Directors and actors attending Stockholm Film Festival 2015
As we approach the beginning of the Stockholm International Film Festival, it is now time to book interviews.
Over 80 directors and actors from the international film industry are attending the 26th edition of the Stockholm Film Festival. Nearly all competing directors, all jury members and many others will be in Stockholm.
The jury for the Stockholm Impact Award is the artist Ai Weiwei, Director Ida Panahandeh, and Theatre director Linus Tunström. For the Stockholm XXVI Competition the jury members are Producer Mimmi Spång, Director Peter Grönlund, Director Christian Zübert, and Director Arab Nasser. The Stockholm Documentary Competition jury consists of Film Critic Stefan Nylén, Director Alexandra Dahlström, and Director Matias Meyer. And for the Stockholm XXVI Short Film Competition, Actor Saga Becker, Director Alejandro Guzman Alvarez, and Director Takeshi Fukunaga.
Make your interview requests by contacting the press department via email or phone, or make them via the press center at Hotel Kungsträdgården.
Only accredited journalists can make interview requests. And for those who haven't been accredited, follow the link: www.stockholmfilmfestival.se/en/press/press-accreditation-2015
The list is updated continously at www.stockholmfilmfestival.se/en/press
| Name | Role | Film | Country | Date (Nov.) |
| STOCKHOLM ACHIEVEMENT AWARD | ||||
| Ellen Burstyn | Actor | The Exorcist | USA | 11 & 13 |
| STOCKHOLM LIFTETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD | ||||
| Stephen Frears | Director | The Program | England | 20 |
| STOCKHOLM VISIONARY AWARD | ||||
| Yorgos Lanthimos | Director | The Lobster | Greece | * |
| STOCKHOLM XXVI COMPETITION | ||||
| Laura Bispuri | Director | Sworn Virgin | Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Albania, Kosovo, France | * |
| Leyla Bouzid | Director | As I open my eyes | Tunisia | 19 |
| Federico Borgia | Regissör | Clever | Uruguay | 20 |
| Francisco Magnou | Producent | Clever | Uruguay | * |
| Lili Horváth | Director | The Wednesday Child | Hungary | 19 |
| Jonas Carpignano | Director | Mediterranea | Italy | 9 & 10 |
| Magnus von Horn | Director | Efterskalv | Sweden | All days |
| Gabriel Mascaro | Director | Neon Bull | Brazil | 11 |
| Luk Yee-Sum | Director | Lazy Hazy Crazy | China | 14 |
| Hermon Hailay | Director | Price of Love | Etiopia | 17 |
| Ida Panahandeh | Director | Nahid | Iran | 18 |
| Arsalan Amiri | Screenwriter | Nahid | Iran | 18 |
| David Pablos | Director | The Chosen Ones | Mexico | 19 |
| Alanté Kavaïté | Director | The Summer of Sangaile | Lithuania | 21 |
| Joachim Trier | Director | Louder Than Bombs | Norway, France, Denmark | All days |
| STOCKHOLM DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION | ||||
| Ertugrul Mavioglu | Director | Bakur | Turkey | 16 & 17 |
| Liang Zhao | Director | Behemoth | China | 11 |
| Mukunda Angulo och Eddie Vaughan | Brothers | Wolfpack | USA | 12 |
| Megan Delaney | Producer | Wolfpack | USA | 12 |
| Renato De Maria | Director | Italian Gangsters | Italy | * |
| Erik Gandini | Director | The Swedish Theory of Love | Sweden | All days |
| STOCKHOLM IMPACT | ||||
| Ai Weiwei | Chairman of Impact jury | China | * | |
| Lisa Aschan | Director | Det Vita Folket | Sweden | All days |
| Erik Matti | Director | Honor Thy Father | Philippines | * |
| Matias Meyer | Director | Yo | Mexico | 12 |
| Yuval Delshad | Director | Baba Joon | Israel | * |
| Sterlin Harjo | Director | Mekko | USA | 12 |
| Cyril Dion | Director | Tomorrow | France | 17 |
| Leena Yadav | Director | Parched | India | * |
| SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS | ||||
| Mikael Marcimain | Director | Gentlemen & Gangsters | Sweden | All days |
| Ninja Thyberg | Director | Hingsten | Sweden | All days |
| Fia-Stina Sandlund | Director | She’s Wild Again Tonight | Sweden | All days |
| Avi Lewis | Director | This Changes Everything | USA, Canada | * |
| Naomi Klein | Writer | This Changes Everything | USA, Canada | * |
| OPEN ZONE | ||||
| Mai Masri | Director | 3000 nights | Jordan | 16 |
| Daniel Dencik | Director | Gold Coast | Denmark | 16 |
| Xavier Giannoli | Director | Marguerite | France | 14 |
