| THE FEMINISTER (85 min) Sweden |
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Director/Producer: Viktor Nordenskiöld
Incredible coverage of four years in the office of the Swedish foreign minister, Margot Wallström, known for her fearless feminist agenda and sharp, empathic mind. We witness her arduous negotiations with Saudi Arabia, Israel and North Korea, as well as a highly competitive campaign for a seat in the UNSC, followed by a crash course in keeping it cool in the face of death threats and intimidation.
Biography:
Viktor Nordenskiöld is an award-winning Swedish director, producer and journalist. He has an MA from Stockholm University of the Dramatic Arts and a bachelor in journalism from Utrecht University The Netherlands and Aarhus, Denmark. He has done many documentaries for TV, The Feminister is his first released feature (Official selection CPH:DOX 2019). His short Out of This World premiered at Berlinale Generation. Before setting off on his own focusing on documentaries, he worked as a reporter and foreign news correspondent at Swedish Television. He has filmed in some fifty countries around the world and is especially interested in identity, international relations, human rights and xenophobia. In 2011 he founded the production company FreetownFilms.
Contact information:
w: www.freetownfilms.se/new-page
e: viktor@freetownfilms.se
