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 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