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Mona Fastvold

Mona FASTVOLD (1981, Norway) is a New York based actress, screenwriter and director. She wrote the screenplays for Brady Corbet’s The Childhood of a Leader (2015) and Vox Lux (2018). With Corbet, she also wrote the screenplay for her directorial debut, The Sleepwalker, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Her second feature, The World to Come (2020), premiered in Venice, earning a Golden Lion nomination and winning the Queer Lion.

Filmography

The Sleepwalker (2014), The World to Come (2020)

More info: Wikipedia, Mona Fastvold

Mona Fastvold at IFFR

  • The World to Come

    Two female pioneers meet in the inhospitable setting of the American frontier circa 1856. Is there a place for gentle romance in this ruthless world?

    • Harbour
  • The Childhood of a Leader

    Impressive debut by young American director (and actor) Brady Corbet – with a small yet striking (double) role by Robert Pattinson – sketches the rise

    • Genre DNA
    • Perspectives