Sweden 7 / Sverige 7
By Sun KOH — Sun Koh, a multiple award-winning film director from Singapore and 6 female filmmakers from Sweden - Elisabet Gustafsson, Tove Krabo, Jenifer Malmqvist, Jessica Nettelbladt, Stina Bergman, and Maja Borg – challenge the conventions of movie-making by playing a game of exquisite corpse on film.
Each one makes a 10-12 min segment, followed by the next filmmaker who only knows what happens in the last minute. The theme is reincarnation, with 1 female actor in all 7 incarnations.
Help her and her newfound alliance infuse a new force in the Swedish film industry.
This pitch is supported by WIFT Södra, DoDream www.dodream.se, and Filmcentrum Syd.
Insamling - Fundraising
The 7 filmmakers:
Sun Koh (www.sunkoh.com)
Winner of the Singapore 2010 Young Artist Award For Film. Sun Koh relocated to Malmö, Sweden in 2011. She has been writing and directing professionally for 10 years. Her commercial portofolio ranges from TV movies, documentaries, infotainment and reality TV. Her independent films have won multiple awards in international film festivals (see her website).
In the fall of 2011, Sun Koh initiated Sweden 7 to create work for herself in a market new to her, and to make an alliance with Swedish filmmakers. This crowdfunding effort is the first step towards her goal.
Elisabet Gustafsson (http://www.egfilm.se)
Elisabet Gustafsson’s work brings one back to a masterly era, where cinema still exists in a magical world. Sleek and disciplined, she uses her highly refined craft to tell stories that are at once funny and poignant.
After her 5 acclaimed shorts, 3 of which are French co-productions, she has been contracted by Filmlance to direct her first feature film, a children film based on the characters of Lennart Hellsing, scheduled to be shot in Summer 2012. Filmpool Nord has also awarded her with a development grant for her own script.
Tove Krabo
Tove Krabo is a filmmaker and visual artist born in Gothenburg in 1974. At 19, she moved to France and completed a 5 years master at ENSBA in Paris in the film department. From 2003 – 2005, she was Artist in Residence at the City of Marseilles artist program. During that time, she staged extensive exhibitions and shows. Then she lived in Perth, Australia, where she gave birth to her son Henri, and moved, in 2007, to Jordan where she became Head of Film Department at the country’s first Film School.
In 2010, Tove and her son moved back to Gothenburg, where she is currently doing a master thesis at Filmhögskolan in Gothenburg, while developing her first feature. Her most recent feature film work has been focused on transcribing internet dialogues into film.
Jenifer Malmqvist (http://www.birthdaytheshortfilm.com)
Jenifer Malmqvist, born in Southern Sweden, has had many different jobs and studied a variety of subjects at advanced levels. After directing amateur theatre she started to study filmmaking in Sweden and Poland. She has written and directed several award winning short films, among them Peace Talk and At The End of The Street. Peace Talk was selected for the Sundance Film Festival in 2007.
In 2009 Jenifer was awarded the scholarship in the memory of the Swedish film director Bo Widerberg. She also got her degree from The Polish National Film School in Lodz in the same year; Birthday is her award-winning graduation film which went to Sundance and 100 more other festivals.
Jessica Nettelbladt
The director Jessica Nettelbladt has for nearly a decade, elucidate difficult
topics thru documentary filmmaking. She specializes in in-depth interviews
and has done numerous respectful documentaries which have been
shown in TV and Radio. Strong personal destinies, social issues, music and
art finds passion in her. She has made portraits of exposed children, mental ill-health, homelessness, prostitution and purchase of sex among others.
She makes her debut in the feature film format with her latest documentary ”I’m my own Dolly Parton”. Her empathy and humility serves to deeply engage her subjects. And her storytelling is driven by her urge to explore both the documentary subject and herself.
Selected Filmography -
I´m my own Dolly Parton 2011, ”My hell 2009, Under the stars in Malmö
2008, In the garden of Eden 2007, Memories never die 2007, Lasse rules
2007, The path to pearly gates 2005, Wheel of life 2003, Love is 2002.
Stina Bergman
Stina Bergman is one determined filmmaker. She scraped together enough money on her own to make “Die Beauty”, her debut feature film set in Ransäter in Värmland, premiered it in Rio Cinema in Stockholm and launched it on pirate bay, allowing people to download it legally and free. She has also made short films "Johansson, Marie" and "Solkatten" and documentary portrait "Du Sköna”.
Stina Bergman is one voice to watch out for. Her bravado and persistence of vision won her a development grant from Stockholm International Film Festival for her upcoming feature film.
