Axel
Petersén

Axel Petersén, born 1979 in Stockholm, is a filmmaker who has made a variety of feature and short films, music videos, video and photography installations; exhibited in galleries and institutions, shown at filmfestivals and cinemas worldwide. He’s is educated at FAMU, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm and the Mountain School of Arts in Los Angeles. Petersén’s feature THE REAL ESTATE, co-directed with Måns Månsson, had its world premiere in Competition at the Berlinale. Petersén’s feature debut, AVALON, premiered at Toronto, where it was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize for Best First Feature. It went on to screen in Forum at the 2012 Berlinale. Axel has recently filmed his latest feature “Shame on Dry Land” a feature fiction story aswell as a documentary of Omar Sharif. Shame on dry land (Syndabocken) premiered at Toronto film festival and won nine awards at the Guldbagge filmfestival, among them for best director and script.

Feature Films

  • 2023

    Shame on Dry Land, Idyll

  • 2021

    The Life and Times of Omar Sharif, Fedra

  • 2018

    The Real Estate - Toppen av Ingenting, Co-Directed with Måns Månsson, Flybridge

  • 2016

    Under the Pyramid, Idyll

  • 2012

    Avalon, Fasad

Short Films

  • 2011

    The Tracks of My Tears, Axel Petersén Productions

  • 2008

    A Good Friend of Mr World, Axel Petersén Productions

Awards

Awards

  • 2023

    Guldbagge Award (Winner), Best Direction for Shame on Dry Land

  • 2019

    Guldbagge Award (Nominee), Best Direction (Shared with Måns Månsson) for The Real Estate

  • 2018

    Berlin International Film Festival (Nominee), Golden Berlin Bear (Shared with Måns Månsson) for The Real Estate

  • 2018

    Geneva International FIlm Festival (Nominee), Best Feature Film (Shared with Måns Månsson) for The Real Estate

  • 2012

    Göteborgs Film Festival, Dragon Award (Nominee), Best Nordic Film for Avalon

  • 2011

    Toronto International Film Festival (Winner), Discovery for Avalon

  • 2009

    Warsaw International Film Festival (Nominee), Best Short for A Good Friend of Mr World

  • 2009

    Guldbagge Awards (Nominee), Best Short for A Good Friend of Mr World

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