudolph Steiner to the strong influence of the Theosophic Movement, and her belief in its mystical philosophy — in a portrait of a woman well ahead of her time.

Having remained unknown and unrecognized as the woman who invented abstract painting after her death in 1944, a 2019 Guggenheim Museum exhibition devoted to Hilma af Klint’s work became her first major solo exhibition in the U.S., revolutionizing the art world and art history while displacing Kandinsky, Malevich and Mondrian as the fathers of Modernism.

Starring twice Oscar nominated Lena Olin, Tora Hallström, Catherine Chalk, Lily Cole, and Tom Wlaschiha

Director: Lasse Hallström. Sweden, 2022, 120 min. In English.



DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT & BIO

DIRECTOR'S BIO

Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström is a Swedish film director who first gained recognition for directing nearly all of world-renowned Swedish pop group Abba’s music videos. He later went on to direct acclaimed feature films like WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE, CHOCOLAT, HACHI: A DOG’S TALE and many more. He has been nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Directing and Best Adapted Screenplay for MY LIFE AS A DOG (1988), as well as Best Directing for THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (2000).


STATEMENT FROM DIRECTOR LASSE HALLSTRÖM

“I've spent several years trying to understand the mystery of Hilma af Klint. This is a story about an unwavering search for the truth about humanity and the universe, at a time when men set all the rules. Despite so many obstacles, Hilma created art that influences our lives today. My ambition is for the audience to experience these struggles with all their senses.”


REVIEWS

‘Hilma’ Review: Lasse Hallström’s Vivid Portrait of a Visionary Artist Captures the Agony and the Ecstasy The Swedish filmmaker’s latest feature is the first biopic of the painter Hilma af Klint.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Spirited and sensuous.

The Hollywood Reporter

Sheri Linden, January 11 2023

Hallstrom wins the audience back with his sincere connection to af Klint, played in her bullheaded youth by his daughter, Tora Hallstrom, and in her muttering years by his wife, Lena Olin.

The New York Times

By Amy Nicholson

(Lasse’s) new film is sensitive to and respectful of its subject, ...and does honor to Af Klint and her mad visions.

Depicting the interior inspiration of an artist is a challenge for a film director, which is why most biopics of creative folk tend to focus instead on gossip and surface—tempestuous affairs, bad behavior and the like. In “Hilma,” however, Sweden’s most successful living filmmaker has attempted to unlock the imagination of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (1862-1944),

The Wall Street Journal

By Kyle Smith

…(Hilma)is sensual, whimsical (sometimes to a fault) and feels as comfortable to slip into as a silk robe.

Variety

By Tomris Laffly

Lasse Hallström’s beautifully crafted biopic brings to life an almost unknown Swedish painter who was an avant gardiste, spiritualist and Theosophist.

The Film Verdict

Lucy Virgen, January 17th, 2023

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.

Third Coast Review

STEVE PROKOPY, MARCH 1, 2023

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PLAYDATES

2023 Palm Springs International Film Festival
Sat Jan 7, 3:00 PM
Camelot Theaters Palm Springs (Aud 1)

Sun Jan 8, 10:30 AM
Regal Cinemas Palm Springs Stadium 9 (Aud 4/5)

Mon Jan 9, 11:00 AM
Annenberg Theater (in Palm Springs Art Museum)

Sedona Film Festival
Sedona, AZ
Opening Night Film
February 18-26, 2023

Chicago European Union Film Festival
Chicago, IL
Opening Night Film
March 1, 2023

Sonoma Film Festival
Sonoma, CA
March 22-24, 2023

Mountain Film Society
Walnut Creek, CA
March 18-19, 2023

Sarasota Film Festival
Sarasota, FL
March 24-April 2, 2023

Phoenix Film Festival
Phoenix, AZ
March 28, 2023

Fairhope Film Festival
Fairhope, AL
April 2 and 3, 2023

Redlands Cinema Classic
Redlands, CA
April 12-13, 2023

Minneapolis Film Festival
Minneapolis, MN
April 13-23, 2023

QUAD
New York, NY
April 14-20, 2023

Laemmle Glendale
Pasadena, CA
April 14-20, 2023

Laemmle Royal
Los Angeles, CA
April 14-20, 2023

Laemmle Town Center 5
Los Angeles, CA
April 14-20, 2023

USA Film Festival
Dallas, TX
April 19-23, 2023

Speed Museum
Louisville, KY
April 21-23, 2023

Smith San Rafael
San Rafael, CA
April 21-23, 2023

Mary D. Fisher Theatre
Sedona, AZ
April 21-27, 2023

Green Light Cinema
St. Petersburg, FL
April 21-27, 2023

Cinema Paradiso Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL
April 21-27, 2023

VIFF Center
Vancouver, WA
April 21-27, 2023

Amherst Cinema
Amherst, MA
April 21-27, 2023

New Plaza Cinema
New York, NY
April 28-30, 2023

Avon Theatre Film Center
Stamford, CT
April 28 - May 4, 2023

Princeton Garden Theater
Princeton, NJ
April 29 and May 1, 2023

The Guild Cinema
Albuquerque, NM
April 28 - May 1, 2023

Bedford Playhouse
Bedford, NY
April 28 - May 4, 2023

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May 4-6, 2023

Esquire Theater
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May 5-11, 2023

AMC BAY STREET 16
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May 5-11, 2023

AMC Highlands Ranch 24
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May 5-11, 2023

AMC Neshaminy 24
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May 5-11, 2023

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Mesquite, TX
May 5-11, 2023

AMC Hoffman Center 22
Alexandria, VA
May 5-11, 2023

AMC Southcenter 16
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Summerfield Theater
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May 5-18, 2023

Plimoth
Dennis, MA
May 5-11, 2023

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Scottsdale, AZ
May 5-11, 2023

Woods Hole
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May 6, 2023

Lark Cinema
Larkspur, CA
May 12-19, 2023

The Rose Theater
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May 12-19, 2023

Michigan Ann Arbor Movie Palace
Ann Arbor, MI
May 14-18, 2023

Victoria Film Festival
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May 14-17, 2023

Epsilon Spires
Brattleboro, VT
May 21, 2023

Portland Museum of Art
Portland, OR
May 19, 2023

Upstate Films/Orpheum Theatre
Saugerties, NY
May 26-June 1, 2023

Cleveland Institute of Arts
Cleveland, OH
June 3-4, 2023

Summit Film Society
Madison, NJ
June 4, 2023

Knickerbocker Theatre
Holland, MI
June 21-24, 2023


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