Maja Borg
http://www.majaborg.com/
”The work of Maja Borg exists at the intersection of documentary, fiction and experimental film fusing the languages of these genres into a compelling, visually rich and politically astute body of work. Borg’s films are as likely to be seen in film festivals or television as they are in the visual arts context. The artist uniquely succeeds in defying genre expectations and her language seamlessly combines elements of animation, experimental camera and sound techniques with tools of documentary filmmaking. Her films have tackled subjects ranging from investigations of myths and traditions, borders of desire and violence and, most recently, urgent contemporary issues such as the crisis of capitalism and the global environmental and economic downturn, investigating what options one has in such a dystopian landscape.”
Lina Dzuverovic, co-founder and Director of Electra
– contemporary art agency, London.
Maja Borg’s works speak for themselves. Please see trailers and snippets at her website.
How will a film with 7 female directors look?
See combined moodboard @ http://tinyurl.com/6vjskn5
And Finally, The Producer Helene Granqvist,Founder, CEO and producer of
Good World AB Film and Post Production
After graduating from The Royal Theatre School in Copenhagen in 1988 Helene Granqvist spent a decade working as a set designer for film, theatre and national television. In 1999 she started realizing her vision of an alternative, interactive and Internet based TV-channel. That was the first step towards building Good World and her starting point as a producer. Helene is innovative as a person and talented as a networker with connections within various Scandinavian cultural spheres. She is devoted and engaged in developing talents, social innovation, sustainable development and in developing alternative economies. As a producer and director she always seeks the true motivational forces; the spirit and the joy.
Helene’s filmography is synonymous with that of Good World AB.
http://goodworldab.wordpress.com/
A Little History, by Sun Koh
In 2007, I initiated a collaboration between 7 Singapore directors called “LUCKY7”. We played the Surrealist parlour game of exquisite corpse on film. Each filmmaker makes a 10-12 minute segment, knowing only what happens in the last minute of the previous segment. Each filmmaker is allowed to change anything, except the main actor.
See trailer @
I wanted it to be a showcase of the filmmakers working in Singapore back then. Most important of all, it had to reflect the diversity. So the directors were chosen to be very different from each other. The directors also had to crew on each other’s shoot, as a way of fostering active collaboration. It is possible due to Singapore’s small land size, where everyone lives close to each other.
Although the film was made as a simple experimentation in collaboration, it garnered some unexpected praises from acclaimed critic and film curator Tony Rayns.
“[Singapore’s stymied film culture] for the first time outside the work of Eric Khoo and Royston Tan, it suddenly looks lively and inventive… Despite the built-in discontinuities, the flow of everyday scenes and fantasies is quite persuasive; the game works as the surrealists intended it, sparking unforeseen implications and associations.”
This tiny film travelled around the world, starting with the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and eventually winning Best Cinematography at the Singapore Film Awards 2009. See list of festivals @ http://www.sunkoh.com/#!awards
Please direct all burning questions to [email protected]
Sun Koh (www.sunkoh.com)
Winner of the Singapore 2010 Young Artist Award For Film. Sun Koh relocated to Malmö, Sweden in 2011. She has been writing and directing professionally for 10 years. Her commercial portofolio ranges from TV movies, documentaries, infotainment and reality TV. Her independent films have won multiple awards in international film festivals (see her website).
In the fall of 2011, Sun Koh initiated Sweden 7 to create work for herself in a market new to her, and to make an alliance with Swedish filmmakers. This crowdfunding effort is the first step towards her goal.
Elisabet Gustafsson (http://www.egfilm.se)
Elisabet Gustafsson’s work brings one back to a masterly era, where cinema still exists in a magical world. Sleek and disciplined, she uses her highly refined craft to tell stories that are at once funny and poignant.
After her 5 acclaimed shorts, 3 of which are French co-productions, she has been contracted by Filmlance to direct her first feature film, a children film based on the characters of Lennart Hellsing, scheduled to be shot in Summer 2012. Filmpool Nord has also awarded her with a development grant for her own script.
Tove Krabo
Tove Krabo is a filmmaker and visual artist born in Gothenburg in 1974. At 19, she moved to France and completed a 5 years master at ENSBA in Paris in the film department. From 2003 – 2005, she was Artist in Residence at the City of Marseilles artist program. During that time, she staged extensive exhibitions and shows. Then she lived in Perth, Australia, where she gave birth to her son Henri, and moved, in 2007, to Jordan where she became Head of Film Department at the country’s first Film School.
In 2010, Tove and her son moved back to Gothenburg, where she is currently doing a master thesis at Filmhögskolan in Gothenburg, while developing her first feature. Her most recent feature film work has been focused on transcribing internet dialogues into film.
Jenifer Malmqvist (http://www.birthdaytheshortfilm.com)
Jenifer Malmqvist, born in Southern Sweden, has had many different jobs and studied a variety of subjects at advanced levels. After directing amateur theatre she started to study filmmaking in Sweden and Poland. She has written and directed several award winning short films, among them Peace Talk and At The End of The Street. Peace Talk was selected for the Sundance Film Festival in 2007.
