March 8, Tuesday, at 7 p.m.
REGRETTERS (ÅNGRARNA)
A film by Marcus Lindeen



How and why two Swedes – men who became women who became men again – changed their minds (twice) about sex-change surgery. What it's like being a man, then being a woman – then being a man again. What is a man? What is a woman?

Followed by a talk in English by the director, MARCUS LINDEEN. The public is invited and admission is free. Listen to the director talk about his film (which began as a play) and do a Q & A after the show, then stay for the reception. Sponsored by the Swedish Program with the assistance of the Carla Kuhn Screening Series of Columbia University.
Co-sponsored by the Swedish Institute in Stockholm. For further information: Tel.: 212-854-4015; e-mail: [email protected].

REGRETTERS Awards
Named best documentary production in Europe at Prix Europe. October 23, 2010; awarded the Jury Prize at Hamburg International Queer Film Festival, October, 2010; Best Documentary at Queer Lisboa, September 29, 2010.

REGRETTERS Festivals & Screenings
Göteborg International Film Festival, Jan 19 - Feb 8; Tempo Documentary Film Festival, Stockholm March 10-14; BFI London Lesbian & Gay FilmFestival, March 17-31; Full frame documentary film festival, Durham, April 8-11; Hot Docs International Documentary Festival, Toronto April 21-May 9; Inside Out LGBT Festival, Toronto May 20-30; AFI Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival, Washington DC June 21-27; Tokyo Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 16-18/7; Expresion en Corto, Mexico, July 23/7-1/8; GAZE Film Festival, Dublin 29/7-2/8; Liverpool Pride Festival 8/8; Athens Int. Film Festival, 15- 26/9; Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 17-25/9; Nordisk Panorama, Bergen 24-29/9; DokLeipzig, 18-24/10; Hamburg Int. Queer Film Festival 19-24/10; Nordic Film Days, Lübeck 3-7/11; CPH:DOX, Copenhagen 4-14/11; RIDM, Montreal Int. Documentary Festival, 10-21/11.

REGRETTERS Reviews
"Regretters is a film that stays with you long after you finish watching it, beautiful in both style and substance, and definitely one of the most thought-provoking films I've seen this year."

The Documentary Blog

"Absolutely stellar filmmaking here, providing enlightened, frank and beautiful portraits to share with the audience. It’s a must-see."

Movie Moxie

"The best film of the year is probably already here. Completely and utterly breathtaking and amazing. You. Must. See. It."

Cinema, Swedish Film Magazine

"Regretters is one of the best Swedish documentaries I have ever seen."

Svenska Dagbladet (The Swedish Daily Paper)

"One of the most dazzling documentary films in ages. I have rarely seen a film with this much SOUL."

P3 Kultur, The National Swedish Radio

"Excellent… I was blown away in the cinema."

People Magazine

April 5, Tuesday, at 7 p.m.
SWEDEN – THE CAPITALIST WELFARE STATE
A talk in English by Andreas Bergh

How this country became rich and egalitarian and why it manages to combine very high taxes with a thriving market economy.

ANDREAS BERGH received a PhD in Economics 2003 from Lund University in Sweden, and was visiting scholar at Harvard in 2004 at the Centre for Basic Research in the Social Sciences. His research concerns the welfare state as well as institutional economics, and recent publications include European Economic Review, European Sociological Review, Political Studies and Social Science Quarterly. He has also co-edited a book called Institutional Competition (Edward Elgar, 2008) and is leading a research project on the reform process in mature welfare states. He is currently affiliated with Lund University, the Ratio Institute in Stockholm and the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in Stockholm.

See Andreas Bergh on video at http://reason.tv/video/show/andreas-bergh-inteview

The public is invited and admission is free. A reception will follow.

For further information: Tel.: 212-854-4015; e-mail: [email protected].