Looking Back, Looking Forward - Inspirational Seminar

Today's host, Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir, will welcome you with Beatrice Karlsson (Program Director, Stockholm International Film Festival), Andra Lasmanis (SVT Moving Sweden) Hanna Sohlberg (Film Consultant, Moving Sweden at SFI) and Lina Norberg Johansson (Talent Manager, SFI)

A conversation between directors Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Spain) and Isabella Carbonell (Sweden) who are both premiering their first feature films in 2022. Alauda with her tender depiction of maternity "Lullaby", and Isabella with "Dogborn" – a thrilling portrait of two siblings trapped in the trafficking industry.

Meet documentary filmmakers Tova Mozard, Anna Eborn and Mirjam Gelhorn in a conversation about combining fiction and visual art, and letting the artistic process take space in one's storytelling.

Moderator: Jannik Splidsboel (Film Consultant for Documentary Film, SFI).

Moving Sweden is a talent initiative by SVT and SFI, focusing on feature films by first- and second-time directors. We'll meet a panel of experts in the field of Swedish filmmaking for an open discussion about the concept of Moving Sweden.

Panel: Jon Asp (Film Critic, Editor at POV), Nina Barbosa Blad (Film Commissioner, Norwegian Film Institute) and Wanda Bendjelloul (Film Critic).
Moderator: Andrea Reuter (Producer, All Things Content).

Lina Norberg Johansson (Talent Manager, SFI) will present the main guidelines and criteria for projects in the Talent to Watch programme; a support system dedicated to talent development all over Sweden.

Andra Lasmanis (SVT, Moving Sweden/Feature Film), Hanna Sohlberg (Film Consultant, Moving Sweden at SFI) and Charlotta Denward (SVT, Feature Film) will present the new guidelines for Moving Sweden, starting in 2023.

Meet directors Angelika Abramovitch (A Soviet Love Story), Lina Vain Illalla (Anatomy of Pain) and Loran Batti (”G”) who will all share their experiences as previous Wild Card winners, and show samples of their work.

Moderator: Hanna Sohlberg (Film Consultant, Moving Sweden at SFI)

This year's Wild Card winners will each receive a SEK 400,000 for developing their first feature is announced by the two Wild Card juries for fiction film and documentary film. 

Fiction Jury: Ami Ekström (Film Consultant, Short Films & New Formats at SFI), Anders Nylander (Film Consultant, Feature Films), Hanna Lejonqvist (Film Consultant, Feature Films), Hanna Sohlberg (Film Consultant, Moving Sweden), Janne Vierth (Film Consultant, Children & Youth Films) and Lina Norberg Johansson (Talent Manager).

Documentary Jury: Jannik Splidsboel (Film Consultant, Documentary Film), Cecilia Lidin (Film Consultant, Documentary Film), Jenny Örnborn (Production Controller) and Josefin Lundgren (Production Controller).

Take the opportunity to make new connections, mingle with old colleagues and talk to our most promising young talents from Sweden's film schools, in celebration of our Wild Card winners.  There will be a separate RSVP for this part of the event.