Photographer: Lorenzo Carmellini, Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia
Photographer: Lilja Fredrikson

Mika Gustafson

About

Birth1988
LanguageSwedish, English

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Director

2023Paradise is Burning (Feature) HOBAB. Writer & director
2017Silvana - Väck mig när ni vaknat (Documentary) Mantaray Film
2017Mephobia (Short) Mittfilm. Writer & director
201422nd May (Short) Mika Gustafson Production. Writer & director
2013Secretly Filmed My Boyfriend After We Had a Fight (Short) Mika Gustafson Production. Writer & director

Awards and Nominations

2023Winner Venice Horizons Award Best Director & Authors Under 40 Award Best Screenwriter for "Paradise is Burning" at the Venice Film Festival
2023Nominated Venice Horizons Award Best Film & Queer Lion for "Paradise is Burning" at the Venice Film Festival
2023Winner First Feature Competition, Sutherland Award for "Paradise is Burning" at the London Film Festival
2023Nominated Best Film at Official Competition for "Paradise is Burning" at the Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival
2023Nominated Best Feature, Gold Hugo, for "Paradise is Burning" at the Chicago Int Film Festival
2018Winner Best Documentary "Silvana" at the Guldbagge Awards
2018Nominated Best Nordic Documentary, Oslo Grand Pix for "Silvana" at Oslo Pix