Viktor Nordenskiöld
BIO Viktor Nordenskiöld is an award-winning Swedish director, producer and journalist. He has a Master of Arts (MA) from Stockholm University of the Dramatic Arts and a Bachelor (BJ) in Journalism from Utrecht University The Netherlands and Aarhus, Denmark . He has done many documentaries for TV, The Feminister (2019) is his first released feature (Official selection CPH:DOX 2019). His short Out of This World (2014) 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 specially interested in identity, international relations, human rights and xenophobia. In 2011 he founded the production company FreetownFilms.
FILMOGRAPHY (select)
THE FEMINISTER Director. Feature (2019)
UTRIKESMINISTERN (Swedish version of THE FEMINISTER 2018/2019) Director. Feature
LUST FOR LIFE Director. (under production)
CARRY ON Director. Short choreographic take on Lust for Life (under production)
OUT OF THIS WORLD Director 2014. Project funding by The Swedish Arts Grants Committee. Short Documentary 10 min.
Winner Best Documentary FICL, Official Selection Berlinale Generation 2014
OUT OF THAT WORLD Director 2017. Short Documentary 10 min.
I WAS WORTH 50 SHEEP Assistant Producer. 2010. NimaFilmSweden. (Director Nima Sarvestani).
Co-produced by SVT (Axel Arnö). Feature Documentary 80 min.
Winner Best Documentary Gothenburg Film Festival 2011.
EN SOM ALLA - ALLA SOM EN (ONE LIKE ALL‚ ALL LIKE ONE) Director & Producer 2008. Modern
Studios. Co-producer SVT (Lars Säfström). Project funding by The Swedish Film Institute (Tove
Torbiörnsson) and The Swedish Arts Grants Committee. Documentary 58 min.
TOMORROW Director 2011.
Winner Best Documentary, Cinema Out Of Your Backpack Awards 2011. Micro Doc 5 min.
DOM KALLAS RASISTER (THEY ARE CALLED RACISTS) Producer 2010. TV4.
Runner up Best Documentary Swedish Broadcasting-Award‚ Kristallen‚ 2011. Documentary 46 min.
MISSION: SAVE THE OCEAN. Editor/Producer & Field Producer. 2012-2013 (National Geographic, Nat Geo
Wild/TV4 ) TV-documentary series. 3*28 min.
SVENSKA SOLDATFABRIKEN (SWEDISH SOLDIERS FACTORY) Director & Producer. 2008. Modern
Studios. Co-producer TV4. Developing funds from SFI (Tove Torbiörnsson) och Film i Väst (Bengt Toll).
Documentary. 46 min.
KANTULES SKUGGA (THE SHADOW OF KANTULE) Director 2006. Co-produced by SVT (Otto
Fagerstedt). Documentary. 58 min.
IDOLS AGAINST ALL ODDS Director 2007 Documentary TV4 46 min.
FREDLÖS (OUTLAW / GIRLS IN JEOPARDY) Director 2001. TV4. Documentary 46 min.