Directors Camp, 27-28 February in Skellefteå, Västerbotten
Directors Camp is a festival that will put the spotlight on some of the best new generation directors in Sweden today. What the directors at this particular festival have in common is that they all live or have lived in Västerbotten.
Day one will be at the cinema in Skellefteå. We will do a session with each director in “Inside actors studio” style. Andrea Reuter that used to run the Swedish film show “Filmkrönikan” will be hosting the event.
In the evening we will have a party for the directors and all the filmmakers visiting the festival. A lot of people have already been in touch with me and are really excited so I think it will be a great evening!
Day two we will show films made by the directors featured day one, and also by other directors from Västerbotten.
And here are the directors!
Jens Jonsson
Jens have made many short films and won prices all over the world. He have also directed many commercials, and written both TV series and feature film.
The first full feature film he directed, “The King of Ping Pong”, won for best drama at the Sundance film festival.
Patrik Eklund
Patrik short films have travelled all over the world. His short film “Seeds of the fall” won at Cannes filmfestival as best short film. He is now short listed for an Oskars with his short film “Instead of Abracadabra”.
Ted Kjellsson
Ted have directed the novell film “Tompta Gudh”. He is now working with Zentropa to write the full feature film.
Ted also works with commercials and he have worked with brands like Coca-Cola, Walt Disney and Adidas.
Per Hanefjord
Pers short films have been screened all over the world and won many prices. The last film he directed, Elkland, won the student Oscar for best foreign film. Per is currently writing on a full feature film.
Allan Gustafsson
Allan have made short films that have been at festivals all over the world. He have directed commercials and also directed the series “Cuppen” for Swedish Television.
He have also directed his first full length feature film. It’s an indie film called “Juni” that currently are looking for distribution.
Well, I hope that you are as excited as me! If you want to attend Directors Camp send me an e-mail: johan@filmivasterbotten.com
If you are from Västerbotten you can apply to get both the trip to the festival and the accommodation.
There are a limited number of seats.
Directors Camp is a collaboration between Film i Västerbotten and the DINO project.
Text: Johan Lundkvist
The King of Ping Pong by Jens Jonsson.
Seeds of the fall (Slitage) by Patrik Eklund.
Tompta Gudh by Ted Kjellsson
Elkland by Per Hanefjord.
Juni by Allan Gustafsson.