Photo: Liz Charky

Swedish writer and director based in Los Angeles.

Graduated with Honors from Columbia University’s Film MFA program (‘22), scholarship recipient and writing / directing fellow.

Working on fiction films.

2023 Vimeo Breakout Creator

2023 Winner of the Tony Cox Screenplay Competition (FAVOURS)

2022 Winner of the BlueCat Screenplay Competition (BERRY PICKERS, feature)

2022 Best Female Director Award by the Adrienne Shelly Foundation (BERRY PICKERS, short)

Awards & Nominations

FILMS

FAVOURS (2024) - short, drama

2024 Nominated for the Short Film Competition at the AFI Fest

2024 Nominated for the Short Narrative Competition at the Hamptons International Film Festival

2024 Nominated for Best Swedish Short Film at Uppsala Short Film Festival

2024 Selected for the Best Swedish Shorts Competition (Startsladden) at Gothenburg Film Festival

2024 Special Mention for Best Live Action Short 15 Minutes & Under at the Palm Springs International ShortFest

2024 Winner of the Oltre Le Sbarre + The Audience Award + Special Mention at Castellinaria Festival

2024 Nominated for Shorts Live Action Competition at PÖFF

2024 Selected for Folkets bios fall short film program

2024 Official Selection at Reykjavik Film Festival

2024 Official Selection at Nantucket Film Festival

2024 Official Selection at Nordische Filmtage Lubeck

BERRY PICKERS (2022) - short, drama

2023 Awarded a Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere

2023 Distributed at SVT (Swedish Television) and SVT Play

2022 Selected for the Filmmakers of Tomorrow program at the Telluride Film Festival

Attendance at Telluride supported by the Swedish Arts Grants Committee

2022 Shortlisted for a Nomination for Best Short Film at the Guldbagge Awards

2022 Winner for Best Female Director by the Adrienne Shelly Foundation

2022 In Competition at Palm Springs Shortfest competing for the Bridging the Borders Award & Best Student US Short

2022 Winner of the University Short Film Award at Hamptons International Film Festival

2022 Winner “Best Cinematography” at Sveriges Kortfilmfestival 

2022 Winner “Best Short Film” at Cinalfama

2022 Nominated for Best Student Post Graduate Film at Bolton Film Festival

2022 Official Selection at Edinburgh International Film Festival

2022 In Competition nominated for Confrontations Competition at Interfilm Berlin

2022 In Competition at Uppsala Short Film Festival

2022 In Competition at OFF Odense International Film Festival

2022 Awarded Jury Honors at Columbia University Film Festival 

2022 NBR Student Grant Nominee 

2022 In Competition for Shorts New Talents at PÖFF Shorts

2022 Official Selection in the Polidoc Program at Braunschweig International Film Festival

2022 Official Selection at Gothenburg Film Festival 

2022 In Competition at Brooklyn Film Festival 

2022 In Competition at Zagreb Film Festival

2022 Official Selection at Middlebury New Filmmakers

2022 Official Selection at Drama International Short Film Festival

2022 Official Selection at Shorts Mexico

2022 Official Selection at Minnesota Film Festival

2022 Official Selection at Ouray International Film Festival

2022 Selected Short at Folkets Bio’s Spring Short Film Program 

OPEN DOORS (2020) - short, drama

2021 Short to Feature Lab Fellow

2020 Official Selection and world premiere at Gothenburg Film Festival 

2020 Nominated for Best Drama at Stockholm Independent Film Festival

2020 In Competition at the Nordic International Film Festival 

2020 Semi-Finalist for Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 

SCREENPLAYS

BERRY PICKERS - feature, drama

2023 Recipient of SWEA Los Angeles Film - & Culture Scholarship

2022 Grand Prize Winner for the BlueCat Screenplay Competition 

2022 Selected for the Cine Qua Non Script Revision Lab

2023 Faculty Honors at Columbia University Film Festival Screenplay Competition

2022 Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Travel Grant 

2022 Semi-Finalist for Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition 

2022 Ha:xon Johnsson Stiftelse, Research Grant

2021 Semi-Finalist for The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards 

PYGMALION - feature, drama, psychological thriller

2024 Selected for the Hamptons International Screenwriting Lab 

2022 Faculty Honors at Columbia University Film Festival Screenplay Competition 

2023 Semi-Finalist for the Tony Cox Screenplay Competition (out of 10) at Nantucket Film Festival

FAVOURS - short, drama, psychological thriller

2023 Winner of the Tony Cox Screenplay Competition at Nantucket Film Festival

2022 Längmanska Kulturfonden, grant

2021 Finalist and recipient of an Honorable Mention in the CinemaStreet Women’s Short Screenplay Competition