In 2009 Jenifer was awarded the scholarship in the memory of the Swedish film director Bo Widerberg. She also got her degree from The Polish National Film School in Lodz in the same year; Birthday is her award-winning graduation film which went to Sundance and 100 more other festivals.
Jessica Nettelbladt
The director Jessica Nettelbladt has for nearly a decade, elucidate difficult
topics thru documentary filmmaking. She specializes in in-depth interviews
and has done numerous respectful documentaries which have been
shown in TV and Radio. Strong personal destinies, social issues, music and
art finds passion in her. She has made portraits of exposed children, mental ill-health, homelessness, prostitution and purchase of sex among others.
She makes her debut in the feature film format with her latest documentary ”I’m my own Dolly Parton”. Her empathy and humility serves to deeply engage her subjects. And her storytelling is driven by her urge to explore both the documentary subject and herself.
Selected Filmography -
I´m my own Dolly Parton 2011, ”My hell 2009, Under the stars in Malmö
2008, In the garden of Eden 2007, Memories never die 2007, Lasse rules
2007, The path to pearly gates 2005, Wheel of life 2003, Love is 2002.
Stina Bergman
Stina Bergman is one determined filmmaker. She scraped together enough money on her own to make “Die Beauty”, her debut feature film set in Ransäter in Värmland, premiered it in Rio Cinema in Stockholm and launched it on pirate bay, allowing people to download it legally and free. She has also made short films "Johansson, Marie" and "Solkatten" and documentary portrait "Du Sköna”.
Stina Bergman is one voice to watch out for. Her bravado and persistence of vision won her a development grant from Stockholm International Film Festival for her upcoming feature film.
Maja Borg
http://www.majaborg.com/
”The work of Maja Borg exists at the intersection of documentary, fiction and experimental film fusing the languages of these genres into a compelling, visually rich and politically astute body of work. Borg’s films are as likely to be seen in film festivals or television as they are in the visual arts context. The artist uniquely succeeds in defying genre expectations and her language seamlessly combines elements of animation, experimental camera and sound techniques with tools of documentary filmmaking. Her films have tackled subjects ranging from investigations of myths and traditions, borders of desire and violence and, most recently, urgent contemporary issues such as the crisis of capitalism and the global environmental and economic downturn, investigating what options one has in such a dystopian landscape.”
Lina Dzuverovic, co-founder and Director of Electra
– contemporary art agency, London.
Maja Borg’s works speak for themselves. Please see trailers and snippets at her website.
How will a film with 7 female directors look?
See combined moodboard @ http://tinyurl.com/6vjskn5
And Finally, The Producer Helene Granqvist,Founder, CEO and producer of
Good World AB Film and Post Production
After graduating from The Royal Theatre School in Copenhagen in 1988 Helene Granqvist spent a decade working as a set designer for film, theatre and national television. In 1999 she started realizing her vision of an alternative, interactive and Internet based TV-channel. That was the first step towards building Good World and her starting point as a producer. Helene is innovative as a person and talented as a networker with connections within various Scandinavian cultural spheres. She is devoted and engaged in developing talents, social innovation, sustainable development and in developing alternative economies. As a producer and director she always seeks the true motivational forces; the spirit and the joy.
Helene’s filmography is synonymous with that of Good World AB.
http://goodworldab.wordpress.com/
A Little History, by Sun Koh
In 2007, I initiated a collaboration between 7 Singapore directors called “LUCKY7”. We played the Surrealist parlour game of exquisite corpse on film. Each filmmaker makes a 10-12 minute segment, knowing only what happens in the last minute of the previous segment. Each filmmaker is allowed to change anything, except the main actor.
See trailer @
I wanted it to be a showcase of the filmmakers working in Singapore back then. Most important of all, it had to reflect the diversity. So the directors were chosen to be very different from each other. The directors also had to crew on each other’s shoot, as a way of fostering active collaboration. It is possible due to Singapore’s small land size, where everyone lives close to each other.
Although the film was made as a simple experimentation in collaboration, it garnered some unexpected praises from acclaimed critic and film curator Tony Rayns.
“[Singapore’s stymied film culture] for the first time outside the work of Eric Khoo and Royston Tan, it suddenly looks lively and inventive… Despite the built-in discontinuities, the flow of everyday scenes and fantasies is quite persuasive; the game works as the surrealists intended it, sparking unforeseen implications and associations.”
This tiny film travelled around the world, starting with the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and eventually winning Best Cinematography at the Singapore Film Awards 2009. See list of festivals @ http://www.sunkoh.com/#!awards
Please direct all burning questions to [email protected]
Project location: Sweden
Sun KOH
I'm a filmmaker from Singapore who recently moved to Malmö. For a start, I'm creating new projects, building alliances, and diving head first into the Swedish film industry. Would you like to join me?
Location: Malmö, Sweden
Website: http://www.sunkoh.com/
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