Nelly & Nadin by Magnus Gertten

On the occassion of the Holocaust Victims Memorial Day in collaboration with the Bangalore Queer Film Festival (BQFF) we present Nelly & Nadine, a film by Magnus Gertten which premiered at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival in 2022.

The film will be screened on January 27, 2023 at 7 p.m. at the Bhavan followed by a Q & A Session with Sylvie Bianchi - granddaughter of Nelly, one of the two main characters in the film. 

© Magnus Gerteen

Nelly & Nadine is the unlikely love story between two women falling in love on Christmas Eve, 1944, in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Despite being separated in the last months of the war, Nelly and Nadine manage to later reunite and spend the rest of their life together. For many years their love story was kept a secret, even to some of their closest family. Now Nelly’s grandchild, Sylvie, has decided to open Nelly and Nadine’s unseen personal archives and uncover their remarkable story.

Magnus Gertten is an award-winning director and producer from Malmö, Sweden. Since 1998, he has directed more than 15 documentaries for SVT and international TV channels. His films have been screened by broadcasters and at film festivals in more than 60 countries. Magnus Gertten is co-owner of Auto Images and the creative centre of the company. Gertten directs a majority of the productions made at Auto Images. He also serves as narrative consultant and adviser on other Auto Images films and on the minor co-productions the company is involved in.