Ylva Gustavsson - Film Director
Embla Hjulström and me at Kristiansand Children Film Festival, Norway April 2007
Förortsungar was screened in Los Angeles in May 2007
Me, Beylula Kidane Adgoy who plays Amina in Förortsungar and Catti Edfeldt at the international Film-festival in Berlin 2007
Gustaf Skarsgård and Beylula in Berlin 2007
Embla Hjulström with fans in Kristiansand, Norway
I was born i Stockholm, Sweden 1963. In 1995 i Graduated from Dramatiska Institutet (University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre in Stockholm) Film/TV directors program 1995.
Since then I´ve been working as a director, scriptwriter and film editor. For more info. se the CV-page above.
In 2006 me and director Catti Edfeldt finished the feature film FORORTSUNGAR (english title: Kidz in da Hood). It was awarded with five national film-awards (Guldbaggar) in January 2007 and was chosen for the Generation competition at Berlin International Film Festival in February 2007. Since then the film has been invited to many international festivals and won even more awards.
For more info, trailers etc. use link: www.forortsungar.se
Me and Catti Edfeldt with the Childrens Jury Award for best film at Gijon Int. Film Festival
Ylva
Beylula
and Catti in Amsterdam Cinekid 2007