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Writer & Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sofia Andersson<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Award-winning narrative and documentary filmmaker. Stockholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cannes \/ Sundance \/ Berlin \/ Toronto<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I have been making films for eighteen years \u2014 from no-budget shorts in film school to features that premiered at Cannes and Sundance. My work explores identity, displacement, and the quiet violence of everyday life. I am drawn to stories that sit in the silence between what people say and what they mean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MFA in Film Directing from the Swedish Film Institute. Member of the European Film Academy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Selected Films<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Weight of Light (2024)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Feature \u2014 108 min. Cannes Official Selection. Golden Bear, Best Director.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Borderlands (2022)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Documentary \u2014 92 min. Sundance Grand Jury Prize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Still Life (2020)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Feature \u2014 96 min. Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Room Next Door (2018)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Short \u2014 22 min. Berlinale Shorts. Academy Award shortlist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cinema is the only art form that can make you feel time. Not watch it \u2014 feel it. That's what I'm always reaching for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Recognition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golden Bear for Best Director, Berlin 2024
Grand Jury Prize, Sundance 2022
Palme d'Or Nomination, Cannes 2024
Swedish Film Academy, Best Director 2020
European Film Award, Best Documentary 2022
Ingmar Bergman Award 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How I Work<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Every project begins with months of immersion. I live with the subject, read everything, talk to everyone. The story has to earn its right to exist before I write a single word.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Writing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I write alone, usually in the early morning. The first draft is always too long, too careful. The real writing happens in the cutting \u2014 finding the silence inside the noise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Directing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

On set, I protect the space for actors to discover what the scene needs. I plan meticulously so I can throw the plan away. The best moments are the ones you cannot predict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Andersson makes films that stay under your skin for weeks. She is the most important Scandinavian director of her generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Sight & Sound<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Weight of Light is a masterwork of restraint \u2014 a film that says everything by showing almost nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 The Guardian<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Andersson belongs in the company of Bergman and Varda \u2014 filmmakers who understand that cinema is a moral act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Cahiers du Cinema<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Frequent Collaborators<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noomi Rapace \/ Hoyte van Hoytema \/ Mica Levi \/ Cate Blanchett \/ Sayombhu Mukdeeprom \/ A24<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Director's Notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Edit Suite<\/h2>\n\n\n\n