Wild Strawberries (1957): The film that catapulted Ingmar Bergman to the forefront of world cinema is the director's richest, most humane movie. Traveling to receive an honorary degree, professor Isak Borg (masterfully played by the veteran Swedish director Victor Sjostrom) is forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults, and accept his approaching death. Through flashbacks and fantasies, dreams and nightmares, Wild Strawberries captures a startling voyage of self-discovery and renewed belief in mankind.

The Seventh Seal (1957): The Black Death is wiping out the population of Europe as Antonius Block, a knight, returns disillusioned from the Crusades. Death appears before him, but asking for a chance to live he proposes a game of chess, whilst around him society collapses and religion becomes fervent and zealous. Long acclaimed as a cinematic masterpiece, 'The Seventh Seal' is a stunning allegory of man's search for meaning in life.
*Special Jury Prize - Cannes 1957

Autumn Sonata (1978): Ingmar Bergman's slow-burning story of a concert pianist who, mourning the loss of her lover, is invited to stay with her daughter. Their relationship is strained, but the encounter is crucial for the future of both women...

Persona (1966): Widely recognised as one of Ingmar Bergman's most extraordinary and influential films, 'Persona' is a rich and poetic study of womanhood and identity, featuring two of the Swedish master's greatest leading ladies, Liv Ullmann and Bibi Andersson.


Elizabeth (Ullmann) is a famous actress who is sudenly taken ill and left without speech. While convalescing on the coast, she is cared for by Nurse Alma (Andersson) and, silenced by the effect of her - possibly psychosomatic - illness, finds that her nurse does the talking for both of them. Gradually, the two women's personalities merge and the boundaries between their identities begin to blur. This fully uncut version of the landmark film is a visual tour-de-force (as photographed by Sven Nkyvist) and remains as innovative and startling today as it was in 1968.