Mia Engberg – författare

An unexpected phone call from a long-lost love becomes the starting point of an extensive cinematic project, in which filmmaker Mia Engberg searches for the ultimate expression of time, memory and what has been lost. How do you grasp something that is no longer there? How do you film what cannot be seen? Aesthetics of Absence is a book about the labyrinths of filmmaking, following the creative process behind Belleville Baby, a film that went on to win international acclaim and become a beloved piece of personal cinema. This essay is a clear-sighted and inspiring reflection on how to challenge habitual ways of thinking—a book for filmmakers, creatives, and anyone who longs to let the soul travel new paths.Mia Engberg is a filmmaker, researcher and author. Her films include the award-winning trilogy Belleville Baby, Lucky One, and Hypermoon as well as the widely acclaimed Dirty Diaries – 12 Shorts of Feminist Porn. She holds a PhD from Stockholm University of the Arts. Her cinematic research explores the aesthetics of absence and navigates the intersection of documentary and fiction, poetry and essay. Aesthetics of Absence is her first book.

A personal and multilayered essay in which the values of daily life are interwoven with artistic research and a journey through the proximity of death. Filmmaker Mia Engberg is about to begin shooting a feature film in Paris—her most ambitious production to date—when a series of events in both art and life thrust her into a crisis that is at once creative and existential.Mia Engberg is a filmmaker, researcher and author. Her films include the award-winning trilogy Belleville Baby, Lucky One, and Hypermoon as well as the widely acclaimed Dirty Diaries – 12 Shorts of Feminist Porn. She holds a PhD from Stockholm University of the Arts and her cinematic research explores the aesthetics of absence, navigating the intersection of documentary and fiction, poetry and essay. The Visual Silence is her second book.

In times flooded with moving images, this essay embarks on a winding journey into darkness, in search of a place where we can be free and where anything is possible: from the Paris catacombs through the delirious club nights of New York, to the myths of the Sumerian underworld. We are guided by the voice of Marguerite Duras – queen of darkness – telling us secrets on writing, alcohol and the death of cinema. Mia Engberg is a filmmaker, researcher and author. Her films include the award-winning trilogy Belleville Baby, Lucky One, and Hypermoon as well as the widely acclaimed Dirty Diaries – 12 Shorts of Feminist Porn. She holds a PhD from Stockholm University of the Arts. Her cinematic research explores the aesthetics of absence and navigates the intersection of documentary and fiction, poetry and essay. Darkness as material is her third book.

En essä om filmskapandets labyrinter. I personliga kapitel tar Mia Engberg läsaren genom den kreativa processen bakom Belleville Baby, en film som kom att bli en dokumentär klassiker. Det är en avklarnad och inspirerande redogörelse för hur man utmanar invanda tankemönster. En bok för filmare, för andra som skapar och för alla som vill låta själen ta nya vägar.Ur förordet: "När jag såg Belleville Baby första gången slog den in i mig som en våg. Jag satt ensam i salongens mörker och jag hade den där känslan av att det var min historia, att det var min älskade som hade försvunnit ner i underjorden". Sara Stridsberg Mia Engberg är filmskapare, forskare och författare. Bland hennes filmer kan nämnas den prisvinnande trilogin Belleville Baby, Lucky One, och Hypermoon och även den omtalade Dirty Diaries – 12 Shorts of Feminist Porn. Hon har en doktorsexamen från Stockholms konstnärliga högskola och hennes filmiska forskning rör sig i skärningspunkten mellan dokumentär och fiktion, poesi och essä.