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Release year: TBA
Running time: 10 minutes
This is a pilot for the upcoming show “Bokhyllan” (The Bookcase), which is a series of 10 minute episodes in which we examine the magical, captivating or perhaps embarrassing contents of interesting personalities’ bookcases. This episode features actor, writer and singer Rikard Wolff. Directed, filmed and edited by Mattias Olsson and Olavi Linna.
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Original title: Ingen Svensson Längre
Release year: 2009
Running time: 58 minutes
Emilio’s adoptive father, Bengt, has a hard time accepting Emilio’s decision to move back to his birth-country of Colombia. In
an attempt to level with his adoptive son, Bengt travels there. When he arrives, Emilio has begun looking for his biological father.
Bengt decides to help in the search, even though he is terrified of what will happen if they actually find him.
Directed by Mattias Olsson and Tomas Hanslep. Produced by Mattias Olsson Films, Sveriges Television and Film i Skåne.
More info at: www.notasvenssonanymore.com.
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Release year: 2011
Running time: 58 minutes
Randy is a Brooklyn-based musician who doesn’t have the faintest idea where Sweden is located on a map, much less what the
Swedish people are like. This makes him the perfect person to go investigate just that – at least in the minds of the filmmakers
Ahang Bashi and Mattias Olsson. So they hand him a ticket and a mission; to go find out what it means to be Swedish. This is
the trailer for the one hour documentary which premiered on Swedish television (SVT) in the winter 2010/11.
Directed by Mattias Olsson and Ahang Bashi. Produced by Mattias Olsson Films, Sveriges Television and Film i Dalarna, with
support from Film Stockholm (Filmbasen).
More info at: www.whatissweden.com
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Release year: TBA
Running time: TBA
This is a preview for the upcoming documentary about the Swedish filmmaker and photographer Per Sandén. Per was covering the Namibian independence war against South Africa during the 70′s and 80′s, right up until the liberation 1990. During this time he was embedded with the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia, with whom he spent several months at a time. After the liberation, Per has gathered his footage, which is now archived for future generations of Namibians.
This film is being developed by FITYMI production, and is directed by Anne-Lie Andersson. This pilot is produced by FITYMI, directed and edited by Mattias Olsson and Anne-Lie Andersson and filmed by Mattias Olsson. It has received support from Cecilia Lidin at the Swedish Film Institute and Joakim Strand at Film i Skåne.
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Swedish title: I Väntan på L tåget
Release year: 2007
Running time: 19 minutes
Two musicians, Dorel Zamfir and Ricardo Molfa, play together on the platform of the L train in the subway in New York.
They are an unlikely duo of friends and colleagues as one of them is from Romania and the other from the Dominican
Republic, and neither one speak English. They communicate through the music they play together – a combination of
Latin rhythms and Eastern European violin-based classical melodies.
Directed and produced by Mattias Olsson.
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Original title: Kolla! – i andras ögon
Release year: 2011
Running time: 20 minutes
Client: Svenska Tecknare
Kolla! is a Swedish design award which is arranged annually by Svenska Tecknare. The 2011 edition takes a look at Swedish design from an international perspective. The jury members are:
Graphic Design: Georgianna Stout (US), Sara De Bondt (BEL & UK) and James Goggin (UK & US).
Illustration: Esther Pearl Watson (US), Geneviève Gauckler (FR) and Angus Hyland / Pentagram (UK).
Moving Image: Daniel Bergmann / Stink (UK/CZE), Torben Meier / Studio Soi (GER) and Quayola / Nexus (ITA & UK).
Kolla! 2011 was produced by Nina Beckmann, Linda Johansson and Jenny Gedda. More info at kolla.se.
This film was produced by STORY AB and directed by Mattias Olsson.