Costaleros

2000 short film by Håkan Dahlström.

'Mirror Movement' was filmed in the desert outside Tucson, Arizona, in 1973, on 16mm Kodachrome stock and with a Bolex camera. In front of the camera were Christallo Parmakis and Bob Di Matteo. At this time I worked with images and narrative in, one could say, a musical way – in the sense that we did not use a previously set script. What interested me was what the film itself needed, going from one scene to the next, the imagery and what could be achieved with that landscape and the combination of those two people. This way of working involved editing in the camera, hard work and dedication. (Håkan Dahlström)

1972 short film by Håkan Dahlström.

A choreography of sorts, involving a camera and a couple who are in the midst of their existential errands. Filmed at Heingeborgen in Skåne, Sweden, in the year 2000. The couple are author Sture Dahlström (voice and text) and his wife, painter Anna-Stina Ehrenfeldt. (Filmform)

Anna-Stina Ehrenfeldt and I were in Seville for a few of months in 2002. We decided to make a film. We had excellent wordless communication and had made several films together over the years. We decided on the following setup: I was to film, choose location and props, she would work with the material in front of the camera. I chose the Plaza de España in Seville and built a giant wheel. We had to hire a horse cart to get it there in four pieces and then assemble it in situ. Then we filmed it. (Håkan Dahlström)

1968 short film by Håkan Dahlström.

1969 short by Sture Dahlström.

Filmed in Spain, London, and Sweden with an old Bolex silent camera, this film was originally part of a longer film – that was split into a diptych, the other one being 'Hommage à Meliérs.' They work as independent films. (Håkan Dahlström)

1971 short film by Håkan Dahlström.

1970 short film by Håkan Dahlström.

Portrait of the painter Anna-Stina Ehrenfeldt by Håkan and Sture Dahlström.