| Olivier Delbosc | Producer | Marguerite | France | 14 |
| Matteo Garrone | Director | Tale of Tales | Italy, France, Great Britain | * |
| AMERICAN INDEPENDENTS | ||||
| Bob Byington | Director | 7 Chinese Brothers | USA | * |
| Charles Hood | Director | Night Owls | USA | 19 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | Director | Go with me | USA | * |
| ASIAN IMAGES | ||||
| Di Phan Dang | Director | Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories | Vietnam | * |
| Rubaiyat Hossain | Director | Under Construction | Bangladesh | * |
| Arab Nasser | Director | Dégradé | United Arab Emirates | 19 |
| LATIN VISIONS | ||||
| Jorge Forero | Director | Violence | Colombia | 12 & 13 |
| Alejandro Guzmán Alvarez | Director | Walking Distance | Mexico | 16 |
| Mariana Monroyl | Producer | Walking Distance | Mexico | 16 |
| Jacques Toulemonde | Director | Anna | France | 18 |
| Joshua Gil | Director | Evilness | Mexico | * |
| SPOTLIGHT | ||||
| Caroline Kernen och Tova Kurkiala Medbo | Director | I jakt på ett bättre liv | Sweden | All days |
| Takeshi Fukunaga | Director | Out of My Hand | USA, Liberia | 17 |
| Simon Rouby | Director | Adama | France | 17 |
| Jakob Brossmann | Director | Lampedusa in Winter | Austria | * |
| Migueltxo Molina Ayestarán | Director | Walls | Spain | * |
| Christian Zübert | Director | One breath | Germany | * |
| TWILIGHT ZONE | ||||
| Can Evrenol | Director | Baskin | Turkey | 14 |
| Dietrich Brüggeman | Director | Heil | Germany | 15 |
| Daniel di Grado | Director | Alena | Sweden | All days |
| Sergio Uguet de Resayre | Producer | Crumbs | Spain, Ethiopia | * |
| Won-Chan Hong | Director | Office | South Korea | * |
| Carlos Osuna | Director | With The Lips Closed | Colombia | * |
| STOCKHOLM XXVI SHORT FILM COMPETITION | ||||
| Gabriel Sanson | Director | The Sheep of Erwin S. | Belgium | * |
| Ashley McKenzie | Director | 4 Quarters | Canada | * |
| Ninja Thyberg | Director | Boys & Girls | Sweden | All days |
| Ahmed Abdullahi | Director | Francis | Sweden | All days |
| Stefan Constantinescu | Director | Prologen | Sweden | All days |
| Teresa Kuhn | Director | Isabel In Winter | Germany | * |
| Nelson MacDonald och Ashley McKenzie | Director | 4 Quarters | Canada | * |
| 1 KM FILM | ||||
| Christine Berglund & Sophie Vukovic | Director | 09:55-11:05 Ingrid Ekman, Bergsgatan 4B | Sweden | All days |
| Nathalie Alvarez | Director | Vi känner inget alls | Sweden | All days |
| Lovisa Sirén | Director | Audition | Sweden | All days |
| Caroline Ingvarsson | Director | Under Rymdskeppet | Sweden | All days |
| Bahar Pars | Director | Rinkebysvenska | Sweden | All days |
| Marcus Lindeen | Director | Dear Director | Sweden | All days |
| Johan Tappert | Director | Flykten från enplansvillorna | Sweden | All days |
| Oliver Guerpillon | Director | IN/UT | Sweden | All days |
| Lars Persson | Director | Radioamatören | Sweden | All days |
| Victor Lindgren | Director | Jag vill nå dig | Sweden | All days |
| iFESTIVAL | ||||
| Derya Durmaz | Director | Mother Virgin No More | Turkey | * |
| Hanna Verboom | Director | Alice | Netherlands | * |
| Adrian Geyer | Director | Tisure | Venezuela | 16 |
| Assaad Khoueiry | Director | The Drought Land | Lebanon | * |
| RISING STAR | ||||
| Aliette Opheim | Actor | Det Vita Folket | Sweden | All days |
| Bianca Kronlöf | Actor | Svenskjävel | Sweden | All days |
| Josefin Asplund | Actor | Cirkeln | Sweden | All days |
| Marina Nyström | Actor | Aerobics - a Love story | Sweden | All days |
| Rasmus Luthander | Actor | Från djupet av mitt hjärta | Sweden | All days |
| Sebastian Hiort af Ornäs | Actor | Cirkeln | Sweden | All days |
Christina Wenger, press manager
Tel: 468 677 50 54/ 46739-916617
press@stockholmfilmfestival.se
Weronika Pérez Borjas, press assistant
Tel: 468 677 50 54/ 46729-018628
pressassistent@stockholmfilmfestival.se
The 26th Stockholm International Film Festival November 11-22, 2015
Stockholm International Film Festival started in 1990 and is today one of the leading competitive film festivals in Europe. The festival takes place every year in November with more than 200 films from more than 60 countries.
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