A film fabulation over life and work of the composers Lili (1893-1918) and Nadia (1887-1979) Boulanger. 

During a week, a group of women and their grown children make a film about the ultra-talented sisters Lilia and Nadia Boulanger. The parts and the actors meld. The days pass as in a Tjechovian drama: music is recorded, scene after scene is rehearsed and filmed, between takes the ensemble grapple with everyday chores and world crises. Lili dies and Nadia sinks her own compositions to the bottom of the sea, on an island in the Baltic Lili’s music conjures dream and play. Now and then, life and death, sorrow and hope reflected in each other.

The Sisters B. film facts

Written & directed by Annika Boholm

Produced & edited by Kersti G. Brennan

Music by Cecilia Örhwall

Featuring

Kerstin Abrahamsson

Sunniva Vikør Egenes

Emma Eskeby

Arvid Friberg

Sven Friberg

Katarina Lindgren

Johan Pahlbäck

Ruth Pahlbäck 

Duration 43 min

Swedish w. English subtitles

Production year 2026

Filmed at the Bergman Estate on the Baltic Sea island of Fårö. The Sisters B. is an exploration of how to share experiences across time. How to probe moments that in retrospect may seem inconsequential to the shaping of a life trajectory or historical account, but which hold potential for connection, understanding, and dialogue beyond the cognitive – operating on an emotional and physical level.