Ruben Östlund

Ruben ÖSTLUND (1974, Sweden) had already made the ski films Free Radicals 1-3 (1995-1998) before enrolling in the school for film and photography in Göteborg. In 2002, Östlund founded the production company Plattform Produktion, together with Erik Hemmendorff. The Guitar Mongoloid (2004), his first feature film, won the FIPRESCI prize at the Moscow Film Festival in 2005. In 2014, Force Majeure won the Jury Prize for the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes.

Filmography

Free Radicals 1-3 (1995-1998), Låt dom andra sköta kärleke (2000, short doc), Familj igen/Family Again (2002, short), Gitarrmongot/The Guitar Mongoloid (2004), Scen nr: 6882 ur mitt liv/Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 (2005, short), Nattbad (2006, Short), De ofrivilliga/Involuntary (2008), Händelse vid bank/Incident by a Bank (2009, short), Play (2011), Gomorron (2011-2014, TV Series, director of 2 episodes), Turist/Force Majeure (2014)