Something Happened (1987)

Highly Recommended

Sweden

Short Film

Original Title: Någonting har hänt

Writer/Director: Roy Andersson

Cinematographer: István Borbás

Cast: Klas-Gösta Olsson, Anne Tubin, Lennart Björklund, Sandy Mansson

Commissioned for educational purposes, and unsurprisingly rejected for such, Andersson’s controversial short film – exploring the nature and origins of HIV and AIDS, pouring scorn on theories of its African origins in favour of pointing a finger at American scientists – is a remarkable piece of art; grim, depressing, funny, and as distinctively composed and constructed as any of his better known work. Iain.Stott