Gabriela PICHLER (1980, Sweden) attended &Ouml;land's documentary school and a BA in Film at the University of Gothenburg. In 2010, she received an Guldbagge Award for her short film Scratches (2008), which was her thesis film. Her debut feature Eat, Sleep, Die (2012) won the Audience Award at the International Film Critics' Week in Venice and two Guldbagge Awards for Best Directing, Best Screenplay.

Gabriela Pichler

A slick marketing film or two teenagers messing with a smartphone and selfie sticks: how do you pitch the colourless Swedish town of Lafors as best candidate for the new branch of discount store Superbilly? The tragicomic Amateurs by Gabriela Pichler (Eat Sleep Die) shows that a slick picture is less interesting than threadbare reality.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Gabriela Pichler

Filmography

Gabriela Pichler at IFFR

Amateurs